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Personalized Learning

Duncan’s Most Important Speech

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 20, 2010

Duncan attacks the factory model, seniority, LIFO and calls for transformational change and edtech as force multiplier

Personalized Learning

The Pivot to Digital Learning: 40 Predictions

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 19, 2010

We're living through a historic shift from batch print education to personal digital learning. Here's how it will play out over the next 1, 5, and 10 years.

Personalized Learning

Better Tools and Better Schools

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 18, 2010

We ask teachers to do an impossible job. Digital learning will make it easier for teachers and schools to be successful.

EdTech

Chicago Parents Demand Ed Variety, More Charters

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 18, 2010

Parents in Chicago rally for more charters, more choice, and different selection processes for their kids.

Personalized Learning

Next-Gen Platforms — VSS Day Two

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 15, 2010

Great hallway chat on next-gen learning platforms at VSS

EdTech

Video Statement: Dr. Tommy Bice

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 15, 2010

We asked Dr. Tommy Bice, Deputy Superintendent of Education for Alabama, how to keep teachers feeling relevant with the use of new technology.

EdTech

Teachers Rule, Teachers Trained, Teachers Win

Getting Smart Staff

Nov 12, 2010

It's Friday, and with a whole week of on-location new media work to be done, we'll leave you this weekend with the news from the week, brought to you by Education Equality Project. This week, it was all about teachers, past, present and future.

Personalized Learning

Blended Learning Update

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 30, 2010

Most secondary schools will soon be blended and that's good news for students

EdTech

Carmel Henderson: Boot Up

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 29, 2010

Imagine a world in which the parents were up to date on their students’ homework assignments via Twitter. The class had a blog where students participate from home in meaningful conversations, and long-distance, long-term learning projects with each other, and peers from around the world.

Personalized Learning

Why Standardize When We Should Personalize?

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 26, 2010

Follow up on yesterday's National Journal post with great questions from Chad.

	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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