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Boldly Innovate or Be Badly Irrelevant

Here is a summary of a presentation given by former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise at the Virtual Schools Symposium in Glendale, Arizona.

2 years ago by Tom Vander Ark

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Video Statement: Dr. Tommy Bice

We asked Dr. Tommy Bice, Deputy Superintendent of Education for Alabama, how to keep teachers feeling relevant with the use of new technology.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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What You Need to Know, from the Co-Founder of Atari

You only need to know one thing about the interview of Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, with CNET this week. It's about coders and the role our education system should be playing in what he thinks is the most important product of the 21st Century.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Video: Karen Cator, Dir. of Ed Tech, U.S. Dept. of Ed

U.S. Department of Education Director of Educational Technology Karen Cator talking about professional development online, during Education Week's Leadership Forum, "Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning." This video and the others we are running today are from this series.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Obama Encourages Students to Communicate in "Smaller" World

Discussions about self-awareness in a global marketplace and in an increasingly smaller world are not just diplomatic touches during another visit to a foreign country. These communications points are ever more important when technology and the Internet keep bringing primary, secondary and post-secondary students close...

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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Carmel Henderson: Boot Up

Imagine a world in which the parents were up to date on their students’ homework assignments via Twitter. The class had a blog where students participate from home in meaningful conversations, and long-distance, long-term learning projects with each other, and peers from around the world.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff

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ARIS in the City: Using Data Effectively

Education Sector looks at Data and Practice in New York City and highlights the great job that New York City Public Schools are doing in using teacher inquiry teams to build up a useful examination of data.

2 years ago by Getting Smart Staff