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Leading, Learning, Loving It, Leading Tomorrow’s Schools Today by Jenny Lewis
These are my notes from Jenny Lewis’ presentation “Leading, Learning, Loving It, Leading Tomorrow’s Schools Today” at the 21st Century Learning @ the West Lake Expo held Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2009 at Xi Hu, China, also known as West Lake. West Lake is in the center of Hangzhou, China, which is about an…
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Again, U.S. federal funds used to strong arm state legislators
Is federalism in the United States dead? Perhaps so. Do you remember how the federal government strong armed the states to raise the legal drinking age to 21 back in the 1980s? They did it by withholding federal highway funds. Unless you raised your drinking age, you didn’t get the cash. Money talks, and as…
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Takeaways from the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference
The past week in Hong Kong has been amazing and filled with learning on many fronts for me. Here are a few takeaways about history, geography, technology, and other topics. TECHDIRECTOR.NING.COM: WORLDWIDE LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR SCHOOL TECH DIRECTORS Paul White and other east Asia technology directors created this private Ning which has become an international…
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Education 3.0: A Framework for Change in Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skill by Andrew Thomson
These are my notes from Andrew Thomson’s closing keynote presentation “Education 3.0: A Framework for Change in Teaching and Assessing 21st Century Skill” at the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference on 18 September 2009. MY COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The official description of Andrew’s session was: Two major reform movements have shaped…
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Emerging Trends that Redefine Education in the 21st Century by Bruce Dixon
These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s session, “Emerging Trends that Redefine Education in the 21st Century,” at the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference on 18 September 2009. Bruce is the executive director of the Anywhere, Anytime Learning Foundation (AALF.) MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The official description of this…
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Believe in Me (Inspirational video for the start of school)
Three simple words, formed as a question, can be exceptionally powerful. Do you believe in me? This video, posted to YouTube and created for the Starkville (Mississippi) School District by Broadcast Media Group, is a great video to share with teachers, administrators, students, parents, and other constituents in your educational community as we start the…
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Federal Guidance for ARRA Funds Released
At long last, the U.S. Department of Education released guidelines for states utilizing ARRA (stimulus) funds for educational technology. Here are the highlights from today’s eSchoolNews article, “ED issues rules on ed-tech stimulus funds.” My thoughts, comments, additions, paraphrases and clarifications are included [in brackets]. States can use up to 5% of funds for “state-level…
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Closing Keynote at NECC09 by Erin Gruwell (Freedom Writers)
These are my notes from Erin Gruwell‘s closing keynote at NECC 2009. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. This was the program description: Wednesday’s keynote wraps up your conference experience with an inspirational look into the 10+ years’ worth of technology-supported projects initiated by Freedom Writers founder Erin Gruwell. Born and raised in…
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T3 Grant Notes (ARRA Stimulus funds for Educational Technology competitively released by the Texas Education Agency)
These are notes relating to the Texas Education Agency’s Target Tech in Texas (T3) Collaborative Grant. This information was shared over TETN (The Texas Education Telecommunications Network) in May 2009, and a PDF file of that presentation is available. MY RELATED THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. All T3 grant application documents are available…
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Is the Obama Administration Dooming Us to HyperInflation?
According to today’s English WikiPedia entry, “hyperinflation” in economics is: …inflation that is very high or “out of control”, a condition in which prices increase rapidly as a currency loses its value. Definitions used by the media vary from a cumulative inflation rate over three years approaching 100% to “inflation exceeding 50% a month.” In…