{"id":155,"date":"2012-08-01T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T12:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=155"},"modified":"2012-08-01T12:30:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T12:30:37","slug":"olympics-of-teachers-microsoft-partners-in-learning-forum-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/olympics-of-teachers-microsoft-partners-in-learning-forum-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics of teachers &#8211; Microsoft partners in learning forum 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Folympics-of-teachers-microsoft-partners-in-learning-forum-2012%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/genius.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157\" title=\"genius\" src=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/genius.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/genius.jpg 600w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/genius-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelaMaiers\/status\/230334473017884673\/photo\/1\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelaMaiers\/status\/230334473017884673\/photo\/1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates through his foundation has challenged our community to <a title=\"What makes a great teacher?\" href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=10\" target=\"_blank\">discover what makes a great teacher<\/a>. \u00a0 In this vision, we need to regularly find and <a title=\"How can AI improve our organizations, schools, and families?\" href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=90\" target=\"_blank\">celebrate<\/a> great teachers. \u00a0 I greatly appreciate the work Microsoft has done to organize the <a title=\"Partners in learning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/education\/ww\/partners-in-learning\/Pages\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Partners in learning<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>During this week, Microsoft has hosted a forum where 100 awesome teachers from across the United States share innovative projects that use technology to enhance teaching. \u00a0 \u00a0 In my head, I would call this event the Olympics of teachers using technology. \u00a0 \u00a0Watching this event through twitter, I wanted to highlight 10 killer inspirations and resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@web20classroom &#8211;\u00a0The future of learning isn&#8217;t the device. It is what kids are doing with the device, what new knowledge they are creating with it. #pilus<\/li>\n<li>@AngelaMaiers &#8211;\u00a0Technology does not solve problems &#8212; PEOPLE do!! Design the technology around peoples needs and values #PILUS<\/li>\n<li>@web20classroom &#8211;\u00a0Good schools turn into great schools because of leadership. Administrators, teachers and especially kids, taking risks. #pilus<\/li>\n<li>@coolcatteacher &#8211;\u00a0The one limit I&#8217;d remove blocking innovation: Standards as excuses for not changing &amp; not collaborating w\/ other classrooms #pilus<\/li>\n<li>@web20classroom: The future of the classroom isn&#8217;t flipping. <a title=\"flatting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/what-does-world-flat-mean-education\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s flattening<\/a>. #pilus &#8211; How do students learn how to learn?<\/li>\n<li>\u201c@AngelaMaiers: This should be up in EVERY Classroom and EVERY Teacher Lounge #Pilus <a title=\"You are a genious\" href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/b9Fqn9QP\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/b9Fqn9QP<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>@SkypeClassroom &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afriad to be awesome&#8221; &#8211; wise words from @ksivick about sharing your projects with other teachers \u00a0#pilus<\/li>\n<li>@ketheredge &#8211;\u00a0Just a few more days &amp; @marty_lester and I will be in Seattle presenting our school&#8217;s prof dev program at #pilus &#8211; <\/li>\n<li>@ewilliams65 Check out post re: Alan November&#8217;s Who Owns the Learning? book  #pilus 2day #edtech #cpchat #pbl<\/li>\n<li>@SkypeClassroom &#8211;\u00a0Live blogging from #pilUS from @coolcatteacher &#8211; <a title=\"CoolTeacher blog\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TupgjMXd\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/t.co\/TupgjMXd<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SkypeClassroom\" target=\"_blank\">@SkypeClassroom<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ewilliams65\" target=\"_blank\">@ewilliams65<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ketheredge\" target=\"_blank\">@ketheredge<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelaMaiers\" target=\"_blank\">@AngelaMaiers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/web20classroom\" target=\"_blank\">@web20classroom<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/coolcatteacher\" target=\"_blank\">@coolcatteacher<\/a>\u00a0for sharing these ideas on twitter to help inspire positive change in our education community. \u00a0\u00a0I really appreciate that many of your tweets point to the idea that people are more important than processes and tools.<\/p>\n<p>Please make sure to check out all the great projects at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/teachertech\/archive\/2012\/06\/01\/finalists-chosen-for-the-microsoft-partners-in-learning-2012-us-forum.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Partners in Learning<\/a>\u00a02012. These teachers all deserve gold medals for rocking education and making a difference in the lives of their students.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to check out @coolteacher&#8217;s live blog at <a title=\"CoolTeacher blog\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TupgjMXd\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/t.co\/TupgjMXd<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Are there other ideas that have inspired you from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/teachertech\/archive\/2012\/06\/01\/finalists-chosen-for-the-microsoft-partners-in-learning-2012-us-forum.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Partners in Learning<\/a>\u00a02012?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2Folympics-of-teachers-microsoft-partners-in-learning-forum-2012%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngelaMaiers\/status\/230334473017884673\/photo\/1 &nbsp; Bill Gates through his foundation has challenged our community to discover what makes a great teacher. \u00a0 In this vision, we need to regularly find and celebrate great teachers. \u00a0 I greatly appreciate the work Microsoft has done to organize the Partners in learning program. During this week, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6,3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}