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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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Indiana Named Education Reform Idol 2011 |
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by Sarah Cargill August 11, 2011 Fordham Institute names Indiana America’s Education Reform Idol 2011 at its event this morning that compared contestants Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin to see which state made the most legislative gains this year. More » |
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VSHOOLZ Partners With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
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by edReformer Staff August 11, 2011 Virtual school provider VSCHOOLZ announced today that it is partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), an educational products and services provider, to provide traditional course content online to schools or districts looking for blended learning programs. 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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Apollo Group to Acquire Carnegie Learning |
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by Sarah Cargill August 2, 2011 Apollo Group, Inc. announced today that it will acquire Carnegie Learning, Inc., a publisher of research-based math curricula, for $75 million and the related technology from Carnegie Mellon University for $21.5 million to help accelerate efforts to incorporate adaptive learning into its academic platform. More » |
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Edtech Roundup: Online Learning, Deeper Learning Assessments and Digital Learning Growth |
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by Sarah Cargill August 1, 2011 This week in edtech, TheNextWeb announced its hub in the Silicon Valley, Texas approves new all-digital and online learning programs, NBC donated its “NBC Learn K-12″ resource to Delaware, AEE called for deeper learning assessments in its policy brief and Pearson poised for more acquisitions. 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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Tennessee Virtual Academy Draws Interest & Concern |
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by edReformer Staff July 26, 2011 Tennessee Virtual Academy is a new full time statewide option. It’s drawing praise, interest, and some concern. More » |
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AEE Digital Learning Webinar Today |
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by edReformer Staff July 21, 2011 The Alliance is hosting two webinars on digital learning including today at 2pm ET More » |
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Edtech Roundup |
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by edReformer Staff July 20, 2011 The latest in edtech: prepping for online assessment, tablets packed with learning, and platform plays 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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Do the Classroom Flip: Humanizing School Through Technology |
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by Chris Sturgis July 19, 2011 Chris Sturgis discusses many of the advancements in regards to technology in the classroom. More » |
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Contenders |
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by Bryan Setser July 14, 2011 School districts are no longer just competing against the local private school; rather they are competing with education over the net and the global market place as well. Now more than ever we need contenders. More » |
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KIPP Blend Promising |
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by edReformer Staff July 14, 2011 KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles presented some amazing results from their blended learning pilot at the New School Summit. More » |
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One-to-One Project Launches in Illinois |
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by edReformer Staff July 12, 2011 “Whether these students are at school, at play, at home or elsewhere, they will have access to anytime, anywhere learning. This immediate access is what they are used to in their daily lives with their iPhones and other mobile devices; we need to meet them in their digital world.” More » |
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SETDA Outlines State of Online Assessment |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 11, 2011 The State EdTech Directors issued a white paper outlining the current state of online assessment. The report makes 9 recommendations about moving forward. More » |
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EdTech Roundup |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 9, 2011 EdTech news including NROC, Write to Learn, games, and the pivot to personal digital learning More » |
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The Pivot to Personal Digital Learning in OK |
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by Caroline Vander Ark July 8, 2011 Opening with the famous first sentence of The Road Less Traveled, Tom Vander Ark spoke to an audience of superintendents, administrators and teacher’s this morning in Oklahoma City, OK at Innovation 2011. More » |
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Korea Commits to Personal Digital Learning |
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by edReformer Staff July 6, 2011 Korea will shift from print to digital texts by 2014 More » |
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Friday Edtech Roundup |
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by Tom Vander Ark July 1, 2011 News from ISTE including Pearson and Edmodo. LMS developments. Kids building games, and more. More » |
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