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What if we told you that during your lifetime, Google could create millions of custom maps...each one just for you? 

In the past, such a notion would have been unbelievable: a map was just a map, and you got the same one for New York City, whether you were searching for the Empire State Building or the coffee shop down the street. What if, instead, you had a map that’s unique to you, always adapting to the task you want to perform right this minute? 

This is what you will have with the introduction of the new Google Maps – a mapping experience that helps you find places you never would have thought to search for. ...

It started as a normal, fairly mundane school day......... Well connected teachers will  find there are many ways to learn, share and teach, teachable moments arise constantly and interruptions to ...

The May #globalclassroom chats were some of the liveliest and productive we’ve had in some time. With contributions from leading early childhood educators around the world, it is hard to sum up the true impact of these chats …I highly recommend exploring the archives for great links, resources, and ideas for integrarating global perspectives into the early years.

If you’ve never tried a Mystery Skype with your class, you should. It’s a highly engaging way to build important competencies in your students. A Mystery Skype is just a simple guessing game at first sight, but it’s really so much more. Two classrooms arrange to connect with each other using Skype, and then take turns asking yes/no questions to try to discover each other’s exact location. It’s a great way to make an initial connection that may lead to further collaborative learning projects.

If we are to attain both the current education MDG and a new goal with these components by 2030 that addresses these components, we will need to have what I call the three C's: creativity, collaboration and capital.

I have to be honest--I've gotten really tired of having workshops on humanizing the world through the creative arts turned down by conferences which consider themselves innovative.  I'm tired of how hard it is to convince anyone anymore that artistic expression matters for its own sake, not just when embedded into the latest STEAM initiative.  My heart is still that of a creative writing teacher, the daughter and granddaughter of musicians and artists, someone who wants to bring out the best in students' ability to express themselves, who wants to bring something to life for students, through writing, that is about living with a deeper sense of connection to our common human experience, that is about communicating across the boundaries which separate us, and being our most authentic selves with each other. 

Do you love telling stories? Do you want to become a social media superstar? You are in the right place! Join us LIVE each day from May 22-26, 2013 to learn basic videography, photography, storytelling, interviewing and social media skills. You can even submit the acitivies and film project that you create along with the rest of the workshop participants.

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What is the Regional Digital Storytelling Workshop?

In today's multimedia world, community organizing and development require a range of communication and media skills, reaching out to audiences over a variety of platforms. This training will not only allow participants to enhance and expand their technical and social media skills, but will also explore time-tested communication and storytelling techniques, focusing on creating accessible messages for both local and international audiences.

One thing is clear from practitioners and researchers alike: teacher PD is not simply an event, or a session, or a workshop. Nor does it fit neatly into buckets for how-to-guides, lesson planning, pedagogical tricks, and tech support. This is one taxonomy for thinking about specific needs, but it does not necessarily lead to improved teacher practice.

Professional development is a process. A habit-forming endeavor. An ongoing individual and institutional professional responsibility to seek, share, develop, and exchange the most needed and desired skill sets.

Cardinal students Skyped with kids in Uganda Wednesday morning.

Today, we're making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth’s surface over time. Working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME, we're releasing more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space, compiled for the first time into an interactive time-lapse experience. We believe this is the most comprehensive picture of our changing planet ever made available to the public. 

These small town girls dream about studying further and getting higher education. Most of my students want to study further. A few of them want to be English language teachers. Unfortunately, their environmental conditions and restrictions put on girls’ education because of the cultural norms do not allow that. When I was a young girl from a small town in Baluschistan, the most backward province of Pakistan with the lowest literacy rate, I went through these troubles too and have experienced the same. My family realized my love for education and moved to the big city Karachi so that I could go to a good school there and can make my own career. There I got the YES scholarship and went to the USA. When I got this amazing platform of the YES Alumni, I always wanted to bring education in the small towns of Pakistan for girls. So that other girls like me, could make their own identity and get their rights of education. This English tutoring helped me fulfill my dream. I am glad I could do something for Pakistan.  It was not much; I wish I could do more.