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Personalized Learning
Rand Study Says Personalized Learning Boosts Academic Gains
A Gates Foundation funded report indicated that public charter school students are making greater gains in math and reading than similar students at comparable schools.
Personalized Learning
Thanks for the Degree, But Your Courses Sucked
Having just finished my online degree, here's ten ways that I believe online degree programs can improve.
Personalized Learning
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.
Personalized Learning
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.
Personalized Learning
Befuddled by Blended Learning
By: Paul Curtis. Why we need to retire “blended learning” and set a more meaningful goal for educators like deeper, more personalized learning supported by digital and virtual learning experiences.
Personalized Learning
10 Ways to Personalize Learning
By: Adisack Nhouyvanisvong. Personalized learning is an educational approach where the student drives their own learning. Here are 10 tips to help educators personalize learning for students.
Personalized Learning
Using TED-Ed to Blend EdLeader Development
TRECA, a support center for 36 school districts in Ohio, have been putting TED-Ed to good use to help principals and superintendents develop and plan for next gen learning.
Leadership
TrueSchool Engages EDesigners in Innovation Lab
TrueSchool convenes 135 educators from 40 schools in Chicago to create and implement transformational innovations in student learning for classrooms and schools.
Leadership
Teachers Taking Next-Gen Learning to Scale
The path to next generation learning for every student is bottom up, top down and sideways in. With teachers and leaders sharing a vision, putting it on a timetable, and building a supported path that allows everyone to be part of the vision.
EdTech
Diving Into Project-Based Learning? Heed these 7 Warnings
You see, creativity is not immune to the challenges that bond forward thinkers and risk-takers to their authentic ideas and handiwork. Au contraire, my colleagues, the hazards of embarking on a journey with your students to demonstrate mastery of curricula and to showcase talent can be likened to skydiving from 13,000 feet out of a perfectly functional Cessna 182.