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EdTech10: Celebrating Changemakers

Jan 20, 2016

This week’s EdTech10 edition is powered by important news that promise to help change the world of education and impact student learning, achievement and success.

Personalized Learning

17 Teacher Tech Tools for High Quality Project-Based Learning

Guest Author

Jan 20, 2016

Teachers can use a variety of tech tools to translate best teaching practices into rich, rigorous high quality projects for their project-based learning classroom.

Personalized Learning

EdCamp Voxer: Personalized Professional Development

Guest Author

Jan 9, 2016

400 teachers, from more than 20 states, participated in EdCamp Voxer Personalized PD. The virtual collaboration proved the best teacher professional growth does not exclusively occur between the walls of the school at a designated time.

Personalized Learning

Friday Institute Project Designs MOOCs for Educators

tyler

Jan 8, 2016

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University’s College of Education announce the offering of "MOOC-Eds" - Massive, open, online courses for educators.

EdTech

Personalizing Math and Success Skills in Brooklyn

Guest Author

Jan 6, 2016

Data can be a tremendous asset to mobilizing school communities and unlocking the potential of teachers and learners. At Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) real-time, ongoing assessment that informs educator practice, coupled with personalized learning, serve as the primary drivers of academic achievement.

Leadership

7 Things Education Leaders Should Do Right Now

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 4, 2016

Being an education leader is complicated and challenging. Here are seven tips for the first 90 days, seven tips for the second 90 days, and seven things veteran leaders should do to advance personalized learning.

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9 Resolutions & 9 Resources for Your Project-Based Learning Classroom This Year

Bonnie Lathram

Dec 31, 2015

It's a new year. Here are 9 resolutions and 9 resources for your project-based learning classroom for 2016 and beyond. Resolve to involve adult mentors, activate student choice, teach project management and calendaring skills and more. This blog shows you how with resolutions and new resources to make it work.

EdTech

#YearInReview: The Best of 2015, 10 Predictions for 2016

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 29, 2015

Wrapping our 2015 #YearInReview series, Tom looks back at 2015 and outlines 10 predictions for 2016 that includes better formative assessments, dominance of Chromebooks and the adoption of micro-credentials.

EdTech

What’s on the Horizon for EdTech & Education in 2016

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 28, 2015

So what does 2016 have in store for innovations in learning? We asked learning leaders what they see on the horizon, and what they hope will change for learners in the new year.

Personalized Learning

Four Steps to Transforming a School

Marie Bjerede

Dec 28, 2015

Four higher level practices that have the potential of transforming a school including data-informed instruction, student-centered pedagogy and approaches, continual improvement and innovation process, and caring adults.

	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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