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PB”What the hel”L?
By: Riley Johnson. Why PBL is a process, provides a framework to participate in what students are asked to do, and how it can take student voice and choice to new levels.
20 High Impact EdTech Enterprises at ASU+GSV
10 startups and 10 growth companies that appear to have big impact potential that were featured among the 300 presenting companies at the 2015 ASU+GSV Summit.
The Power of Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning
By: Jennifer Miller. As part of our Smart Parents series, Jennifer shares personal stories about her son and provides information about ensuring children develop social and emotional learning skills. Recommendations include strategies for building social and emotional learning at home, advocating for children at school, and partnering with schools.
Connections Education: Creating Powerful Experiences for Learners
A look inside the online and blended learning experiences and opportunities Connections Education is providing for thousands of students around the country.
What Relationships Drive Learning? Try Fathers
By: Patrick Riccards. As part of our Smart Parents series, Patrick Riccards, author of the memoir Dadprovement, writes about the roles that fathers can play in learning and parental engagement more generally. He makes a strong case for active parenting, and writes that seeing fathers in the classroom (and learning alongside their kids) should be the norm, not the exception.
Parenting for Powerful Learning: 35 Tips
We can turn our parenting interactions into learning opportunities at home, on field trips, and during weekends to help our kids learn while with us. From making dinner together to turning old cardboard boxes into whatever the kids' imagine, here are 35 tips for creating powerful learning experiences for all ages.
Collaborative Culture Fuels Meriden’s Blended Success
Meriden Public Schools is a great example of a district making progress on personalizing learning; student access to technology is improving, teacher leaders are being identified and cultivated, and blended learning strategies are being phased in. The district hosted a Blended Learning Summit (#MPSblended) that gathered fellow blended leaders in Connecticut.
PEAK by Fuel Education
As part of the #LearningPlatform series we take a look at PEAK by FuelEd, a dashboard that provides an up to date and personalized experience for administrators, teachers, and students.
Leveraging Innovative Policy Options for Students
By: Jamey Fitzpatrick. In this Smart Parents series blog, Jamey writes about the role of parents in helping their children successfully navigate online learning options, and shares resources for learning more about supporting students in online learning environments.
Practical Professional Development Can Help Educators Reach “That” Student
In honor of Digital Learning Day, Andy Kalahanis, a 9th grade online educator shares how digital professional development activities have helped him engage his English students.