Getting Smart Podcast

Predicting the future is difficult but we can build useful frameworks that help update our mental models and assist us in making better decisions. In a recent episode of Driven 2 Educate hosted by Linda Buchner, Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, frames emerging issues and invites experts and practitioners to contribute stories and examples. These crowdsourced thought leadership campaigns help illuminate the path forward and promote better decision making. The three recent campaigns -- Smart Cities, Smart Parents and GenDIY.

If you are an educator these days you’ve probably heard of blended learning. Odds are you’re blending in some capacity already. So in this episode we look at the future of blended learning, from the current issue of its multiple definitions to schools leading in next-gen models, from the importance of blended and personalized learning for educators to the growing importance of having a guiding vision for implementation.