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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. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services.

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3 Takeaways from the Inaugural Digital Learning Annual Conference

Education Superhighway

Seven years ago, a wide-scale digital learning conference was unheard of because the majority of school districts across the country weren’t equipped with the infrastructure or technology to implement a robust digital curriculum. To keep the conversation going, join an upcoming #futureofschool Twitter chat.

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Five Types of Digital Content Data You Can Use in Personalized Learning Pathways

Education Elements

Data-driven decision making is a foundation of personalized learning. From the grouping of students, to strategic assignment of content, to keeping track of each student’s personalized learning paths, data is essential for making every decision along the way.

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Digital Learning Day

Education Elements

The computers, however, were pushed to the side and if I remember correctly of the 20 only half of them had fully functioning keyboards, only a few of them turned, on and none of them had any sort of digital content nor were any connected to the internet. My first year of teaching I was in a room with around 20 computers and 40 students.

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In the marketplace: Measuring student progress, new digital solutions, personalized learning, and more

eSchool News

A new K-12 digital solution from Britannica Digital Learning , called LaunchPacks: Social Studies, is designed for classroom use and to make lesson planning more efficient. Read more. The solution helps teachers engage students with ready-to-use content that covers the entire curriculum. Read more.

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Choose your partners wisely. And treat them well!

Education Elements

This is also the time of year when we at Education Elements focus on our blooming partner catalog - on building relationships with new partners, and cultivating and growing our relationships with old ones. It's spring and flowers aren't the only things blooming.

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How to Create a Vision

Edsurge

As Education Elements has worked with districts across the country, we’ve found a few simple guidelines can help make the visioning process invigorating and inspiring rather than routine or frustrating. Long, awkward silences may follow periods of disagreement. It doesn’t have to be this way. The vision in its day-to-day form? “We

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