future of learning
Personalized Learning
50 Ways EdTech Benefits Teachers and Students
There are at least 50 ways new tools are helping teachers to create new learning environments and experiences for students.
Leadership
Broad Suspends Prize and Personalized Learning
As reported by the New York Times, the Broad Foundation has suspended the $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education stating, “It had become more difficult to identify school districts that were pushing test scores or graduation rates up.”
Ed Policy
Tech Training Opens Lucrative Alternative to 4 Year Degree for Millennials
Why we need more workers trained in the trades, the role of our schools in preparing students for careers and vocational training, and examples of innovative career centers providing technical training pathways.
Personalized Learning
Tomorrow Isn’t Tomorrow, It’s Today
As educators, we see ourselves as preparing children of today for their own tomorrows. Thus, we must face an urgent obligation to stare down that future and figure out what it means for our current practice.
Difference Making
RAMTEC: Robotics, A Path to Employment & Economic Development
Next gen STEM school in central Ohio with buy in from community members and international companies is graduating students that are more than ready for college and career.
Personalized Learning
Entry Points Into Blended Learning Implementation
Often schools and districts start with using educational technology for students at the margins. But, one unique and emerging trend is world language learning as an entry point.
Difference Making
Millennials are Tolerant, Educated, Enterprising, and Hyphenated
The unique identity of GenDIY and Millennials -- Their history, realities, and future.
EdTech
Accountability in Education: How Design Can Accelerate Innovation
By: Omid Jahanbin. The power of design to cut through the chaff and produce real results is becoming ever more essential to progress and action. A great example of this progress can be seen recently in education
EdTech
inBloom and the Failure of Innovation 1.0
By: Steven Hodas. "Innovation” is not a noun but a verb. It is not a thing but a process, a frame of mind, a set of reflexes. inBloom was a textbook example of using innovation as a noun, what's called “Innovation 1.0.”
Series
623 Smart People Doing Innovative Work
Drumroll please... The complete 2nd Annual Smart List, all 623 of them. Thank you everyone who shared, commented and reached out to our team as we curated people we appreciate doing innovative work.