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Three Ideas for Broad-Access Higher Education
The Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford held a conference in December exploring access to higher education in America. Dr. Mitchell L. Stevens and three co-authors issued a report that outlined three ideas to boost access to higher education. Idea 1: Pay explicit attention to the organizational…
Personalized Learning
Abeo Launches Blended Principal Support Program
Washington State school principals have a new web of support this morning. iPLN – The Innovative Principal Leadership Network – is an Abeo Change Network offering professional networking to principals and their school leadership teams.
Personalized Learning
5 Strategies to Deliver Edtech Access to Every Student
Over the last few weeks I’ve participated in a number of conversations about student access strategies. It comes down to what device and who pays.
Personalized Learning
Physical Activity Proves a Vital Function in Cognitive Ability in Recent Studies
Physical activity among today’s youth in the United States has been on a steady decline while learning disorders like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and others are on the rise. Scientists have yet to draw a direct causal link to physical activity and learning disorders; however, research is showing an increasing correlation between physical activity and its affect on learning and behavioral disorders.
Personalized Learning
What Would You Do With Endless Internet Bandwidth?
The theme of the CoSN 2012 Annual Conference was to “reimagine learning” and the keynote speakers and concurrent session presenters all provoked us to do just that. From my conference experience, none was more provocative than the session, “On The Horizon: Harnessing Emerging Technologies In Education,” with Larry Johnson, CEO of New Media Consortium.
EdTech
SmartTech Roundup: New Developments in Learning
Apptastic Khan Academy recently released an iPad app for its STEM-related videos. Angry Birds is coming out with Angry Birds Space, a new app that may actually hold some educational value around STEM topics in physics and math. Sesame Street is back – on apps!…
Personalized Learning
10 Ways Big Data Will Improve Learning
The shift to personal digital learning will soon swamp our schools with more data than teachers ever dreamed possible. More and better data will inform educational decisions, lead to better public policy, and will boost achievement. It's time for schools, districts, and states to begin planning for Big Data.
Leadership
Staff Picks: mLearning, ePortfolios, intellectual work & Rethinking ED
Tom Picks “Celling a Great Idea” Tom says, “I agree that the flip from bans to widespread daily use will happen fast and that the BS era (before smartphone that is) will soon seem like a strange and distant past.” Caroline Picks “Technology…
EdTech
iNACOL Releases 5 Policy Reforms for Online Learning
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning's (iNACOL) Director of Policy, David Teeter, recently published "Online Learning: Top 5 Federal Policy Issues Brief," which takes a close look at reforms to improve student-centered, competency-based policies for online learning.
Personalized Learning
Celling a Great Idea
Event horizon: Smartphones will be in all classrooms. When that event horizon comes to pass, the switch to smartphone access in class will be so utterly quick and complete that the time before smartphones will seem like a distant memory, a work of fiction, something from an Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel. Anthropologists will call it the “Before Smartphones Era” or possibly the “BS Period.”