[CASL-L] The President's ConnectED Initiative

[Michelle Luhtala]

Please read on from the ALA Office of Technology and Information Policy
(OITP)

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From: Marijke Visser <mvisser at alawash.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Subject: FW: The President's ConnectED Initiative


 Hello all my school library friends,****

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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.****

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www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/connected_fact_sheet.pdf****

www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/06/president-obama-unveils-connected-initiative-bring-america-s-students-di
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Also a NYT article****

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/us/politics/obama-to-seek-more-internet-aid-for-schools-and-libraries.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y&_r=2&
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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.****

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Thank you all!****

Marijke****

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**·         **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<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/06/president-obama-unveils-connected-initiative-bring-america-s-students-di>and
fact
sheet<http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/connected_fact_sheet.pdf>are
now live on the WH website.
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**·         **The WH will host a Google+ hang
out<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/05/join-national-show-and-tell>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.****

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*Join a National "Show and Tell"*

*Erin Lindsay <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/author/Erin%20Lindsay>*

*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.****

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As soon as that event concludes, we're hosting a national virtual "show and
tell" with high tech schools from the Science Leadership
Academy<http://www.scienceleadership.org/> in
Philadelphia, PA to Loris Elementary
<http://le.horrycountyschools.net/> in Horry
County, SC and Chappell
Elementary<http://www.greenbay.k12.wi.us/ES/Chappell/Pages/default.aspx>
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 <https://www.edsurge.com/> 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. ***
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*What:* National Show and Tell on connected classrooms****

*When:* Thursday, June 6th at 3:30 PM ET****

*Where:* Whitehouse.gov/show-and-tell<http://www.whitehouse.gov/show-and-tell>
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If you have questions or comments about digital learning, you can ask now
and during the event using the hashtag
#WHHangout<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23whhangout&src=typd> on
Twitter and Google+.****

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*Michelle Luhtala
Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School
Professional Learning Facilitator, edweb.net <http://edweb.net/emergingtech>
Region I Director-Elect, American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Board of Directors
Blog: Bibliotech.me <http://bibliotech.me/>
luhtala.michelle at gmail.com
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