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2011 Virtual School Symposium

The Electric Educator

Making the Most of Cloud Computing Tools for Online Learning Access to and Usage of Virtual Education and Online Learning in Michigan High Schools Mentoring Program for Online Teachers Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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Need a Substitute Teacher? Try an ELF Instead

Edsurge

teachers in 2011. The ELF empowers students to set the pace and path of their own learning. This happens in a blended learning environment called the Independent Digital Learning Center (IDLC). Along with this trend, is a declining pool of available substitute teachers.

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Beyond K-12: EdSurge’s Next Move

Edsurge

We started EdSurge in 2011 by focusing on K-12 education. EdSurge is all about exploring one fundamental question: How can learning be supported by technology? In 2011, our attention was riveted by the entrepreneurial activity surrounding students in grades K through 12. Here’s what we’re doing and how we hope you can help.

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The Number of Students Taking in Online Courses Is Quickly Rising, But Perceptions Are Changing Slowly

Edsurge

A Gallup poll conducted back in 2015, found that 46 percent of Americans “strongly agree” or “agree” that online colleges and universities offer a high-quality education—up 30 percent from when the poll was conducted in 2011. Lowenthal also notes that these days the term online learning is more ubiquitous than ever.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Creators of Blended Learning Universe (www.blendedlearning.org), the organization provides a directory of innovative schools and a myriad of models and case studies to support district transformation. Award winning principal, and now Senior Fellow Eric Sheninger , helps to lead much of the digital work.

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Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?

MindShift

For the past several years the district has been focused on personalizing learning for its students by introducing more choice into classrooms, using blended learning strategies and offering multi-age classrooms. We shouldn’t be creating something that isn’t going to apply to the other districts around us,” Peetz said.

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"Always On" Education with Project Share #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Notes from a breakout session at South by Southwest Edu 2011 Presenter: David McGeary, Harris County Department of Education, Digital Learning Specialist McGeary helped build the first version of the Texas Tour in ProjectShare Hybrid or blended learning fills the gap between what we teach in the classroom with what they do in the real world.

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