Vander Ark on Innovation
This blog was written by Tom Vander Ark (@tvanderark), an education advocate, adviser, and author of Getting Smart: How Personal Digital Learning is Changing the World. Tom is Founder and Executive Editor of Getting Smart and a partner in Learn Capital. This blog is no longer being updated.
Teaching
Opinion
Content-Centered to Student-Centered: A Taxonomy of Personalized Learning
How do you define and describe personalized learning? As more people use the term, it's important to be clear about what we mean.
Science
Opinion
Skip Coding, Teach Data Science
While there is high demand for coding skills today, artificial intelligence will increasingly take over routine coding jobs as it grows in sophistication. The longer term and larger employment and impact opportunities for today's students lie in data science
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Key To Prep: The Science of Teams
As managing projects and working in teams becomes a priority learning outcome in schools, it's important to understand several important group dynamics that can ensure a team is successful.
Education
Opinion
Big Venture Investments in HR Startups & What it Means for Education
You might have noticed a flood of investment into human resource startups lately, as companies attempt to find the best and brightest employees using algorithms. So how does this affect the world of education?
School & District Management
Opinion
Lean School District: 12 Service Delivery Opportunities
How can school district leaders get in front of declining budgets to give their schools the best chance to be successful? Here are 12 school district functional areas where there are usually opportunities to boost efficiency and effectiveness.
Teaching
Opinion
Improving Learner Experience: Agency, Community, Challenge
Join us on a walking tour of downtown Boise with Nate McClennen of Teton Science Schools and Neva Geisler of student-led One Stone discussing PBE, learner experience and the power of community connections.
Education
Opinion
PwC Report: AI Boosts Value of Thinking, Creativity and Problem-Solving
The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a new shift in value creation focused on sentiments more intrinsic to the human experience. So what does this mean for our future graduates?
School & District Management
Opinion
By 2025, Swarms of Self-Driving Vehicles Will Transport Students to Learning Sites
Recent breakthroughs in computing and maturation of autonomous driving systems are rapidly making self-driving vehicles a reality. So how could this positively impact education?
Education
Opinion
Massive Global Benefit. Waves of Dislocation and Challenge. Time to #AskAboutAI.
To kick-off our #AskAboutAI series, we invited Bay Area technologists, social scientists, philanthropists and educators to discuss three questions around the implications of AI, and share their answers here.
Education
Opinion
America's Edu Power Couple On Balancing Innovation and Execution
Erin Mote and Erik Tucker, co-founders of Brooklyn Lab Charter School, discuss building a durable school that is also future-ready, as well as a customized learning platform from scratch.
Education
Opinion
Survey Says: Google for the Win
Google has become the dominant player in the EdTech market, with Microsoft, Apple and Amazon providing stiff competition. But how have these EdTech giants potentially slowed the development of needed innovation in learning platforms?
Education
Opinion
The Platform Revolution That Will Power Personalized Learning
While still in the early stages of development, platform networks will bring network effects to K-12 education, making it easier for educators to create powerful personalized learning.
School & District Management
Opinion
David Haglund on Lessons Learned in Santa Ana
As he transitions to a new role in a new district, David Haglund shares lessons learned during his time as deputy superintendent and chief academic officer for Santa Ana Unified School District.
School & District Management
Opinion
Scaling Personalized Learning: Alex Hernandez on Creating a Shared Vision
Alex Hernandez of Charter School Growth Fund shares lessons learned from charter networks. To scale personalized learning schools must define what excellence looks like--a shared vision for powerful learning experiences--and build an organization completely in service of that vision.