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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 This blog is no longer being updated.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 HQPBL Case Study: ACE Leadership High School
Northwest of downtown Albuquerque, there is a high school of about 400 students, ranging in ages from 14-20, in the day program that is proving project-based learning really is for all students. ACE Leadership High School is using HQPBL to create meaningful learning experiences for all of their students.
Tom Vander Ark, April 18, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: Liceo Pablo Neruda
In a number of locations across Chile, several organizations and schools have embraced PBL--and officials in the country's Ministry of Education are gearing up to implement capstone project experiences in the last two years of high school.
Tom Vander Ark, April 11, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion How ASU is Building the Capability and Character of Educators
Leading the education school at what has been called the most innovative university comes with some pressure to innovate. Carole Basile is in her second year as dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Dr. Basile and the talented faculty recognized that the innovation economy requires new learning models and that new and transformed schools require a new kind of preparation.
Tom Vander Ark, April 9, 2018
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Personalized Learning Opinion Expanding Access to Powerful Learning in Tulsa
How Rhode Island's former education commissioner is leading an agenda to create powerful learning experiences for students in Tulsa, Okla., despite some of the lowest funding in the country.
Tom Vander Ark, April 4, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: Albemarle County Public Schools
The walls are covered with products and classrooms are buzzing with voices and sounds of collaboration. Students are working on integrated projects tied to passions, interests and real-world causes. This is a common scene found in most classrooms in Albemarle County Public Schools, located at the base of Shenandoah National Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Tom Vander Ark, April 2, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: The Met School
Projects at The Met are connected to individual student goals, and each project includes specific skills students need to address. How does it work, exactly? Students are grouped in small cohorts (or essentially small communities), each with a bonding name like Unity or Liberty. Cohorts collaborate to tackle problems, support each other, and collaborate on projects.
Tom Vander Ark, March 27, 2018
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Classroom Technology Opinion Attacking Complexity with Confidence
By: Jonathan Rochelle, Katherine Prince and Tom Vander Ark. One thing we know for sure--tomorrow will be more complex than today. We've entered a new era that's driven by artificial intelligence and education must adapt. Our students deserve a new set of learning priorities (not just more added to a crowded set of learning objectives).
Tom Vander Ark, March 25, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: School21
Through high quality Project Based Learning, students are developing robust and deep subject knowledge that is both cross-curricular in nature and can easily be applied to real-world problems and challenges.
Tom Vander Ark, March 21, 2018
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Personalized Learning Opinion Union High: How a Big School Makes Learning Personal
In some districts, big schools mean some young people, especially those that haven't been well served or supported, to feel disconnected and fall through the cracks. Superintendent Kirt Hartzler explains that Union High School bucks the trend with a commitment to 100% graduation and college and career readiness for all students.
Tom Vander Ark, March 19, 2018
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Education Opinion HQPBL Case Study: Thrive Public Schools
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Tom Vander Ark, March 14, 2018
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Classroom Technology Opinion The Rise of AI: What's Happening, What it Means, How to Prepare?
At SXSW EDU last week we hosted a meetup to discuss the implications of artificial intelligence on education. Thought leaders and forward thinkers discussed what's happening, what it means and how we can prepare.
Tom Vander Ark, March 12, 2018
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Teaching Opinion Napa Junction: Deeper Learning for All
A few minutes south of the vineyards in Napa is the community of American Canyon where Napa Junction Elementary serves a diverse group of K-5 learners--about two-thirds are Latino, new to English and living in or near poverty.
Tom Vander Ark, March 5, 2018
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Science Opinion AI4All Extends The Power of Artificial Intelligence to High School Girls
Al4ALL is a new Oakland nonprofit that is introducing artificial intelligence to high school students --and, more specifically -- girls. The goal is to help high school students learn to use AI for good and to increase diversity and inclusion in computer science. In this new podcast episode, Tom talk with Executive Director Tess Posner.
Tom Vander Ark, February 28, 2018
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Education Opinion Most Likely to Succeed: Ted Dintersmith on Powerful Learning
A new book outlines what venture capital investor Ted Dintersmith found on a nation-wide tour promoting readiness for the innovation economy.
Tom Vander Ark, February 21, 2018
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