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An insider's look at innovation in the MIT Media Lab In its 25-year history. He found that CEOs and elementary-school students alike had the same reaction: "Everybody goes away thinking, 'How can I be more creative in my life?'"

National Science Foundation Guidebook on Evaluation -- http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/start.htm This guide book provides information on topics including: reasons for conducting evaluations, types of evaluations, evaluation steps/process, evaluation questions and measurable objectives, quantitive and qualitative data collection, and culturally responsive evaluation. AACPS Grants Office -- http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/admin/development/grants.htm This site provides the tools & services needed to turn grant ideas into reality.

K-12 education may be at a pivotal point in its evolution. New approaches to schooling are being tested around the country, technological tools are making it easier to adjust classroom teaching methods to target individual student needs, and an emerging market of educational entrepreneurs is seeking to make money by solving problems. Indeed, the word "innovation" seems to be in everyone's lexicon these days; it's even turning up as part of new education job titles in school districts and states.

Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print - anywhere. It can help you to raise money by letting people pledge via text messaging. And because it works internationally with texting, web, or Twitter, its simplicity and flexibility are earning rave reviews.

By pairing personalized learning and technology, a teacher can help students learn what they need to learn through the topics that interest them most.

This is a great video to show at a faculty meeting to reinforce why we need to use technology in transformational ways. This video was produced by 7 digital learners!

Several articles aimed at the "Tech-Savvy Principal"

TeacherPal is the perfect mobile companion for educators. TeacherPal provides extreme mobility in the classroom and power tools to quickly manage attendance, grades, behaviors, notes and much more through iPads, iPhones and iPods.