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Google Hangout: A New Collaboration Tool for Learning and Living

Google Hangout is a game changer in synchronous, online collaboration, and I can't wait to put it through its paces next semester. I'm going to start something completely new to see if students respond. I'm going to open a Google Hangout room with an open invitation for students to come join. I'll keep it open in my o...

one year ago by Mike Shumake

Learning

Online Learning: Giving College-Bound Students More Tools

Getting technology and online learning options integrated into the classroom is an important priority for primary and secondary education. And it's important beyond the obvious need for students to be able to compete in a global marketplace after graduation. The growing trend toward graduating high school seniors choos...

one year ago by Jesse Langley

Learning

The Beginning of Something

We are living through an uninspiring policy environment and disastrously ...

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

Mentoring Your Students in Social Media or Vice Versa

Generation Z is moving so fast we can only track their contrails. They have advertisers, marketers, and educators flummoxed with how they operate. What makes the Zs so different from the Boomers, Xs, and Ys? Quite simply, the Internet.

one year ago by Adam Renfro

EdTech

Dive Into TheBlu, a Digital Ocean for Artists, Students & Organizations

The ocean houses roughly 230,000 known species in waters that cover nearly 71 percent of the Earth's surface. The wildlife of the ocean carries an abundance of information and knowledge around ecosystems, animals, plants, pollution and more. How often do students get to dive in to explore the expansive ocean? Today, we...

one year ago by Getting Smart Staff

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EdTech

Review: iNACOL’s Online & Blended Learning Survey

At the 2011 Virtual School Symposium (VSS) in Indianapolis, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) released the report Online and Blended Learning: A survey of Policy and Practice of K-12 Schools Around the World, which showcases the ways that new technologies and learning models have accelerat...

one year ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

Infographic: The Digital Promise

OnlineSchoolg,org recently published the infographic "The Digital Promise," which highlights the Digital Promise initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Education this September. The infographic follows the projected future of a student born in 2000 and expected to graduate college in 2022. It looks at the ways t...

one year ago by Getting Smart Staff