Realizing the Promise of the 21st Century School: Leadership Forum

We are pleased to invite school leaders to our Annual School Leadership Forum 2009! 
We have a fantastic  group of principals and other school leaders presenting on: 
Realizing the Promise of the 21st Century School: A Roadmap for Innovation
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
Annual Forum for School Leaders
 
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PS 5 Students in the Bronx Document the Impact of the XO

Check out the students at PS 5 in the Port Morris section of the Bronx and their amazing documentary about the history and impact of Nicholas Negroponte’s ground breaking XO pilot project in their school. The video speaks for itself.. I don’t want to give anything away.

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Twitter and Facebook – Your First Source for Current Events in Social Studies?

So I was thinking about the teaching opportunity presented by the Iran election. What a way to see democracy in action…   Yet, until a few minutes ago, where would my students get their news? Not old media.
I just spent an hour searching facebook (search IRAN) and twitter  #iranelection and couldn’t believe the video and posts [...]

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The Middle has Spoken!

Over 300 students from 25 New York City middle schools performed their original poetry to an audience of their peers at Teaching Matters 3rd Annual Spoken Word hosted for middle schools.

This event, sponsored by Teaching Matters, and held on the stage of the 92nd street Y is a culmination of four weeks of work back in the classrooms where thousands of students city-wide crafted and collaborated online to publish their poetry through www.writingmatters.org.

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