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The 2011 Conference of the National Association for Media Literacy Education
The 2011 conference of the National Association for Media Literacy Education Registration will be held in Philadelphia, July 22-25 and will include over 150 sessions and workshops, screenings, and youth-produced video. Keynote speakers include Douglas Rushkoff, noted scholar and author of the book, Program or Be Programmed, Mohammed Bilal, Executive Producer of Media for One Economy Corporation, and Madeline Di Nonno, Executive Director of the Geena Davis Institute.
Helmsley Charitable Trust Selects AUSSIE as Professional Development Partner for Bronx Schools
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust selects AUSSIE/Editure Professional Development as professional development partner for Bronx schools
Funds will support professional development services in approximately 25 Bronx schools
New York, NY (April 8, 2011) – Leading global educator professional development company, Editure Professional Development, announced its partnership with The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. AUSSIE/Editure Professional Development will use funds from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to help K-12 schools...
Google Apps for Educators
When I was asked to work on a video highlighting the use of Google Apps for Educators at PS62 Chester Park School in Queens, I thought it would be a great opportunity to combine the educational technology consulting work I do for AUSSIE/DSS with my video production skills. However, I did not realize that I would learn so much from the advanced and integrated uses of Google Apps in...
Creating Unconferences in Your Learning Community
Saturday, February 5 was a professional development day for all consultants at AUSSIE/Editure. Consultants from every area—literacy, math, science, social studies, and instructional technology—gathered together to learn best practices and strengthen their expertise. Our focus was From Spark to Flame: Igniting a Culture of Innovation.
This particular PD was unique in that the Digital School Solutions (DSS) department headed the workshop in an ...
Google Site Tutorials
Hey there! I just wanted to write a short blog post about the AUSSIE Digital School Solutions screencasts on Blip.tv. I decided to record these instructables because through my experiences as an instructional technology consultant, I found that teachers in the schools that I work with would always have similiar questions about the Google Site. For that reason I thought why not ...
AUSSIE Digital School Solutions serves as professional development partner for NYC's Connected Learning Initiative
AUSSIE was proud to attend the launch of NYC Connected Learning, an online home learning initiative for low-income families. The NYC Connected Learning Initiative is funded by a $22 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act award from the US Department of Commerce. AUSSIE is providing job-embedded support to school leaders and teacher teams. Read more about the initiative.
EDITURE DSS HAS BECOME A CERTIFIED TRAINING ORGANIZATION IN GOOGLE APPS
For Immediate Release - New York, NY, December 2010 –Editure Digital School Solutions has become a certified training organization in Google Apps for Education and will become a Google Premiere Partner. The partnership will provide premiere educational consultancy services to Pre K-12 educators by building a strong emphasis on whole-school and district-wide communication, instructional collaboration, data-driven instruction, and...
Ahead in the Cloud
It’s not about a product … it’s about an approach. The ideal professional development, even for specific training on a particular piece of hardware or software, expands the conversation to consider the culture of the school itself. In professional development that goes beyond the tradtional expectations, teachers do more than implement a new tool; they grow their interactions with their students, their peers and the world itself.
Giving Students a Voice: Digital Storytelling
What do you get when you combine pictures, text and voice recording? Digital story telling. Some of the schools I work in were looking for software to use when the school Internet is slow or on the occasions when the Internet is not working? My answer this spring has been Photostory3, a free software download from Microsoft. I have used the...
Our 'Creating A Culture of Innovation' Workshop Was a Tremendous Success
What does it look like when technology positively impacts the daily practice of a learning community? Participants gathered together with AUSSIE consultant Sandy Scragg to explore case studies of schools that have transformed their culture by integrating shared learning and communication innovations (e.g. Google Apps) and talk about...
