Archive: 2013
EduClipper Powers Presentation Portfolio
EduClipper is a free sharing tool perfect for clipping, curating and sharing content. Teachers will create Presentation Portfolios to share information with their class. Students will create Presentation Portfolios to lead parent-teacher conferences.
Powerful Apps to Empower Powerful Writing
Who knows. If we work together, we may claim ourselves to be educators fit enough to carry a fifty-pound pencil, untether a shackled keyboard, or flip through an endless spiral notebook of blank paper…Or just powerful enough to introduce emerging writers to themselves.
Midsize Innovators: Delivering Value at Scale
Education suffers from the missing middle--very few medium sized companies. Historically, there are a handful of large companies and thousands mom and pop operators, but given the distributed nature of the customer base it has been challenging to scale.
5 Ways Twitter Can Help in Education
What if Twitter was more than just a way to dish about the amazing Caprese salad you had at lunch and actually a way to help students learn better? Here are 5 ways that Twitter may enhance learning . . .
NGLC Grants Sponsor Innovative New Schools In DC & Chicago
The Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) announced today that its successful national grant program will be replicated in Washington D.C. and Chicago. NLGC has already committed $21 million in support to nearly 60 new or redesigned blended-learning secondary schools across the nation.
NoRedInk Gets Bigger and Better But Still Free
NoRedInk is where Madlibs meets the grammar workbook and students get to personalize their learning. Before any grammar practice begins, students customize their NoRedInk account.
125 Top Blogs on Blended Learning
The 2012-13 was a big inflection point in blended learning--and we're seeing and hearing about almost twice as new models this year. We compiled a list of 125 blogs in what we hope are useful categories. Enjoy!
EdTech 10: We Heart School
Speaking of that ever evolving world of education, here are the top ten happenings that caught our attention just this week.
Summit Denali: 12 Components of an NGLC Winning Design
The innovative Bay Area school network is a pioneer in blended and competency based learning. CEO Diane Tavenner launched Summit Prep, the organization's flagship school, a decade ago. With each new school, Diane and her talented team continue to innovate on the secondary school model. Here's the ingredients of the current blend:
Victoria Bell: A Day in the Life
I entered this internship hoping to make a substantial influence on the community as a whole but now know that deeply impacting a smaller area like my students’ lives has a much more substantial and lasting effect.