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Leading with Web 2.0 |
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Leading with Web 2.0 is a multi-year CoSN initiative to study and support school district administrators’ use of Web 2.0 to transform education.
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Wed 08/04/2010 @ 04:07 |
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Ariadna Mahon-Santos |
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Managing Learning: Next-Generation Learning Systems |
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Many school districts today use content or learning manage¬ment systems, or both, to help educators manage class content and administrators manage students and their classes. Just as wikis and blogs now overlap, these once distinct software packages are now converging, as added functionality in both is obscuring the differences between them.
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Fri 07/30/2010 @ 09:17 |
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Ariadna Mahon-Santos |
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Report from Scotland and the Netherlands: Real Investment/Real Innovation |
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In November, 2009, CoSN lead a US delegation to the Netherlands and Scotland as part of its ongoing efforts to facilitate a global conversation of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ITC) in education. Guided by the fundamental assumption that we can lean from other countries, just as other countries can learn from us, the goals of the delegation were to:
- Determine how strategic investments in ICT by Scotland and the Netherlands are preparing students for success in a global economy;
- Explore innovative uses technology, including Web 2.0 collaborative tools, national learning platforms and other cutting edge applications;
- Discover common challenges in using ICT to transform learning;
- Identify innovative policies and practices in Scotland and the Netherlands that might be replicated in the US; and
- Share our findings with interested groups and individuals.
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Thu 05/20/2010 @ 04:28 |
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Weathering the Storm 2010 Compendium |
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CoSN recently released the first monograph from its forthcoming four-part 2010 Compendium. The monograph titled Weathering the Storm provides insight from district and regional school leaders on how to respond to budget constraints related to the economic crisis, without cutting vital technology services. The Compendium monograph details eight approaches for dealing with the economic crisis, as shared by ten chief technology officers (CTOs) and superintendents from school districts across the nation.
For an executive summary of the monograph click on Download below. For a full copy of the report, you must be a member of CoSN. Please logon to mycosn in the upper left navigation bar. Please refer to a private all-member email sent 3/18/10 for more details.
“Nationwide nearly every district has been affected in some way by the economic downturn,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN. “What this monograph provides are strategies for successfully navigating this terrain. We think the best kind of insight we can provide CTOs and other school leaders are the approaches that their peers have employed and the lessons they have learned in the process.”
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Thu 03/18/2010 @ 04:53 |
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Rich Kaestner and Judy Salpeter |
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Obama Administration's Education Plan Emphasizes Flexibility, Resources & Accountability for Results |
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The Obama administration's blueprint to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) will support state and local efforts to help ensure that all students graduate prepared for college and a career. Following the lead of the nation's governors and state education leaders, the plan will ask states to ensure that their academic standards prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace, and to create accountability systems that recognize student growth and school progress toward meeting that goal. This will be a key priority in the reform of NCLB, which was signed into law in 2002 and is the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).
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Tue 03/16/2010 @ 04:23 |
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US Department of Education |
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CoSN Annual Report to Members 2009-2010 |
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CoSN released its 2009-2010 annual report to their membership at the annual conference on March 1, 2010. Read about the strategic goals and core values, the advocacy and policy work being done, and past annual compliments, as well as new initiatives for the upcoming year.
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Tue 03/16/2010 @ 04:21 |
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CoSN |
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denise@cosn.org |
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FCC Sends National Broadband Plan to Congress |
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The Federal Communications Commission delivered to Congress a National Broadband Plan setting an ambitious agenda for connecting all corners of the nation while transforming the economy and society with the communications network of the future -- robust, affordable Internet.
“The National Broadband Plan is a 21st century roadmap to spur economic growth and investment, create jobs, educate our children, protect our citizens, and engage in our democracy,” said Chairman Julius Genachowski. “It’s an action plan, and action is necessary to meet the challenges of global competitiveness, and harness the power of broadband to help address so many vital national issues.”
For a copy go to http://www.broadband.gov/
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Tue 03/16/2010 @ 04:01 |
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Broadband.gov |
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i3 grant released -- Schools, districts, ESAs, non-profits may apply. Applications due in 60 days |
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The U.S. Department of Education announced the availability of the grant application for the highly anticipated Investing in Innovation (i3) program. These grants are intended to support local districts and nonprofit organizations—working in partnership with several districts and/or several schools—as they seek to implement educational innovations with promising or demonstrated effective outcomes for students.
The competitive grants will be awarded to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.
There are three types of grants for which funding is available under the i3 program: Scale-up Grants, Validation Grants, and Development Grants. Applicants will have 60 days to develop applications. The notice of final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria (NFP) for the i3 program can be found at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html
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Tue 03/09/2010 @ 10:33 |
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USED Releases National Ed Tech Plan |
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The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, released Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology on March, 5, 2010. The National Educational Technology Plan (114 pages—available at www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010) and executive summary (14 pages—see download below) are available to review.
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Fri 03/05/2010 @ 03:36 |
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US Department of Education |
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USED Secretary Duncan’s Speech: Using Technology to Transform Schools |
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Secretary Duncan spoke on March 3, 2010 to the American
Association of Publishers annual meeting in concert with SIIA. His speech
provides insight into his thoughts and goals about education more
broadly, and technology specifically (including EETT and broadband comments and
content of National Educational Technology Plan).
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Fri 03/05/2010 @ 03:34 |
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US Department of Education |
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