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The Midwest Brain and Learning Institute conference Technology & the New Brian  is June 23- 26, 2008.  The conference will be held at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center, Holland, Michigan.

This year’s Institute will help participants increase their professional knowledge about how the brain learns, current realities of learner differences and effective uses of technology to enhance instruction.  The goal is for participants to come away from the Institute with a renewed energy for seeing these changes in learners as possibilities rather than problems.  They will recognize the need for flexible materials and methods that will lead to student success in meeting demanding standards. 

Technology & the New Brain flyer

Eighth Annual Midwest Brain and Learning Institute - Technology and the New Brain

The Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS award recognizes and encourages the critical collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning and increase student achievement. 

 All K-12 public and private schools in the United States and Canada are eligible to enter.  Three winners will receive a $2,500 cash award; Gale products (approximate value $500); a one-year subscription to Library Media Connections; and Educator’s Professional Bookshelf (approximate value $500) from Linworth Publishing.

Click here for more information.

Time is running out to turn 200 words into over $23,000 worth of prizes.  The contest ends April 18, 2008, so on your mark, get set, WRITE!

You still have a chance to win a Lenovo 21st Century Classroom powered by Intel(R) Centrino(R) processor technology and once-in-a-lifetime visit from an Olympic athlete and Olympic torch.

To enter the Racing Toward Innovation Contest, just write a short essay telling Lenovo what you think is the most significant technological innovation of the last 25 years.  

Also, Lenovo offers free “Olympians in Life” lesson plans.  Use a global event to prepare your students for a globalized world.  Your students will compete in a technology-filled, worldwide work place.  To get them ready, Lenovo has sponsored lesson plans available from the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Click here to enter, for complete contest rules and regulations, and for lesson plans.