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Simple Tech Solutions for Creating Community on Campus
When students are involved in on-campus activities, they are more engaged in their courses. A few simple tech tools that you...
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The Essence of Startup Communities
Brad Feld discussed a few points from his new book Startup Communities at the New Jersey Tech Meetup last month and what it t...
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#EdTechChat: Student and Teacher Curation
Rockstar educator Jerry Blumengarten (@cybraryman1) set the tone for the chat with this great thought, “A curator is a cons...
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Science Outreach with Teachers, Dinosaurs
The fossils and data collected all help UW scientists investigate the extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs 66 million y...
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Infographic: Growing Up Google
Backupify has created an infographic to explain the rapid adoption of Google Apps in education.
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Learning
Getting the Plumbing Ready for the Flood of Data
Personal digital learning will helping more students achieve higher standards. The shift will require prepared teachers, effective communications, smart tools--and really good plumbing. The initiatives mentioned above are helping to create the data infrastructure for smarter education options. But for adult learners l...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
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10 Big Advances in the last 12 months
Fifteen years ago when I was a superintendent, online learning ...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Union policy shop wants to stop learning online
Funded by a center fronting for Midwest teacher unions, the National Education Policy Center (let’s just call it the NEA Policy Center) in Boulder recently published a hit piece on online learning. The unstated goal of the brief is to block the rapid growth of online learning, particularly schools supported by Conne...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
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Education Leaders Discuss Online Learning in K-12 at VSS
More than 1,800 education leaders across the country, including teachers, administrators and policymakers, convene in Indianapolis November 9-11, 2011 for the Virtual School Symposium (VSS), an annual conference hosted by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
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States and Districts Require Online Learning
Education Week reported this Monday that Tennessee and a handful of other states now require all students take at least one class online in forward-thinking policies to ready kids for the future.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
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Technology is Neutral: Adults Mess It Up
This week I weigh in on the recent Education Week article regarding how public schools lose when online learning students fail. My friend Susan Patrick, who is President and CEO of INACOL, often remarks in her speeches that “technology is neutral, it is what we do with it that makes it great or evil.”
one year ago by Bryan Setser
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iNACOL Promotes Online Learning With Education Week
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) announced Thursday that Education Week invited Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Development Matthew Wicks to discuss virtual education opportunities during a webinar September 20th on "Reaching Students With Special Needs Through E-Learning."
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
