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Customizing education (and your life)

June 30, 2010

The last MIT graduating class ever

June 15, 2010

In 2014, Jamal and Kathy were part of the last class to ever graduate from MIT. A few months later, the University decided that the notion of “graduation” was outdated, that entrance to MIT should be synonymous with a commitment to the lifelong learning necessary to keep one competitive in a rapidly changing world.
Eight years [...]

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Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology

June 14, 2010

(Book review) – In the midst of chaos, it’s so valuable to discover a calm, assured voice that helps you regain control and sort out what to do next. Allan Collins and Richard Halverson provide that voice for everyone concerned about our educational system.
Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling [...]

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Best online test preparation services

June 7, 2010

If you wait for your school to deliver personalized learning, you may be waiting a very long time. But there are plenty of independent services that offer personalized learning tools, and I’ll be sharing some lists of them in the weeks ahead.
Here’s my first, which provides links to the top 10 online test preparation tools.

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Personalized physical ed class

June 4, 2010

by Fred Strong, Dean of Faculty, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
High school PE class. Maybe you liked it, maybe you dreaded it. Did you have “lines” and “squads”?
Even if the teaching methods in your class were more enlightened than back in my day, the drills and games probably showed who could or couldn’t [...]

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