Polk County Public Schools: A K-12 e-Learning Success Story
Polk County Public Schools, located in Florida, is the winner of the “2008 Blackboard K-12 Video Contest.”
In Polk County’s video, district administrators, staff members, teachers, and students explain why they use Blackboard technology for professional development and to increase the sense of engagement both students and teachers feel in the learning process.
For more information about Polk County Public Schools, please visit http://www.polk-fl.net
For more information about the uses of Blackboard technology in K-12 schools, please visit http://www.blackboard.com/k12
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Teachers, Parents Worry Budget Cuts Could Hit Classroom
Hundreds of jobs may soon be on the chopping block in the Omaha Public Schools District. On Monday, the district revealed its early plans to deal with a $26 million revenue shortfall.
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Ben Stein – America’s Education Crisis
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Ben_Stein_on_How_Not_to_Ruin_Your_Life
Author, economist and TV celebrity Ben Stein gives his take on the current state of education in the United States.
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How Not to Ruin Your Life with Ben Stein.
You may know him best for his deadpan delivery in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or his offbeat game show, “Win Ben Stein’s Money.” But this active thinker is also a major contributor to current discussions and understanding of business, ethical and social issues in the world of finance, and the political and social content of mass culture. Come hear this polymath speak about the many economic, political and social issues confronting us today – The Commonwealth Club of California
Ben Stein is a lawyer, economist, and commentator on finance (and a well-known actor and Hollywood personality).
Stein served as an economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has been a longtime contributor to Barron’s and a columnist and editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal. He has also written extensively about finance for New York magazine and the Washington Post.
In addition to writing for Yahoo! Finance, he currently writes a biweekly column on economics and finance for the New York Times and appears weekly on the Fox News network commenting on finance and economics.
He is the author of several personal finance books, including How to Ruin Your Financial Life, Moneypower: How to Make Inflation Make You Rich, Financial Passages, and – with Phil DeMuth – the best-sellers Yes, You Can Time the Market, Yes, You Can Be a Successful Income Investor, and the forthcoming Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably.
Stein is Honorary Chair of the National Retirement Planning Coalition, and lives in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Mr. Winkle Wakes
http://www.creatinglifelonglearners.com
Rip Van Winkle awakes after one hundred years and visits a school…
Created as a conversation starter for professional development on the use of educational technology.
An amusing, animated retelling of the popular education story about the need for twenty-first century skills to be taught in schools.
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Secretary Duncan Announces Education Technology Plan, Invites Comments
Secretary Arne Duncan announced the draft National Educational Technology Plan. He noted that it is a draft. We are open to your comments, he said. Tell us about how technology has changed your school or classroom. The Secretary invited comments, videos, and links to examples of how technology is changing and improving education.
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