Common Sense Education Website
A website that includes lesson plans, interactive games, professional development, and family education.
September 27, 2017
Craft Category: Artifacts
Guide to Choosing Digital Content and Curriculum
This guide, produced in 2016, offers advice for leaders and educators on how to evaluate and select digital content and curriculum.
September 27, 2017
OECD Study: The Future of the Physical Learning Environment: School Facilities that Support the User
This 2011 paper written by OECD presents the conclusions of a study, carried out in collaboration with schools in six European countries, which focused on tomorrow’s physical learning environments. It resulted in the creation of a learning space model that is flexible, modifiable and sustainable while supporting the teaching and learning processes.
September 27, 2017
White Paper: Technology-Empowered Learning: Six Spatial Insights
This design research study was conducted to evaluate the spatial implications of technology on learning spaces. The authors report six major findings:
- Person-to-person connections remain essential for successful learning
- Technology is supporting richer face-to-face interactions and higher-level cognitive learning
- Integrating technology into classrooms mandates flexibility and activity-based space planning
- Spatial boundaries are loosening
- Spaces must be designed to capture and stream information
- High-tech and low-tech will coexist
September 27, 2017
Video: Making Sure the Facilities and Furniture Support Your Educational Model
In this video produced by the Christensen Institute and Silicon Schools, Michael Horn and Brian Greenberg discuss critical decisions about space that can support a blended learning model.
September 27, 2017
Transformative Budgeting for Digital Learning: NJ Department of Education
This guide intended to assist districts in rethinking traditional budgetary approaches in order to find possible ways to fund technology initiatives by repurposing existing funding sources. The paper offers step-by-step advice through investigation, planning, and implementation, as well as numerous district case studies.
September 27, 2017
Financing Personalized Learning: What Can We Learn From First-Generation Adopters
A report from CRPE that takes a systematic look at costs associated with implementing personalized learning schools, how leaders of these schools choose to allocate their funds, and what it might take to make personalized learning financially sustainable on public dollars. CRPE studied 16 charter elementary and secondary schools that had received financial support through the Gates Foundation’s Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC).
September 27, 2017
Financing to Scale Blended Learning Summary
A slide deck (PDF) that explores key financial planning steps for funding blended learning at scale, including key cost variables, cost drivers, and funding sources.
September 27, 2017
Financing to Scale Blended Learning Worksheet
An Excel worksheet for districts to use to calculate a multi-year estimate of the cost to scale blended learning.
September 27, 2017
District Guide: Financing to Scale Blended Learning
A five-step guide showing school districts how to avoid getting stuck in the pilot phase, and successfully budget for scaling blended learning.
September 27, 2017