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  • The Do’s And Don’ts Of Infographic Design – Smashing Magazine

    Since the dawn of the Internet, the demand for good design has continued to skyrocket. From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, designers have remained on their toes as they define the trends and expectations of our online universe. The Internet is a great designer’s playground, and online businesses are growing more and more… Read more

  • How About Better Parents? – NYTimes.com

    IN recent years, we’ve been treated to reams of op-ed articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if only the teachers’ unions would go away, our kids would score like Singapore’s on the big international tests. There’s no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a… Read more

  • The Future of Educational Accountability, As Envisioned by 11 Leading States : Education Next

    Last week, 11 states applied for waivers from many of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s most onerous provisions. Their applications are now online, ready to be sliced and diced by any willing wonk. (Anne Hyslop of Education Sector has already taken a cut.) We at Fordham have tried to make the task a little… Read more

  • Tony Vincent’s Learning in Hand – Blog – Apps for Project-Based Learning

    I presented Project-Based Learning in Hand at the International Society for Technology in Education conference in Philadelphia. Here are my notes for the session. My favorite part was that I asked educators in the room and on Twitter to submit favorite iOS apps for project-based learning. The resulting spreadsheet has 133 submissions. I removed spaces… Read more

  • Is teaching a team sport? | Taking Note

    I had an interesting conversation with Barnett Berry, the lead author of Teaching 2030, earlier this week. We covered the waterfront: how teaching has changed and is changing, whether schools of education were up the the challenges facing them, why so many teachers leave, and so on. You will have to wait for our PBS… Read more

  • Creating An App to Market Your School — THE Journal

    As mobile engagement spreads to communities large and small, everyone from the corner coffee shop to your local library is launching an app. Now even schools and districts are reaching out. Custom mobile apps, which typically function as condensed versions of a school or district website, are a nascent, but growing, trend. Most help parents… Read more