Where in the World Is ISTE?
- In Ghana during July working with the African Knowledge Exchange. Workshop information here.
- In Amsterdam during early August working with a contingent of International Schools on strategic planning. More on the European Council of International Schools here.
- In Houston, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico City during August and early September to meet with and provide professional development for mentors and teacher teams from the HP Innovations in Education program. Watch brief interview with several participants here.
- In Tlalpujahua, Morelia, Mexico during the first week of October for a Day of School Celebration and the launch of another ISTE – HP Innovations in Education project. More about a small rural school’s movement into the digital age here.
- In Paris during early October for a UNESCO meeting on ICT projects. For more on ISTE’s work with UNESCO, go here.
March 9-11, 2009
Former ISTE president, Dr. Peggy Kelly, was a keynote speaker at the second annual Global Education Forum in Dubai, March 9-11. The underlying message at the forum, says Kelly, is that "Kids are different, expectations have changed, education must change." Kelly found the consistency between what educators are saying in the Middle East and in the U.S., Australia, Great Britain, and Asia inspirational and encouraging. Check out pictures and comments of the event at www.iste.org/multimedia. To visit the Dubia conference pages click here.
January 24-29, 2009
ISTE International Committee member Julie Lindsay and the Qatar Academy hosted the first Flat Classroom Conference January 24-29, 2009 in Doha, Qatar. ISTE CEO Don Knezek spoke at the event, which included face-to-face and online participation from around the world, as well as an online discussion with Thomas Friedman, author of The World Is Flat. Check out pictures of the event at www.iste.org/multimedia. And visit the Flat Classroom Conference Ning to learn more and listen to the Friedman discussion.
November 21, 2008
ISTE CEO Don Knezek traveled to Nice, France for the European Council of International Schools annual conference where he gave a speech on leadership development and conducted a NETS*A refresh forum.
Leslie Conery, ISTE’s deputy CEO, served as a judge for Microsoft’s Worldwide Innovative Teachers’ Forum; held in Hong Kong this year, the Forum brought together hundreds of educators from more than 60 countries.
ISTE's Senior Strategic Initiatives Officer Lynn Nolan has been in Seoul, Korea, speaking at an event organized by the World Bank Institute and Korean government agencies; representatives from nearly 30 countries participated.
Meanwhile, ISTE has begun planning the conference program for an event in Dubai next year. Hosted by the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Global Forum on Technology and Innovation in Education will be held, April 15 – 18, 2009
ISTE is also looking ahead to a November 2009 event in Singapore. The International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology is jointly presented by ISTE and the Singapore Ministry of Education.
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