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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. Here is what we learned: In his opening keynote, Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, asked the audience, “Why student-centered learning?”

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ISTE Launches ISTE U to Help Teachers, Leaders Build Digital Competencies

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The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is beginning enrollment today for ISTE U , an online professional learning hub for teachers and leaders to build critical skills for teaching and learning in a digital world.

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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 Today that budget is $3.2

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BombBomb is hands down the best way to upgrade your email game

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We are currently back to in-person learning, but I’m still using BombBomb to send my weekly newsletter. Tips: To help teachers through the pandemic, BombBomb is FREE for educators. BombBomb is a great way to provide video feedback for your students while you are remote.

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BombBomb is hands down the best way to upgrade your email game

iLearn Technology

We are currently back to in-person learning, but I’m still using BombBomb to send my weekly newsletter. Tips: To help teachers through the pandemic, BombBomb is FREE for educators. BombBomb is a great way to provide video feedback for your students while you are remote.

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“What if we started a school?” – Come see us in action!

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So often I see the same sentiment from educators involved in education dialogue, “Wouldn’t it be nice if a school were doing _. ” As an educator, I felt the same. For all of you who have dreamed a different kind of school, a different kind of education, this conference is for you. Let Them Lead!

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Wildly Audacious Goals and the Power of One

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In 2010, I thought that technology might be the savior of education. I created the Learning Genome Project as an attempt to make it possible to personalize education for every child. This led to creating a model that honors unique individuals, a model that would make utilizing the Learning Genome Project possible.