Posts by tyler
The State of Storytelling at SXSWedu
At SXSWedu, storytelling was centered on teachers using stories to enhance engagement and students telling stories to demonstrate skills, explore content, and demonstrate mastery. However, what’s more important when in storytelling was missed at SXSWedu
How To Get Published on GettingSmart.com
Want to blog with Getting Smart? Here are eight best practices for producing, pitching and submitting to our editors.
How Entrepreneurship Can Save the American Dream
Can startups save the American Dream? This is the driving question and title of a report that makes the case that they can. The report shares a five action and impact focused ideas to improve the middle class through policy involving the entrepreneurial community.
Next Generation of Student Giving
As implementation of digital tools increase, new opportunities are emerging that leverage student learning and engagement to make possible social awareness and philanthropy.
Photoblog | Getting Smart at #iNACOL14 Day 3
Photos from Team Getting Smart at day three iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium (#iNACOL14), that brought together 2,500 experts and educational leaders.
Photoblog | Getting Smart at #iNACOL14 Day 2
Photos from Team Getting Smart at Day two iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium (#iNACOL14), that brought together 2,500 experts and educational leaders.
Photoblog | Getting Smart at #iNACOL14 Day 1
Photos from Team Getting Smart at iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium (#iNACOL14), that brought together 2,500 experts and educational leaders.
TrueSchool Engages EDesigners in Innovation Lab
TrueSchool convenes 135 educators from 40 schools in Chicago to create and implement transformational innovations in student learning for classrooms and schools.
Turnitin Acquisition of LightSide to Impact 24 Million Students Worldwide
LightSide Labs has been acquired by Turnitin. This acquisition will begin the integration of LightSide’s writing assessment platform with Turnitin’s global writing originality checking and grading system used by over 10,000 institutions worldwide.
3 Organizations Selected by The Learning Accelerator for Grants in Blended Learning Human Capital
The Learning Accelerator announced the selection of three finalists who will receive nearly $1 million for principal trainings, teacher professional development platforms, and further implementation of a previously funded teacher fellowship program.