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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.
EdTech
Mythbusting: Q&A with K12 Leadership
Following up on the release of a candid academic report in February, Tom Vander Ark visited K12 Executives last week and sha...
EdTech
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...
EdTech
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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Leadership
Authorizing Great School & Encouraging New Models
The good news is that, "More authorizers are adopting practices that will lead to high-performing charter portfolios," according to NACSA in a report released todary, The State of Charter School Authorizing. They concluded that "States are improving their laws and policies on charter accountability, and some are break...
one month ago by Tom Vander Ark
Leadership
e-Learning Leadership: 10 Strategies
The 17th annual Educational Technology Leadership Conference will take place ...
6 months ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Teaching Opportunity: Excellence, Leadership & Student Impact
Public Impact posted summaries of how 10 different school models leverage talent. "In each of these models, teachers have career opportunities dependent upon their excellence, leadership, and student impact. Advancement allows more pay and greater reach."
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
EdTech
Who Will Work in Schools of the Future?
Robin Lake, CRPE, filled in for Rick Hess last week. One of her great EdWeek blogs asked who will work in schools of the future? "The best technological innovations really are transforming the way kids learn and the way schools are organized." That's the difference between edtech layered on top of how we've always do...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
Learning
Kickin’ it old school and inventing the future
Most edreformers want the best version of old school for every student: talented teachers, high expectations, quality instruction, curriculum alignment, strong accountability, and enough standardized tests to verify all of the above. The problem is that it's really hard to pull off and scale. As Bob Wise has pointed o...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
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How EdTech Will Benefit Low Income Students
Digital learning won’t necessarily close the achievement gap between income groups, but it will lift the floor. More students will be more academically successful. Five years from now, a higher percentage of students will soon graduate from high school ready for college and careers. Most will have benefited from C...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
Leadership
Staff Picks: AEI & Fordham Reports, McGraw-Hill Language Arts
This week, Karen picks the AEI report Good and Evil. Caroline picks the launch of McGraw-Hill Education's new online language arts program. Sarah picks an article by Lauren Wanger on improving online learning with self-directed learning measures. Tom picks two must read papers from Fordham Institute.
one year ago by Getting Smart Staff
