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  • CoSN strives to empower superintendents
    Fri, Mar 28, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  CoSN
    The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is launching a new leadership initiative aimed at giving superintendents the tools and resources they need to understand the transformative role of educational technology, as well as to lay out a blueprint for technology leadership and action. [ Read More ]

  • CoSN conference offers blueprint for ed tech
    Mon, Mar 24, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  CoSN
    "The greatest challenge we face with ed tech and with evolving education is human," said Keith Krueger, chief executive officer of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), at the group's 13th annual K-12 School Networking Conference in Arlington, Va., earlier this month. [ Read More ]

  • Largest CoSN conference ever explores role of technology in enabling new skills and new assessments
    Wed, Mar 19, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  CoSN
    Last week more than 1,000 educators from schools and school districts across the country convened in Washington, DC, for the Consortium for School Networking's (CoSN) 13th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference, themed Visionary Leadership: Scaffolding 21st Century Learning with Technology (March 9-11, 2008). Building on last year's record-breaking attendance at the conference in San Francisco, Calif., CoSN was successful in bringing even more educators to the nation's capital this year to explore and understand the role technology plays in providing U.S. students with the skills necessary for success in the 21st century. [ Read More ]

  • Education industry leaders encourage K-20 educators and administrators to boost technology use
    Thu, Mar 13, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  SIIA
    American students use 21st Century technologies in their personal lives everyday to learn, create content and communicate with peers. To help educators and administrators integrate technology tools into day-to-day instruction and decision-making, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has launched its Vision K-20 Initiative. SIIA education companies worked together to develop the Vision to serve as a guide for educational institutions to implement technology district and campus-wide. [ Read More ]

  • Sen. Patty Murray receives CoSN Outstanding Achievement award for Excellence in Public Service
    Wed, Mar 12, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  CoSN
    The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today announced that U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is the 2008 recipient of CoSN's Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in Public Service. The award honors Sen. Murray's leadership on education issues, specifically her support for education technology legislation, including the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. The award was presented during CoSN's 13th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference themed, Visionary Leadership: Scaffolding 21st Century Learning with Technology (March 9-11, 2008, Washington, DC). [ Read More ]