Tag Archives: 21st Century skills

The Six Hats a Personalized Learning Leader Needs to Wear

Posted on November 9, 2015 by

Summit Public Schools CEO Diane Tavenner has been described as transformative, innovative, and entrepreneurial—apropos for the founder of a pioneering network of charter schools that combine teacher-led instruction and self-paced student learning online. Summit piloted its first blended learning initiative in 2011, … Continue reading →

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8 Online Learning Trends that are Changing the Learning Landscape

Posted on November 4, 2015 by

Seeking access to more and better learning opportunities, a state official called and asked about next generation K-12 online learning. Despite recent headlines, we’ve seen online learning make a big impact in K-12. And we see eight trends–some emerging from … Continue reading →

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10 Social Media Competencies for 21st Century Teachers

Posted on October 13, 2015 by

Digital social networking is a game changer in the learning landscape. It is an invention that amounts in its importance and usefulness to the big inventions that marked all mankind history. In ancient times, cultures, in the absence of any … Continue reading →

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3 Ways Educational Technology Tools Predict Student Success

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

One of the goals of academic assessment is to identify which students need help; the sooner they can be identified, the better. The promise of technology has been that its ability to collect unique data could make this process timelier, … Continue reading →

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13 Habits of Exceptionally Likeable People

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few — the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It’s easy to fall prey to … Continue reading →

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Competency-Based Education Approaches in K-12 Schools: Building 21 Model

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

Competency-based education (CBE) isn’t just gaining ground in higher ed: a number of K-12 educators from across the country are now embracing the approach—with promising results. In this first post of a two-part series, you’ll learn how educators from Philadelphia’s … Continue reading →

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7 Social Media Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Learn Today and Teach Tomorrow

Posted on May 12, 2015 by

In a world ruled by content curation, every educator should be passing along social media strategies to students. The “That’s a parent’s job” mantra is not a sufficient excuse for ignoring your responsibility here. We’re in this together. Students must … Continue reading →

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