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Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning

Erik Day

Sep 13, 2017

I like to imagine what a learning experience would look like wherein students have access to VR that is both tied to curriculum and automatically tailored to their competency via machine learning. Here's a look at one company providing a step in that direction.

SEL & Mindset

Addressing the Hidden Effects of Trauma in a School Community

Guest Author

Sep 13, 2017

By: Terry B. Grier, Ph.D. Simply returning to a classroom setting doesn’t eliminate the ruptures, the financial pressures, and the soul-searing sense of displacement and loss that can plague post-disaster education. Here's one way to help students move forward.

Competency-Based Education

15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 12, 2017

It is easy to think of personalization simply as differentiated instruction, but a full commitment to supporting individual learning journeys has many dimensions such as these 15 we've identified.

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Personalized Learning

How to Build Community Leaders of Today—and Tomorrow—Through Student Genius Hours

Guest Author

Sep 12, 2017

By: Jen Schneider. Genius Hour means students use at least one hour of their class time each week to explore their own questions, create projects and share with others. Here's how implementing it in my classroom turned it into a community.

EdTech

PeopleAdmin Partners with Tableau to Support Better Teacher Hiring

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 12, 2017

PeopleAdmin today announced a partnership with Tableau to allow K-12 educators and administrators to apply analytics to attract, identify, hire, develop, and manage highly qualified teachers and staff.

Place Based Education

Back to School with The Power of Place

Emily Liebtag

Sep 11, 2017

Communities and cities are rich with opportunities for place-based learning that we ought to take advantage of. Here are some questions and a reflection that can help with getting started.

Leadership

Impact Report: Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 9, 2017

Education Elements recently released its third annual Impact Report, "Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More," examining the impact of personalized learning on districts across the country. Here are highlights of what they found.

Project-Based Learning

Two KC Schools That Use Projects to Engage and Transform

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 8, 2017

We recently visited these two Kansas City area elementary schools combining personalized and project-based learning to help young people develop valuable knowledge, skills and dispositions.

STEM & Maker

Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Your Makerspace Needs

Lindsey Own

Sep 8, 2017

Many makerspace components are commonly known. Here are 10 ideas for useful materials that might surprise you.

EdTech

Top 10 Highlights of the 2017 NMC Horizons Report: HigherEd Edition

Getting Smart Staff

Sep 7, 2017

Six key trends, six significant challenges and six developments in educational technology are profiled in the latest NMC Horizons Report as poised to impact teaching, learning and creative inquiry in higher education. Here are the highlights

	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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