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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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EdTech
#EdTechChat
The Getting Smart team was excited to participate in the second week of #EdTechChat. That chat was impressive and filled with education leaders from across the country.
19 days ago by Caroline Vander Ark Davis
EdTech
EdTech 10: Spirit of Youth
Shakespeare, who would’ve celebrated his 449th birthday this week, famously ...
22 days ago by Carri Schneider
Learning
Education Standardization: Essential or Harmful?
In my previous post, I described how much of the standardization that exists in our current system of schooling is harmful to students and should be eliminated, but made the argument that not all standardization is harmful - that, in fact, in some cases it is essential to enable innovation and transformation.
23 days ago by Marie Bjerede
Learning
Use Textbook Selection to Build Relationships
One of the most volatile college costs can be textbooks, so it is up to you to help instructors find the best quality texts at the best price. How can you do that? A combination of technology tools and in-person events.
23 days ago by EdCetera Staff
Leadership
Looking for a Few Good Schools
In order to showcase schools who exemplify deeper learning the Getting Smart team is collecting examples from around the country. Great teachers and innovative schools are finding ways to foster deeper learning for their students, Getting Smart is interested in identifying these excellent schools to profile their achie...
24 days ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Learning
To Innovate in Education, First Standardize
Standardization harms students. The much-maligned industrial model of education truly is flawed in countless ways that flow from the assumption that children are like interchangeable parts on an assembly line.
24 days ago by Marie Bjerede
EdTech
Infinity: The Size of Today’s Classrooms
There was once a time when contemplating tearing down my classroom walls fancied me wearing a yellow safety helmet and operating a wrecking-ball wielding crane machine.
24 days ago by John Hardison
