EdTech
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15 Ways to Keep Creativity in the #EdChat Conversation
Simply put. Creativity keeps me going. There is nothing comparable to witnessing a student present a project that not only represents what he has learned but who he has become.
EdTech
Google Apps Summer Camp: Gmail
For those who haven’t, or those who simply want a refresher on some of the more directly applicable features of GAFE, I will be sharing a six-part Google Apps Summer Camp Series of blog posts to coincide with the conclusion of the school year.
Personalized Learning
Leveraging the Core Budget to Change America’s Schools
Blended learning requires a fundamental redesign of instructional and organizational models, transforming the core elements of teaching and learning--changing roles, structures, schedules, staffing, and core budgets.
EdTech
Agilix Powers Personalized Learning
Agilix may be the most widely used personalized learning solution that you don’t know about. Perhaps you’ve heard of Brainhoney, an award winning learning management system, you may not know that but the xLi, an extensible infrastructure, that powers widely used platforms like Pearson’s GradPoint, widely used tests and Louisiana Course Choice system.
Personalized Learning
Smart Cities: Detroit
Despite the odds, educational opportunity is on the rise. Armen Hratchian, Excellent Schools Detroit, notes that a group of 30 teachers and school leaders from across Michigan’s Education Achievement Authority (EAA), Cornerstone Charter Schools, Detroit Edison Public School Academy (DEPSA), Detroit Public Schools (DPS), and WAY Academies meet monthly, tour each others’ schools, and learn together.
EdTech
7 Tips for Edtech Enterprise Sales
By: Eileen Rudden. It’s challenging for startups to compete with larger education companies that have hundreds of salespeople, especially in an industry where relationships can make or break a sale.
Leadership
New Tools + New Schools = Big Opportunity
For 20 years, education has been driven by standards-based reform. The focus on test-driven accountability resulted in a much-needed focus on data but in a narrow way that was often disconnected from powerful learning experiences. Standards-based reforms created an awareness of the value of great teachers and underscored the importance…
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A Yearbook Advisors Guide to Handling Privacy Dilemmas On Social Media
In just the past decade, those who battle for the right to privacy have taken on an entirely different fight and sites like Facebook, with their frequently changing and often confusing privacy policies, don’t exactly make it easy to keep up. But, like it or not, it’s an issue that has to be kept up on.
EdTech
Using ThingLink Beyond the Classroom Walls
ThingLink is an amazing tool for teaching and learning that is now supported across platforms to provide teachers and students with a variety of flexible options to extend the learning beyond the classroom walls. The recent addition of the Android app, along with existing the iOS app…
Personalized Learning
Blended Learning Energizes Washington
We spent the day at the BlendEd Learning & Leadership Symposium in our home state of Washington (#PSESDBlendEd). Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) collaborated with Pacific Lutheran University to host a one day blended learning symposium for district leadership teams, teachers, and other school leaders.