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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 publish high quality written products.

2 days ago by Tom Vander Ark

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7 Essential Tools for a Flipped Classroom

The flipped classroom uses technology to allow students more time to apply knowledge and teachers more time for hands-on education. It’s a continually changing strategy that evolves with technology.

2 months ago by Guest Author

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Q&A: A Split Screen Strategy Drives Proficiency-Based Learning

Ananth Pai, an elementary teacher in Minnesota, turned to game-based learning and a "split screen strategy" to engage and motivate students in the classroom. Today, Mr. Pai shares increased insight into his shift to a "split screen strategy" and how his efforts to personalize learning through proficiency-based learning...

4 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Q&A: Online Environments Improve Professional Learning

Paul Lambert of an up-and-coming startup joins us today to share insights into his latest professional development and learning platform, Learndot. Learndot, formerly the new-age education platform Matygo, provides a flipped-classroom style learning environment for organizations who are looking for professional learnin...

4 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

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3 Ways to Make Video Even More Interactive

Throughout my teaching career I have gravitated toward using technology to further my instruction for students outside the classroom walls. This began with developing my classroom website and progressed toward video resources for excerpts of lessons I found myself repeating often for students in the learning process.

5 months ago by Guest Author

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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.

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Infographic: How Do Professors Use Social Media?

We all know college students are using social media. Yet, how are professors and faculty members at their universities picking up on the trend? As it turns out, nearly two-thirds of faculty are using social media - Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, etc. - each month for personal and sometimes profess...

5 months ago by Getting Smart Staff

Learning

How the Flipped Classroom Turned Me into a Better Student

My first two years of high school were a continuous struggle. I wasn’t very engaged during class, had a difficult time doing my homework, and was unable to get help from my parents because they didn’t know the material that I was being assigned. After my sophomore year I took the ACT test and scored a 13 – which ...

5 months ago by Guest Author