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Your CoSN Corporate Member Bulletin We open each Corporate Membership Bulletin with news and information designed especially for you.
| read moreWelcome New CoSN Corporate Members We are pleased to welcome two new members this month to our growing family of corporate members.
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Mark Your Calendar for the CoSN Private Sector Call All CoSN Corporate members are invited to participate in a call on Wednesday, December 12 at 2 PM/ET.
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Going Once, Going Twice - CoSN's Auction for Advocacy Your support is needed for CoSN's 4th Annual Auction for Advocacy that takes place during the Annual Conference.
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Don't Miss the CoSN 2007-2008 Webcast Series “Ultra Light Portable Devices in K-12: The Quest for a $100 Device”is the topic for November 14, from 1-2 pm Eastern.
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Visit the CoSN Conference Web Site Today Make plans now to be in Washington, DC, March 9-12 for CoSN's annual conference, international symposium and the CoSN/ISTE/SETDA Washington Education Technology Policy Summit.
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Compendium Discussion Now Online Online CoSN Hot Topics discussion now through November 12: "Safety and Learning in the Era of Social Networking." Coming November 13: "Ultra Lightweight Portable Devices."
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Recognize a Peer for their Work Nominations now being accepted for numerous CoSN Awards to be presented at CoSN Annual Conference, March 9-11, 2008, in Washington, DC. The nomination submission deadline for all awards is November 30, 2007.
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Students, Parents, Teachers & School Leaders Speak Up! Students, parents, teachers and school leaders are encouraged to participate in this national survey.
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Erate 2008 Deadline Extended Program Year 2008 application window will open at noon Eastern time on November 7, 2007.
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Voters Say U.S. Students Need 21st Century Skills to Compete A new, nationwide poll of registered voters reveals that Americans are deeply concerned that the United States is not preparing young people with the skills they need to compete in the global economy.
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Maine's Laptop Program Found to Aid Student Scores in Writing New study reveals that despite creating a language all their own using e-mail and text messages, students are still learning standard English, and their writing scores improved.
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Digital Divide or Digital Continuum? A study reveals that many children from low income families now have access to a variety of technology to help aid in learning.
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VOI in the News CoSN’s Calculating the Value of Investment leadership continues to get wide coverage.
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Centralization vs. Decentralization A discussion of various aspects of the blending of responsibilities that can lead to confusion over the role of IT services.
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Winds of Change Is your IT ship headed on the right course? | read more How Fast Is Fast Enough? A 2005 study by Grunwald Associates, a market research firm specializing in K–12 education, found that of students who had only dial-up access at home, 35 percent still felt that connection was faster than the broadband they had at school, and 27 percent ranked access about the same. | read moreHow Ready Are IT Managers For A Crisis? Disaster planning at many colleges is . . . well, a disaster, according to recent study. | read more CIOs Must Manage IT Risk as Business Risk New book, "IT Risk :Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage," published by Harvard Business School Press, examines how IT risks directly impact business performance.
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UK Research on Interactive White Boards BECTA, the UK research agency, has released more research on use of Interactive White Boards (IWBs) in K-12. | read more
Parents More Ambivalent about Net New Pew project study finds fewer parents consider the Internet "good" for their children. | read more $100 Laptop Hits $200 & Delays Production delays and price increase plague project. | read more EdTech Opinions OpEds on EdTEch in The Economist and Eduction Week | read more Online Learning Grows More Popular With the spread of broadband technology and improved online teaching tools, students and teachers are finding online classes to be a more fluid and rewarding experience. | read more
Voices of Innovation – DEADLINE extended to November 19, 2007 Contest for teams of high school students to create 45 second videos.
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