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Video: Karen Cator, Dir. of Ed Tech, U.S. Dept. of Ed

U.S. Department of Education Director of Educational Technology Karen Cator talking about professional development online, during Education Week's Leadership Forum, "Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning." This video and the others we are running today are from this series.

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Digital Learning Discussion

The Digital Learning Council will release the framework for the future of education on 11/30. Here's a preview of discussion topics.

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Reforming Teacher Education

After his groundbreaking report, Art Levine took over the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation and aimed it squarely reinventing teacher preparation

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Blogging to Learn

Jason Bedell's PD2.0 series includes a great post on Writing to Grow. Blogging is a great way to find out what you think and promote focused learning in the process.

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Pearson Helps Johns Hopkins Launch Eval Tool

Pearson, a global education, technology and services provider, has announced a collaboration with Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Technology in Education to bring to market Teacher Compass, an easy-to-use online evaluation tool for collecting, organizing and analyzing teacher performance data, and providing personalized professional development plans for teachers.

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Interview: Kelly Amis, Director, TEACHED

Kelly Amis discusses what she learned about public education from being a founding corps member of Teach for America and the Director of TEACHED, a new movie about the impact of unions on the quality of education.