Erik Day
Getting Smart
Seattle, WA, United States
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A Platform to Support Competency-Based PBL
By: Erik Day. It’s hard to support and manage project-based learning in a competency-based environment. In this post, Erik Day shares a look at a platform designed to help. → Read More
JFF Horizons: Building New Bridges to the Future of Work and Learning
By Erik Day - We won’t be able to prepare our students for the rapidly changing world and technologies like AI if our education, policy, and private sector systems continue operating in silos. JFF Horizons highlighted creative new ways to build bridges between these sectors. → Read More
Tools for Project Based Learning: The Landscape Today
The spread of access to low-cost devices holds great promise for giving more students high quality project based experiences, but tech has yet to become a panacea for the challenges of PBL. In this post, we look at the recent history of PBL-oriented edtech, and draw some predictions about where it’s headed. → Read More
5 Fresh Ways to Have Your Next "Shower Thought" Revelation
We all know that feeling when you know there’s a solution to the challenge you’re facing, and it’s just beyond the tip of your tongue. What you’re looking for is a “shower thought” revelation. → Read More
What the End of Net Neutrality Would Mean for Education
This week, the FCC will hold a vote on what is likely to be one of the most important issues of 2017: net neutrality. Heres what that means for education. → Read More
How Can We Bring Coding into Authentic PBL?
By Erik Day - How can coding be integrated into authentic PBL? Perhaps more importantly, how can we develop a scalable solution accessible to all? → Read More
How The Village School Puts Coding at the Center of Their Approach
By Erik Day - Today marks the beginning of Computer Science Education Week. This school has placed coding at the core of what they do. → Read More
21 Global Education Resources to Expand Your Classroom's Horizons
At a time when global issues seem closer to home than ever before, here are 21 resources to fuel continued work to develop more globally competent students. → Read More
Philadelphia Is Reimagining Arts & Creativity Education
We’ve all heard many stories of districts and schools cutting arts due to budgetary constraints. Philadelphia's project is laying a foundation for change. → Read More
50 Organizations, Schools, Networks and Resources Improving SEL
There are so many great SEL resources and organizations we’ve worked with and heard about, it’s enough to feel a bit overwhelmed. Here are 50 that we like. → Read More
Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program
Digital skills are skyrocketing in demand, and tech companies often have trouble finding qualified people. This program is working to change that. → Read More
Tom Vander Ark on Using Technology to Advance Student Learning
Our CEO Tom Vander Ark recently took an in-depth look at whether kids are getting too much screen time in school. More on what he had to say here. → Read More
5 New Teaching Methods Improving Education
For those just getting started with innovative education, we’ve created this overview of five of the most important new teaching methods improving learning. → Read More
Learn to Earn: The Entrepreneurship Education Landscape
By Tom Vander Ark and Erik Day - Entrepreneurship education for adults is gaining momentum, and has taken some interesting shapes. Here's an overview. → Read More
A "National Math Storytelling Day" Story
By Erik Day - Here's how math helped me design my own personal ideal drinking glass. → Read More
If You Believe in Your Work, Start Talking About It
By Erik Day - If you believe in what you’re doing and you're improving student outcomes, students everywhere deserve a chance to benefit. → Read More
Silicon Schools Reflects on Five Years of Personalized Learning
Silicon Schools recently released an interesting report on the progress they’ve seen and lessons they’ve learned in five years of personalized learning. → Read More
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning
By Erik Day - We like to imagine what a VR experiences would look like if both tied to curriculum and tailored to students' competency via machine learning. → Read More
Classcraft: Transforming the Classroom into a Cooperative Challenge
By Erik Day - Classcraft is an innovative classroom role-playing game that improves SEL outcomes and student engagement. Learn more here. → Read More
Review | Rethinking Readiness: Deeper Learning for College, Work, and Life
By Erik Day - If you’re looking to expand the horizons of your approach to post-secondary readiness, "Rethinking Readiness" can serve as a fount of ideas. → Read More