Second Annual National Digital Learning Day Attracts Record Number of...
Signifying the growing importance and demand for digital learning strategies in the classroom, nearly 25,000 teachers, millions of students, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Chief...
View ArticleDigital Learning Now! Releases Blended Learning Implementation Guide for...
In honor of Digital Learning Day, Digital Learning Now! (DLN) today released its fifth white paper in the DLN Smart Series, “Blended Learning Implementation Guide,” which explores blended learning as a...
View ArticlePartnership for LA Schools & DIRECTV Announce a $200K Investment in ST Math
The Partnership for L.A. Schools is celebrating Digital Learning Day with the largest blended learning initiative at scale among urban public school districts nationwide. Ritter Elementary plans to...
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The shift to blended learning is getting a bit easier. Digital Learning Now! has provided a roadmap. New tools and schools show the way forward.The post EdTech 10 appeared first on Getting Smart.
View ArticleMangaHigh: UK vs US in Middle Math Challenge
It’s been 240 years since the Tea Party. To commemorate, UK teachers have throw down a challenge to US teachers on Mangahigh.com. They have invited your school to take part in this free middle grade...
View ArticleSusan Patrick: 21st Century Students Require More Than Updated 19th Century...
iNACOL State of the Union Response: New models of instruction and competency- based learning will ensure student success WASHINGTON, DC – Susan Patrick, President and CEO of the International...
View ArticleNeuroscience Symposium
MIND Research Institute, the makers of ST Math are hosting a Neuroscience Symposium: The Neural Foundation for Learning Math in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday, February 20th. ST Math is a visual...
View ArticleGates Foundation Launches Literacy Courseware Challenge
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be making grants of up $6 million to organizations that develop software that supports students in "mastering literacy skills for writing, writing to read,...
View ArticleEdTech 10
Love was in the air this week. President Obama showed love for Early Education and STEM in this week’s SOTU. Research revealed that aspiring teachers are showing more love for technology more than...
View ArticleUS ED Reports on Grit, Tenacity & Perseverance
The U.S Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) posted a report for public comment: Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance: Critical Factors for Success in the 21st...
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Getting Smart is currently hiring! We are looking for additions to the team that are passionate about education innovation, like to write and have strong communications skills.The post Join the Getting...
View ArticleNPR Fails The Online Learning Test
NPR ran a misleading story about online learning. Blake Farmer, a Nashville reporter, has been beating this drum and today invited disreputable and uninformed critics of a new statewide online school...
View ArticleNew CompetencyWorks Paper: Reengineering IT for Competency Education
CompetencyWorks releasing a briefing paper on IT for for competency-based environments, Re-Engineering Information Technology: Design Considerations for Competency Education. The International...
View ArticleStrive for College Recognized as CNN Hero
As a college freshman, Michael Carter realized that many students had survived a more circuitous route to college than he had. He did some digging and found out that many prepared low income students...
View ArticleJFF Reports on Competency-Based & Blended Learning
Job's For The Future is a Boston-based intermediary and policy design shop. Since Hilary Pennington opened the place two decades ago they've been advancing the sector with great papers and direct...
View ArticleNew iNACOL Report: State Policymakers Guide to K-12 Competency Education
Today iNACOL released Necessary for Success: Building Mastery of World-Class Skills – A State Policymakers Guide to Competency Education co-authored by Susan Patrick and Chris Sturgis. The paper...
View ArticleLumina Shares Student Support Lessons
Lumina Foundation posted lessons learned from an 18 month long inquiry about the potential next generation of student supports for college access and success at NextGenerationHub. Strategy Director...
View ArticleSXSWedu Preview
The Getting Smart team is excited to participate in SXSWedu for the third straight year. The conference continues to grow every year adding new events, speakers and an expanded audience. We’re excited...
View ArticlePortfolio Provider Pathbrite Lands Another $4 Million
Pathbrite, announced today that it has completed a $4 Million Series A2 financing round that extends the $2.5 Million Series A financing round announced in June 2012. That brings the total raised to...
View ArticleEdmodo Adds Staff, Makes Acquisition to Enhanced Student Experience
Edmodo, the leading social learning platform, announced the acquisition of Root-1, developers of OpenMinds. COO Crystal Hutter said, “The acquisition will allow developers to focus on the student...
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