Seat time does not equal learning…except it kinda does.
I was watching a live webcast from the Brookings Institute about Data Analytics and Web Dashboards in the Classroom today. During the event, Jose Ferreira mentioned how Knewton has had conversation...
View ArticleWhat is the Perfect Student:Teacher Ratio?
It’s the one that is perfect for the specific situation. In my work in online education for a school management company, we’re constantly asked about our student:teacher ratios. There’s an instant knee...
View ArticleWhere’s the squeak?
A colleague of mine shared a story from her past life as a product manager for a large personal care product company. The company has a very core belief in what makes a high-quality skin cleansing...
View ArticleYour students are prepared for the test…but not for life.
Kudo’s to A. J. Juliani’s guest blog post on Edutopia about employing the smart “20% time” concept to schools. Innovated originally by Google (heard of them, right?) it is the practice of allowing...
View ArticleIs the body the next breakthrough in education tech?
Remember those teacher preparation courses you took when you learned about kinesthetic learning and figured that was just for kids in shop class, art, dance, or gym? Think again. Favorite quote: “The...
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