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Ed-tech product roundup: June
Summer’s in full swing and ed-tech organizations have been busy releasing a slew of new offerings. Take a look at what SmartBrief on EdTech...
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CTE: Creating opportunities for students
Path to Workforce is SmartBrief Education’s vision of college and career readiness, encompassing K-12, adult learners, career changers, non-traditional students and those who forgo...
Education
How exam review prepares students for success
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this post, science teacher and technology advocate Shantel Popp shares...
Voice of the Educator
Summer is a great time for self-paced learning
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this post, English teacher Starr Sackstein shares some of her favorite...
Voice of the Educator
How libraries can support summer-reading programs
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this post, veteran educator Ed Bates shares how his school...
Career-Technical Education
Why we shouldn’t glorify billionaires who dropped out of school
Path to Workforce is SmartBrief Education’s vision of college and career readiness, encompassing K-12, adult learners, career changers, non-traditional students and those who forgo...
Education
Grow like the grass
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this post, education leader Fred Ende encourages educators to use...
Voice of the Educator
What if all teachers were scholars?
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this blog post, English teacher Mike Saenz explores the concept...
Career-Technical Education
Raising a ready workforce: The missing curriculum component
Path to Workforce is SmartBrief Education’s vision of college and career readiness, encompassing K-12, adult learners, career changers, non-traditional students and those who forgo...
Education
Retreat to advance
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this blog post, educator Jim Dillon shares the benefits of...
Voice of the Educator
Channeling Goldilocks: Trying to get it “just right”
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. In this blog post, educator Cheryl Mizerny shares insights from her quest...
Voice of the Educator
PD from within
SmartBlog on Education will highlight summer learning and enrichment for educators during June. ASCD Emerging Leader Barry Saide helps kick off coverage of the...
Education
Redefining smart
As a sports fan, I have often thought about how certain built-in realities of the professional game impact the likelihood of a particular player’s...
Education
The disruptive innovation that will skill up America
Disruption is probably one of the most overused buzzwords in education, yet few seem to know what it means. In higher education especially, there’s...
Education
Affordability and sustainability through ICT-enabled education
The affordability of college education, conjoined with the discussion of the public and/or private value generated by that education, has never been a more...
Education
Hybrid roles: Making a whole out of two halves
Welcome to SmartBrief Education’s original content series about the unique stories of teacherpreneurs. These are the innovative individuals confronting challenges, creating solutions and bringing...
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Siege! A game-based learning unit for NGSS standards
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in...
Career-Technical Education
How is the U.S. faring in the great #skillsrace?
How can educators, employers and government leaders work together to prepare students for today’s technically-sophisticated labor market? And what kind of skills route students...
Edtech
Ed-tech product roundup: May
This month’s SmartBrief on EdTech Product Showcase roundup is running today due to the Memorial Day holiday. As the school year winds down, a...
Education
Linking educational silos
I recently delivered a talk at an advancement conference on the topic of identifying and communicating a school’s unique qualities and mission. During the...
Voice of the Educator
Is tech helping you work smarter?
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in...
Voice of the Educator
The world is my audience
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in...
Career-Technical Education
How making expands students’ visions of themselves
The goal of maker education is not college and career preparation. The goals are deeper learning and authentic engagement, with an emphasis on turning...
Education
How to go from “teacher” to “teacherpreneur”
Welcome to SmartBrief Education’s original content series about the unique stories of teacherpreneurs. These are the innovative individuals confronting challenges, creating solutions and bringing...
Voice of the Educator
Learning with technology 4.0
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in...
Voice of the Educator
Replacing print where it matters most: Textbooks
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in ed-tech....
Education
From classroom to boardroom: How to combine your passion for education and innovation
Welcome to SmartBrief Education’s original content series about the unique stories of teacherpreneurs. These are the innovative individuals confronting challenges, creating solutions and bringing...
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Using next generation assessments to personalize learning, drive instruction
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in...
Edtech
Meet the 2015 SIIA CODiE award winners
Members of the education technology community turned out Tuesday night for the 2015 CODiE Awards ceremony, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association...
Education
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
Welcome to SmartBrief Education’s original content series about the unique stories of teacherpreneurs. These are the innovative individuals confronting challenges, creating solutions and bringing...
Voice of the Educator
Leading inside the Vox
SmartBlog on Education is shining a light on education technology innovations during May, exploring the latest products and tools and the hottest trends in...
Voice of the Educator
Teaching with mobile tech
SmartBlog on Education will shine a light on education technology innovations during the month of May, exploring the latest products and tools and the...
Education
The beginning of the new school year starts now
Cherry blossoms. Baseball season. High-stakes assessments. As schools complete our nation’s annual rite of testing craziness this month, most will spend the remainder of...
Education
Transforming the narrative about teaching
Welcome to SmartBrief Education’s original content series about the unique stories of teacherpreneurs. These are the innovative individuals confronting challenges, creating solutions and bringing...
Edtech
Ed-tech product roundup: April
It’s budget and buying season for many schools and districts. April reflected this with several new product releases for the classroom. Here’s what SmartBrief...
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The power of positive identity
During April, SmartBlog on Education will shine a light on educating the whole child. In this blog post, we explore how messages affect students’...
Education
Building productive coaching relationships: The role of school leaders
With the advent of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics, more educational leaders, including teachers, administrators and policymakers, are realizing the need to...
Voice of the Educator
How intraschool mentorships help develop the “whole” student
During April, SmartBlog on Education will shine a light on educating the whole child. In this blog post, we learn about the role mentoring...
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Going back to the drawing board
Mobile devices are taking education back to square one, according to Mark Riley, instructional technology coordinator for the College of Health Sciences and Professions...
Voice of the Educator
The serious business of classroom fun
I’ll admit it: I enjoy being known as one of the “fun” teachers in school. I get a little lift when they walk in...
Education
Connecting parents to the classroom: Why does it matter?
Opinions vary about how much parent involvement in schools is the right amount. On one hand, you have what’s often referred to as “helicopter”...
Voice of the Educator
Evolution of the “good” teacher
Teaching is in the middle of a change, an evolution, a revolution — the intensity of the description depends on whom you ask. One...