[CASL-L] 20 Days: Countdown to Digital Learning Day!

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

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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. 
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