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Robots Storm ISTE: 6 Implications

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 1, 2015

The new thing at ISTE this year was a much expanded display of robots and maker tech. More than 18,000 educators visited with more than 500 EdTech vendors in Philadelphia this week at #ISTE2015.

Difference Making

Success Takes Agency, Identity, and Competency

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 30, 2015

Young adult success requires agency, an integrated identity, and competencies. Drawing on research from many fields, theory and practice to identify building blocks for life success, The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research developed a framework for youth development.

EdTech

Carpe ISTE: Sessions, Socializing, and The Food Scene

Tracy Clark

Jun 28, 2015

With more than 1,000 official sessions and countless events and opportunities to meet up at ISTE 2015, you will experience FOMO (fear of missing out), but resist the urge to overload your schedule. Here's the session you need to get to, the best networking opportunities, and the places you must try while in Philly.

EdTech

Your Students can be “Makers”: 16 Projects Invented by Teachers

Lindsey Own

Jun 25, 2015

New York City, The Big Apple, a global hub for innovation and invention from the Otis elevator through the MakerBot 3D printer. The perfect location for teachers to flex their own innovation and invention muscles at Design, Do, Discover 2015.

Difference Making

Rethinking Assessment to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century Workforce

Guest Author

Jun 25, 2015

With innovative teaching models and new assessment capabilities brought about by technology, students and teachers will have greater access to information about levels of understanding, remediation can decrease, and personalized learning at scale will become reality.

Difference Making

Choosing to Leave Private School for a Self-Directed Journey

Guest Author

Jun 24, 2015

By: Colleen Broderick. Not many students consider leaving elite academies to pursue their own learning experience. Nick Bain, a high school junior at Colorado Academy, left school last semester to test the efficacy of agency of his own education.

Personalized Learning

Stevenson Elementary Staff & Students Shine in Literacy Design Collaborative Showcase

Guest Author

Jun 22, 2015

By: Jeannie Sharkey. To close out the school year, Literacy Design Collaborative shares details on the success at R. L. Stevenson Elementary in Merritt Island, FL.

Leadership

Design as Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 21, 2015

After working with hundreds of impact organizations we've learned three important lessons: design as learning, process as advocacy, and innovation as value creation.

Leadership

ReSchool Tests A New Framework for Learning

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 18, 2015

Denver's Donnell-Kay Foundation is sponsoring an effort to design a new education system for Colorado. They learned three lessons from pressure testing early design concepts.

EdTech

Nobody is Average, Every Student Deserves Personalized Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 17, 2015

Todd Rose points out that no student is "average." School designs based on average destroy talent because advanced students aren't challenged and students with specific weaknesses don't have their strengths nurtured.

	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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