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Welcome to GLF - The Global Literacy Foundation.

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Transform industrial age education.
Recognize that lifelong learning and brain fitness go hand in hand.

Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)

Our name has changed from the Office of Indian Education Programs, OIEP, to the Bureau of Indian Education, BIE.

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The BIE has responsibility for 184 elementary and secondary schools
and dormitories as well as 24 colleges, and our Bureau-operated Haskell
Indian Nations University and Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute.
Our post-secondary institutions, schools and dormitories are located on
63 reservations in 23 states across the United States serving
approximately 60,000 students representing 238 different tribes.

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Open Learning Exchange

Ensuring every child a quality basic education by 2015 by creating networks of nation-based Centers that demonstrate the power of free and open educational content using low-cost technologies and that motivate governments to make the essential financial investments.

More information at: http://ole.org/

Transforming Learners

Transforming Learners ....are generally highly motivated, passionate, often persistent even in the face of failure, and highly comitted learners. They most often:

* place great importance on learning ability, committed effort, independence, vision, and intrinsic resources.
* use personal strengths, ability, persistence, challenging strategies, high-standards, learning efficacy, and positive expectations to self-direct learning successfully.
* lose motivation and may become frustrated or resistant in environments or conditions that mismatch their aggressive learning needs.

More information at: http://training.trainingplace.com/loq/pop_trans1.htm

Successful Learning Strategies at: http://www.trainingplace.com/loq/strategies.htm

Harlem XO Laptop Pilot Study

In February 2008, Teaching Matters began a pilot project to give the XO laptop to one class of sixth-grade students at Kappa IV, a middle school in Harlem. There are three sixth-grade classes at Kappa IV, and the students in each class stay together for all their classes. The laptops were given first to one class first, chosen by lottery, and then to the other two classes at the end of the semester. The XO was to be used specifically for the final three units of a year-long Teaching Matters literacy curriculum, which was taught to all sixth graders, but the students were allowed to use them in other classes if their teachers allowed this. After the first two weeks, they were also allowed to take them home. Before they did so, however, the school held a meeting for parents, both to orient them to the XO as a computer and to respond to their concerns.

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3rd Annual FA+IR for Educators (Fantastic A+ Instructional Resources)

The Pima County School Superintendent’s Office is pleased to present the 3rd Annual FA+IR for Educators (Fantastic A+ Instructional Resources). This is a premier opportunity for educators to learn about classroom resources, field trip opportunities, and other educational resources available from various museums, organizations and companies in Southern Arizona. Over 500 educators from public, private and charter schools have attended our FA+IR in the past.
Visit www.fairforeducators.org for information on how to become an exhibitor.
WHEN: June 11, 2008, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
WHERE:
Holiday Inn Palo Verde
4550 S. Palo Verde Road
Tucson, AZ
COST: FREE to educators

Draft Proposal - San Carlos Apache eLearning Pilot Program

Draft Executive Summary

The strength of our unique offering is based on a partnership and synergy between five successful business and non-profit entities with excellent complementary educational skills and experience, including:

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Enhancing Education Through Technology

Also Known As: Ed Tech State Program, Ed Tech; EETT

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Response to Arizona's RFP ED08-0020 - eLearning Pilot Program

Executive Summary

SkillsTutor

Optimizing Student Achievement

A leader in K-adult learning solutions, SkillsTutor provides scientifically-based content that is easily implemented to help learners master essential skills.