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ImagineK12 Ready to Demo Edupreneurs

ImagineK12 helps form and guide new companies focused on improving elementary and secondary education.  I agree with their view of the opportunity: The infrastructure, hardware, software, and platforms are either available or being developed that will change the nature of how we teach our children in profound…

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18 Low Tech Ways to Help Kids & Educators Get Smart

I frequently write about new learning technologies, but there are lots of low tech learning innovations (i.e., produce better outcomes and potentially cost less).  Here’s a lit of 18.  I bet you can add two to the list to make it an even 20.  At this point, some aren’t…

Personalized Learning

OpenEd: Changing the Way the World Learns

A New York Times article last week suggested that big ideas are dead. At Open Education Solutions, we don’t think so—we want to change the way the world learns. We see evidence of new approaches to learning that work better. Following are four examples of how we’re helping to deploy new strategies, structures, and technologies.

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VSHOOLZ Partners With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Virtual school provider VSCHOOLZ announced today that it is partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), an educational products and services provider, to provide traditional course content online to schools or districts looking for blended learning programs.

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Starting a Virtual School

Do students in your district have access to online courses on a full and part time basis?  Is your district offering them?  A recent survey suggests that more than half of US districts claim them are developing online options. States and districts are approaching digital learning in different ways. …