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ATC21S Spanish language site

By thart | Published: February 21, 2012

Be sure to have a look at the wonderful ATC21S Spanish language site developed and built by the ATC21S team in Costa Rica:  http://www.atc21s.cr/ This site features information about the ATC21S project, the involvement of the ATC21S team in Costa Rica, supporters and participating schools in Latin America, a photo gallery, and more. There are [...]

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Notes from the field: The experience of the ATC21S trials in the Netherlands

By thart | Published: February 21, 2012

In November 2011 the ATC21S team in the Netherlands ran the collaborative problem solving (CPS) tasks with students at local schools.  Under the leadership of National Project Manger Diederik Schönau, the team tested out the task platform, checked students’ comprehension of the tasks, and fine-tuned the process of preparing teachers for conducting the trials.
Marinus Janssen Steenberg, Project Leader at Singapore [...]

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ATC21S will be represented at iCTLT in Singapore

By thart | Published: February 21, 2012

Next month, members of the ATC21S Singapore team will present at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (iCTLT) to be held in Singapore.  The iCTLT, which runs from the 27th to the 30th of March, provides a forum for participants to discuss many aspects of educational technology, including cutting-edge innovations, research, [...]

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Singapore soon to begin ATC21S trials

By thart | Published: February 21, 2012

Singapore, one of the ATC21S founder countries, will soon be conducting its trials of the collaborative problem solving tasks following successful completion of the task reviews and pilot.  Four classes of 11-year olds and ten classes each of 13- and 15-year olds are expected to participate.  The team in Singapore estimates that at least 700 [...]

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University of Melbourne issues press release on ATC21S

By thart | Published: February 16, 2012

This week the University of Melbourne issued a press release on ATC21S.  The press release provides an overview of the ATC21S project and its goals.  It also mentions the recent news that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), through its PISA project, has decided to include collaborative problem solving as part of their assessment [...]

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Recent presentations by ATC21S Singapore team

By thart | Published: February 14, 2012

The ATC21S team in Singapore presented at two recent events: the EduTech Seminar and the Gifted Education Seminar.
The inaugural EduTech Seminar, held on September 5, 2011, was organized by the Educational Technology Division of the Singapore Ministry of Education (MoE).  It was attended by school leaders and teachers from around Singapore, as well as senior [...]

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Singapore’s Education Minister cites ATC21S as example of successful and innovative collaboration

By thart | Published: February 14, 2012

Singapore’s Education Minister Heng Swee Keat recently visited the US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Washington, DC.  During the visit a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, signaling both countries’ intentions to promote collaboration in education with one another. In explaining the benefit of such collaboration, Minister Heng Swee Keat cited the ATC21S project [...]

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ATC21S will be at AERA 2012

By thart | Published: February 9, 2012

The 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) convention will be held from Friday, April 13 to Tuesday, April 17 in Vancouver, Canada, and the ATC21S team will be there.
During the convention the ATC21S team will hold a roundtable discussion, open to all AERA convention attendees.  This 1.5 hour session, titled “Assessment of Technology-Based Collaborative Skills: [...]

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New ATC21S video provides additional details on collaborative problem solving

By thart | Published: February 8, 2012

In January 2012 the ATC21S team released a new video showcasing some of the collaborative problem solving (CPS) tasks commissioned for the project.  Now a second video on the ATC21S collaborative problem solving tasks has been released.
This second video, which runs about 8 minutes, provides additional details and information on the ATC21S collaborative problem solving tasks. [...]

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ATC21S running trials in U.S.

By thart | Published: February 7, 2012

The ATC21S team is currently running its trials in the United States, under the leadership of Kathy Comfort, US National Project Manager (NPM) and Project Director at WestEd.
The US trials have generated considerable interest among teachers and administrators across the country from the start.  During our short recruitment phase we received more than 80 applications [...]

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