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Learning

Newsela: Read closely. Think critically. Be worldly.

A cool new news-as-literacy platform launched this week. Newsela “is an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news.”

22 hours ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

#Edtechchat: Summer Plans

In this week's #Edtechchat we covered summer plans, for both learning and relaxing.

yesterday by Alison Anderson

Leadership

10 Ways Smart Cities Develop & Support Teachers

10 strategies are outlined that cities are using to make teaching more attractive and to better support teachers and expand their opportunity set.

yesterday by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

Gaming with Amplify

Amplify announces lineup of educational games aimed at middle school-age students.

yesterday by Caroline Vander Ark Davis

Learning

How I Learn

The way we learn has changed from 30 years ago with the use of technology and resources at our fingertips. Tom outlines several new ways he and others are learning today.

2 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

advocacy partner

K12 Inc.

K12 Inc. is leading the transformation to individualized learning as the nation's foremost provider of technology-powered online solutions for students in pre-kindergarten through high school.

Learning

Using Stories to Teach Evolution

Evolution is often a difficult subject for students to grasp, even putting aside politics and religion. It’s also a very important concept to understand biology.

2 days ago by Winifred Kehl

Learning

Good Work: Inhabited By a Question

For 35 years, Roger Weissberg has been inhabited by a question: How do schools, parents, and communities come together to promote positive behavioral outcomes in young people? CASEL launched the Collaborating Districts Initiative aimed at supporting district-wide SEL efforts in Anchorage, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, N...

3 days ago by Tom Vander Ark