Stories of Excellence

The NAIS 21st Century Curriculum/Technology Task Force invites you to submit information about the outstanding examples of teaching and learning with technology that are happening at your school. The task force will review submissions and select up to 20 case studies for inclusion in an upcoming print booklet Stories of Excellence: Case Studies of Exemplary Teaching and Learning with Technology. We are using this discussion forum as the place to gather submissions. Please read the guidelines below, and there is a tutorial video which demonstrates the submission process. You do need to first create an account on this ning, and join this group in order to submit a story of excellence.

After reviewing submissions, the task force will contact selected individuals and/or teams for more detailed information about the case studies. The deadline to submit case studies for inclusion in the booklet is April 11, 2008.

Guidelines
Please provide a brief description in text, audio or video format about your program, how you got the program started, and how you keep it running. Please click this link to "Start a Discussion" to submit your story. We encourage you to submit information and supporting materials in a variety of formats. You can embed or upload videos, audio, and images. This ning will provide you with the opportunity to share information, see what others are doing, and talk with other independent school leaders from around the world. Please be aware that this is a public site, that what you post can be viewed by the public, and that visitors to the site may contact you about your submissions.


Directions for Submitting Your Story:

(Please see the tutorial video for a demonstration of the submission process.)

1. First make sure you have "joined" this ning, or if you've already joined, that you are signed in.
2. Click this link to "Start a Discussion" (if you haven't already joined this group, you will be prompted to do so.)
3. Include the following information:
       a. For "Discussion Title," enter the name of your program.
       b. For the "Post," please enter a description of your program and include your school name, contact information (contact name and e-mail address), school information (school name, size, grade range, type (coed, single sex, boarding, day)).
       c. In the "Tag" field, enter search terms that you would like to associate with your program.
       d. Use the "Attach" fields to attach supporting materials to your program description.
       e. Click on the "Start Discussion" button in the lower right-hand corner to submit your case study.
4. We encourage you to include supporting materials such as video or audio but please keep the video or audio length at 3 minutes or less.  Provide links to your video or audio files or attach them to your submission.

If you have questions, please contact stories@nais.org.