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KC Distance Learning Bought by K12, Inc.
We update this story from earlier last week. KC Distance Learning has been bought by K12, Inc.
Please Turn On Your Cell Phone
Juliette LaMontagne has written a great blog post about portable computers and mobile devices in education. I am taking her post from her blog, "Learning Loam," and offering it for this audience, because I think it's worth reading.
Personalized Learning: Object, Lesson, Course & School
New tools & schools are making it easier to personalize learning
Teaching the Tech Generation
South Carolina students now have the option to earn their high school diploma online. Check out this story from Lake City, South Carolina.
Mobile Education Uprising
Social media exemplifies the transformative properties of education. It's no surprise that online content plays and management systems that lean on the cloud computing technology top lists of ed tech trends to watch for the rest of 2010. Check out this list inside to find out where the next big moves will take education.
Teaching Tech Tools
One way to personalize learning is to create opportunities for young women to learn coding. It's a conversation I've seen on several blogs. In today's world, if you want to start a company or run a successful marketing, investing, media or any other kind of shop, you need people like this to strengthen and maintain your online presence and activity.
Do We Need Textbooks?
Blair Levin says that we should not be be worried about the right or wrong type of content for textbooks. Instead, we should be answering the question, "Do we need print textbooks at all?".
At the Moment of Teaching, Part II
Here is part II of a two part video series about the need for interoperability in America's education infrastructure. Brought to you by Agilix, for the Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC.
Yes, Learning is Rocket Science
BYU's Dean K. Richard Young says he's bothered by people who claim the science of learning isn't "rocket science." He makes a bold claim about leadership to make interoperability happen.
Learning Powered by Technology
Digital learning will be the education system of the future. Steven Midgley, Deputy Director, Office of Education Technology, US Dept of Education presents a lesson on how the government will help to incorporate technology into American education. But the government won't do it alone. There must be private and public help.