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Good morning all!
Chances are you are already familiar with the PBS | Frontline project, Digital Nation. I met the producer, Rachel Dretzin, at NECC in 2009, and have since then had the pleasure of interacting with Rachel, her team, and many others in the PBS family (notably Malinda McCormick of KLRN-TV of San Antonio, [...]

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Good morning all!
I *JUST* heard about this terrific *FREE* event to be held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Check it out – this event, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is happening LIVE at the Academy of Natural Sciences, [...]

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So you’re ready to dive into Second Life? Great! Thanks to Linden Lab and a partnership with ISTE, educators coming inworld for the first time have a streamlined, educationally-focused starting point to guide them along the way. Those of us currently in Second Life all remember the day we ‘rezzed’ for the first time [...]

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Good morning all,
The PBS documentary “WHERE WE STAND: America’s Schools in the 21st Century” will be broadcast on Monday, September 15th, at 10:00 pm (check your local listings).  It features in interviews with students, parents, teachers and administrators at several Ohio schools. Here’s a quick snippet (Source: PBS):
In 1995, America’s college graduation rate was second [...]

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It was a gorgeous summer day, absolutely perfect for some quality time behind the wheel of my Grand Prix on the Garden State Parkway. I rolled out around 8:30 am, expecting at least some delays, but about two hours and (approximately) 112.61 blissfully traffic-free miles later, I was at Marc’s doorstep.

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