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Worth Three Minutes of Your Time
At BlendMyLearning, we are not in the business of advertising or promoting blended learning per se. We prefer to focus our lens on actual educators and have them write in their authentic voices about the real ups and downs of personalized learning.
But this little gem of a video is good enough that I’m going to take the risk in posting it.
Intel made a great three minute video that does as…
Blended Learning Tour: Insights & Takeaways
A group of school operators and funders from across the country gathered in the Bay Area last week to tour several pilots and blended learning schools including Rocketship, Downtown College Prep, Aspire ERES, and KIPP Bridge. We also met with leaders from Junyo and Education Elements. Terry Ryan of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute offered a great set of take aways and learnings:
The blended…
What We’ve Got Here is Failure of Imagination
Let’s face it, there is a lot of buzz about blended learning. Some is deserved, and some may be overhyped. But many of the best educators I know in the country are excited about the potential to make learning much more personalized through new school models. It is exciting to think about students learning exactly what they need, exactly when they need it. It is also exciting to think about…