Holiday Reading: Top 10 Articles This November
Happy Thanksgiving Getting Smart readers! We appreciate your readership, support, contributors and input. It's your engagement that makes it all worth while to the Getting Smart Team. Here are 10 great...
View ArticleDOE Announces Digital Promise as a Race to the Top-District Finalist
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that a consortium of school districts in the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools is a finalist for a Race to the Top-District (RttT-D)...
View ArticleInfographic: How Are Students Using Smart Phones?
Did you know that 53 percent of college students own smart phones? And it's their lifeline to the greater world. Students are pulling up news articles, headlines, feeds, and alerts at home, work,...
View ArticleInfographic: How Do Professors Use Social Media?
We all know college students are using social media. Yet, how are professors and faculty members at their universities picking up on the trend? As it turns out, nearly two-thirds of faculty are using...
View ArticleMath Game Transforms Classrooms in 3 Critical Ways
Recently, Colorado Springs School District 11 was honored to receive the Rising Star Award from MIND Research Institute for our implementation of Spatial Temporal Math (ST Math or “JiJi Math”). Our...
View ArticleSeattle School Breaks Down Language Barrier to Improve Math Proficiency
Personalizing and engaging students in math is an ongoing challenge in schools across the country. In Washington State, where countless organizations are working diligently to improve access to quality...
View ArticleBest of 2012: Top 10 Reads on Getting Smart
A New Year is quickly nearly and as we look back and reflect, we pulled 10 of the top articles from Getting Smart in 2012. Here's the most read topics from the year.The post Best of 2012: Top 10 Reads...
View ArticleQ&A: Students Appreciate Proficiency-Based Learning, Says Coach
Jessica Smith, a proficiency-based learning coach in the Portland, Ore. area today shares insight into what it's like to teach teachers, make the shift, and adjust students to proficiency-based...
View ArticleQ&A: Online Environments Improve Professional Learning
Paul Lambert of an up-and-coming startup joins us today to share insights into his latest professional development and learning platform, Learndot. Learndot, formerly the new-age education platform...
View ArticleQ&A: A Split Screen Strategy Drives Proficiency-Based Learning
Ananth Pai, an elementary teacher in Minnesota, turned to game-based learning and a "split screen strategy" to engage and motivate students in the classroom. Today, Mr. Pai shares increased insight...
View ArticleInfographic: How Will We Reinvent College?
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free online universities, and more are disrupting the traditional collegiate experience -- forcing universities and colleges to reinvent the delivery of courses...
View ArticleGreat Teachers or Great Technology?
Matt Miller, Washington Post columnist and host of KCRW's "Left, Right and Center," moderated a debate November 2012 around the motion that "Great teachers are more important than great education...
View Article12 Top eLearning Tools for 2012 and Beyond
What's new in learning technology? As we wrap up 2012 and head into 2013, there are a lot of lists out there to help us discover the latest tools and techniques. The Centre for Learning and Performance...
View ArticleQ&A: LearnSprout Talks Data, Big Data
Frank Chien, CEO of LearnSprout, shares insight into the company's methods around data and data management at schools and districts.The post Q&A: LearnSprout Talks Data, Big Data appeared first on...
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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