I have often wondered if we do ourselves a disservice by touting online learning’s ease of use. Bruce Friend of SAS Curriculum Pathways offers an article on that very topic over here.
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Yes, I’ll take a thousand of these, please!
I just now reserved my room for iNACOL‘s Virtual School Symposium in November. This year it will be in Glendale, Arizona. If you work in online learning, if your school district is considering online learning, if there is the remotest possibility that you need to learn more about online learning, this is the one conference [...]
Apple has been conducting an experiment this year at a number of colleges to see how well Kindles would work in that environment. The results have been less than stellar. Reed College conducted one of those tests. They are now working to do the same test with the iPad. The hope is to have the [...]
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Well, if you had asked me, I could have told you. There is an opinion piece in the Washington Post that asserts that traditional schools are not working and recommends that we move learning online. Here’s the first part: Deep within America’s collective consciousness, there is a little red schoolhouse. Inside, obedient children sit in [...]
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Yes, this is the future. Get ready now.
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Tomorrow I have the distinct pleasure to moderate a panel discussion on 21st Century skills at Fresno Pacific University. In addition to Bernie Trilling, panelists will be Larry Powell (Fresno County Superintendent of Schools), Kurt Madden (CTO/Associate Superintendent, Fresno USD), and Mark Archon (Madera County Office of Education). I expect that it will be great fun, [...]
