Getting Smart: Why youth need social capital
In a recent podcast interview with Tom Vander Ark of Getting Smart, Julia Freeland Fisher encourages us to imagine, what would the design of a more networked, caring school look like?
Sept 28, 2018
A public cloud of social capital to connect schools and communities
A new platform is connecting schools and communities in an effort to democratize connectedness and radically increase community involvement in public schools.
Sept 27, 2018
Viewpoint: Expanding students’ networks
How might we better design schools to help students foster more relationships with caring, expert adults? Tune into this webinar to learn how Julia's book addresses this key question and more.
Sept 20, 2018
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it: Edtech that connects students to role models
Learn how DreamWakers is using free and existing video technology to connect under-resourced classrooms across the U.S. with diverse career professionals.
Sept 18, 2018
Disrupting ‘Who You Know’ to bolster students’ life opportunities
The gap disadvantaged students face goes beyond academics. No longer can schools just focus on what you know; they also must focus on who you know.
Sept 7, 2018
Social Capital
Can technology unlock latent social capital on campus?
New mentoring tools are helping existing institutions organize and invest in connections in their own backyard.
Aug 23, 2018
Social Capital
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.
Aug 1, 2018
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?
July 19, 2018
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