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How Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s iZone Went from ‘Cool’ to Cold

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Ten years into his 12-year tenure as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg and his then education chief, Joel Klein, kicked off a program that they hoped would transform education in the city by making schools “centres of innovation,” Bloomberg told the BBC back in 2011. Today that budget is $3.2 Hodas left in 2014.)

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Where Are You on Your Personalized Learning Journey?

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This past week, we traveled to the Golden, Colorado to attend the Conference of Online and Blended Learning (COBL), put on by the iLearn Collaborative. After taking the helm, Smith realized that students who had previously failed in other places were coming to the same model of education that had previously failed them.

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Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction

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One of the major benefits of using technology in the classroom is the ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student in every lesson. Just as every student grows and develops at different rates, they learn in different ways and at different speeds. These learners learn best through auditory experiences.