Posts tagged with "digital-learning"
More foreign language, math & science possible with digital learning |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 16, 2011 Digital learning makes it easier to bring foreign language, math, science and AP courses to students. It can make language learning an engaging, ubiquitous daily experience. And it can help bring science to life and tailor math instruction. More » |
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Vision 3: Free access to technology and content |
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by Mickey Muldoon August 15, 2011 Uruguay is the first country in the world to commit to providing a free, internet-enabled computer to every one of its students, through the Massachusetts-based One Laptop Per Child initiative. More » |
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Adaptive Learning: Key to Customization |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 5, 2011 Customized learning, driven by adaptive engines emerging from three innovation pathways, will accelerate achievement and boost completion rates. More » |
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Are Textbooks Transitory? |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 4, 2011 Are textbooks transitory or will the value of curation, organization, and narration survive through second gen tablets? More » |
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BCG Reports Technology as a Catalyst for Change in Primary and Secondary Education |
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by Sarah Cargill August 3, 2011 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released “Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education,” a report articulating how technology can serve as a catalyst for change in primary and secondary education, today. More » |
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AEE Digital Learning Policy Recommendations and Promising Practices |
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by Sarah Cargill July 28, 2011 AEE released their newest policy brief titled “Digital Learning and Technology: Federal Policy Recommendations to Seize the Opportunity– and Promising Practices That Inspire Them”, supporting the increased development and implementation of digital learning initiatives in K-12 education. More » |
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Christensen and Eyring Assess the Future DNA of Education in The Innovative University |
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by Sarah Cargill July 27, 2011 Clayton Christensen and Henry J. Eyring’s forthcoming book “The Innovative University” tackles the question of how to increase quality, performance and demand for higher education while continuing to cut costs to reduce tuition inflation by changing the DNA of colleges and universities. More » |
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Hess Addresses Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning |
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by edReformer Staff July 27, 2011 Federick M. Hess published today the “Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning: Three (Imperfect) Approaches” from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, which is the first in a series of six papers generously funded by the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation that will look at accountability, funding, governance, and the educator’s role in the digital realm. More » |
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It’s Not a Matter of Time |
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by Chris Sturgis July 19, 2011 Chris Sturgis highlights two papers from iNACOL and questions how disruptive innovation theories apply to goods and services where there is a market failure, i.e. education. More » |
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Motivational Profiles |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 13, 2011 Mining the combined data from home and school will yield rich and powerful motivational profiles that will power smart recommendation engines–and that’s when we’ll see the real power of customized learning. More » |
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Hollywood Watching the Learning Revolution |
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by edReformer Staff June 24, 2011 Even Hollywood has taken notice the learning entrepreneurship is on the rise. Jonnie Roberts of The Wrap called Tom this week about Joel Klein’s new role at News Corp. More » |
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Q & A with Jon Schwartz of Kids Like Blogs |
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by Katherine Vander Ark June 20, 2011 See this Q & A with Jon Schwartz, an elementary school teacher and runs the site Kids Like Blogs! He believes that blogs motivate students to write, read, create art, and the use of technology. More » |
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Governors Assist on Idaho’s Technology Task Force |
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by Katherine Vander Ark June 16, 2011 Former Governors Jeb Bush and Bob Wise assist Tom Luna on the Students Come First Task Force meeting on June 13 & 14. There they shared the 10 Elements of the Digital Learning Now! campaign. More » |
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Youth Connection Charter School Powered by K12 |
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by Katherine Vander Ark June 16, 2011 The Youth Connection Charter Virtual High School is powered by K12 and is changing lives in Chicago. Watch this powerful video to learn more about the unfortunate statistics and what this school is doing to change them. More » |
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edReform Roundup |
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by edReformer Staff June 10, 2011 A relevant roundup of education reforme and innovation news: Startup Weekend SFO, Kauffmann, content tagging, Summit Prep, Florida online learning, real grad rates. More » |
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Digital Learning with Innovators |
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by Tom Vander Ark June 10, 2011 Last night I led a Q & A session with two digital learning innovators, Shantanu Sinha of Kahn Academy and John Danner of Rocketship at UW. Both are paving the way for innovation in the market and turning around great results. More » |
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The Inevitability of Personal Digital Learning |
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by Tom Vander Ark May 27, 2011 Over the past two decades there has been a variety of reform but the inevitability of personal digital learning is unavoidable. More » |
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10 Megatrends Shaping the World |
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by Tom Vander Ark April 28, 2011 Expanding access to personal digital learning is one of the most important world shaping megatrends. People, schools, states, and countries will be connected to the global economy through education and learning. More » |
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Differentiated Instruction |
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by Tom Vander Ark April 20, 2011 Lisa Nielsen offers an alternative to differentiated instruction: great idea, hard to practice–at least the way most schools and classrooms are organized. More » |
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