Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Video – Time to listen

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I ran across a great video by Richard Armand, the Mesquite (TX) Independent School District Administrative Officer for Technology. I have added it to the Moving Forward wiki.

You can view the video online or download it for presentations. I have a group next week for whom this will be perfect. Nice work, Richard!

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