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Calling on New York Educators
Fundraising for the ISTE 10 Newbie Project is off to a great start, but we still have a very long way to go to reach the goal of $1600. As of noon today we have raised $560. In the coming weeks I am going to post a series of challenges to my personal learning network (PLN) to help us meet the goal. (Thank you @ellsbeth for this great idea!) Starting right now and ending at midnight EST this Friday, I am challenging educators in New York to donate to the project. Jason Schrage is the Newbie for ISTE 10 and he is a middle school social studies teacher from Elmira, New York. He is attending the Western Southern Tier Council for the Social Studies conference on Friday. If you are attending this conference I hope that you will consider donating to this project. While you may not be part of his online personal learning network, Jason certainly plays a role in your face to face learning network.
If you are an educator from New York and you were planning on donating to the Newbie Project then this would be a great time to do it. I would like to raise an additional $240 by midnight on November 6 which would get us to the half way mark.
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If you are an educator from New York and you were planning on donating to the Newbie Project then this would be a great time to do it. I would like to raise $240 by midnight on November 6 which would get us to the half way mark.
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November 4th, 2009 at 5:13 p
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Beth Still, Liz Becker. Liz Becker said: RT @bethstill: Calling on NY State educators: The Newbie Project needs you! http://bit.ly/1zQ5d9 [...]
November 4th, 2009 at 8:00 p
Beth, if you ever want to differentiate your fundraising schemes, I volunteer to be in a bachelor auction ;-P
That said, you know I’ve got your back on this. I’ve tried to introduce twitter, blogs, #edchat, and the like to the humanities teachers in my district hoping that some will take to it. So far… not doing very well. But Jason is a deserving person and I’m hoping you see a Brinks-truck full of money donated from the good ol’ Empire State.
Ryan
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November 5th, 2009 at 9:13 p
Thanks Ryan. I knew I could count on you to help get the ball rolling in NY. Jason is a great educator and I’m sure he will represent NY well at ISTE.
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