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Personalized Learning

Motivational Profiles

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 13, 2011

Mining the combined data from home and school will yield rich and powerful motivational profiles that will power smart recommendation engines--and that's when we'll see the real power of customized learning.

Personalized Learning

County Superintendents Consider Innovation

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 12, 2011

ASA County Superintendents meeting in Washington DC was sponsored by the Pearson Foundation. They considered learning tech and school improvement today.

EdTech

One-to-One Project Launches in Illinois

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 12, 2011

"Whether these students are at school, at play, at home or elsewhere, they will have access to anytime, anywhere learning. This immediate access is what they are used to in their daily lives with their iPhones and other mobile devices; we need to meet them in their digital world.”

Leadership

Good Work: Serendipity

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 10, 2011

Fortunate to be able to spend a good deal of my time visiting schools, I am never sure what I will find and often go simply hope to wonder into something wonderful. The coincidence of connection is always at work.

Personalized Learning

2x Time with Digital Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 8, 2011

Personal digital learning and partnerships with community based organizations have the potential to double learning time for kids that need it most

EdTech

Coalition Advocates for 100k Excellent STEM Teachers

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 4, 2011

100k in 10 is a new coalition planning to help US schools attract 100,000 excellent science and math teacher in the next decade.

Personalized Learning

Blended Restarts: Everything is Different Now

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 28, 2011

School improvement will remain a challenge, but selectively incorporating online learning into improvement plans can make it easier to staff a struggling school and a strategy for ensuring consistent quality of teaching and learning.

EdTech

Cengage Acquires NatGeo Publishing

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 24, 2011

Cengage Learning signed a deal with National Geographic to acquire their school publishing unit and extended use of the NGS brand. The deal include the NatGeo Science series, elementary science curriculum, Explorer! Magazines, and Hampton Brown’s literacy and language programs.

EdTech

Fix the Root Problem: School Governance

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 23, 2011

In a Hoover piece, Checker Finn makes the case that we've got school governance all wrong in America. He makes the case for autonomous schools and networks with perpetual leadership

EdTech

iLearn Project Working to Save WA Online Learning

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 20, 2011

Check out this video that the iLearn Project has put together discussing how Washington State online learning is under attack.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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