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 This blog is no longer being updated.
Personalized Learning
Opinion
What is Curriculum? From Managed Instruction to Personalized Learning
In this blended, mix-and-match, do-it-yourself world of education, what is curriculum, and who develops it? How do we know if it works?
Education
Opinion
Promoting Psychological Safety in Classrooms
Helping young people develop the skills and confidence needed to become self-directed learners, creators, problem-solvers and project managers all begins by creating a safe place to learn.
Education
Opinion
Stanford CTO Provokes Good Questions Online (and Off)
Dr. Paul Kim, Chief Technology Officer at Stanford, chats with Tom about inquiry-based learning and Artificial Intelligence in education.
Teaching
Opinion
Two EdLeaders on Global, High-Quality PBL
Rody Boonchouy and Brandon Wiley from the Buck Institute for Education discuss the importance of global, high-quality PBL in the future of education in this podcast.
School & District Management
Opinion
Use Projects to Manage Change and Develop Leaders
Assigning project management to emerging education leaders is a great way to distribute leadership, to manage change and to develop new leadership in your school or district.
Teaching
Opinion
How Do School and Community Leaders Support Deeper Learning?
Young people will be expected to work in the future with a high level of self-direction and initiative, requiring teachers and community leaders to provide them with deeper learning experiences today.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
2016 #YearInReview & Predictions for 2017
For those of us that believe learning is a key lever for shaping society, five trends shaped life in 2016. Given these trends, here are predictions for six things you'll see more of in 2017.
Teaching
Opinion
10 Roles of Effective PBL Leaders
In our Project-Based World campaign, we ask: What skills, dispositions and mindsets do leaders need to be effective in a project-based world? Here are 10 roles we've found that make effective PBL leaders.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Developing Self-Directed Learners
As we contemplate the vast problem of student disengagement and the apparent low level of self-direction, we have to ask, "Is it our kids or our schools? How can we change this?"
Classroom Technology
Opinion
10 Ways to Use Quality Digital Curriculum
Evidence of deeper learning outcomes as a result of digital learning continues to fuel school and district support, so here are 10 ways a district can deploy a high-quality digital curriculum.
School & District Management
Opinion
Next Generation School Design
A diverse group of education leaders recently gathered at the Digital Education Show in Dubai for a Getting Smart school design workshop to discuss these four topics: new models, goals, tools and tips.
Science
Opinion
12 STEM Entry Points
Want more STEM experiences for students but don't know where to start? Want to infuse art into science and boost STEAM? Then here are 12 tips to help you implement STEM and STEAM experiences in your school.
School & District Management
Opinion
6 Ways States Can Redefine Student Success and Transform Education Under ESSA
A new report from iNACOL, Meeting The Every Student Succeeds Act's Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning, provides specific recommendations on how state policymakers can take advantage of ESSA opportunities.
Teaching
Opinion
30 Leaders on the Successes and Challenges of Project-Based Learning
The Getting Smart team is working to support high-quality project-based learning (PBL), and we recently asked learning experts what's working in PBL and what needs to improve. Here are their collective responses.