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When will the ed tech world embrace career and technical education? Thornburg and Brazell Comments to Obama, OSTP and the President's Council of Technology Advisors http://www.ventureramp.com/downloads/PCA ST/PCAST_Brazell_Comments.doc

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The holiday season is a magical time full of good cheer and plenty of high hopes for the coming year. Just for a moment, we’d like you to suspend reality and

ISTE Do you think Internet access should be a basic human right? L&L Magazine needs Point/Counterpoint essays arguing either side of this question by January 6. We'll publish the winners in our March/April issue!
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The MindShare Learning Report—Canada’s, Leading, Learning & Technology eMagazine and title sponsor Microsoft Canada Co., are set to officially launch the Microsoft - MindShare Learning Report™ 21st Century Digital Classroom Challenge., 2009: The MindShare Learning Report—Canada’s, Leading, Learning ...

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I’ve always felt that there is more to a book than just the book itself. What inspired the author to write their book? What expertise do they have? How does

ISTE ISTE Bookstore sale! Save 20% (That's an additional 20% if you're a member) with promo code BK1209 at checkout. Sale goes through January 4, 2010. www.iste.org/bookstore

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A recent post by Education Week blogger Katie Ash underscores the need to educate students on how to use social networks responsibly. According to a survey

Teresa Seat Foulger Are there any K-12 schools out there that are using fb or twitter for anything besides alumni connections? Marketing, PR, parent communications, internal communications?....any other innovative uses? Looking for these to support a research study. Any leads would be helpful. Thanks all, Teresa Foulger, Arizona State University

ISTE Emails to ISTE 2010 submitters went out on Tuesday, December 8th. If you did not receive the email, please check your speaker menu on the web site at the link below to see the status of your proposals.
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The Proposal Review Committee has completed its review of all ISTE 2010 proposal submissions (see Proposal Acceptance Rates by Category below).

ISTE Tomorrow is the last day to nominate and vote for speakers in the ISTE 2010 Crowdsourced Keynote Project. Remember- you can login and redistribute your votes if there is a new speaker you want to vote for.
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Welcome to phase 2 of the ISTE 2010 Crowdsourcing Project! In this phase, you can suggest specific speakers within each of the top 5 topics from phase 1. Follow the links in the right navigation to make suggestions under each topic forum.

OMG! Technology-based Formats Increase Enjoyment of Writing | ISTE Connects - Educational Technology
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A recent study out of the UK suggests that students who write regularly, even if that writing occurs on blogs or through texting, enjoy writing more and are

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Teachers, here's your chance to shine and reward your classroom for their innovation, spirit and creativity! Enter the 21st Century Classroom Contest to win from over $50,000 in prizes for your class. One of our key sponsors is ISTE! For more info, become a fan at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadas-21 st-Century-Digital-Classroom-Challenge/1 88588969504

Teaching Students about Privacy (or the lack of) on the Internet | ISTE Connects - Educational Techn
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Social networks can provide amazing learning opportunities for students, and soas social media increasingly becomes a large part of school and everyday life,















