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Personalized Learning
Enriching Online Education through E-Service-Learning
While the physical separation of online students from the campus poses a significant challenge to participating in service-learning opportunities, pioneering educators are attempting to offer equivalent learning experiences to online students.
Leadership
10 Ways Smart Cities Develop & Support Teachers
10 strategies are outlined that cities are using to make teaching more attractive and to better support teachers and expand their opportunity set.
Leadership
How I Learn
The way we learn has changed from 30 years ago with the use of technology and resources at our fingertips. Tom outlines several new ways he and others are learning today.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Dads, Dollars & Digital Learning
Before you run to the store for a bottle of cologne and the usual golf polo for your Dad take a few minutes to catch up on this week’s edtech happenings.
Personalized Learning
Let the Learning Commence
Tom shares his commencement speech that he gave to the students of the International Connections Academy, the second generation of graduates from online high schools.
Personalized Learning
New Tools for Next-Gen Schools from NGLC & iNACOL
RETHINK: Planning and Designing for K-12 Next Generation Learning is a new toolkit for navigating blended and competency-based learning brought to you through a partnership between iNACOL and NGLC.
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STEM: Coming to a street near you?
I love science museums. There are some things you just can’t experience anywhere else – a giant dinosaur skeleton towering over you, or looking through cabinets after cabinet of life from around the planet.
Leadership
10 Big Blended Learning Questions
The CityBridge-NewSchools Education Innovation Fellowship is a great developmental opportunity for teachers in Washington DC. On Monday we're holding a conversation about blended learning. Following is a list of 10 questions we'll discuss and some resources for developing answers.
Leadership
Good Work: Iterating & Innovating At Scale
Four leaders had, by eight years ago, achieved a career crowning accomplishment of running a great school. None were satisfied. Each saw more opportunity to help boost youth success. They viewed blended learning as an chance to innovate and iterate. Unlike superficial Tinkering Toward Utopia, these leaders are engineering powerful learning pathways. Driven by a passion for impact at scale, leaders like Diane, Marcy, Tom and JoAnn are transforming U.S. education.
Personalized Learning
10 Trends in K-12 Online Learning
Online learning is growing rapidly in K-12 and powering an even larger movement to blended learning. This list of the 10 top trends in K-12 online learning is headlined by rapid school district adoption of online learning strategies and ends with their opposition to the growth of virtual charter schools.