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Curriculum Strategy & Adoption
Digital Learning Day, a national celebration of learning through digital media and technology, is just around the corner. Across the nation on February 6, more than 2 million students and 20,000 teachers are expected to participate in this year’s Second Annual Digital Learning Day.
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Curriculum Strategy & Adoption
Education Elements is pleased to support Digital Learning Day coming up on February 6. We are participating in many ways including presenting at NYSCATE's Blended Learning Summit in Albany. To learn more, visit http://www.nyscate.org/conferences.cfm?subpage=588.
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Blended Learning | School Districts
When I think about the changes and challenges that the Common Core State Standards will bring, I’m reminded of the conversations I’ve had with former students during their freshman year of college. They all consistently expressed their amazement that the days of “just memorizing things” had passed. The challenges of higher education demanded that they spend less time with their flashcards and more time learning a subject deeply, wrestling with concepts, and articulating and defending their own ideas.
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Curriculum Strategy & Adoption
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Last month the U.S. Department of Education announced the 16 Race to The Top District competition winners. The nearly $400 million awarded for the Race to the Top District competition (RTT-D) sounds like it is a lot of money. It is, in fact, a lot of money, and we are excited about the potential that this funding infusion will have on student achievement in those districts. That being said, we know that among 370+ applicants, there were more than just 16 great plans for building personalized learning environments.
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Blended Learning | Curriculum Strategy & Adoption
At the close of 2012, we believe there are about 70-80 US schools that have effectively implemented comprehensive blended learning models (see our definition here). At Education Elements, we are proud to be working with about 50 of these schools and are encouraged by the early indicators of student achievement. Last year, we saw an unexpectedly rapid increase in the number of public school districts adopting blended learning models; districts like those in the Pennsylvania Hybrid Learning Initiative now account for roughly 60% of our client base. In 2013, thanks in part to RTT-D, we are expecting that growth in blended learning implementations to further accelerate and reach over 300 schools by yearend. This is incredible growth as students, teachers and administrators seek more personalized and differentiated teaching and learning. I really enjoyed Michael Horn's predictions for blended learning in 2013, so I thought I would share my wish list for 2013 as we start the new year.
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