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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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What Sort of Research Should We Be Doing on Blended Learning?

A foundation advisor asked, “Is there a smart approach donors might take with blended learning research?” Following are seven areas that could use some attention.

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instaGrok Update with Andrew Bender

Last week I got the chance to speak with Andrew Bender, President and CEO of instaGrok. We discussed their basic operations and guiding principles. Today, Andrew gives us an update on new features that are rolling out in the second part of our discussion about the unique research tool, instaGrok.

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Five Pieces of Advice for Newark Plan

Time education columnist Andy Rotherham, who also blogs at Eduwonk, gives Facebook CEO a pep talk of sorts on what to do with that US$100 million matching grant to Newark.

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Putting the "MMPRPG" Credential on Your CV

In my constant search for meaning in online video gaming, I stumble across a gamer who is proficient at editing live digital "film" and producing a kind of sports commentary for Starcraft 2, one of the many popular MMPRPGs found online. Here is his video on YouTube.

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Six New Resources for Digital Educators

Education resource list 2.0 -- Today's list of interesting web sites will broaden your knowledge of online teaching and education technology. These links are for teachers looking for education ideas, technology fits and ideas to implement into curriculum.

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The Missing: What We're Talking about When we Talk about Learning

What's missing in public education strategies to improve learning are research partners and biotech companies that could help us see student progress and processing on a granular level. But just try getting that foot into the door.

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