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I Was There, Inauguration of Barack Obama

U.S. Capitol Dome on the Inauguration of Barack Obama

U.S. Capitol Dome on the Inauguration of Barack Obama

On January 20, 2009, I joined millions on the National Mall to bear witness to the peaceful change in power to our 44th President, Barack Obama. We braved cold and crowds and joined together, stretching from the Capitol building where our laws are made, past the National Archives with the Constitution itself, around the gentle rise of the Washington monument, to the Lincoln Memorial. Among these monuments to our democracy, this is what I saw and felt. Read more »

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Long Tail Learners: How Technology Transforms Learning

21 January 2009
10:00 amto11:00 am

CoSN 2008-2009 Webcast

Speaker: Karen Greenwood Henke

In 2006, Chris Anderson defined a transformation in business with his book The Long Tail. Individualized learning, user-generated content, social networking, online gaming and virtual schools are indicators that the Long Tail is coming to education. Students have already discovered how to teach each other in social networks and multi-player gaming. Technology is transforming the learning institution. It will help us increase the wisdom of the crowds and scale personalized learning to meet the needs of the millions of students in the niches.

The web cast is FREE for CoSN members and $59 for non-members. Download Registration Form.

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