Better together : how to leverage school networks for smarter personalized and project based learning / by Tom Vander Ark, Lydia Dobyns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vander Ark, Tom, 1959- author.

Dobyns, Lydia, 1955- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in education.

Project method in teaching.

Educational innovations.

Physical Description:

xix, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2018.

Summary:

Better Together presents a tour through one of the modern era's most important educational innovations, and provides smart strategy for working optimally within the school network sphere. There are more than 50 high-quality scaled charter networks in the U.S.; most share a learning model, professional supports, and--increasingly--platform tools. Although these charter schools get most of the attention, there are over a dozen other networks that connect district schools and provide design principles, curriculum materials, technology tools, and professional learning opportunities to streamline school improvement and help build great new schools from scratch. This book details some of the many success stories, and includes expert analysis of learning models, strategies, and innovations that are making quality scalable and helping schools produce more positive student outcomes.

Contents:

Platforms : a place you call home

Network effect : when bigger is better

Learning platforms : when will they transform education?

Powerful learning : personalized and project-based

Design thinking : the new frame for school

Connected teaching : technology enables co-creation

Learning organizations : building collective capacity

Dynamic networks : picking the right structure for scaled impact

Leadership : from compliance to agreement crafting

Impact engines : picking the right business model

Governance : use networks to boost quality options

Powerful learning at scale : inspiration and intermediation

Advocacy : a nation proud of its public schools.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781119439103

1119439108

OCLC:

1028581915