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10 Ways I Use Technology to Learn
Talking to smart people at Startup Weekend SFO During the NYTimes conference this week a tweeter got frustrated with the old white men on the stage, “One last time: Would the panel mind talking about how they themselves use technology to learn?” So I thought I’d respond. Write…
Personalized Learning
Get out the blender, kids
I think I have just glimpsed the future, or at least what could be the future, of public education. I’m talking about the effective use of today’s technology to enhance learning, or what insiders are calling ‘blended education.’ Michael Horn, a co-author of Disrupting Class, provided a definition: Blended learning is any time a student learns at least in part at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and at least in part through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.
EdTech
YouTube Launches New Channel for Teachers
YouTube announced today the launch of its new channel for teachers that allows educators across the globe to access lesson plans, educational content, training videos and more to better integrate YouTube as a powerful educational tool in the classroom.
EdTech
McGraw-Hill Announces Prize in Education Winners
Harold McGraw III, the chairman, president and chief executive office of The McGraw-Hill Companies, announced today the winners of the 2011 The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, which annually recognizes outstanding and innovative educators who are pioneering digital education approaches. Honorees are chosen by a distinguished Board of Judges from the education community and receive a gift of $50,000.
Personalized Learning
Assessment Will Advance When It Moves Into the Background
Digital Learning Now is a framework for state education policy for the digital age. Key to quality is Element #8, Assessment and Accountability. On assessment, DLN suggests that states should administer testing online: Administering tests digitally has multiple benefits. Tests can be administered and scored quickly and…
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The Parthenon Group Publishes a Market Analysis of the “Next Generation Learning”
Parthenon announced today its release of "Next Generation Learning - Defining the Opportunity and Next Generation Learning - Scaling the Opportunity," an analysis in collaboration with Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Opportunity Equation and Stupski Foundation of the future learning landscape.
EdTech
NewSchools Presents: Eli Kennedy, Kirsten Tobey & Kristin Richmond
NewSchools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released two more videos today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneurs! Today’s videos feature Eli Kennedy, Kristen Tobey and Kristin Richmond. Eli Kennedy Eli Kennedy leads the Pacific…
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10 Things I’d Do Right Now As a Superintendent
A public school superintendent asked me last week what I’d do right now. Here’s a list of ten projects for fall 2011: Plan for the shift to personal digital learning in three phases over the next 3-5 years. You need six coordinated plans considering content and instruction, assessment and data,…
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Connections Learning Partners With Virtual High School
Connections Learning, a K-12 digital learning solutions provider and division of Connections Education, announced today a partnership with Virtual High School (VHS) Global Consortium, a non-profit K-12 online learning and professional development provider, to expand the reach of its core online courses worldwide.
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Authorizing High Performance
Paul Hill's Reinventing Public Education Good measures, clear targets, transparent results, and strong authorizing are all key to improving educational outcomes. Effective authorizing is the quality lynchpin to the Digital Learning Now framework which suggests that “States should hold schools and online providers accountable using student learning…