Can technology unlock latent social capital on campus?
New mentoring tools are helping existing institutions organize and invest in connections in their own backyard.
Social Capital
Aug 23, 2018
Social Capital
Author: juliaf
Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks
Relationships matter. Who You Know explores this simple idea to give teachers and school administrators a fresh perspective on how to break the pattern of inequality in American classrooms.
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Mapping the universe of edtech that connects
Our free, searchable market map features all of the tools we’ve come across (so far!) over the years that are bringing relationships within reach for students.
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How technology can help—not hurt—family connections
What if technology opened up time for more and better face-to-face interactions to take root between students and families?
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To disrupt, or not to disrupt: Live theater and the edtech alternatives
How might the best of both digital and live performances evolve over time?
June 21, 2018
The other gap that schools aren’t talking about—relationships
Relationships may be becoming the best-hidden asset in the modern opportunity equation.
June 7, 2018
Is standardization the enemy of personalization? Not necessarily
A key difference between a system that standardizes to personalize and one that doesn’t is whether it starts with robust diagnostics that put precision first.
May 17, 2018
Competency-Based Learning
5 trends for seeding CBE growth
Antiquated time-based metrics and incentives can thwart efforts to reinvent learning in a competency-based manner. Here are 5 ways that allow new models to take root.
May 8, 2018
Competency-Based Learning
Using virtual mentors to expand offline networks and grow career aspirations
Read how one online mentoring program helps students build self-efficacy and offline networks.
May 2, 2018
Social Capital
How to take online mentoring to the bright side
Online mentoring has a unique ability to fill gaps in students’ networks.
Apr 5, 2018
Social Capital