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		<title>2011 AAPD Leadership Gala</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2011/04/07/2011-aapd-leadership-gala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 AAPD Leadership Gala and Anniversary Celebration featured the policy makers, decision makers and thought leaders who successfully forged and passed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act and subsequently founded AAPD, the largest cross disability membership organization in the United States, working toward the economic self-sufficiency and political power for the more than 50 million Americans with disabilities.
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		<title>Innovative Education Forum Showcases Teacher-Created Projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eSchool News 
In what could be called a 21st-century teachers’ fair, Microsoft chose a select group of educators to participate in the company’s annual Innovative Education Forum (IEF)—a showcase of the best teacher-created projects that incorporate 21st-century skills and effective uses of education technology. IEF is part of Microsoft’s Innovative Teachers program, a global community of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Programmers Solve Real-World Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eSchool News 
An interface that allows hearing-impaired people to communicate with others using an augmented-reality environment took home the grand prize of $25,000 in the eighth annual Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in Poland, a prestigious international programming contest for high school and college students. Team Skeek, a team of university students from Thailand, was responsible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Imagine Cup Aims to Inspire Creativity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seattle Times  
An elite group of student engineers will gather in Poland from July 3-8 to crunch code for Microsoft’s Imagine Cup. The competition will feature students showing off software aimed at fighting global problems—such as reducing hunger and poverty, and improving education and child health.
The Imagine Cup competition has drawn 325,000 students from 100 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition Offers $10K for 21st-Century Education Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/06/10/competition-offers-10k-for-21st-century-education-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eSchool News  
How can technology be leveraged to deliver a world-class education affordably to students in developing countries? That’s the question a new competition asks, and the best idea will earn $10,000 for its creator.
Many school-age children in developing countries need access to educational opportunities, and the publication The Economist and InnoCentive Inc. have turned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIIA Announces Innovation Incubator Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eSchool News 
The Education Division of the Software &#38; Information Industry Association (SIIA) showcased some of the leading growth companies in the education technology market and recognized the best among them as part of the Innovation Incubator Program at its annual Ed Tech Industry Summit, held May 24, 2010, in San Francisco. The Innovation Incubator Program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Recognized for STEM Solutions to Environmental Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/26/students-recognized-for-stem-solutions-to-environmental-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/26/students-recognized-for-stem-solutions-to-environmental-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Journal  
The 2010 We Can Change the World Challenge awarded top prizes to teams of K-8 students that developed the best plans rooted in science, technology, engineering and math that would spur community action to improve the environment.
Full story
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		<title>Ten Winners Snag $1.7M in Digital Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/25/7813/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/25/7813/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[eSchool News 
A project to show youth-produced videos on 2,200 Los Angeles city buses, the next generation of a graphical programming language that allows young people to create their own interactive features, and an online game that teaches kids the environmental impact of their personal choices are among 10 winning projects that will share $1.7 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$200,000 Grant for Web-Based Science Game for Girls</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/19/200000-grant-for-web-based-science-game-for-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/19/200000-grant-for-web-based-science-game-for-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
A Web-based science game being designed to interest more girls in science and gaming technology won $200,000 in the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition. The Carnegie Science Center&#8217;s Click!Online game will feature a fictional spy agency where girls can solve real-world challenges in environmental protection, &#8220;expressive technology&#8221; and biomedical science. &#8220;Senior agents&#8221; will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eLearning: Innovative Ideas Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/14/elearning-innovative-ideas-wanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltechcenter.org/index.php/2010/05/14/elearning-innovative-ideas-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Week  
Do you have some big ideas about the way that online learning can help overcome barriers to universal education in developing nations around the world? If so, you may be a candidate for the 21st Century Cyberschools Challenge, hosted by The Economist and InnoCentive Inc., which fosters innovation in corporate, government, and nonprofit organizations.
People [...]]]></description>
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