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Tom Watkins 10 Personal Recommended Action Steps Innovative Learning

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by Tom Vander Ark May 26, 2011

Tom Walkins argued that personal digital learning made obsolete the existing confinements of 180 days, 6 hour days, 4 walls of a classroom, and the 2 covers of a textbook. Tom concluded with 10 recommended action steps to innovative learning. More »

Barbara Treacy: Director, EdTech Leaders Online

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by edReformer Staff December 13, 2010

We interview Barbara Treacy, Director, EdTech Leaders Online about the future of digital learning and the progress of innovation in American public education. More »

From Drop Out to Push Out in Online Learning

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by Andrew Miller December 9, 2010

We have the opportunity to avoid the replication of a broken system where the culture of “read and do” exist. We must take ownership of the walls that exist for students and seek to find ways to climb. More »

Georgia Families Urge Review of DLN Report

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by Daily News December 8, 2010

In a continuing effort to guarantee the Georgia Charter Schools Commission follow HB881 and provide fair and equitable funding for Georgia’s current and future full-time online public schools, Georgia Families for Public Virtual Education (GFPVE) parent leader Renee Lord again points to an important report released last week by former Governors Jeb Bush (R-FL) and Bob Wise (D-WV) More »

Agora Cyber Charter Opens Learning Center

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by Daily News December 7, 2010

PHILADELPHIA — Agora Cyber Charter School, one of the state’s largest public cyber schools, today celebrated the grand opening of its innovative new learning center in Philadelphia. More »

Culturally Responsive Online Teaching: A Call to Action

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by Andrew Miller December 2, 2010

All students have cultural strengths and resiliencies; we need to ensure we are using all these strengths, including the culture of online learning. More »

From Readership to Leadership: My Digital is Now

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by Bryan Setser December 1, 2010

Dr. Bryan Setser, CEO of the North Carolina Virtual Public School, responds to the release of the Ten Elements of High Quality Digital Learning and provides five must-do leadership moves that he must enact after reading the report. He encourages others to do the same. More »

Georgia Families Get Virtual Charters Boost

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by Daily News November 23, 2010

Georgia Families for Public Virtual Education (GFPVE) applauds the Georgia Chamber of Commerce for its public support of the charter school law, House Bill (HB) 881. The Chamber filed a brief with the Georgia State Supreme Court last week arguing state-authorized schools provide a strong alternative to traditional brick and mortar public schools and locally authorized charter schools. More »

Cyber Charters Need a Few Good Parents

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by Rose Fernandez November 22, 2010

Rose Fernandez writes that in developing virtual charter schools, families need to be more aggressive in stating their needs and ensuring that the schools offer a rigorous curriculum. More »

10 Reasons Kids Would Choose Online If They Could

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by edReformer Staff November 19, 2010

If kids had the power to choose their own form of education, here are ten reasons why they lean towards online learning. More »

Grassroots Want More Funding for Virtual Charters

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by Daily News November 10, 2010

A grassroots group down in Georgia has taken to lobbying for what they say is necessary funding equanimity between what traditional public schools get, and what virtual charters are alloted. More »

Questions 2.0 — Prepping for Virtual Schools Symposium

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by edReformer Staff November 8, 2010

EdReformer is happy to be the sole new media partner for the Virtual Schools Symposium. If you want to participate virtually with us, please let us know. We are your eyes and ears on the ground. More »

Open High School of Utah Encourages K-12 Disruption

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by edReformer Staff October 28, 2010

At the Open High School of Utah they’ve changed the typical approach to public education by turning the traditional one-size-fits-all delivery model on its head. Representatives from the school will be presenting at two conferences, one in Barcelona, November 1-4 and the other, the iNACOL Virtual Schools Symposium, in Glendale, Arizona November 14-16. More »

5 Ways to Deliver Blended Learning

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by edReformer Staff October 28, 2010

This entire article looks at five different ways that K12, the nation’s largest online education provider, uses blended learning to help schools and teach students. This is a good article for administrators, parents and teachers, because it explains how learning is done digitally. More »

Elevating Engagement

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by Bryan Setser August 19, 2010

We need to turn learners into sharers, just like they are in the normal virtual world they access everyday when not in school, writes Bryan Setser, Executive Director of the North Carolina Virtual Public School. More »

Why Does Ed Reform in MD Focus on Buildings?

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by edReformer Staff August 17, 2010

Stories about education reform in Maryland always seem to deal with buildings. Why is that? Where are the discussions about education technology and true innovation? More »

City of Angels Launches in LAUSD, First Virtual HS

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by Daily News August 16, 2010

City of Angels will be the LA Unified School District’s first virtual high school, but former LAUSD board member Caprice Young says that districts really should be aiming to create a “blended learning environment” in the schools, taking the best of online with the best of teacher interaction with students face-to-face. More »

If Ed Engaged, We Wouldn’t Worry about Online

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by edReformer Staff August 13, 2010

The answer may be that we just don’t know. I present a slice out of January 2010′s Sloan Consortium study of online learning in America and make some points about online learning and how it fits into traditional ideas of school. More »

Our Kids Are in the Future–Don’t be Late

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by Tom Vander Ark August 12, 2010

The KnowledgeWorks Foundation is leading the shift from schooling to learning. Our kids get it, why don’t we? More »

Using Online to Help Seal the Gap

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by Guest August 10, 2010

Youth Transition Funders Group has an interesting, and some might say contrarian, take on the impact of education entrepreneurs in the efforts to make online learning more prevalent for learners. More »

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