ISTE Connects - Educational Technology » HP http://www.isteconnects.org Celebrating 30 Years of Ed Tech Vision Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The Digital Assist Competition Kickoff – Updated! http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/09/14/tune-in-on-sept-15th-for-the-digital-assist-competition-kickoff/ http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/09/14/tune-in-on-sept-15th-for-the-digital-assist-competition-kickoff/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:20:24 +0000 Kaya Hardin http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=11513 The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) will be working with HP and the NBA Cares program to kickoff the HP Digital Assist education grant competition. ISTE, HP, and NBA executives will be at Jefferson Junior High School in Washington, D.C. on September 15th, 2009, along with basketball all-star Antawn Jamison.

See below for video of launch event speakers, including Antawn Jamison and representatives from HP, NBA Cares, DC Schools, and the White House!

The competition includes more than 5,000 students from approximately 100 selected Title 1 middle schools in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C. They will compete for grants worth more than $80,000 in HP mobile digital classroom technology, professional development from ISTE, NBA tickets and merchandise, visits from NBA stars and more.

Student teams are asked to create projects that make classroom concepts real and relevant to the outside world by combining the power of technology and the excitement of NBA basketball. The competition ends on November 20th, 2009. HP, NBA Cares, team representatives, and education experts from ISTE wil announce the six regional winners in December 2009.

For more information, visit the competition website, www.hpdigitalassist.com/competition.

]]> http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/09/14/tune-in-on-sept-15th-for-the-digital-assist-competition-kickoff/feed/ 1 Learning & Teaching Around the World: Houston http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/09/04/learning-teaching-around-the-world-houston/ http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/09/04/learning-teaching-around-the-world-houston/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:41:49 +0000 Kaya Hardin http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=10959 ISTE continues with the HP Innovations in Education program! Come and “meet” Jim Vanides from HP:

Starting in Houston, Texas, earlier this month, North American grantees of the HP Innovations in Education program met to kick off a year of intensive professional development with ISTE staff and mentors. ISTE staff are also traveling this month to Australia, India, Singapore, and Mexico to meet with grantee teams in those countries. Stay tuned for more interviews as ISTE continues traveling around the world!

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]]> http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/08/26/learning-teaching-around-the-world/feed/ 0 ISTE Ventures Far and Wide to Offer Professional Development http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/08/06/iste-ventures-far-and-wide-to-offer-professional-development/ http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/08/06/iste-ventures-far-and-wide-to-offer-professional-development/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:18:53 +0000 Diana Fingal http://www.isteconnects.org/?p=10709 ISTE will extend its global reach this week when it sends representatives to Australia, Singapore, India, and Mexico to provide professional development to the winning schools of the 2009 HP Innovations in Education grants. ISTE has been doing professional development for this particular HP grant program in the United States and Canada since 2003, but this is the first time the organization will be taking its PD show on the road outside North America.

“It will be a whirlwind trip and an exciting opportunity to assist educators overseas with leadership and instructional innovation,” said Jayne James, ISTE’s senior director of education leadership.

travelIn addition to James, other ISTE representatives include CEO Don Knezek, Deputy CEO Leslie Conery, Director of Professional Development Services Mark Andrews, and Project Manager Linda Keller. They will be taking along Flip video cams to record thoughts, impressions, and inspiring moments. Look for video posts here on ISTE Connects upon their return.

Some of the ISTE reps left this week for the first stop in Houston, Texas, where they will meet with 155 educators from the United States and Canada. Then members of the ISTE team will be off to Australia, India, Singapore, and Mexico.

At each stop ISTE representatives will meet with teams of educators and local mentors to offer tailored professional development in line with local education needs, focusing on systemic leadership involving technical support within the school and on inquiry- and project-based instruction.

The learning continues online long after the ISTE team leaves. As grantees meet objectives, local mentors in each country will offer guidance and feedback using ISTE’s online learning management system. The yearlong training will culminate in another site visit where ISTE representatives will talk about next steps and how to move forward.

ISTE will also be working with the participating schools to measure the impact.

The 2009 HP Innovations in Education grants allow 29 secondary schools/districts/boards in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Asia Pacific to launch innovation initiatives that support middle and high school administrators and teachers responsible for student success in math and science. The HP grant recipients will become a global network of secondary school educators around the world who are designing the future of secondary math/science education.

To learn more about the grant program, go to: www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/hpiie-2009recipients.html.

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