Author Archives: Adrienne Albregts
Adrienne Albregts
We all do our part to stay informed of emerging trends in education. Since we launched Navigator just over a year ago, it’s grown to a thriving community of education thought-leaders and innovators eager to share ideas and experiences in the ever-evolving world of K-12. If you’re new to Navigator, we are here to motivate [...]
Teacher Appreciation Week is all about showing gratitude for some of the most important people in our children’s lives – teachers! Compass Learning and our friends at VolunteerSpot want to make this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week extra special by showcasing children’s artwork and thank-you gifts for their teachers. We’re giving away $500 in Target gift [...]
If you missed this year’s SXSWedu conference and need a reason to attend in 2014, watch the below video. It’s a clip of the entrepreneurs of SchoolYourself, who created highly interactive trigonometry, pre-calculus, and calculus activities for the iPad; and it’s also a peek into the brilliance and innovation that is just starting to develop [...]
We had the opportunity to sit down with edtech entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the education industry earlier this month at the South by Southwest Education Conference (SXSWedu). In the below video, we interviewed Tom Vander Ark, founder of GettingSmart.com, who discussed the following topics: Improvement opportunities in the education system Interest-driven learning Competency-based learning [...]
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At the South by Southwest Education Conference (SXSWedu) earlier this month, Compass Learning facilitated a series of informal chats with “edupreneurs” and distinguished speakers. In this session, we had the opportunity to speak with 17-year-old author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School Nikhil Goyal. He told us about his [...]
This past fall, we announced the winners of our Ideal Learning Environment Content: rapping math teachers, Dave Schultz and Tyler Winner, from Westerville South High School in Ohio. Today, I had the opportunity to follow up with them about what they’ve been up to since winning the $15,000 prize. As it turns out, they decided [...]
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