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5 Ways to Deliver Blended Learning

Oct 28, 2010

This entire article looks at five different ways that K12, the nation's largest online education provider, uses blended learning to help schools and teach students. This is a good article for administrators, parents and teachers, because it explains how learning is done digitally.

Personalized Learning

Why Standardize When We Should Personalize?

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 26, 2010

Follow up on yesterday's National Journal post with great questions from Chad.

EdTech

Vying for Seven State Super Slots November 2

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 22, 2010

Is ed reform tearing the Democratic Party asunder; seven state super slots up for grabs this November 2; DOE soliciting for opinions; value added teachers in New York; Rhode Island braces for budgeting cutbacks

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Drafting Online Laws at the OK Corral

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 18, 2010

Legislators in Oklahoma are cobbling together language for a new bill on virtual schooling. They seem to be leaving out statewide virtual charter opportunities, and it looks like the bulk of the bill is meant to keep control, funding, and power in the hands of districts, keeping parents from seeking out great virtual education for their students from anywhere other than where they are physically located.

Personalized Learning

Students Need Help Making College Choice

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 6, 2010

High school students and their families need help navigating high school and making the all important post-secondary decision

EdTech

Shifting Teachers

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 5, 2010

Sarah Weston, curriculum director at the Open High School of Utah, is mentioned in this blog article about how educators have shifted the way they teach by using resources on the web.

Personalized Learning

The Changing Landscape of Teaching

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 2, 2010

Like doctors, lawyers, and accountants, learning professionals can freelance, start a business, build a nonprofit, or join a public delivery system.

Personalized Learning

Why Solve Old Problems When a New Problem is Easier?

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 7, 2010

Conventional Wisdom is working the old problem: how to get a great teacher in every classroom? The right question is: what sequence of learning experiences will help individual students succeed?

EdTech

Labor Day Over, Serious About School

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 6, 2010

Here is a review of the important interviews and a video that we played prior to the Labor Day holiday.

Personalized Learning

Digital Learning Questions

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 1, 2010

Q&A on digital learning

	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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