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Co-founders of Flat Classroom®, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, are excited to be able to offer this global collaborative project to classrooms around the world. This project will run as a pilot for the coming semester, February-April 2012 and be open to Prep/Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 classrooms (4-7

year old students).

Can very young students effectively connect, communicate, and collaborate in a global project?

What does this look like? What products can students in…

La Red Virtual de Estudio de las NIIF -ReVE-NIIF tiene el agrado de invitar a la comunidad contable Iberoamericana y a profesionales relacionados con el tema, al:

Bryant & Stratton College Online today announced the addition of four new specializations to its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in General Management degree program. The specializations include eCommerce, Human Resources, Marketing and Project Management. Each BBA specialization will provide students the opportunity to not only benefit from a solid business foundation with related courses in management, finance,…

In his blog post, An Integrated PBL course idea-Past, Present, and Future of USA Schooling, Bo Adams writes about studying "schooling" in school.  He proposes getting students and teachers involved in studying their culture,…

The convergence of digital media and traditional learning is dynamic, frentic and exciting.  Each of my nominations for the Edublog Awards is bridging the digital divide for educators, parents, and students. 

Best School Administrator blog

Burlington High School Principal's Blog - Patrick Larkin

http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/

Not many principals have the time nor dedication to maintain a regular blog,…

Global Education Conference 14-18 Nov 2011 free online http://globaleducation.ning.com/ hashtag #globaled11

Here are my thoughts on what I saw and heard at Educause last week. Interested to hear what others thought.

Thoughts on Educause

Greetings all -- I work with the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition, and wanted to invite members of the Future of Education community to join in the Badges for Lifelong Learning conversation currently going on in the learning community.

This year, we're running the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition in partnership with the Mozilla Foundation and their…

Vicki Davis will present, “Successful Online Presentation Skills for Students” in the Blackboard Collaborate Distinguished Lecture Series this coming Tuesday September 20, 2011 at 19:00:00GMT [ check here for the time where you are ].…

Recently I wrote a  reply to a school who was asking me about Growth mindsets as a school philosophy and also how to go about framing the need for school cultural change. While I was writing it I realised how critical what I was writing was for many schools. As such I have included it for all of you. I would love any thoughts you have.

Do you know of a ‘template’ or model for a curriculum framework?

When you say “curriculum framework” it…

Stan was a high-school French teacher, he liked to teach, and he was good at it, he'd better be after nearly 15-years. Thankfully, he'd been a teacher that long, as even teachers with 10-12 year tenure had been laid off recently with all the budget cuts, scary stuff. Luckily, he was still working, because he had a daughter who'd cost him a pretty penny in the next 4-6 years. Yes, he enjoyed the world of education, but he also…

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A Compelling Case for

Inquiry-Based Science Education in Our Schools

The need to champion inquiry-based science education can be clearly reasoned if one begins to look closely at the emergence of China as a global economic superpower.

In the book called, The Chinese Century by Dr. Oded Shenkar, he states the following, “the shift in China industries from Original Equipment Manufacturers to…

Next Saturday I'm doing a presentation abouit QR Codes in T&L at the free online conference the Reform Symposium ... 

My session is midnight Thailand time ... but much more sensible if you are in Europe or the Americas ... it is 10:00am California time and 6:00pm in London

The online Reform Symposium is taking place using the webinar platform ...…