personalized learning
EdTech
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Announces Plans to Personalize the Classroom
New Classrooms Innovation Partners (New Classrooms), a non-profit intended to help schools implement effective adaptive and personalized learning models, announced its launch today.
Personalized Learning
Deeper Learning: Engaging Students Across the Humanities
Personalized math products are becoming more common in classrooms from kindergarten to college. These tools are really promising for building math skills and fluency.  But I hear a growing number of people that compartmentalize learning technologies to skill building. Since raising my kids on Dr Brain, Oregon Trail, and Sim…
Leadership
Staff Picks: AEI & Fordham Reports, McGraw-Hill Language Arts
This week, Karen picks the AEI report Good and Evil. Caroline picks the launch of McGraw-Hill Education's new online language arts program. Sarah picks an article by Lauren Wanger on improving online learning with self-directed learning measures. Tom picks two must read papers from Fordham Institute.
Personalized Learning
Uniting Online Learning and Self-Directed Learning – A New Relationship
The concept of self-directed learning has long fascinated researchers in the field of education for quite some time. Becoming a self-directed learner is found to be most important as we develop into adults. It is often cited as being one of the most important functions of education. However, research has shown that there needs to be a readiness for self-directed learning that comes with maturity.
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Gov. Bob Wise Announces Digital Learning Day
The Alliance for Excellent Education and its partners call on teachers, schools, principals, community leaders, parents, and students to participate in the first-ever national Digital Learning Day February 1, 2011.
EdTech
Michael Horn Talks Disruptive Technology at WA Ed Innovation Forum
This week, Michael Horn, the co-founder and Executive Director of Innosight Institute, discussed the growth and development of disruptive technologies like online learning in education at the Washington Education Innovation Forum, hosted by Robin Lake, in Seattle, Wash.
EdTech
Infographic: The State of Digital Education
Knewton, a company that specializes in adaptive educational content for learning, recently published a powerful infographic that evaluates "The State of Digital Education."
EdTech
The Classroom Is Obsolete
Prakash Nair, the president of Fielding Nair Interational located in Minneapolis, published a commentary on Education Week this July arguing that the classroom, a relic from the Industrial Revolution, has been obsolete for several decades. His article upholds important discussion in education reform and learning development.
Personalized Learning
More foreign language, math & science possible with digital learning
Digital learning makes it easier to bring foreign language, math, science and AP courses to students. It can make language learning an engaging, ubiquitous daily experience. And it can help bring science to life and tailor math instruction.
EdTech
VSHOOLZ Partners With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Virtual school provider VSCHOOLZ announced today that it is partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), an educational products and services provider, to provide traditional course content online to schools or districts looking for blended learning programs.