http://www.utah-mentor-network.org Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/9-tips-for-developing-classroom-av-requirements/ http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/9-tips-for-developing-classroom-av-requirements/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/9-tips-for-developing-classroom-av-requirements/ Defining appropriate room characteristics can simplify classroom design and improve the chances of its success as a teaching and learning space.

]]> http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/9-tips-for-developing-classroom-av-requirements/feed/ 0 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/3-for-3/ http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/3-for-3/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:36:00 +0000 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/3-for-3/ We asked three top ed tech consultants to each select three web 2.0 tools they believe are ideal for fostering collaboration in teaching and learning. The result is a compilation of technologies that can “do things of value,” as one of our experts says, in the instructional and professional development realms, and in both the traditional and the virtual classroom.

]]> http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/3-for-3/feed/ 0 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/miami-dade-expands-use-of-digital-instructional-media/ http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/miami-dade-expands-use-of-digital-instructional-media/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/miami-dade-expands-use-of-digital-instructional-media/ Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) is expanding its partnership with Discovery Education, implementing the company’s digital content library to all 153 Title I secondary schools in the district.

]]> http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/miami-dade-expands-use-of-digital-instructional-media/feed/ 0 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/19-race-to-the-top-finalists-propose-statewide-education-reforms/ http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/19-race-to-the-top-finalists-propose-statewide-education-reforms/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:34:00 +0000 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/19-race-to-the-top-finalists-propose-statewide-education-reforms/ The United States Department of Education (ED) Tuesday announced finalists in the second phase of the Race to the Top competition.

]]> http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/19-race-to-the-top-finalists-propose-statewide-education-reforms/feed/ 0 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/a-tool-for-its-time/ http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/a-tool-for-its-time/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:33:13 +0000 http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/a-tool-for-its-time/ When math teacher Steve Ross saw that one of his students was struggling with algebra and was too embarrassed to speak up in class, he gave the young girl a suggestion.

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