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How to Create Authentic Connections for Learners with Virtual Exchange

Digital Promise

HP Fellows Create Local and Global Connections. In her role as an instructional technology coach, HP Teaching Fellow Colleen McNerney collaborates with teachers throughout Elizabeth Public Schools (New Jersey) on projects that infuse technology into project-based learning. Going Beyond the Classroom with Skype.

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Teachers Explore Innovative Education in South Korea

Digital Promise

The four teachers who traveled to Korea—Jennifer Dralle-Moreano from Mineola Public Schools in New York, Cindy Duncan from Sitka Public Schools in Alaska, Elizabeth Nelson from Highline Public Schools in Washington State, and Kennan Scott from Oakland Unified School District in California—shared their reflections from the experience.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

A child rides a bike on the playground at Global Connections Learning Center in Jackson. This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. Photo: Jackie Mader. JACKSON, Miss.

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