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The Next Big Thing in Personalization: The Student
By: Arthur VanderVeen. What’s been missing in learning technologies—and what will be the next big focus in personalization—is the student.
Photoblog | Getting Smart at #iNACOL14 Day 2
Photos from Team Getting Smart at Day two iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium (#iNACOL14), that brought together 2,500 experts and educational leaders.
Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning
A Getting Smart report, produced in partnership with Next Generation Learning Challenges, that tells the stories of schools across the country that are dedicated to creating a next gen learning environment that sets high expectations for college readiness, personalizes learning for all students, and is optimized for scale.
Got Red-Pen Grading Cramps? Kaizena Can Help
There once was a time when the only tool available to grade essays was the proverbial red pen. But not any longer. Kaizena is today's red pen.
On Promoting Efficacy: A Conversation with John Tweeddale
Tom talks with Boston based, John Tweeddale, Senior Vice President of Efficacy and Quality at Pearson, on the work of his team promoting efficacy.
Data Analytics Tools in U.S. K-12
Education has the potential to be one of the most data-driven sectors in the U.S., but too often the data that teachers and administrators are saddled with is untimely or inactionable. We’re excited to see that change.
Formative Assessment: Progress, Barriers and Opportunity
The progress made, current barriers and opportunities that face formative assessment with the ongoing shift to digital learning and increasing access new technologies and data.
Preparing for Conversations with Parents
Designing conversations with parents about their student's academic levels, pace, and progress in competency-based education and helping parents and their students appreciate the value of personalized learning. emphasis on personalized learning based on where students are in their learning
Leave Retention Behind in Favor of Promotion on Mastery
The alternative to retention isn’t social promotion - it's mastery. Why competency-based learning is more important than seat time.
Re-Imagining School Info
What if report cards were more than static info? CompetencyWorks' Chris Sturgis asks this while introducing the My School Info Challenge, a competition to reimagine school report cards.