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Texas Teachers - Don't miss your chance to attend the new Teacher Leader Workshops at TCEA!
Published: 1/31/2010
Are you attending the 2010 Texas Computer Education Association’s 30th Annual Convention & Exposition in Austin? If yes, be sure to check out the many sessions offered by Microsoft throughout the event. These are exciting times for technology in education and Microsoft. We recently released Windows 7 and are looking forward to releasing Microsoft Office 2010. We hope you can attend one or...

How Professional Development Communities and Personal Learning Networks Support Your Growth – An Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum Beach
Published: 1/4/2010
Many people in the education world use the terms Personal Learning Network and Professional Learning Community interchangeably.   However, while each is important to educators, there are significant differences in the way each contributes to a teacher’s development. Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach is a published writer and presenter as well as the owner and founder of 21st Century Collaborative, LLC. She...

ISTE Spotlight on Solutions Webinar - School of the Future
Published: 2/1/2010
Join webinar on February 23 to learn best practices for engaging teachers with effective professional development based on experiences at the School of the Future (a 1:1 school built in a collaboration between Philadelphia Public Schools and Microsoft).   Tom Gaffey will share his "differentiated professional development approach" and how he customizes teacher professional development...

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Students interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content every day. Do they understand the rules that dictate the ethical use of these digital files, and do they understand why these...
This project was the winner from the 2009 U.S. Innovative Teachers Forum. Autumne Streeval and Harriet Armstrong from Columbus East High School in Indiana created this learning experience in which...

Join the Innovative Schools Online
Published: 6/20/2009
Education leaders everywhere are seeking to make learning more accessible and relevant, to ignite their students' natural desire to learn and prepare them for a rapidly changing, connected world. As a key Partners in Learning component, Innovative Schools delivers models that any school, any system, can use to help students achieve their full potential. We build on findings from 12 pioneering Innovative Schools. Each has taken a unique approach to serving the needs of its community. All share a process for assessing, improving, and evaluating their learning environments—for successfully moving beyond the limits of the classroom and traditional learning models. Together, we have discovered schools excel when their leaders are empowered to think big their entire learning community of...


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