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October, 2009: Presentations and handouts at the 2009 T+L Conference, Denver, October 28-30, 2009

October, 2009: Recommended Books on 21st Century Learning

October, 2009: Social Networks to Connect Today’s Youth with Tomorrow’s Careers

September, 2009: Making 21st Century Schools: Creating Learner-Centered Schoolplaces/Workplaces for a New Culture of Students at Work, by Bob Pearlman, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY/September-October 2009

August, 2009: New Technology 21st Century High School Model - General Information, Articles, Videos, Research

Recent Presentations

July, 2009: 21st Century Secondary Schools

July, 2008: Teaching the "Tech" Way: Project-Based Learning : Watch Bob Pearlman, and hear his thoughts on building a 21st century education system, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) annual symposium, July, 2008.

May, 2008: My PBL Odyssey by Joe Oakey

January, 2008: Project Work and PBL in Singapore Secondary Schools

March, 2007: Reconsidering the Design of Schools through the Lens of Project-Based Learning” - Interview with Bob Pearlman, the Director of Strategic Planning for the New Technology Foundation, DesignShare and Education Facility Planning News, March, 2007

September 10, 2006: "21st Century Learning in Schools – A Case Study of New Technology High School in Napa, CA", published in New Directions for Youth Development, Volume 2006, Issue 110 (Summer 2006), Special Issue: The Case for Twenty-First Century Learning.

June 2, 2006: "New Skills For A New Century: Project-based learning teaches kids the collaborative and critical thinking abilities they'll need to compete", Edutopia magazine, June 2006.

January 31, 2005: Five Riveting Ideas. Five innovative education leaders (Milton Chen, Bette Manchester, Rick Martinez, Bob Pearlman, and Beverley Royster) share their ideas about technologies that could improve the instructional landscape in this country in the January-February Issue of EDTECH Focus on K-12 magazine.

December 22, 2005: Podcast from Building Learning Communities Conference 2005. Bob Pearlman, a leader in the design and transformation of new schools, discusses Getting and Assessing 21st Century Skills (Podcast -- right-click and "save target as" to your desktop. Podcasts are large files and take several minutes to download).

December 11, 2005: UK Knowledge Share on "New Technology High Schools, USA", by Michael Buchanan, Place Group

September 20, 2005: Project Work (PW) in Singapore

April 27, 2005: "Making the Case for Conversions in 2005 -- It's Getting Harder", report by Bob Pearlman

October, 2004: UK Consulting on 21st Century Learning and Building Schools of the Future

August 1, 2004: "Getting it Done: Boston launches new 5-year technology, teaching & learning plan. Why not you?", article in Techlearning.Com

Recent Presentations:

September, 2009: Presentations and handouts at Central Coast Community Colleges, September 24-25, 2009

July 29, 2009: Presentations and handouts at the Building Learning Communities 2009 Conference, Boston, MA

November 17-18, 2008: "New Skills, New High Schools and New Networks of High Schools for the 21st Century ", presentation to the Indiana’s Future Conference: Responding to Tomorrow's World; Breaking the Mold of Today's High Schools

September 13, 2008: STEM Schools of the Future: Putting it all Together, presentation to the Georgia PRISM conference, Atlanta, GA.

July 16-18, 2008: Presentations and handouts at the Building Learning Communities 2007 Conference, Boston, MA

June 23-24, 2008: Sacramento New Tech Handouts and Presentations for the 2008 Model Schools Conference, Orlando, Florida. Information on the New Tech 21st Century High School Model.

November 12-13, 2007: "New Skills, New High Schools and New Networks of High Schools for the 21st Century ", presentation to the Indiana’s Future Conference: Equity, Engagement & Education for Economic Success- Transforming Today's Schools for Tomorrow's World

January 31, 2007: Bob Pearlman and Monica Tipton, "New Models of Learning for the 21st Century: New Tech High School", presentation at the Breaking Ranks High School Showcase, San Diego, CA

July 18-20, 2006: Presentations at the Building Learning Communities 2006 Conference, Boston, MA

June 25, 2006: "New Models of Learning for the 21st Century: New Tech High School", presentation at the 14th annual Model Schools Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 25-28, 2006

April 29 , 2006: Special Pre-Conference Institute: Designing 21st Century Secondary Schools: Focus on the Met , Boston, July 17, 2006

March 29, 2006: "21st Century High Schools: The New Tech High Model", presentation at ESC 13, Austin, TX, on the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Initiative (TSTEM).

July 19-21, 2005: Presentations at the Building Learning Communities 2005 Conference, Boston, MA.

March 14 , 2005: "Transforming Secondary Schools for the 21st Century", BSF Visioning Day, Liverpool, England

January 12-13, 2005: Presentations at the 4th Annual Small Schools Planning Institute, St. Petersburg Beach, FL

November 12, 2004: "Transforming Secondary Schools for the 21st Century", Kent Secondary Head Teacher Conference, Ashford, Kent (UK)

October 12-13, 2004: Future Schools, Future Learning Conference, Manchester, England and New Schools, New Learning Symposium, Birmingham, England

New Sections of the website:

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Workshops

Bob Pearlman on Project-Based Learning: Video interview by the
George Lucas Educational Foundation

Welcome Message from Bob

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