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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

Through this work, we see powerful examples of innovation across education — from students creating their own virtual reality (VR) films, to researchers working with technology developers to improve edtech efficacy, to educators rethinking their own professional development with the use of micro-credentials.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

In July of 2015, the district paid more than $400,000 for alignment, strategy and professional services from Education Elements, a for-profit personalized learning consultant, according to receipts obtained by EdSurge from the district. In less than two years, between 2015 and 2017, the district paid more than $4.5 Probably not.

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A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning

Edsurge

After five years of teaching, most recently as a technology teacher at an elementary school, I was recruited for a role outside of the classroom. In 2017, I began a new position as the director of personalized learning at a public charter school serving students in grades 7-12 in Phoenix. I needed to find a way into their classrooms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via David Perry : “A professor of Atmospheric Sciences stepped down (he was 70) at the University of Illinois rather than appropriately address accommodations in his classroom. link] pic.twitter.com/XT9iGmcrJs — Jack Clark (@jackclarkSF) September 13, 2017. ” asks Education Week. Horrible message.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” Also via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Yelp for Colleges ? ” Contests and Awards.