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Personalized Learning
Support for Teachers: Simulated Classrooms, Online Networking and More
The key to ensuring all students graduate high school college and career ready is effective teaching. And the key to ensuring effective teaching for all students is effective professional development for educators. Professional development is the most powerful strategy that school systems have to help all educators acquire the knowledge and skills they need to effectively reach all students.
Personalized Learning
CIS: Meeting Kids Where They Are
CIS is the brainchild of youth advocate Bill Milliken, a man determined to improve the lives of all students, no matter what life challenges they face. Milliken wanted to bring community resources in to public schools where they could be accessible, coordinated and accountable.
Personalized Learning
Overcoming the Governance Challenge in K-12 Online Learning
Yesterday Fordham released the fifth and final paper in its Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning series, "Overcoming the Governance Challenge in K-12 Online Learning" by John Chubb. After outlining the collision of digital opportunity and local control, Chubb outlines ten steps to get us to this brave new governance system.
Personalized Learning
School Technologist Proposes Student Technology Bill of Rights
School technology specialist Brad Flickinger's recently proposed a student technology bill of rights, which articulates the ways in which educators should regulate appropriate technology use with students. The bill essentially comes as a welcome sign to those involved in education to take a stand in spelling out what I believe - should already been a given.
EdTech
The Green Schoolhouse Series – 21st century learning classrooms
It used to be educationally valuable to use Styrofoam balls to create a fairly basic representation of the solar system or to study simple earth science through a paper mache volcano craft project. Likewise, chalk and erasers were precious tools of the trade for teachers, while yellow number two pencils and plastic protractors were the standard of choice for students. Lunch hall dining used to consist of fast-food quality meals--but not anymore.
EdTech
Ohio Digital Learning Day
Getting Smart Founder and Blogger Tom Vander Ark discusses digital learning in Ohio for the first-ever Digital Learning Day February 1, 2012.
EdTech
CoSN, SITE and SXSWedu Conferences Announce Collaboration with the First-Ever Joint Teleconference Spotlight Session
SXSWedu, CoSN and SITE plan to team up Tuesday, March 6, 2012 for a teleconference in the session "On The Horizon: Harnessing Emerging Technologies In Education," featuring Larry Johnson, CEO of New Media Consortium.
EdTech
Webinar: How to Implement OER In Your Classroom
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) will host a webinar on Thursday, February 16, guiding online teachers on how to implement open educational resources (OER) in the classroom.
EdTech
4.0 Schools Sweeps Startup Weekend NYC EDU Awards
4.0 Schools, which provides resources and training to launch schools and education businesses in the Southeastern US, members made a clean sweep at the Startup Weekend NYC EDU awards, winning all three placements among more than 50 potential business concepts.
EdTech
SmartTech Roundup: Open Textbooks, Phone Learning, Common Core Content
What Textbooks Are You Opening? OpenStax College, a new non-profit publisher, plans to provide free, online course materials for five common introductory courses using Rice University’s Connexions platform. Utah announced this week that it plans to offer free online textbooks in math, Language arts and science.