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Personalized Learning

5 Ways to Unleash Education Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 29, 2011

I spent Thursday at the Harvard Graduate School of Education discussing the learning experiences and environments most likely to support development of high quality work products and real college and career readiness.

Personalized Learning

10 Megatrends Shaping the World

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 28, 2011

Expanding access to personal digital learning is one of the most important world shaping megatrends. People, schools, states, and countries will be connected to the global economy through education and learning.

Personalized Learning

Politics and Pundits

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 7, 2011

Politicians, reformers, entrepreneurs and pundits gathered at the ASU Education Innovation Summit. See the roundup and highlights of the panels and presentations that took place.

Personalized Learning

3 Reasons This Time is Different

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 5, 2011

The post-recession "new normal" requires that we invent new ways to do better for less and I believe that there are three reasons I am optimistic about the shift to personal digital learning.

EdTech

Not Your Mother’s Education Conference: SXSWedu

Caroline Vander Ark

Mar 31, 2011

SXSWedu took over the AT&T Conference Center at UT this week. Ron Reed highlights imagination and innovation in education in Texas.

EdTech

Social media guidelines

Getting Smart Staff

Mar 29, 2011

Steve McKee blogs about marketing and business growth on Bloomberg BusinessWeek. He recently posted his guidelines for dealing with marketing on social media platforms. Education innovators sart-ups would be wise to take a look at Steve’s list. Below is an excerpt of his blog post on keeping marketing meaningful on…

EdTech

Jordan Lloyd Bookey, K-12 Education Outreach at Google

Katie Vander Ark

Mar 28, 2011

We had the opportunity to catch up with Jordan Lloyd Bookey to discuss how Google is participating in education reform by promoting innovation, education technology and computer science.

EdTech

Resegregation, Career Preparation, & Merit Compensation

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 14, 2011

Duncan encourages racial desegregation; LA Gov Jindal promotes career preparation; NJ Gov Christie promotes performance pay

EdTech

Aspen Institute Innovation Forum and Expo

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 12, 2011

The Aspen Institute is sponsoring an Innovations Forum and Expo in Washington DC on January 19th - 21st. Events will also be webcast and on live tweeted.

EdTech

Bonk: The World is Open

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 4, 2011

Bonk's The World is Open is the most complete review of learning technology and trends.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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