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One-to-One Project Launches in Illinois

Jul 12, 2011

"Whether these students are at school, at play, at home or elsewhere, they will have access to anytime, anywhere learning. This immediate access is what they are used to in their daily lives with their iPhones and other mobile devices; we need to meet them in their digital world.”

EdTech

SETDA Outlines State of Online Assessment

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 11, 2011

The State EdTech Directors issued a white paper outlining the current state of online assessment. The report makes 9 recommendations about moving forward.

Leadership

Good Work: Serendipity

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 10, 2011

Fortunate to be able to spend a good deal of my time visiting schools, I am never sure what I will find and often go simply hope to wonder into something wonderful. The coincidence of connection is always at work.

EdTech

The Pivot to Personal Digital Learning in OK

Caroline Vander Ark

Jul 8, 2011

Opening with the famous first sentence of The Road Less Traveled, Tom Vander Ark spoke to an audience of superintendents, administrators and teacher's this morning in Oklahoma City, OK at Innovation 2011.

Personalized Learning

2x Time with Digital Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 8, 2011

Personal digital learning and partnerships with community based organizations have the potential to double learning time for kids that need it most

EdTech

Korea Commits to Personal Digital Learning

Getting Smart Staff

Jul 6, 2011

Korea will shift from print to digital texts by 2014

EdTech

Coalition Advocates for 100k Excellent STEM Teachers

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 4, 2011

100k in 10 is a new coalition planning to help US schools attract 100,000 excellent science and math teacher in the next decade.

Personalized Learning

A Letter to Principals About Levers

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 29, 2011

Principals have seven historical improvement levers: culture, goals, instruction, materials, hiring, parents, and partners. Blended learning is an emerging lever that creates new degrees of freedom

EdTech

Project Tomorrow: Demand for Online Learning Grows

Getting Smart Staff

Jun 28, 2011

In just three years, the number of high school students who have access to online learning has tripled, while twice as many middle school students are now learning online according to a survey report from Project Tomorrow® and Blackboard Inc.

Personalized Learning

Blended Restarts: Everything is Different Now

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 28, 2011

School improvement will remain a challenge, but selectively incorporating online learning into improvement plans can make it easier to staff a struggling school and a strategy for ensuring consistent quality of teaching and learning.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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