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Teacher Tech Tuesday: Live Webcasts every Tuesday at 4:00 ET
Join us for one or more discussions about transforming classrooms and schools into 21st century learning environments. Each week, we’ll delve into specific methods or means of transformation. Discuss theory, pick up practical tips, and discover resources you can use immediately in your learning environment.

Each live webcast is a 40–45 minute discussion led by a Microsoft education specialist.
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Title / Presenter Description Resources

Presenter: Mary Cullinane, Innovation and Business Development Team Director, U.S. Education
Can everyone involved in your effort articulate the vision? Is everyone on the same page? Get a glimpse inside the visioning method for the School of the Future and talk about how and why you might implement it.


Presenter: Mary Cullinane, Innovation and Business Development Team Director, U.S. Education
Innovation requires strategic planning and rigorous process. This session provides you with the fundamental principles of strong process and how to effectively use the strategies used during the School of the Future project in Philadelphia.


Presenter: Tony Franklin, Solution Specialist, Partners in Learning, U.S. Education
Does your school have what it takes to be a School of the Future? Or a Classroom of the Future? It’s not just about the technology; it’s about integrating technology to enable better learning environments. Discover how the latest Microsoft technologies from Vista to Office and Live Spaces to the World Wide Telescope can enable your educators to create the same engaging interactions learners at the School of the Future enjoy.


Presenter: Allyson Knox, Academic Program Manager, Partners in Learning, U.S. Education
Scaling-up an education innovation means being able to adapt an innovation in almost any education context. How do you do this? What are the steps and traps? How can technology help? This session helps you answer these questions, become familiar with a scale framework, and come away with a scale planning process specific to your organization.


Presenter: Stacey Rainey, Academic Program Manager, Partners in Learning, U.S. Education
Helping people develop their competencies and careers should not be left to chance. This session exposes tools and resources that learning organizations can immediately incorporate into people-development activities. You’ll learn how to use the Education Competency Wheel—the tool that helps define success and provides a framework for development plans.


Presenter: Rod Gode, Specialist Team Unit Director, U.S. Education
This session will help educators and technologists learn how to safely support and encourage Web 2.0 and new media in your organization including podcasting, blogging, wikis, social networking, mobile devices, mash-ups, and distance learning, and how they all work together to support Learning 2.0.


Presenter: Tony Franklin, Solution Specialist, Partners in Learning, U.S. Education
The biggest challenges are often hidden in plain sight. How do your Educators collaborate? How do they share best practices? How do your learners get access to their projects and assignments? Understand how Microsoft handles these challenges internally and consider how you can leverage our processes and solutions.


The biggest challenges are often hidden in plain sight. How do your Educators collaborate? How do they share best practices? How do your learners get access to their projects and assignments? Understand how Microsoft handles these challenges internally and consider how you can leverage our processes and solutions.

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