http://www.utah-mentor-network.org Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:28:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ 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 ... http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/3-for-3/ 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/ 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/ 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. http://www.utah-mentor-network.org/a-tool-for-its-time/