smart cities
Series
Cities That Work for Everyone
New tools and schools are making it possible for individuals, organizations and cities to boost learning outcomes. Smart Cities starts with a handful of people with innovation mindsets--a combination of persistence, entrepreneurship and a collaborative focus on impact.
Leadership
Good Work: Humility, Passion, & Dreams
Tom's weekly Sunday blog on mission-focused work shares research on the success of new schools in NYC, EdTech leaders with EdTech.MD, shout outs to edupreneurs and Master Chef Massimo Bottura's three keys to Good Work he told Charlie Rose.
EdTech
Storify | Smart Cities: Talent Development #CE14 Twitter Chat
A wrap up of part two of our 3-part Connected Educator Month Twitter Chat series that featured one of the keys to educating and training citizens for college and careers in Tom's new book, Smart Cities. Check out this Storify for highlights.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Going Global
EdTech 10 is getting its passport stamped. Alongside updates on the launch of new tools, reports, and briefs, pack your bags because the top EdTech news this week means updates from overseas.
Leadership
Good Work: Connecting Mission & Task
Tom Vander Ark's Sunday blog about mission-focused work continues with a focus on individuals and organizations connecting cause and gift, mission and task.
Leadership
7 Ways Smart Cities Attack Poverty
How poverty hides in suburban communities and seven ways cities can counter its crippling effects.
Series
New Book Outlines 7 Keys to Smart Cities
"Smart Cities That Work for Everyone" discusses how dramatically improving learning requires local leadership, productive partnerships, a commitment to talent development, aligned investment, and capacity to incubate new tools and schools.
Smart Cities
Smart Cities That Work for Everyone
The Smart Cities book was created from a two year investigation project launched to discover the civic formula required to dramatically boost learning outcomes and employability. Tom shares the 7 Keys to Education & Employment and a framework for creating cities that work for everyone.
Leadership
Preparing Students for Careers & Developing a Workforce
In this blog, Tom Vander Ark gives a glimpse into the upcoming book, "Smart Cities That Work For Everyone." Learn how civic infrastructure and leadership assist in creating life-long learning and excellence.
Leadership
Leading the Shift to Digital: School, System & City
This shift to personal digital learning is inevitable; nearly all of our kids already live in the personal digital future. Combining organizational design, technology integration, and large-scale change management is challenging and complex, but it can be done.