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Reflections From a Global Kids Youth Leader at the Breakthrough Learning Summit

This post originally appeared on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog.   Hi! This is Nafiza Akter, and I was one of the youth attending the Breakthrough Learning in

Using Alternative Assessment Models to Empower Youth-directed Learning

  This post originally appeared on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog.   Tashawna is a high school senior in Brooklyn, NY. In the morning she leaves home

The Teacher is the Key

This post originally appeared on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog. Here is a pretty shocking statistic. More than 40% of teachers today are disheartened and disappointed in

Breakthrough Learning from the Outside In: Four Policies to Accelerate Innovation in the Classroom

Victor V. Vuchic is Program Officer, Open Educational ResourcesThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation     Often when we think about innovation, we focus on lots of low cost rapid prototypes

The Promise of Games in the Public Interest

Suzanne Seggerman President, Co-Founder, Games for Change           Games can be used for A LOT of purposes – well beyond entertainment. And as they are a

Technology and Family Literacy

  We’re excited to participate in the  Cooney  Center’s upcoming Forum. Families of all socio-economic classes are using technology in their daily lives. The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) is on a quest

Digital Connectors Will Build Today’s Communities and Tomorrow’s Leaders

David L. Cohen is the Executive Vice President, Comcast CorporationThis post originally appeared on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog.We are strong believers in investing in stronger communities, and

The Outer Spaces of Learning

This post was originally published on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog. In the recent Star Trek movie by J.J. Abrams we get to see what a 23rd century Vulcan school

+1 Learner: How personal learning networks can transform individual teacher practice

Lucy Gray, Education Technology Specialist Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education University of ChicagoThis post was originally published on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog.Imagine a learning community

Write a Story On a Phone? Are you Kidding?

This post originally appeared on the Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age blog.   Creativity continues to be an essential skill in the emerging creative economy. Since scientific and technological