Posts tagged with "tom-vander-ark"
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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Curators and Creators |
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by Bryan Setser April 1, 2011 The North Carolina joint meeting of the Jobs and E-Learning comissions took place yesterday. Mark Milliron, Deputy Director of Post Secondary Improvement at the Gates Foundation and Tom Vander Ark discuss the future of open education resources “creation and curation”. More » |
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Webinar: Harnessing the 10 Elements of Digital Learning for Your School District |
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by Katherine Vander Ark March 28, 2011 Tune into a free webinar titled Harnessing the 10 Elements of High-Quality Digital Learning for Your School District on Wednesday March 30, 1 p.m. EST More » |
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Great Teacher for Every Course |
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by Tom Vander Ark March 25, 2011 Every student should have access to rigorous well taught courses, and digital learning can make that possible now. More » |
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Private Enterprise in Public Education |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 28, 2011 Private enterprise will play a large role in the digital shift in public education- see predictions of private enterprises role and expansion in digital learning services. More » |
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10 Customization Strategies |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 21, 2011 Listed are 10 Customization Strategies that need to be evaluated and executed by schools and education leaders. More » |
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People Are Afraid of Loss |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 17, 2011 This article briefly explains Alexander Grashow, Cambridge Learning Assoicates, notion of peoples fear of loss. He gives his three wishes when contemplating the idea of losing something or replacing it for something else. More » |
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10 Strategies to Improve the Quality of Online Learning |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 17, 2011 There are resources available to make a shift to digital education but there are important strategies that states need to take to ensure the quality of online learning. More » |
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Boundary High |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 15, 2011 Boundary High: a type of school that exists on the edges, encourages students to participate in their future and study the boundaries of civilization, technology and knowledge. More » |
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School Choice Bill in Utah |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 11, 2011 Utah has been a leader in innovative online education and the current bill SB65 would allow students in Utah access to AP courses, any foreign language, high level STEM courses and struggling students the option of personalized learning through their choice of virtual and online courses. More » |
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Good Work: Urgency |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 11, 2011 It is interesting to see the dynamic shift social media has caused and how it is changing the world. It has toppled dictators and institutions that we never thought could change and now is a new back door to education. More » |
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Open High School |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 2, 2011 While in Utah, we visited Open High School, an innovative virtual charter school that has a commitment for using open education resources (OER) and different edtech tools to enhance the learning of their students. More » |
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Funding Our Students Increases Efficiency |
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by Tom Vander Ark February 2, 2011 After two days of jury duty and experiencing the justice system, it is evident that the justice system and the education system are similar in the fact that they are optimized around bureaucrats rather than customers. Funding needs to follow the students, not school districts to make our education system more efficient. More » |
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Inventing the Future: VSS Day One |
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by Tom Vander Ark November 14, 2010 Today, I became the new chair of iNACOL. iNACOL members are inventing the future. Here is a recap of day 1 of VSS. More » |
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US-India Innovation Summit |
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by Tom Vander Ark October 8, 2010 US CTO Aneesh Chopra, a media darling in India, was joined on a recent State Dept. trade mission by US investors and entrepreneurs. More » |
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Tenure, Impatience and Real Reform |
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by Education Equality Project September 28, 2010 Joel Klein answers questions about tenure, noting layoffs are coming to NYC schools; Done Waiting launches in a bipartisan effort to focus on reform issues; looking at performance of individual schools; Education Nation, was it worth it? More » |
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Sealing the Digital Gap |
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by Education Equality Project September 1, 2010 National Journal asks: In education, how should technology be used to close the digital gap rather than exacerbate it? What can policymakers do to help advance the promise of technological benefits in the classroom? EEP Signatories Tom Vander Ark and former Florida governor Jeb Bush have already offered their opinions. More » |
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25 Greatest Ed Startups Of All Time, So Far |
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by edReformer Staff August 6, 2010 This artful presentation of the top 25 greatest education start-ups has some surprises in it, and some names we know well. More » |
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