Global entrepreneur considered one of the founding fathers of Project Based Learning The Learning Counsel has chosen Thom Markham as a featured keynote speaker at the organization’s 2020 National Gathering, to be held November 16-18 at the Atlanta Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort  in Stone Mountain GA. Considered one of the founding fathers of Project Based Learning, ...

    The first in the series of Emergency National Virtual Discussions was held on April 2nd. This discussion, like each in the series, was ripped from the conversations that Learning Counsel is having with both education leaders and education vendors throughout America. The discussion, hosted by Learning Counsel CEO and Publisher LeiLani Cauthen, presented solutions to the ...

By LeiLani Cauthen Schools, Districts and companies selling to them have questions, and forebodings. There are two lines of thought: In the Fall, things will get back to normal. Then in about eighteen months, budget cuts are coming for K12 everywhere, with the exception of approximately $13.5 Billion coming in the new CARES Act stimulus. ...

  By Carol Henry Historically, standardized testing has always been a widely used tool in schools around the world. However, this method isn’t exactly perfect, and states such as Georgia have began lowering the number of tests due to the overwhelming pressure it causes among students. The expectations are high when it comes to standardized tests, as ...

By Devishobha Chandramouli, Image credit: https://writix.co.uk.   Virtual events have been rising in popularity steadily over the last few years, but the COVID crisis seems to have skyrocketed the popularity of virtual conferences, with several companies even canceling their annual place-based conferences and switching to virtual conferences. According to The Virtual Events Report released by ...

  By Charles Sosnik $30.75 Billion. That sounds like a lot of money. Included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that Congress passed, approximately $30,750,000,000.000 was appropriated for education. See how big it looks when you write it out? It looks even bigger when you realize that this money comes with very ...

  Nation’s education leaders to convene virtually to discuss challenges and create a sense of continuity for America’s learners Beginning April 2nd, the Learning Counsel is hosting a series of eight emergency national virtual discussions, featuring many of our nation’s top experts in the areas of virtual learning and digital transition. Registration is free to ...

By Bob Wudeck   The Latest Wireless Presentation Technology Allows VGA-Equipped Classrooms to Take Full Advantage of HDMI and Create State-of-the-Art Learning Opportunities When HDMI entered the classroom, the writing was on the wall: the end of VGA’s tenure was imminent. HDMI combines audio and video into one signal transmission and supports high resolution digital ...