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Posted: 2008-03-06T17:53:53Z

CoSN Issues Report on Scandinavia trip -- join on webinar Feb. 27

We have been reviewing our notes, reflecting on our experiences, looking at podcasts – and finally we are releasing the report from the CoSN Scandinavian delegation trip. The report is available at http://www.cosn.org/resources/international/2007_trip/index.cfm#report Join us for a free webinar about...

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Posted: 2008-02-21T20:36:29Z

Scandinavian Delegation Report

“You’ve come at the worst time of year” we were often told by our hosts in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Yes, it was dark and cold and a bit gloomy, but against this backdrop our delegation was illuminated with...

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Posted: 2008-02-05T16:28:32Z

Mobile Devices & Developing Nations

By Keith Krueger, CoSN CEO One of the expectations of our delegation, and certainly mine, before coming to Scandinavia was that we would see innovative uses of mobile devices in education. We did see them, but not in Scandinavia. Nokia...

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Posted: 2007-12-24T18:14:04Z

Finland's Challenge

Listen to this podcast by Kati Tuurala, Education Manager at Microsoft in Finland. She describes both the challenges that Finland faces since it is ranked #1 by PISA, as well as what U.S. educators could learn from her country around...

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Posted: 2007-12-14T19:11:39Z

Looking Back and Looking Ahead

by James Bosco, W. Michigan University & Chair, CoSN International Committee Those of us who made the trip to Scandinavia learned a lot. In these blogs and in the trip report which will be coming soon we are sharing what...

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Posted: 2007-11-28T02:15:05Z

eTwinning

by Jim Bosco W. Michigan University & Chair, CoSN International Committee One of the very enticing projects which was discussed in several of our meetings on the trip was eTwinning which is a project administered by the European School Network...

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Posted: 2007-11-20T16:35:54Z

Why ICT?

by James Bosco W. Michigan University & Chair of CoSN's International Committee During the visit, we heard much about what ICT were being used and how they were being used. There was little explicit conversation focused on the question of...

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Posted: 2007-11-20T16:18:35Z

The filter is in their head

Julie Walker, Executive Director, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Board member, Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). Visiting the “Scandinavian countries,” one would expect to find many commonalities. Actually, I was struck more by their differences than by...

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Posted: 2007-11-19T09:59:50Z

At last, a school library

Julie Walker, Executive Director, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Board member, Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). The school chosen for our visit in Denmark is built around the school library --- which the Danes called a “pedagogical...

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Posted: 2007-11-19T09:58:24Z

Sunshine but no schools

Julie Walker, Executive Director, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Board member, Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21). After a couple of grey days in Helsinki, we were welcomed to Stockholm with two days of sunshine. Unfortunately, our schedule...

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Posted: 2007-11-19T09:56:46Z

Does High Educational Attainment on PISA Cause Complacency?

By Keith Krueger, CoSN CEO Do countries that are “succeeding” under the traditional educational assessments in math/science/reading (OECD’s international PISA rankings), have a more limited view for the role of ICT in education? While in Finland, which is number one...

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Posted: 2007-11-18T23:18:47Z

The Culture of Safety in Scandinavia

By Keith Krueger, CoSN CEO The week before our trip, Finland experienced a profound tragedy which has become all too familiar in America. An 18-year-old student went on a rampage, killing eight classmates and educators, and then ending his life....

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Posted: 2007-11-18T23:13:00Z

Denmark….the Last But Certainly Not the Least!

by Sheryl Abshire District Administrative Coordinator of Technology Calcasieu Parish Public Schools The last stop on the CoSN Senior Policy Delegation world-wind tour ends today in the land of Hans Christian Anderson, but the real work of education improvement is...

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Posted: 2007-11-17T09:33:40Z

A Week in Review

by Katie Lovett, Chair of CoSN So last weekend, I rushed to the airport to catch a flight. After a little angst over traffic congestion in Atlanta, and then more angst over concourse C being shut down at Hartsfield-Jackson and...

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Posted: 2007-11-17T08:48:35Z