Hello all my school library friends,
You may or may not be aware of President Obama’s planned announcement about a new initiative, ConnectED, to make sure schools/students all have adequate connectivity to take advantage of technology for learning. Here are several links if you would like a little more background on the proposal. It affects E-rate and ESEA.
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/connected_fact_sheet.pdf
Also a NYT article
I am forwarding this specific email to alert you to a planned Google Hangout for after the President’s announcement. I think it would be great to have a bunch of school librarians participating. Could you all forward this to your colleagues and post in any relevant lists and/or tweet etc? I will be forwarding to Julie Walker in a moment as well.
Thank you all!
Marijke
· The President’s speech will be streamed live at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live. His remarks are scheduled to begin at 2:55pm EST.
· The press release and fact sheet are now live on the WH website.
· The WH will host a Google+ hang out on the ConnectED initiative this afternoon, moderated by Betsy Corcoran of EdSurge, and featuring three schools from around the country. Please join us – blog post with additional information pasted below.
Join a National "Show and Tell"
June 05, 2013
06:21 PM EDT
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/05/join-national-show-and-tell
On Thursday, President Obama is headed Mooresville, North Carolina to see firsthand how one middle school is developing a cutting edge curriculum that embraces technology and digital learning.
As soon as that event concludes, we're hosting a national virtual "show and tell" with high tech schools from the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA to Loris Elementary in Horry County, SC and Chappell Elementary in Green Bay, WI. Joined by James Kvaal, Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, students and teachers will participate in a Google+ Hangout moderated by Betsy Corcoran of EdSurge to demonstrate how they're using connected classrooms to improve the quality of the educations system. And we want you to be part of that discussion.
What: National Show and Tell on connected classrooms
When: Thursday, June 6th at 3:30 PM ET
Where: Whitehouse.gov/show-and-tell
If you have questions or comments about digital learning, you can ask now and during the event using the hashtag #WHHangout on Twitter and Google+.