Hello Everyone! Well, it looks like the new school year is well under way and learners everywhere are returning back to school. My name is Eric Scott, recent graduate of the School of the Future class of 2010 and second year student at Penn State University...

  Tony Franklin, @TeachTec , @SOTFPhilly , US Partners in Learning, National Education Technologist   I hope everyone is recovering from a well deserved holiday break and preparing to head into the next holiday season coming up very shortly...

    by Cheryl Arnett, guest Blogger It is just a little over a week until we leave for the WWIEF in Cape Town and I couldn't be more excited! There is the obvious anticipation of visiting a faraway place on a different continent to experience...

  For the blog this week, we asked the educators who will be making the journey to Cape Town what they are hoping to learn while at the WW IEF, what will they get out of the experience?  and how will you measure if your trip was a success? by...

by Cheryl Arnett, guest Blogger   Attending the US Innovative Education Forum in Washington, DC this past summer was an incredible experience. Without a doubt, the best part for me was the opportunity to meet in person my partner and friend, Rawya...

by Pat Yongpradit, Guest Blogger, Most teachers go to forums to learn new ideas and take them back to their classrooms.  That is why I initially decided to participate in the Microsoft Innovative Educator Forum. I  expected to learn about Web...

  Our next post is from Pat Yongpradit, a teacher at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, telling us about his project. Thanks Pat we’ll see you in South Africa!!   My project is about getting girls interested in continuing their...

  I mentioned previously that in July, Microsoft held its US Innovative Education Forum in Washington D.C.   From this celebration of excellence in education a few leading teachers were recognized for their truly outstanding work.  They...

  Welcome Back!!! I know it’s been a bit since my last post, but I have to tell you this summer has been a whirlwind of exploration and understanding about everything from Race to the Top all the way to Waiting for Superman ! I have so much to share...

Hello friends, I'm back from ISTE 2010 and what a trip! First and foremost Microsoft Education put together a stellar booth presence and show with presentations on all the newest teacher tools that Microsoft has to offer. We even did a...

Well, it's done, 117 graduates on a warm June day in 2010 achieved the impossible. Graduated from a West Philadelphia High School. There were 700 seats in the gym for 117 graduates, and all of them were filled. There was news media, there were reporters...

As the year draws to an end, many people will descend upon the school on June 15th to see the first class of seniors to graduate from the School of the Future. There will be many questions, how successful are they? how many are graduating? where are they...

You could be selected to attend events in Washington, DC this summer and Cape Town, South Africa in the Fall. Visit the 2010 U.S. Innovative Education Forum community on the Partners in Learning Network to find out more details about the event and application...

I was in my office configuring a Dell XT Tablet for one of the Math educators at the school last week and had a thought. What is the future of Tablet PC's in education? I've had many people visit the school and discuss their 1:1 laptop programs, their...

MultiPoint has arrived! I tried to give you a heads up and tell you that it was coming, I tried to give you the inside track on how you could start using MultiPoint Mouse before the news broke, now.... you'll have to get in line with the rest of...

If you live in the Philadelphia area you heard last week about Lower Merion school defending themselves against a potential lawsuit that alleges that the web camera on school issued laptops were used to 'spy' on kids in their homes. Please read the article...

If you live in the Northeast you've been privy to the two major Nor'easters that have hit DC/MD/PA over the past week. Snowmaggeddon is what they've called it, surpassing the most snow in 100 years mark easily (supposedly set at 64') I grew up in Harrisburg...

If you've been reading the blog you've noticed that I'm not always at the School of the Future. There are opportunities where I get to participate in other Microsoft Education events, Partners in Learning events and even customer events (High School tech...

Thank you to all educators who attended FETC 2010 in Orlando, Florida this year, it was truly a sign of the times that this years attendance once again seemed lower than the previous year. That's not to say that there weren't plenty of education vendors...

I'm sitting here on a Sunday afternoon with a group of 8 Educators on a cold day in Philadelphia, I've opted to sit on the sideline for the start of the meeting so I don't take away from the conversation they're engaged in right now....The Future of School...

At about 8:30 this morning I received a call from Mr. Machos, the new Music Technology educator at the school, he asked me "did Windows 7 release today?" upon which I answered, "Yes of course", he then proceeded to count one, two, three, at which point...

So some of you have looked at the previous post and I'd love to know who has taken the initiative to investigate this wonderful technology. I've just ordered some business cards with the Microsoft Tag on the back of them so someone who I would normally...

Every once in a while I come across a technology that I feel has immediate impact, sometimes directly related to the classroom, sometimes I see it as a tool districts could use to engage, promote and share what their district is doing in a 21st century...

I was sitting in my office the other day thinking of different programs that I'm presented with that I can offer to the Educators that infuse project based learning into their curriculum. It reminded me that this summer we spent an entire week with a...

Tomoorrow I have the pleasure of presenting on NextGenWeb's webinar to education organizations around the country about the green aspects of our builidng.The School of the Future currently holds a Gold LEED certification (Leadership in Environment Energy...