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Competitive, Coherent, Creative: The 21st Century School District

Juan

Apr 18, 2017

It’s time for district leaders to create clarity and coherence by making crystal clear how things are supposed to work. To accomplish that, it’s a good time to reexamine why school districts exist, how they work and what value they add.

Future of Learning

Plugging into the New, 21st-Century Vision of Learning

Guest Author

Apr 16, 2017

By: Paula Dillon. It’s important to promote collaboration across schools, districts, and even states in order to disseminate promising practices and strategies that can help overcome the obstacles to 21st-century learning. Here's how to start.

SEL & Mindset

Curing a National Epidemic with Physical Literacy and SEL

Guest Author

Apr 15, 2017

By: Steve Boyle. We need to make a major change when it comes to improving the overall health of our children, and the answer lies in a physical literacy and social-emotional learning movement addressing the whole child.

Podcasts

Getting Smart Podcast | Making the City the Text at High Tech High

Emily Liebtag

Apr 14, 2017

In this podcast episode, High Tech High leaders Larry Rosenstock, Jeff Robin and Kaleb Rashad share musings about student projects, starting new schools, hiring teachers and why the city the school is located in is so important.

Personalized Learning

3 Ways to Implement Blended Learning In The Classroom

Guest Author

Apr 14, 2017

By: Rachelle Dene Poth. Here are three different ways to use technology to “blend” or “flip” learning that in my experience have worked well, as well as tools that can offer innovative or creative learning methods in your classroom.

Leadership

Highlights from NSTA’s 2017 National Conference

wkehl

Apr 12, 2017

The National Science Teachers Association is a huge event and provides a plethora of free teacher resources. Here are just a few of the many available at this year's conference.

Innov8

Innov8: Library Love

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 12, 2017

In celebration of National Library Week and its 2017 theme “Libraries Transform,” here are eight innovative education resources also created to transform and support 21st-century learning.

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EdTech

Machine Learning: The “Next Big Thing” in Education

Guest Author

Apr 8, 2017

By: Ron Drabkin. Machine learning will be steadily adopted in a variety of educational technology tools. It will not be visible or obvious to the end user, but teachers will start to see their applications doing tasks for them in completely new ways.

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Place Based Education

The Common Core of the Student Needs the Common Core of Place

Guest Author

Apr 6, 2017

By: Nate McClennen and Milton Chen. Place-Based Education is fundamental to supporting "whole-child" development, as it propels students towards becoming active citizens, and shows them that change is possible and that initiative and creativity are critical.

Innov8

Innov8: Reimagining Education

Guest Author

Apr 5, 2017

From virtual tours to artificial intelligence, this week’s top eight education news stories celebrate the latest resources and ideas designed to help support 21st-century 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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