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Leadership
4 Key Attributes for Deeper Learning Leadership
By: Kyle McCartney. Being flexible, bringing energy and enthusiasm every single day, and having the courage to take risks: All of these can lead to great success as a leader. Leadership in Deeper Learning schools means being able to commit to these 4 key leadership attributes.
Difference Making
Doing It Yourself: From Independent Learning Plans to Organizing Your Instructional Path
By: Chris Sturgis. Through competency-based models students take responsibility and ownership of their journey to a career of their choosing. This is what GenDIY is all about, students creating, designing, and owning their education.
Leadership
Inforgraphic | Powerful Partnerships to Boost Personalized Learning
An infographic from Fuel Education that features a framework for schools and districts for thinking about scaling the personalized learning experience.
Leadership
Take A Judo Lesson, Leverage Trends To Make An Impact
Against the backdrop of black swan events, broken politics, and the increasing priority of initiative, here is a recap of relevant trends and judo instructions for impact investors and "edupreneurs" interested in leveraging some of those trends.
Personalized Learning
The Power of Personal Relationship in Personalized Learning
By Cara Thorpe. How can we extend the success of personalized learning beyond the school day? Cara shares practical advice for making the decision on the best after-school learning option for students.
Difference Making
CompetencyEd And Why Everyone Should Learn To Code
By: Melinda Barlow. Why competency-based learning models and learning to code promotes dynamic and flexible exchanges and enables students to think and function in ways that supports greater opportunities for careers.
Personalized Learning
3 Ways Parents Can Spot Student-Centered Learning
What can parents look for to determine if their child is in a student-centered learning environment? Here’s advice from a mother of two school-aged children, a former classroom teacher and a current advocate for student-centered learning.
Difference Making
GenDIY Profile: Career Path High School
By: Robyn Bagley. Career Path High School's mantra is “Go to High School, Graduate with a Career!” At Career Path High, students receive their diploma and their career and technical certification in their chosen field of study upon graduation.
EdTech
It’s Time For Students To Own The Student Record: B2C LMS Companion
Secondary and postsecondary students should have cost free access to a personal companion to the school's learning management system, a business to consumer (B2C) LMS companion that is a private portable profile.
EdTech
Impact at Scale: The Learning Platform Series
It will soon be easier to create a sequence of powerful learning experiences for students -- and do it consistently well at scale. For the next six weeks we’ll be reviewing progress on next-gen learning platforms.