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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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Making Tech Work for Kids and Teachers

Advances in technology in the classroom often focus on how it is improving teaching and not learning. Why don't we invite stu...

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Why Aren’t There Any Next Gen Learning Platforms?

The education sector is in the early stages of transitioning from learning management systems (LMS) to learning platform ecosystems. In fact, a lot of U.S. schools will skip the LMS phase and go straight from print to platform.

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ISTE Reflections: Balance Moving Forward

Perhaps the best idea I had for ISTE this year was to arrive in San Diego a day early. It was there, outside of the conference, that I was reminded of a powerful truth in education. Meandering through the meticulously manicured sidewalk shrubbery, the majestically purple Jacaranda trees, and the polite, bayside strolle...

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7 Top Trends at ISTE 2012

It was rumored that more 18,000 people signed up for the annual ISTE conference this year. The exhibit hall was buzzing with big booths from all the usual suspects in education including: Google, Blackboard, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and others. The traffic and engagement among attendees this year appeared muc...

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Adobe Foundation & Discovery Education Host a ‘Day of Discovery’

In coordination with the 2012 ISTE conference, the Adobe Foundation and Discovery Education hosted a ‘Day of Discovery’ and kicked off the event with an announcement on a partnership between the two. With a shared passion for the power of technology in enhancing teaching and learning, the Adobe Foundation and Disc...

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Yong Zhao Says Globalization & Entrepreneurship are Key in Today’s Education

Dr. Yong Zhao, keynote at ISTE and Presidential Chair and Associate Dean at University of Oregon, spoke this morning on the importance of globalization, global competence and technology on education at ISTE 2012.

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The Foundation for Excellence in Education is igniting a movement of reform, state by state, to transform education for the 21st century economy. Excellence in Action, the organization’s flagship initiative, is working with lawmakers and policymakers to advance education reform across America. Learn more at www.Exce...

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NMC, CoSN, and ISTE Release the K-12 Horizon Report Toolkit at ISTE 2012

The New Media Consortium (NMC), the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and the International Society for Technology in Education have released the NMC Horizon Report > 2012 K-12 Edition and are releasing the accompanying CoSN Horizon Report: 2012 K-12 Edition Toolkit in a special session at the ISTE 2012 Conferen...

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Build, Buy, and Borrow A Digital Future

5 answers from digital learning experts about building, buying or borrowing digital instructional resources

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