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Will higher energy costs be a stimulus for U.S. K-12 schools and state boards of education to look at and sanction genuine innovations in teaching and learning besides just working on adjusting budgets to cover the increase costs? What do you hear from your district or governing state board of education?

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/06/04/39christensen_ep.h27.html?tmp=630870772 By Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, & Curtis W. Johnson The authors write, "The way to implement an innovation so that it will transform an organization is to implement it disruptively—not by using it to compete against the existing paradigm and serve existing customers, but to target those not being served or not buying what’s served." "If the goal is to educate every student to the highest poten… Continue

What a difference a year makes. NECC 08 promises to usher in a vast array of tools to meet the multiple needs of NECC attendees, past, present and future. Some past attendees cannot come to San Antonio, but can participate in a variety of virtual events before, during and after the conference. Attendees to 2008's conference will use an unprecedented number of tools to make NECC overflow with opportunities both formal and informal; from the EduBloggerCon to the "Unplugged" to the impromptu, self-… Continue