College of Staten Island High school for International Studies www.CSIInternationalHS.org BackgroundThis is a newly established high school, 3 years old with 300 students currently (max 430) on Staten Island, which is both empowered and thematic. Aimee Horowitz is the principal of the school. Chris Grohl [email protected] is the network leader for this and about 20 other schools. Jim McDermott and Alison Schaemer are other Assistant Directors.An empowered H...

MC KINLEY TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL151 T STREET NEWASHINGTON, DC 20002Tel: 202 281-3950 Fax: 202 576-6279http: //mths.k12.dc.us/SCHOOL HISTORY• Opened in 1905.• Moved to current location in 1928• Closed in 1997.• Re-opened as Technology High school in September 2004.• Interior of building completely renovated at a cost of approx. $50 million.• Students 98% African-American, 58% female.CURRICULUM• Comprehensive, 9th - 12th gr...

University of Art and Design HelsinkiMedia Lab http://mlab.taik.fiNetworked Learning and Knowledge Building ContextWe were originally intending to meet with Teemu Leinonen, who is the research group leader for learning environments. We were actually briefed by Tarmo Toikkanen, Senior Researcher within the Media Lab- [email protected]. A particular research group within the Lab - the "Learning Environments Research Group"- is part of a worldwide n...

Learning Edge School Tours (LEST) USA Scandinavia Belgium 19 Oct 1 Nov 2007 Learning Edge School Tours Day 1: SIIA Office Washington USA Monday, 22 October 2007 9.00am Host: Jill Abbott http://www.siia.net/ Keith Kruger Department of Children Schools & FamiliesTimothy J. Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology http://www.ed.gov/news/staff/bios/magner.html Tim gave on overview of the USA school system: ·Federal "No Child Left...

Arrived in Washington DC approximately 10:30pm on Friday 19th of October, after leaving Melbourne Australia @ 10:25 am on Friday 19th, it was a very long day. Met for breakfast at 9:00am (Saturday) and then headed off at about 10:30am to the Metro to catch a train to Arlington Cemetery. After visiting JFK's grave site, Arlington House and watching the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier we caught train back to Foggy Bottom, ( George Washingto...