EdTech
Leadership
Next Gen School Board: Governance Challenges & Opportunities in the Digital Age
By: Michael Harlow. Innovative school districts are experimenting with digital learning, blended learning, and personalized learning. Some districts are reimagining not just learning but also evaluations of students (formerly known as “grades.”) My own district, Northwest Local, in Hamilton County, just opened two blended-learning labs at its high schools.
EdTech
5 Predictions for #TCEA14
Conference season is in full swing. No matter what part of the country (or world, really) you live in, there is sure to be an EdTech conference nearby over the next few months. Your hotel reservations have been made, your conference is all mapped out, and you know all the vendor booths that have the best swag.
EdTech
How Can Data Increase College Access for All?
What is particularly powerful about the Datapalooza, and indeed the overall approach of the current administration towards open data and innovation, is that it sets audacious goals while fostering an environment for entrepreneurial solutions that together provides the tools to achieve them.
Personalized Learning
4 Universities Innovating in the EdTech World
With learning technology becoming increasingly more advanced, universities across the country are discovering new and creative ways to implement digital solutions in the classroom. Here are 4 universities using education technology to inspire innovation and education on campus.
EdTech
Tech Tool Review: VideoNot.es
VideoNot.es is a website and a Chrome app. It links to your Google Drive. When you associate your Google account with VideoNot.es, it creates a new folder in your Drive called VideoNot.es.
Personalized Learning
When Do Students Love Homework?
By: Jakub Piwnik. Brainly brings together over 20 million unique users every month. It’s most popular among European students. In Russia only there are over 10 million unique users monthly. But the new countries where we launched enjoy the concept as well.
EdTech
Introducing Our Widbook E-book
So, without further delay (but please imagine a thematic drumroll here), I present you with our Widbook e-book…a study guide for Washington Irving’s famous short story.
Ed Policy
What To Read?
A person who knows state government but is relatively new to the digital learning revolution asked what to read to get up to speed. Here is a quick list...
Personalized Learning
Map And/In History
From National Geographic to the Library of Congress (to name just two among hundreds of examples), putting maps and mapping tools online has become One of the Things to Do for map-ish people.
Personalized Learning
Cyber Peer-led Team Learning
In "peer-led team learning," groups of undergraduate college students works together in small groups (six to eight students) to solve problems with the help of a "peer leader" -- an undergraduate competent in the course content as well as group facilitation. This group work compliments traditional class lectures, but does not replace it. Research from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) explored a model of online peer-led team learning ("PLTL") using connectivity tools (such as Adobe Connect) to engage students during synchronous online sessions.