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How We Failed (and Then Succeeded) with Khan Academy

Posted by Ray Schleck on Mar 26, 2013 in Blog, Match Education


How We Failed (and Then Succeeded) with Khan Academy

Last fall I wrote about the need for an ed-tech Test Kitchen – a place that might address ‘what works’ in ed-tech. It’s really a two-part question: which products work and how should they be used? That ‘how’ question is tricky. Figuring out the best way to incorporate a product into a school, with all its idiosyncrasies, usually involves a process of repeated trial-and-error. Which…

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Data Overload?

Posted by Michael Goldstein on Dec 3, 2012 in Blog, Match Education


Data Overload?

Guest post by Ray Schleck:
I have been talking to dozens of people who are starting “blended learning schools.” Everyone seems excited about the potential for great student-level data.
These schools fall into 2 camps:
 
1. Some use a single technology product for all learning.
Compass Learning. e2020. Apex Learning.
a. Advantages: integrated, so easier.
b. Disadvantages: nobody I’ve…

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“Deeper Learning” and Ed Tech

Posted by Michael Goldstein on Nov 29, 2012 in Blog, Match Education


“Deeper Learning” and Ed Tech

When I get home from Match, my wife and I review our kids’ adventures and misadventures from that day. But in the old days, pre-kids, we compared notes from work. Since her work is treating cancer, I sometimes compare her field to K-12.
There are similarities.
For example, people want a “silver bullet” solution to cancer. Smart scientists often dream up such approaches. Often there is a…

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America’s Test Kitchen

Posted by Ray Schleck on Nov 8, 2012 in Blog, Match Education


America’s Test Kitchen

Let me begin by saying: it’s quite possible that the thesis I’m about to advance is wrong. I’m new to this work. I’m hoping to provoke and be corrected.
Until June 30th I was teaching 7th grade history at Boston Collegiate Charter School. I joined Match to work on a new school design called Match Next. Broadly construed, it’s part of a universe of schools called “blended learning.”…

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