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20 days and counting…

 

Tip of the Day! A Quick Read with Great Insight for Teachers and Other Education Leaders…

 

Hear directly from teachers and other education leaders implementing digital learning in recent Alliance and Digital Learning blogs! These are quick views into the world of educators who are making it happen!

 

Learning Stations To Reach Every Student

Kim Sharp, an English teacher at Klein Forest High School in Houston, Texas, shares how learning stations help her meet the needs of individual students in her class.

 

It's More About Learning than Digital for LFA

Cheryl Williams, the executive director of the Learning First Alliance, discusses the importance of how a teacher relates to students, engages their interest, and opens the world of intellectual curiosity and how technology and digital learning can help a teacher make this happen.

 

iEngage- Digital Learning Every Day, All Day

Robert Craven, an educator from Saddleback Valley Unified School District with a technology obsession, discusses his journey to ensure that teachers and students in his districts are able to maximize the potential of digital learning all day every day.

 

Digital Learning with the NCTAF STEM Learning Studio

Melinda George, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future’s (NCTAF), shares how rethinking the way that schools are organized and taking advantage of collaborative learning teams make a real difference for teachers and students.

 

What a School Librarian Can Do For You

Robyn Young, school librarian at Avon High School and the Avon Advanced Learning Center in Avon, Indiana, emphasizes how school librarians can help teachers integrate technology and digital learning into instruction.

 

School Culture is Critical to Sustaining Digital Learning

Eric Sheninger, principal of New Milford High School in New Jersey, specifically talks about how several teachers in his school, across the content areas, are using technology to meet the needs of students. 

 

Kentucky Teachers Using Technology

Jill Griebe, District Literacy Coach for Eminence Independent Schools in Eminence, Kentucky, discusses how the Literacy Team in her district helps teachers use technology to improve student outcomes.

 

 

 

Join the wave of innovation being created to celebrate teachers and promote innovation through Digital Learning Day on February 1, 2012.  Sign-up TODAY to learn more and get updates on this important awareness campaign at http://www.digitallearningday.org/. You can also “like” Digital Learning Day on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NationalDigitalLearningDay and follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #DLDay.