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What’s the Future of the Ed-Tech Business (Model)?

What’s the Future of the Ed-Tech Business (Model)? | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Last month, after spending the weekend at DC Startup Weekend EDU, I spent a couple of hours at the Rosetta Stone HQ in Arlington, Virginia. I made the visit as an education technology journalist. But it was also a bit of a personal visit too.
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Most Innovative Companies: Charles Best of DonorsChoose.org on Fixing Education

Most Innovative Companies: Charles Best of DonorsChoose.org on Fixing Education | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Charles BestThis year DonorsChoose.Org made our list of The Most Innovative Companies. We speak to CEO Charles Best on how he applies a "best of breed e-commerce" approach to transforming public education.
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With Skillshare, everyone can be a teacher

With Skillshare, everyone can be a teacher | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Skillshare is riding the P2P wave and has built a platform for users to offer real-world classes of any kind to interested students. It is expanding to San Francisco and Philadelphia later this month and is closing its Series A round soon.
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The Khan Academy

The Khan Academy | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Khan Academy is on a mission to provide a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
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Entrepreneurship series: A different bottom line | Philadelphia Public ...

Entrepreneurship series: A different bottom line | Philadelphia Public ... | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
The habits of entrepreneurial teachers can transform classrooms. Comments .... Distribute – entrepreneurial teachers spread the ownership of their classroom ventures with key students, staff, parents, and other stakeholders.
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The Difference Between a Teacherpreneur and an Education ...

The Difference Between a Teacherpreneur and an Education ... | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
By Kristoffer Kohl Kristoffer Kohl is a former classroom teacher working currently as a policy associate at CTQ to further the vision of TEACHING 2030. He previously collaborated with a team of accomplished teachers to ...
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Recipients of 2011 Global Forum Educator Awards Announced

Recipients of 2011 Global Forum Educator Awards Announced | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Evening event hosted by Microsoft Partners in Learning recognizes 18 educators around the world for their innovative uses of technology in the classroom.
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The Happy Future of Education

The Happy Future of Education | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it

Our system of education is built on the belief that learning is best achieved by bringing the best of the past forward through expert advice and clear example. Consequently, educators rise through the ranks like officers in the military: through compliance and conformity to the norm. But in this era of quantum change, are we really best served by imitating the past?

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Michael Karnjanaprakorn: Let's Start a Learning Revolution

http://www.ignitenyc.org/‬ - ‪http://twitter.com/ignitenyc‬ Michael Karnjanaprakorn, founder of Skillshare, debunks the myth that a college degree leads to ...
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Entrepreneurial teachers?

Entrepreneurial teachers? | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Are entrepreneurial attitudes and actions beneficial only to business owners? Or can all of us, teachers included, benefit from thinking and acting like an entrepreneur? Can a teacher think like an entrepreneur without starting his or her own school?
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What is Skillshare

What is Skillshare | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
"NYU is a great school, but the entire state of New York can be a great university," says Michael Karnjanaprakorn, cofounder of Skillshare. Skillshare teachers have varied from P Diddy's personal chef to Chris Dixon.
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Flipped Classroom: The Big Idea Behind Kahn Academy ...

Flipped Classroom: The Big Idea Behind Kahn Academy ... | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
If you haven't heard about Kahn Academy by now, take a minute to read about 2011′s hottest topic of conversation among educators everywhere. Kahn Academy videos are entertaining and appealing for many reasons, but ...
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schooX - The Academy for Self Learners - Online Courses and Certificates

schooX - The Academy for Self Learners - Online Courses and Certificates | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Schoox is an Academy for Self-Learners where members can teach, learn and certify their knowledge online. Users can create private or public online courses by using files or web resources incredibly easy and in seconds.
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What is a Teacherpreneur? > The Future of Teaching

What is a Teacherpreneur? > The Future of Teaching | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
Can teacherpreneurs and teacher leaders be on the same team? Is a teacher leader who gets paid a stipend for developing local curriculum on a Saturday different than a teacherpreneur? Does being a teacherpreneur ...
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“Teacherpreneurs:” A New Breed of Teachers

“Teacherpreneurs:” A New Breed of Teachers | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it
I was browsing through GOOD Education online magazine when I came across an article with the word “teacherprenuer” in the title. It immediately caught my.
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Why online education is ready for disruption, now. - The Next Web

Why online education is ready for disruption, now. - The Next Web | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it

The Next WebClayton Christensen: Why online education is ready for disruption, now. “They are the best teachers in the world in their field,” says Christensen. “And now rather than everybody having to put up with crummy teachers, everyone can learn from the best.”

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Skillshare • Read — What happens when teachers think like entrepreneurs?

Skillshare • Read — What happens when teachers think like entrepreneurs? | Teacherpreneurs and education reform | Scoop.it

Read — What happens when teachers think like entrepreneurs? A couple of months ago, I read an article in GOOD Magazine titled “Are ‘Teacherpreneurs’ the Future of Education?” 

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A Look at TEACHING 2030

A visual story of TEACHING 2030. Purchase the provocative new book at Teachers College Press, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.
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