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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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Leadership
How to Tell a True Inspirational Story
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about inspiration. It’s a bit like thinking about falling in love --- hard to get a handle on, but what’s not to like? Still, I’ve been trying to tease out what inspiration is exactly, especially for those of us in the education racket in 2012. My husband, Larry Kahn, and I will ...
8 months ago by Susan Lucille Davis
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Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips
I often begin my workshop on personal learning networks (PLN) for educators by asking these questions: Who is in your learning network? Who do you learn from on a regular basis? Who do you turn to for your own professional development? Then, I share with participants these ten tips for building their own personal learn...
one year ago by Guest Author
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Review: The Networked Teacher
The Networked Teacher: How New Teachers Build Social Networks for Professional Support by Kira J. Baker-Doyle evaluates the ways online social networks are reshaping culture around personal learning networks and digital learning networks among educators today. Baker-Doyle delivers a strategic approach to utilize crowds...
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
3 Crowdsourcing Lessons You Can Use With Your PLN Today
When someone hires me for a consulting job, that person isn't just hiring a lone goofy teacher who happens to have had some successes with online learning. If you remember the mobile phone commercials where the company’s calling network follows its customers around, imagine that I'm the customer and the people follow...
one year ago by Mike Shumake
8 Social Media Strategies for Your Classroom
Are you ready to bring social networking to your classroom? If you’re looking to make your classroom more relevant, connected, and meaningful to your students, it’s the best place to start. Study after study has confirmed the benefits of networking. Before we delve into strategies, though, let’s look at some reas...
one year ago by Adam Renfro















