The Denver Business Journal (9/27, Goldberg, Subscription Publication) reports, "Janus Capital Group is giving a three-year, $2.1 million donation to Denver Public Schools to implement blended learning - which combines traditional teaching with digital technology - at the new West Generation Academy (WGA), with the goal of eventually spreading it throughout the school district." The funding will support a pilot at the school, whose "classrooms will be equipped with 10 individual computers, small group work stations and a central instructional space for teachers."
The Denver Post (9/27, Auge) also covers this story, quoting Janus Foundation President Casey Cortese saying, "This allows teachers to spend time doing what they do best, which is delivering quality content, and then giving them access to real-time data so they can know where kids are at any given time. We're not replacing teachers with technology. We're giving teachers access to better technology so they can assess students' skills."
Report Pushes Digital Textbooks By 2017.
Nikhita Venugopal writes at the Education Week (9/27) "Marketplace K-12" blog that the State Educational Technology Directors Association has released a report saying that schools should switch to digital textbooks in the next five years. The report "highlights some of the policy barriers that must be knocked down in order to get there," and is "a blueprint for states and districts looking to switch over to digital content, and mirrors a similar road map laid out by the US Department of Education and Federal Communications Commission earlier this year." The piece notes that supporters of digital textbooks tout the savings they bring.
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