Thursday, July 15, 2010
National Rural Education Technology Summit, Wed, July 21, 2010
This was posted in one of the iNACOL forums earlier today.NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATIONTags: AERA, small schools, rural, education, iNACOL, conferences
TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT
PLEASE JOIN…
U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution G. Wayne Clough engage experts in Education and Industry at a
National Rural Education Technology Summit.
WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at the National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC.
PURPOSE: The U.S. Department of Education and the Smithsonian Institution will convene experts in education and technology to share innovative practices and effective models for improving teaching and learning in rural schools. The presentations and discussions will focus on how rural schools can use technology to overcome the challenges of distance and isolation, while capitalizing on the positive opportunities in rural areas.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES: On Tuesday, July 20, the Smithsonian will offer behind-the-scenes tours of its most popular museums and host a reception at the National Museum of Natural History. Details on the tours and reception will be provided upon your registration.
Due to meeting space constraints, attendance is limited to the first 170 registrants.
TO REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT go to http://www.fsaregistration.ed.gov/profile/...ID=0x464608d766
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: A special rate of $170 per night, plus tax (14.5%) has been arranged at the following hotels and will be honored until July 6, 2010.
Courtyard Washington DC/U.S. Capitol (Closest to the National Museum of the American Indian)
1325 2nd Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
www.marriott.com/wasus
Make reservations by calling 888-236-2427 or 202-898-4000,conference code: US Department of Education July Room Block.
OR
L’Enfant Plaza Hotel (limited number of rooms available)
480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20024
www.lenfantplazahotel.com Make reservations by CTRL+CLICK HERE FOR L'ENFANT RESERVATION
Conference/booking code: DOEJ20 under the group name: U.S. Dept of Educ - Ntl Rural Tech Mtg.
Questions about the Summit can be emailed to Special.Events@ed.gov.
Labels: conferences, education, iNACOL, rural, small schools, Tags: AERA
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Rural Education Book
This showed up in my inbox a day or two ago, and I agree with Kai - I believe it is of interest to our SIG members.
Hey Mike,Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
This book has just been released through Penn State Press. Might you be able to post some sort of announcement about it on the Blog?
http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-03682-3.html
Many thanks – much appreciated!! I think it will be of interest to the SIG.
kai
Kai A. Schafft
Director, Center on Rural Education and Communities
Editor, Journal of Research in Rural Education (www.jrre.psu.edu)
Penn State University
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Special Issue - Learning To Leave: The Irony Of Schooling In A Coastal Community
About a year ago, the Journal of Research in Rural Education hosted a special issue (that I had suggested to the editor during the Rural Education Special Interest Group's business meeting at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association about a year earlier). The special issue was focused on Michael Corbett's book, Learning to Leave: The Irony of Schooling in a Coastal Community, an ethnography examining the impact of education on a rural, fishing community in Nova Scotia, Canada.The special issue begins with Michael's journal article summary of his findings in Learning to Leave: The Irony of Schooling in a Coastal Community, along with his reflections on those findings since the original publication of the book. This article is followed by other articles from scholars in a variety of rural contexts, reflecting upon Michael's book (and article) in their own rural environments. The special issue ends with a commentary or response from Michael to the other authors. All of these articles are listed below:
- M. Corbett - Rural Schooling in Mobile Modernity: Returning to the Places I've Been
- A. Woodrum - Cultural Identity and Schooling in Rural New Mexico
- S. Faircloth - Re-visioning the Future of Education for Native Youth in Rural Schools and Communities
- D. Greenwood - Place, Survivance, and White Remembrance: A Decolonizing Challenge to Rural Education in Moile Modernity
- U. Kelly - Learning to Lose: Rurality, Transience, and Belonging (A Companion to Michael Corbett)
- M. Corbett - Assimilation, Resistance, Rapprochement, and Loss: Response to Woodrum, Faircloth, Greenwood, and Kelly
This entry is crossposted as Special Issue - Learning To Leave: The Irony Of Schooling In A Coastal Community on Virtual School Meanderings.
Labels: AERA, American Educational Research Association, articles, cyber school, education, high school, Journal of Research in Rural Education, rural, rural education, virtual school
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
EdWeek Rural Blog
Education Week now has a blog devoted to rural education issues. It's written by Mary Schulken who previously covered rural education in North Carolina for two daily newspapers.
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Thursday, July 01, 2010
AERA Rural Education SIG - Monthly Stats Report 1 Jun - 30 Jun 2010
Monthly Stats Report: 1 Jun - 30 Jun 2010
Project: AERA Rural Education SIG
URL: http://ruralsig.blogspot.com
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Project: AERA Rural Education SIG
URL: http://ruralsig.blogspot.com
| Page Loads | Unique Visitors | First Time Visitors | Returning Visitors | |
| Total | 197 | 165 | 149 | 16 |
| Average | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Date | Page Loads | Unique Visitors | First Time Visitors | Returning Visitors |
| Tue, 1 Jun | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Wed, 2 Jun | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Thu, 3 Jun | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Fri, 4 Jun | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, 5 Jun | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sun, 6 Jun | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Mon, 7 Jun | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Tue, 8 Jun | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Wed, 9 Jun | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Thu, 10 Jun | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Fri, 11 Jun | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sat, 12 Jun | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sun, 13 Jun | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mon, 14 Jun | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Tue, 15 Jun | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Wed, 16 Jun | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Thu, 17 Jun | 13 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Fri, 18 Jun | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Sat, 19 Jun | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sun, 20 Jun | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Mon, 21 Jun | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Tue, 22 Jun | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wed, 23 Jun | 22 | 20 | 17 | 3 |
| Thu, 24 Jun | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Fri, 25 Jun | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Sat, 26 Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, 27 Jun | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mon, 28 Jun | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Tue, 29 Jun | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wed, 30 Jun | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
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