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The Revolution Works Weekends

It’s happening all around us. This digital revolution isn’t taking any time off. I’m getting the chance to witness a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative firsthand, and the results have been as expected . . . GREAT! Getting to this point, though, has left us with a lot of bumps, scrapes and bruises.

8 months ago by Adam Renfro

Learning

Tom Watkins 10 Personal Recommended Action Steps Innovative Learning

Tom Walkins argued that personal digital learning made obsolete the existing confinements of 180 days, 6 hour days, 4 walls of a classroom, and the 2 covers of a textbook. Tom concluded with 10 recommended action steps to innovative learning.

one year ago by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

Barbara Treacy: Director, EdTech Leaders Online

We interview Barbara Treacy, Director, EdTech Leaders Online about the future of digital learning and the progress of innovation in American public education.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

From Drop Out to Push Out in Online Learning

We have the opportunity to avoid the replication of a broken system where the culture of “read and do” exist. We must take ownership of the walls that exist for students and seek to find ways to climb.

2 years ago by Andrew Miller

EdTech

Georgia Families Urge Review of DLN Report

In a continuing effort to guarantee the Georgia Charter Schools Commission follow HB881 and provide fair and equitable funding for Georgia’s current and future full-time online public schools, Georgia Families for Public Virtual Education (GFPVE) parent leader Renee Lord again points to an important report released l...

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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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.

EdTech

Agora Cyber Charter Opens Learning Center

PHILADELPHIA -- Agora Cyber Charter School, one of the state's largest public cyber schools, today celebrated the grand opening of its innovative new learning center in Philadelphia.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

Culturally Responsive Online Teaching: A Call to Action

All students have cultural strengths and resiliencies; we need to ensure we are using all these strengths, including the culture of online learning.

2 years ago by Andrew Miller