Connected teaching demands full classroom connectivity. Educators find classroom teaching richer when connected to digital resources, other classrooms, other teachers, and professional experts. For example, learning about dinosaurs is fun, but learning about dinosaurs using an online video feed from an actual dig and asking questions of a real-life paleontologist is even better.

In NEA Executive Director John Wilson’s recent interview at the Global Learning Resource Connection meeting in The Woodlands, Texas, he spoke of the challenges of providing quality education in an anemic economy. Schools nationwide have been particularly affected by the economic downturn, and some communities have resorted to closing and consolidating schools in an attempt to reduce budget gaps.

Teachers are faced with daily challenges like: What standards am I required to teach? Where can I find quality education resources? How do I implement these resources in my classroom? And, given the current economic climate and numerous budget cutbacks, how can I find resources at no cost? The good news is that help is just a click away at www.TheGateway.Org.

We are excited that Cisco is taking such a leadership role in changing the way education resources are discovered and shared around the world" - Diny Golder, Executive Director of JES & Co.

JES & Co. a world leader in research, development, and deployment of education programs based on open standards, announced today that Cisco has become a Premier Sponsor and founding worldwide partner of the Global Learning Resource Connection (GLRC). The GLRC will result in teachers and learners being able to seamlessly navigate related learning resources across national boundaries thus enriching the curricula in each nation while simultaneously providing the means for relating learning outcomes to educational resources such as student ePortfolios, professional development resources, and individual student learning plans.

"Gale is pleased to work with the GLRC to support the linking and discoverability of our resources in a way that will benefit learning institutions both in the U.S. and internationally." - Frank Menchaca, Executive Vice President of Gale.

JES & Co. a world leader in research, development, and deployment of education programs based on open standards, announced today that Gale, part of Cengage Learning has become a worldwide partner of the Global Learning Resource Connection (GLRC). The GLRC will result in teachers and learners being able to seamlessly navigate related learning resources across national and state boundaries thus enriching the curricula in each state and nation while simultaneously providing the means for relating learning outcomes to educational resources such as student ePortfolios, professional development resources, and individual student learning plans.