Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

2007 eSchoolNews video

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I just ran across this eSchoolNews video from my 2007 Leaders in Learning trip to Washington, DC. I had completely forgotten about it. For those of you who are interested, here’s 10 minutes of me (squinting because of the bright lights they had in my face!)…

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