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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...
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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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Learning
Entertaining Story App That Teaches Social Skills
Social and emotional learning is a hot topic in our home. My son is a bright, energetic almost six year old that doesn't always naturally pick up on social cues. I am always on the lookout for fun creative ways to help him enhance his social skills. He loves his iPad, so I was pleased to see the new story book apps cre...
one month ago by Guest Author
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GlassLab and Beyond: Who’s the Designer and Who’s the Learner of the Next-Gen Game-Based Ed-Tech
The so called “gamification of education” has taken on multiple forms as computers and tablets become more common in the classroom and as games are becoming a dominant media in our lives. At the root of all “game-based learning” is the unique opportunity to engage students in learning where they want to be: ins...
2 months ago by Dr. Idit Harel Caperton
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50 Essential EdTech Tools By Category
Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved. Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and old...
9 months ago by Guest Author
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The Learning Hypernet
Roger McNamee and Mike Maples have a great new blog, Hypernet. It's named for combination of web + cellular + wifi that represents a fundamentally new infrastructure enabling mobile computing, new enterprise models, and new ways to learn. Roger and Mike are interesting thinkers and successful investors. The have 10 ...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
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Deeper Learning: Engaging Students Across the Humanities
Personalized math products are becoming more common in classrooms from ...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
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Halverson: Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology
Rich Halverson, co-author of Rethinking Education in the Age of ...
one year ago by Tom Vander Ark
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Apple, Facebook, & Learning Sites
Apple & Facebook news plus 5 cool learning sites
2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff
