Digital Learning Day February 6

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Digital Learning Day

The Alliance for Excellent Education is the proud host of Digital Learning Day - a national campaign that celebrates educators and the potential of technology in education.

The national event is taking place on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 and local events are popping up all over the country with more than 17,000 teachers already signed up to participate representing more than 3.3 million students. We urge you to make plans to host local activities and sign-up TODAY to join tens of thousands of educators in a wave of innovation sweeping across our nation’s schools.

Participation is free and open to all interested parties. This is a great opportunity to highlight teachers doing great things and your efforts to promote the effective use of technology in education. Take a look at http://www.digitallearningday.org/participate/ for ideas on ways you can participate.

Digital Learning Day Digital Town Hall

You can also join Gov. Bob Wise and the Alliance for Excellent Education for the Digital Town Hall on February 6, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ET). The Digital Town Hall will focus on how great teaching, combined with effective technology, makes a positive impact on improving America’s schools, particularly those that serve high-risk and high-poverty populations. It will profile teachers, students, schools, and districts that are implementing digital learning in innovative and successful ways, including

  • Dysart Unified School District (Surprise, AZ and El Mirage, AZ);
  • Quakertown Community School District (Quakertown, PA); and
  • Cajon Valley Union School District (El Cajon, CA).

Last year, more than 40,000 people watched this digital event live and more than 3,500 educators participated in the live chat to share resources and best practices.

Sign up now to watch the live simulcast of the Digital Town Hall at http://digitallearningday.eventbrite.com/.

If you aren’t able to coordinate organization-wide activities, we ask that you email the note below to encourage teachers to participate individually. As a registered participant of Digital Learning Day, teachers receive tips and interactive lessons that offer great opportunities to collaborate, celebrate and participate in this important campaign to highlight the potential of digital learning. There are a lot of great ideas, activities, and toolkits available in the “ways to participate” and the “take action” sections of the Digital Learning Day website. For questions, or if you would like to share your story or activities ideas, please contact Rachel Jones.

Sincerely,
Sara Hall
Director, Digital Learning Policy

P.S. You can also “like” Digital Learning Day on Facebook and follow Digital Learning Day on Twitter for the latest updates on digital learning and Digital Learning Day!


Note to Teachers Encouraging Participation

Join Digital Learning Day – a national campaign that celebrates educators and the potential of technology in education taking place on February 6, 2013. We urge you sign-up TODAY to join tens of thousands of educators in a wave of innovation sweeping across our nation’s schools! Participation is free and easy and is open to all interested education leaders. This is a great opportunity to highlight your efforts in using technology and its role in creating improving student outcomes!
 
As a registered participant of Digital Learning Day you’ll receive tips and interactive lessons that you can use on Digital Learning Day and beyond. Participation offers you a great opportunity to collaborate with tens of thousands of educators across the nation in this massive celebration of the potential of digital learning. There are a lot of great ideas, activities, and toolkits available in the “ways to participate” and the “take action” sections of the Digital Learning Day website. For questions, or if you would like to share your story or activities ideas, please contact Rachel Jones or Sara Hall.

Join us today!

P.S. You can also “like” Digital Learning Day on Facebook and follow Digital Learning Day on Twitter for the latest updates on digital learning and Digital Learning Day!

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EdTech Leaders Online are also having an event to celebrate Digital Learning Day tomorrow. I'm sharing their announcement below.

 

To view the announcement in a web browser, visit: http://www.icontact-archive.com/uOHapDci5qXS34jiI7hnMudpDdhehIvY?w=4

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In celebration of Digital Learning Day on Wednesday, February 6th, EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) will be a part of two exciting events.

 

First, ETLO's director, Barbara Treacy, will be part of the 2013 National Digital Learning Day Live Chat with Education Experts from 2:30 – 3:30 PM ET focused on the Digital Learning Transition. You are invited to share your ideas and ask questions during this live event by visiting http://digitallearningday.org/chat.

 

After the live chat, ETLO is hosting an online conversation from 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET. This live, interactive webinar event will include a panel of K–12 teachers, students and members of the ETLO staff discussing how teaching and learning with digital resources can create authentic motivation and engagement.

 

Members of the panel, moderated by ETLO's Kirsten Peterson, will share concrete examples from their own online, blended and face-to-face experiences to illustrate the types of environments, tools and strategies that create excitement and motivation. Here are some of our scheduled panelists:

  • Paul Anderson, High School Science Teacher from Bozeman, MT
  • Zena Taha, Information Technology in a Global Society Teacher for Online International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme
  • Crystal Pullen, Instructional Leader for North Carolina Virtual Public School's Peer Tutoring Center
  • Reed Callahan, Sophomore at Lexington High School, MA

We hope you can join in the conversation by visiting http://econference.edc.orgat 4:00 PM ET on Wednesday, February 6th.

 

Looking forward to celebrating Digital Learning Day with you!