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SmartTech Roundup: 1:1 Reading/Writing, Hardware & Schools
Better Reading & Writing StudySync hooked up with MetaMetrics to provide Lexile measures for its entire curriculum of 350 classic and modern texts. Florida adopted Pearson’s social studies eTexts. When a state adopts the program, it gets its own website. Ginger Software, a contextual grammar…
Leadership
Staff Picks: Common Core & Cloud
Tom Picks Common Core Standards Tom says, “The Common Core State Standards, which already cover 80 percent of America’s students, will be extremely beneficial when linked to higher ed. Not only will this help develop courses for freshman, but allows teacher preparation courses to be tailored to the CCSS they…
Personalized Learning
Tony Bryk on Learning to Improve
As President the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Tony Bryk is doing applied research across networks his team created with support from a variety of foundations. Tony and team keep asking the networks “What does good look like and how does one go about getting good?”
EdTech
Utah Proves to be Innovative National Leader
Utah has shown a strong commitment to Digital Learning Now’s 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning. By allowing students to have choice down to the course level, families are able to make the best decision for every student’s academic success.
EdTech
Public/Private Organizations Begin Fellowship Program for Tomorrow’s Ed Leaders
The Ferguson Education Leadership Fellowship, created by Curriculum Associates and Rocketship Education, announced Tuesday that fellows in a new leadership program will spend ten months working full-time on curriculum, product development, and data and accountability beginning 2012.
EdTech
Join Getting Smart at SXSWedu & SXSW Interactive
SXSWedu kicks off Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at the Hilton Downtown in Austin, Texas with keynotes by actor and director LeVar Burton, Pearson's Chief Executive Marjorie Scardino, and United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. SXSW Interactive begins March 9-13, 2012 in downtown Austin with keynotes from comedian Baratunde Thurston, anthropologist Amber Case, visionary Ray Kurzweil with writer Lev Grossman, and Code for America Executive Director Jennifer Pahlka.
Personalized Learning
The Cloud: Too Big to Fail
Almost any tech device that is having “its year” this year, is most likely tied into the cloud. What exactly is the cloud? It’s simply a metaphor for the Internet, and in my own metaphor, the cloud will always include bright, sunshiny days.
EdTech
Rocketship Education Expands Charters to Milwaukee
Rocketship Education announced, in partnership with Milwaukee Common Council, today plans to bring eight high-performing charter schools to Milwaukee starting fall 2013, marking the beginning of its expansion into a national presence beyond California.
Personalized Learning
24 Getting Smart Blogs About Blended Learning
Twenty-four articles and posts getting smart about blended learning.
EdTech
Webinar: The Comprehensive Assessment Consortia
Two state consortia—Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium—are hard at work putting ambitious designs in place for new assessment systems. They have released materials and will soon select contractors to build assessments and the infrastructure to support them. What do their current plans look like?