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EdTech
Get Rolling with SPRK Programming Curriculum
The SPRK curriculum is built on the belief that “play is a powerful teacher.” And rather than teaching students about programming by having them write lines of code on a computer, SPRK puts a Sphero and an iOS or Android device in students’ hands...
EdTech
Google Apps Summer Camp: Calendar
Here are a few ways that you can start using Google Calendar to further enhance and streamline your work at the district office, at your school, or in your classroom without much more of an investment than just getting started.
Competency-Based Education
Preparing Teachers For Deeper Learning
A Getting Smart white paper that outlines the attributes of next-generation teacher preparation with recommendations to support the development of teacher preparation and development systems.
Personalized Learning
Smart Balances in Smart Blends
By: Jason Zimba. It can be a difficult challenge for teachers to meet students where they are and also teach grade-level mathematics. Negotiating that tension is the subject of this post, in which I'll offer some thoughts on striking smart balances in rotation models.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Happy May Day!
It’s May Day! We’re going to work hard this May Day to celebrate all the great spring EdTech news popping up.
Competency-Based Education
Infographic: Competency-Based Teacher Prep & PD
This infographic, “Competency-Based Teacher Preparation & Professional Development,” outlines how the role of teachers is changing amid broader shifts to personalized, blended and deeper learning.
Personalized Learning
Leveraging the Core Budget to Change America’s Schools
Blended learning requires a fundamental redesign of instructional and organizational models, transforming the core elements of teaching and learning--changing roles, structures, schedules, staffing, and core budgets.
Personalized Learning
Blended Learning: Better than Hermione’s Time Turner
By: Chris Mabley and Michael Dolan. Last Fall, Chris Mabley, an educator with 45 years experience at several of the best private schools in the country, saw enough potential in personalized learning to pilot blended learning in one of his two Algebra 2 sections.
EdTech
Sales 101 for Edtech Entrepreneurs
By: Eileen Rudden and Marissa Lowman. This week, LearnLaunch began a series of four classes on sales for edtech entrepreneurs. LearnLaunch, Boston’s EdTech community, campus, and accelerator, brings together over 240 edtech startups to participate in events, peer learning groups, and conferences.
Personalized Learning
Lessons from KIPP Math Blends
The KIPP Chicago team found that strong classroom management is key to ensuring success of instructional technology. They also found that teachers benefit most from synthesized, actionable data--and training on how to use it. Teachers need to know how to use the programs.