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Making Something of National Week of Making

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 16, 2015

Andrew Coy, Executive Director at Digital Harbor Foundation, kicked off Rec2Tech.org, an initiative to replicate his success at turning surplus property into a maker hub. The initiative offers a, “New vision for how communities can come together to provide real pathways from classroom to career for today's youth.”

Leadership

Your Planning Process Signals What’s Important to You

Caroline Vander Ark

Jun 14, 2015

Designing a retreat? Building a budget? Making a plan? Think about what the process will signal to your community. We suggest a process that is simple, transparent, and inclusive. Remember, how may be as important as what you decide.

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Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning: Thinking Before and After Actions

Guest Author

Jun 7, 2015

By: Jennifer Miller. As part of our Smart Parents Series, Jennifer shares why stopping to think may not seem a priority in our fast-paced lives but it just may be one key to raising socially and emotionally intelligent children.

EdTech

How Might We… Give at ISTE 2015? #SliceOfISTE

Tracy Clark

Jun 6, 2015

By: Tracy Clark. With #SliceOfISTE, the hope is to have ISTE attendees flood the local business, Rosa’s Pizza, which donates free slices of pizza to area folks in need of a meal.

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Does Your School Have a Culture of Innovation?

Guest Author

Jun 3, 2015

By: Gretchen Morgan. The Learning Accelerator and 2Revolutions recently released a tool created to help schools, districts or state agencies evaluate the degree to which they have a culture of innovation.

Personalized Learning

Five Trends Demand Smart States

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 2, 2015

Innovation is sustained by advocacy and policy, and that makes the role of state leadership and policy essential. Smart Cities focuses on urban areas, but these keys apply to states as well. State leaders should aspire to creating an environment that works for everyone.

Leadership

10 Things Your Professional Learning Partners Should Want to Tell You

Tracy Clark

May 25, 2015

Why your professional learning partners should model the posture of experimentation by both encouraging and supporting the desire to try new things, asking difficult questions, and pushing boundaries.

Personalized Learning

Changing the Mindset of Education: Every Learner is Unique

Guest Author

May 24, 2015

By: Arina Bokas & Rod Rock. As part of our Smart Parents series, the authors, a PTA President and a Superintendent, argue that we need schools that help encourage growth mindset and emphasize that all learners are unique.

Leadership

8 Tips to Stop Micromanaging & Start Leading

Caroline Vander Ark

May 23, 2015

Learning to manage well, and never micromanage will improve your team members’ job satisfaction, performance and attitude. The post features 8 tips to ensure successful management not micromanagement.

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The Case for Boundary Breaking Education

Tom Vander Ark

May 21, 2015

It’s the boundary spaces between sciences, countries, systems and people where conflict, innovation and education frequently happen.

	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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