Organic Learning

We’ve been talking about change in our district office. I’m glad to be part of the conversation. I know that the leaders in my district understand the need for change and are looking for how to go about it.
That’s why I was so excited to see Chris Lehmann’s Twitter post this morning about Educon 2.1 [...]

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Jeff Utecht, in his post, Schools: Take control or forfeit your profile, points out that many schools carry an online profile, from entries in places like Wikipedia and FaceBook, that needs to be monitored and maintained. Many schools aren’t even aware of this online presence, or might dismiss an article in Wikipedia as not trusted, [...]

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I got an email today announcing that there is a new Chief Academic Officer in our district. Her name is Dr. Judith Elliott, former Assistant Superintendent for School Support Services in the Long Beach Unified School District and former Chief of Teaching and Learning (what a great title) for the Portland Public Schools.
What [...]

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Cross-posted at my Newsletter blog at http://ld6.blogspot.com
Today is National Teacher’s Day. Here’s the good news from straight from Google via Mike Lawrence at CUE:
 

Google Teacher Academy – at the Googleplex
Mountain View, CA
June 25, 2008
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Applications Due: May 28, 2008
http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
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Since today is National Teacher Day, we thought it would be the perfect day to announce that [...]

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