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Personalized Learning
Teacher Training & the Push for Online Education
One thing is certain, technology in the classroom is here to stay. Over time, innovative teaching strategies will develop, best practices will offer guidance and education itself will become richer and more rewarding.
Personalized Learning
Telepractice Brings Online Speech Services to School Districts of all Sizes
In the face of continuing budget and staffing challenges, many districts are finding that live online speech therapy (or telepractice) helps them deploy their special education staff more efficiently, improve students’ IEP outcomes and save on costs. Telepractice can augment districts’ staffing for speech-language pathology services and enables them to cope with acute and chronic shortages of speech language pathologists (SLPs).
EdTech
7 EdTech Rules for the Developing World
Brookings recently released a paper on international education. A New Face of Education: Bringing Technology Into The Classroom in the Developing World was written by Rebecca Winthrop from Brookings and Mike Smith, a four-timer at US ED and former education director at Hewlett Foundation. The authors offer seven principle for smart use of technology in education.
Personalized Learning
6 Digital Learning Accelerants
6 digital learning accelerants: learning platform ecosystems, state leadership, high performing blended learning schools, evidence, barrier reduction, and state assessments
EdTech
SmartTech Roundup
Blended Schools & Tools Who needs a hard-drive? New Google Chromebook “gets it right” and, with plans to offer a steep discount to schools, might answer the call of blended-curious districts. Alabama moves ahead! Thanks to H.B.165, the Alabama Ahead Act, participating high school students and teachers will have better access to electronic textbooks and mobile learning devices.
Personalized Learning
Digital Learning is Critical for Move to Learner-Centered Instruction
Preparing all students to succeed in today’s increasingly complex world requires a shift from a teacher-centric culture to learner-centered instruction that recognizes students’ individual learning needs, according to a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education. The report, Culture Shift: Teaching in a Learner-Centered Environment Powered by Digital Learning, examines the support that educators and schools will require to implement genuine teaching practices that are personalized for each student.
EdTech
Q&A: Classroom Coding Creates Trajectory Toward Career Application
Educator Chris Bartlo at Wilson High School in Portland, Ore. joins us today to discuss the programs at his school and the importance of computer science for students’ futures.
Personalized Learning
Innovations High: Tour the Future of Education
This May I had a personal tour of the future of education. I toured Innovations High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. I left supercharged by the potential and, honestly, a little bewildered that a traditional school district had actually created this blended learning marvel I witnessed.
EdTech
The Promise & Practicality of Entrepreneurship Alliances For Students
The prospect of finding employment for the recent graduates has become increasingly more difficult and desperate in today’s economy. The majority of college and university programs are designed for students to take a job when they graduate with a degree. A much more exciting, and practical, alternative exists when those same students are able to create a job after graduation.
Personalized Learning
When Glee Meets FIRST for Coffee and Leaves With an AA
College Board should develop CBFlex, a school-in-a-box offering featuring all the stuff in CBSchools but in a high access flex format. Imagine a school that looks more like Starbucks with a black box theater and a project lab—Glee meets FIRST Robotics for coffee. When students attend competitions, no problem, the school goes on the road. The whole school is cloud-based and completely portable.