The Social Media and Technologies Toolkit has been updated to include new education tools, as well as social media tips and apps.

Read more at http://cadrek12.org/resources/tools/social-media-and-technologies-toolkit

Proposals for 2012 DR K-12 PI Meeting sessions are now being accepted. To submit a proposal, please read the full Call for Proposals and submission instructions. Only invited DR K-12 PIs may submit a proposal.

The deadline has been extended to January 31, 2012

The White House announced that nine states—California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington—will receive grant awards from the $500 million Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge fund, a competitive grant program jointly administered by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services.

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The CADREK12 Twitter page is #3 on the 50 Essential Twitter Feeds for STEM Educators, compiled by the Best Colleges Online blog. This list includes Twitter pages for educators; STEM news and information; STEM organizations and projects; underrepresented groups; meetups, conferences and competitions; and government resources.

The Teacher College Record recently featured DR K-12 PI Jamal Abedi and his ELL work on Opportunities to Learn: 

http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15878