All posts by Tom Vander Ark
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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SMARTER Specs Suggest Complex Tests |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 15, 2011 SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) published its “content maps and specification” in English/language arts. They suggest complex tests that include adaptive assessment and demonstrations of learning. More » |
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Good Work: Sentiments of Consideration |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 14, 2011 Leadership requires empathy at scale and a broad perspective. Certainty is great for execution but the politics of public education are personal and that perspective-building dilog. More » |
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Recapping a Dozen Don’t Miss Op-Eds |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 13, 2011 A baker’s dozen of August Op-Eds on leadership, assessment, online learning, and learning platforms More » |
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Done Reforming; Focusing on Getting Smart |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 12, 2011 The summer edpolicy debate makes 5 things clear: states, matter, new tests=new frame, RFER leadership, train wreck ahead, and more new normal. As engaging as edreform is, we’re staying focused on innovations in learning and launching GettingSmart.com More » |
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The Art of Balancing Execution & Innovation |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 10, 2011 Every school needs an execution agenda to improve the quality of instruction around an adopted curriculum. Every school needs an innovation agenda. Finding the right balance is the art of leadership and the product of dialog. More » |
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Students deserve access to quality digital content & online courses |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 8, 2011 Digital Learning Now released a video on Element 2, student access. It recommends that all students have access to quality content and courses. More » |
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Edtech Roundup: OER Tools, Going 1:1, Math Games, & iPad Apps |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 8, 2011 Achieve releases OER tools, Pearson supports Mooresville NC 1:1 Project, Dreambox boosts Rocketship Math, ShowMe iPad app makes tutorials easy, Apollo acquire Carnegie Learning, and Ed-Fi.org universal data standards. More » |
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Making Visible A Decade of Lost Children |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 7, 2011 Charles Blow makes visible differences in this American life. This week he highlights the millions of children living in poverty. More » |
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Good Work: Trustees For A Slice of America |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 6, 2011 My home town hides its poverty all too well. But a group of committed leader take ownership, and act like trustees. 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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All students are digital learners |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 3, 2011 “All students are digital learners.” Digital Learning Now recommends a statewide multi-provider environment with no barriers to enrollment and it suggests that states should be proactive about sharing content and resources with schools and students. More » |
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Starting a Virtual School |
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by Tom Vander Ark August 2, 2011 Six strategies you can mix and match to start your online learning program. More » |
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Good Work: Committing to Place |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 31, 2011 I appreciate teachers and administrators that make a long term commitment to making a place better, to watching kids and a community mature, and to being part of the fabric of a community. More » |
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Roundup: Extending and Measuring Learning |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 30, 2011 While concerned about the consequences of assessments that lock in the past, the advocates and innovators featured on edReformer this week are cause for optimism. More » |
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Blended Learning & Community Based Organizations |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 28, 2011 Community based organizations and new learning technologies will be part of the quest for more and better learning time in America. More » |
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Promoting Quality Online Learning |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 26, 2011 Fordham is launching a series of working papers on digital learning. Rick Hess makes an important contribution with the first paper focused on quality More » |
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Assessment as Portfolio of Personal Bests |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 25, 2011 In the most interesting comment of the day, Coleman said, “I like to think of assessment as a series of personal bests.” More » |
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Good Work: Confidence on a Mission |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 24, 2011 Leadership is immensely difficult on the practical level, but simple emotionally—you must care, and care so deeply that you are not willing to accept present conditions. More » |
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