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Jen Robert's Classroom in the Cloud
Jen Roberts is an amazing high school English teacher. She encourages her students to use mobile apps to collaborate and publ...
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It’s Time for The Next Big Advance: Comparable Growth Measures
The most important next step in the shift to personal digital learning is the need for comparable growth measures for individ...
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CEOs Want Hard-Working Decision-Making Team Players
A survey of chief executives indicates that 92% say education is very or the most important national competitiveness issue. ...
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EdTech 10: PD and Pilgrims
When you’re the parent of a 5 year old, you hear lots of jokes. Maybe you’ve heard this one - “If April Showers bring M...
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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 Foun...
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Learning
ClassDojo: Going Beyond Good Test Scores to Build Good People
What’s the single biggest indicator of lifetime outcomes and success, as early as age three? (I’ll give you a few hints. It’s not IQ. It’s not socioeconomic status. Give up yet?) It’s self control - and a whole slew of other behavioral management skills.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Q&A: The Future Textbook Will Merge With All Other Learning Content
David Bickford, the Vice President of Academic Affairs for University of Phoenix, joins us today to discuss the challenges, benefits, and method behind its digital textbook program.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
Learning
Staff Picks: Teaching, Testing, Gamification, Writing, & Cheaper Higher Ed
CCSSO and the K-12 Center at ETS hosted a conference on Tech Enhanced Assessment. In my lunch keynote I talked about profiles, playlists, projects, and progress based on demonstrated mastery.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
Learning
SmartTech Roundup
How’s it hanging? Google hosted its first EduOnAir Conference on Blended Learning using Google Hangout. Hangout OnAir allows users to broadcast, record and share its sessions. This is a great resource for educators teaching online courses or conducting professional development sessions.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
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The Education Foundation Launches Learning Lab in London
The Education Foundation, the United Kingdom's education think tank launched in November 2011, and partners today launched Learning Lab, a new edtech and innovation space in the heart of London.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Compass Learning provides educational software that empowers educators to unlock the potential of every student by making learning personal. We serve nearly 8,000 schools and millions of students across the United States.
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Hewlett Foundation Announces Winners of Essay Scoring Technology Competition
A British particle physicist and sports enthusiast, a data analyst for the National Weather Service in Washington, D.C., and a graduate student from Germany won the $60,000 first prize in a competition to design innovative software to help teachers and school systems assess their students’ writing. The William and Fl...
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Thank You Teachers!
In honor of Teacher Appreciate Week, Getting Smart would like to thank its teacher bloggers, readers and more who actively help us spread the word around innovations in learning.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
