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EdTech

EdTech Women Dine at ISTE 13

Join us for an evening of dining and networking with other women in education technology, including a stellar group of ISTE panelists and attendees.

19 hours ago by Alison Anderson

Leadership

Think Outside the Box for Las Vegas Schools

The Getting Smart team led a school design workshop for The Executive Leadership Academy, hosted by The Public Education Foundation in Las Vegas last week. Teams of principals designed next-gen K-8 and high schools and taught lessons on blended learning components.

8 days ago by Alison Anderson

Learning

Shrinking the Digital Divide

As more and more students gain access to personal devices, the exposure to personalized learning is becoming readily available to those lucky students who can lay claim to their own digital learning device.

23 days ago by Alison Anderson

Learning

Playdate13: Giving Teachers the Gift of Time

Most teachers I know don’t ask for much, but I know that if they could ask for something, it would be more time! More time to plan and prepare, but really more time to connect, learn, and get better. We, as teachers nowadays, can’t get by with just knowing the content. We have to learn the tools... the most effecti...

4 months ago by Alison Anderson

Learning

Yes! Zeens in the Classroom!

I know if I announced to my middle school students, “I want you to create your own digital magazine,” a lot of hands would be thrown over heads and many loudly whispered “yeses” would be heard immediately. With the new site Zeen.com, I actually can give my classes this dream assignment.

4 months ago by Alison Anderson

advocacy partner

Digital Learning Now!

Digital Learning Now! is a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high quality digital learning environment to better prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers.

Learning

Enroll Monsters In Kindergarten

The kindergarteners at my school enter with an incredibly wide range of literacy abilities, so we know we need to quickly focus on their reading skills immediately in order that everyone, from the high achievers to the ones still struggling to recognize their letters, will end the year strong. Not always an easy task. ...

5 months ago by Alison Anderson

Learning

Why a Badge Is Better Than an A+

We are not totally gamifying our classrooms or currently using Edmodo, so this year I was not really considering the possibility of awarding my students digital badges. That is, until I recently came across this awesome site and FREE web tool for teachers, classbadges.com and I knew I had to have these for my students.

6 months ago by Alison Anderson