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Q&A: Hey, We Invented Blended Learning

After I described blended learning at a recent conference, Diana Frezza from Scholastic came up to me and said, “Hey, we invented blended learning with READ 180.” Having seen a lot of READ 180 classrooms over the last 20 years, I knew it was a proven multi-modal reading intervention. But I wasn’t up to date on READ 180 Next Generation so I called Scholastic president Margery Mayer.

EdTech

i-Ready is Ready for Prime Time

i-Ready's two components, adaptive diagnostic and standards preparation, provide a visually appealing and fun approach to educational materials. Both programs allow teachers, parents and administrators to follow the progress of every student down to the skill level. The diagnostic program not only identifies the grade level a student is at, but pin points the skills needed to improve and adapts lessons accordingly.

Personalized Learning

Kevin Johnson: Read to Succeed

“All students should read at grade level by the end of third grade.” Former NBA All Star and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson visited the Northwest this week on behalf of our friends at the League of Education Voters promoting this simple but important idea.

Personalized Learning

John Dewey to Farmville: 3 Decades of Learning

More children are learning from Farmville and other games, which is becoming the "new normal". Bing Gordon, a leader in the gaming industry believes that games are becoming a source to connect and engage with students in a way that is constantly teaching them new lessons.

Personalized Learning

The End of the Book

The First Book describes the magic of learning to read but treats the book as relic and the process as a religious rite. Digital natives are growing up post-book and that's not all bad.

EdTech

Measuring Text Space

What impact have digital resources had on the choices librarians and districts make about reading materials available in public school libraries?

Personalized Learning

The Internet is What We Make It

David Brooks rehashs Carr's 'the Internet makes us dumb' argument but ends in the right spot--it's up to us to build powerful learning experiences that harness the web.

EdTech

Take This Job and Understand It

Guest blogger Jason T. Bedell, a librarian with a jones for technology, gets ready to leave his library media specialist role in a public school. He leaves his staff and admin with some thoughts about what it really means to mix tech with literacy efforts.