Career & Technical Ed
future of learning
Personalized Learning
Digital Learning with Innovators
Last night I led a Q & A session with two digital learning innovators, Shantanu Sinha of Kahn Academy and John Danner of Rocketship at UW. Both are paving the way for innovation in the market and turning around great results.
Personalized Learning
San Francisco Startup Weekend
I spent my weekend at the San Francisco Startup Weekend with execs from Facebook, Google and Founder Institute to judge 13 teams that spent Sunday finalizing a venture pitch and the chance to make a difference.
Personalized Learning
Tom Watkins 10 Personal Recommended Action Steps Innovative Learning
Tom Walkins argued that personal digital learning made obsolete the existing confinements of 180 days, 6 hour days, 4 walls of a classroom, and the 2 covers of a textbook. Tom concluded with 10 recommended action steps to innovative learning.
Personalized Learning
5 Ways to Unleash Education Innovation
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.