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NewSchools Presents: Alexandra Bernadotte & Scott Given
New Schools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released two more videos today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneurs Alexandra Beradotte and Scott Given.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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. …
K12 Inc. and Blackboard Work Together to Provide Quality Developmental Education
BlackboardTV released a video July 28, 2011 featuring K12 Inc.'s Vice President Gregg Levin discussing the unique partnership between K12 Inc. and Blackboard to provide quality developmental education for students in primary and secondary education.
K12 Inc. and Blackboard Work Together to Provide Quality Developmental Education
BlackboardTV released a video July 28, 2011 featuring K12 Inc.’s Vice President Gregg Levin discussing the unique partnership between K12 Inc. and Blackboard to provide quality developmental education for students in primary and secondary education.
Blended Learning & Community Based Organizations
Community based organizations and new learning technologies will be part of the quest for more and better learning time in America.
Do the Classroom Flip: Humanizing School Through Technology
Chris Sturgis discusses many of the advancements in regards to technology in the classroom.