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The New Media Consortium has invited educators to submit proposals to be part of the NMC Emerging Leaders session and the 2013 NMC Summer Conference. The Emerging Leaders session gives educators the opportunity to share any project they’re overseeing that create better opportunities for learning and creative expression. Sessions are presented to a large international audience as ten minute, TED-style presentations that answer the following questions: What is next for your project? Where do you want to take it? What do you need to get there? (Money, resources, tools, talent, etc.) What will you have accomplished (or be able to accomplish) once you get there? Presentations will be judged by individuals from private foundations, corporate foundations, federal funding agencies, and venture capitalists, along with a seasoned not-for-profit executive who will be identifying those projects they feel deserve further support. The sessions will also include 5 minutes of dialogue and feedback from the panel of judges. The individual who presents the judges’ and audience’s favorite project will receive the NMC Entrepreneurship award and a check for $2,500! The top three presenters will be invited to the NMC Future of Education Summit in January 2014, with a comp registration and expenses reimbursed… Read the Rest»

Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning, joined 100 people from 20 countries to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the Horizon Report at an alumnae board retreat last week. She represented BrainPOP on the board for the 2010 and 2011 K12 reports. With well over one million downloads and 27 translations in the past ten years, the NMC Horizon Report series provides a key strategic technology planning tool. To follow the live conversation from the event, search for the hashtag #nmchz on twitter. David Sibbet, the world’s leading visual facilitator, facilitated the event, where participants developed a set of recommendations and insights that will inform a major 30-to-40-page publication that is the key outcome of the retreat. How do you take advantage of the Horizon K12 report to facilitate your district’s technology planning?