Tag: The Learning Counsel
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The Uberization of Learning
By LeiLani Cauthen What might dynamic pairings of people and learning content do for education? This is the question I am posing as I gather my thoughts and the material for my new book. As your mind conflates the concepts you relate with schools with the concepts of on-demand drivers using geo-location in ... -
Good News from Our Nation’s Capital
By Charles Sosnik It’s not often that we get good news from Washington D.C. As the seat of our nation’s government, we are inundated with stories about in-fighting and partisan politics. Even the school system, D.C. Public Schools, has traditionally been a political hot bed with far too many politicians weighing in. In ... -
Are FREE Apps Putting Your School and Students at Risk?
By Art Willer For the classroom teacher, the word FREE is a breath of fresh air, especially when it comes to stretching chronically inadequate budgets for learning resources. FREE means one less thing you have to convince the principal or the school budget committee to buy. What a relief! Unfortunately, there are several ... -
Using Data-Driven Instruction and SEL to Make the Most of Assessments
By Jenny Angelo Beaumont, Texas, is in my DNA. My family has been here since the 1800s, when the area was mainly devoted to cattle ranching and rice milling, through the great Spindletop oil discovery, which was the first major oil field and the largest in American history. We have so many great opportunities in ... -
The Surprising Impact of Student Led Learning
By Amy Howell TechEd is a hot topic in education right now, but what we really need to be discussing is student led learning. Students leading other students in learning is one of the most amazing things you can see. STEAMbassadors, STEMbassadors, Alpha:Techsperts, The Girls – they go by many names, but they ... -
Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends
By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller What’s hot in education technology? A better question might be, what’s hot in EdTech this year? It’s no surprise that the sector is growing – and quickly. In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 billion. Just the first half of this year alone, the United States neared one billion in ... -
Policy Watch: Educators Can Teach Lawmakers What Our Students Need
School leaders can help lawmakers create better education legislation by keeping them informed of current challenges and offering pragmatic solutions By Glen Miller It’s no secret to educators that students are not meeting literacy benchmarks. A recent report on reading performance from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that 63 percent of students ... -
Helping Teachers Reach Every Student
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. By Kenna McHugh Since its inception over 33 years ago, Reading Horizons focus is building the awareness of their educational products that center on the Reading Horizons Method. The method teaches children to read by providing ...
