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“Phone First” in Boston
24 January 09 06:41 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Last month I had the opportunity to attend NextLab 2008: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users . It was a one-day conference at the MIT Media Lab involving projects from an interdisciplinary class there focused on how to apply cell Read More...

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Innovative Teachers, This Time in Hong Kong
06 November 08 09:33 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

It’s time again for Microsoft’s Innovative Teacher’s Forum (ITF), an annual event where we celebrate the 100 or so coolest teachers from around the world, all who are doing great things in terms of integrating technology into their classrooms. This year Read More...

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Hanging With the APMs
30 October 07 07:38 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Academic Program Managers (APMs) are the people at Microsoft responsible for implementing the Partners in Learning program I wrote about yesterday . We have about a hundred APMs around the world, working with local schools and education ministries on Read More...

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3.6 Million Innovative Teachers Can't Be Wrong
29 October 07 04:00 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Helsinki, October 29, 2007 I am attending the Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum, a "Celebration/Competition" that Microsoft is holding in Helsinki as part of our Innovative Teachers Network , a grassroots community around the world that promotes Read More...

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