CoSN is a partner in the Alliance for Excellent Education’s Digital Learning Day, which will take place on Wednesday, February 5^th (13 more days!). Want to celebrate with us?

DLD, a national celebration, is designed to celebrate innovative teaching and personalized learning. We already know the potential of education technology, but we want everyone to know. Help us build the momentum we need to change policies, shift attitudes, and enable wide-scale adoption of ed tech in classrooms.

Representative George Miller (D-CA), a tireless advocate for education technology, announced his retirement earlier this week. As we reflected on Rep. Miller’s accomplishments, we became newly aware of the profound impact he had during his 40 years in politics.

A number of things should be considered when it comes to preparing school networks for optimum performance.

Last week at the White House, President Obama recognized "Champions of Change" from the education field and reiterated the importance of delivering high-speed Internet to schools through his ConnectED initiative:

Our 2013-2014 webinar series kicks off on Tuesday! We're excited to feature an exceptional lineup of speakers who will lead discussions from now through May on cutting-edge issues in education technology. 

CTOs' job descriptions in 2013 would have been unthinkable twenty years ago. As technology transforms education and the world, leaders have had to evolve along with it. Keith Krueger, CoSN's CEO, says "In 1992 Price Waterhouse [assessed] that 80 percent of the job of any CIO was technical. In schools, that was 'wires in the boxes.' Today, that's about 20 percent of the job. The other 80 percent is providing leadership, vision, and an understanding of the educational environment."

Connected Educator Month (www.connectededucatormonth.org) is ending with a bang. Join us for the last few CoSN events!

CoSN’s International Delegation just kicked off in Portugal! Do you wish you could be there? Join them from home instead by following participants' insights and up-to-the-minute impressions on our delegation blog (http://cosninportugal.wordpress.com/) and on twitter (search for the hashtag #cosnportugal)!