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EdTech
Silicon Valley: Global Innovation Engine
The 20-mile stretch from Stanford University to San Jose, Calif. produces more innovation than any place on the planet. As Richard Florida noted, the unique confluence of a great R1 University, venture investors, tech talent, and great quality of life make it a creative hotspot.
Leadership
Building a National Innovation Partnership
In order to affect positive change in education we must stand on the shoulders of giants. Education is multi-faceted, multi-layered, and often under-resourced; it can benefit from coordinated, strategic and engaged partnerships that span from the classroom to the White House.
Leadership
Smart Cities Spur Innovations in Learning
It's time to get smart; innovative tools and schools are helping; most innovations come from smart ecosystems--and it all begins with a startup mindset. We're writing the Smart Cities book--and you can help.
Ed Policy
A District Guide to Online Learning
Online learning can expand student (and staff) options, grow enrollment, and power blended learning. It shares many critical success factors with traditional education, but different enough that you need to do your homework and develop a good plan. Following is a 10 point district/network guide to online learning.
Personalized Learning
The Job Good Schools Fulfill
The job of a good school is creating the partnership between teens and adults that scaffolds this experience and recognizes the multiple ways that adolescents master these skills. While the ultimate recognition is the diploma -- “the ticket” to the next step -- students can only excel when they are sure of their skills and confident in the person they bring forward.
EdTech
Get Smart About Twitter Chats
Whether you call it a Twitter chat, a meet and tweet, or a Twitter party, you should read one, join one or better yet - start one. Consider this a beginner’s guide to Twitter chats
Leadership
The Importance of Culture
By: Katelyn Donnelly. The people you spend time with matter – because groups of people establish a culture and a set of standards for behavior that shapes the actions and thoughts of individuals within the group.
EdTech
Innovation Leadership: Spurring & Supporting Entrepreneurship
By: Christopher Nyren. Coming up on our two year anniversary, Educelerate hosts twice monthly panel discussions and workshops with nearly 800 local “Educelerants” in Chicago.
Leadership
Leadership for Education Innovation
By: Michele Cahill. At the heart of an ecosystem for learning is an ability to draw upon the assets of an entire city or community to support students as they grapple with the two primary tasks of adolescence: building competencies and forming their identities.
Leadership
3 Challenges to Human Development: Potential, Poverty, Productivity
Dave Lash has been studying innovation for 30 years; he’s learned some useful lessons on how systems change, how human beings develop, and the role innovation plays.