From DSC:
I realize that many in education don’t view Bill and Melinda Gates with a great deal of admiration or respect. However, they and their foundation are about to make a hugely positive difference in — and contribution to — education. I’m sure that these grants will help create solutions that will feature professionally-done, highly-engaging, interactive, multimedia-based, team-created educational content. I hope that many of the solutions will feature sophisticated back-end engines that will allow for highly personalized/customized learning.
This is huge because such solutions are highly scalable. Plus look at who is involved at this point:
- Pearson
- Educurious Partners
- Florida Virtual School
- Institute of Play
- Reasoning Mind
- Quest Atlantis
- Digital Youth Network
- EDUCAUSE
Also see:
- Gates Foundation announces portfolio of innovative grants to develop new teaching and learning tools that support teachers and help students — from the Gates Foundation
Adaptable resources will provide teachers with helpful tools to differentiate instruction and prepare all students to meet the Common Core State Standards
Also see:
- Cutting-edge tools to help teachers in the classroom
- Gates Foundation invests $20 million in digital courses, game-based learning