my goal for 11:15

"Education and political leaders in countries around the world have recognized the imperative to prepare their youth for the 21st century, a goal that many believe requires the fundamental transformation of educational opportunities together with the integration of technology into teaching and learning. But educational change is complex. It takes place within an ecosystem of influences that range from national policies, programs, and supports to local community contexts and school-specific professional cultures. As part of Microsoft's commitment to education transformation, its Partners in Learning Program initiated the Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) Research project to contribute information and policy insights on where and how effective education transformation is taking place around the world."

"It is a great pleasure to be here at the East Noble School District and to be a part of this great adventure you are embarking on. You are not alone, though you are among pioneers among educators who are learning to adapt schooling to reflect the unique demands of our times, our millennial children, and an emerging and dramatically different information landscape. For the community session, I will outline three converging conditions - a perfect storm - of change that is forcing us to rethink the fundamental of education, being educated, and even the definition of literacy"

"Manage your Friends and Followers Group by Relationships Sort by Importance Explore Twitter Social Graph Discover Relevant Users Filter Irrelevant Users Follow/Unfollow/Block Crowd Tagging and Comments Lock Relationships"

contributing back -

"Add, discuss and organize ideas from multiple locations before, during and after (or instead of) your meetings. Build a storm using Edistorm Templates or leverage your existing business processes. Measure results with instant voting and reporting."

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we have a subscription to this. check out word grabber? vocab grabber?

"http://www.gapminder.org/"

Amazing economic and data minder....

Heidi Hayes Rogers - amazing 21century professional development Meet Me - free resource

great resource for google apps

great clip from conan and louis

Google apps workshop Iste June 25 - multitude of resources

Here is the link to the google workshop

from a 7 - 12 school...2100 students public

One line class options

Hypbrid Blending Learning Class

Horison report - leadership pieces implementation of technology

"The CoSN Value of Investment (VOI) Leadership Initiative, is designed to support the effective use of technology in K-12 education. The focus of this initiative is to provide a methodology and tools for K-12 school leaders, allowing them to better measure and articulate the costs and benefits of proposed technology projects. "