NASA plans Va. launch of rocket carrying student experiments

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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) NASA has scheduled a weekend launch of a rocket from its Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.

NASA says the Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket will carry experiments developed by undergraduate students at Virginia Tech, the University of Colorado, Northwest Nazarene University, the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Nebraska.

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Mangalore Universitys advanced science research centre to materialise soon

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A year-old proposal of the government to set up an advanced science research centre under the auspices of Mangalore University is on the verge of becoming a reality.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would lay the foundation stone for it at Belapu village, Udupi district on April 20, K. Byrappa, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, told The Hindu .

The State government announced plans to establish the centre in its 2014-15 budget using funds from the Rashtriya Uchchatara Shikshana Abhiyana (RUSA). It was one of the two such centres announced by the government in the budget. The other one was for Bengaluru.

Of 100 acres sought by the university for setting up the centre at Belapu, the government has sanctioned 24.86 acres, of which 20 acres has been handed over to the university. The State Cabinet has approved Rs. 15 crore to the centre as first instalment for 2015-16. The university had received a letter to this effect, he said.

Mr. Byrappa said the centre would be developed on the lines of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, and Tsukuba science city, a planned city in Japan, located about 50 km from Tokyo.

Earlier, a committee of the university had submitted to the government a proposal conceptualising the facilities that would come up at the centre. It had estimated the project cost in phases at Rs. 141.38 crore.

The proposal dealt specifically on the requirement of funds, and facilities such as laboratories, hostels, administrative buildings, bank and other offices that would come up there.

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The research would focus on the analysis of Western Ghats species of plants under threat and their conservation; research and development of plant extracts for identified diseases; developing medicine for communicable diseases and using nano-technology for developing devices for cancer treatment.

He said one of the major objectives of the centre would be to find out an effective medicine for controlling malaria which is rampant in Mangaluru.

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With millionths of a meter researcher creates technique for measurements using light

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Certain scientists, researchers and scholars from disciplines such as biology, mechanical engineering, or the pharmaceutical industry, use elements of the nanoscale (nano corresponds to a billionth of a meter) for their projects . Handling these compounds requires extreme precision tools, as well as high accuracy measurements.

Responding to this need is the professional work of Rodolfo Corts Martnez, member of the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE) in Monterrey, north of Mexico, who has developed a measurement process based on the interference of evanescent fields in the far field.

"This is a noninvasive technique able to measure objects or compounds of nanometric dimensions without doing any damage. So that an object to be measured is placed between the light sources and the separation among them is considered, then we quantify the generated fringes through their periodicity and take account of our observation distance, so that we can determine the diameters and thicknesses of objects that are susceptible to damage by using other mechanical instruments.

"Another way to achieve this is to use just one light source instead of two, placing specific objects on it so that they scatter light and capture its overlaping with a specialized camera, so the interference fringes will give us a measure of the dimensions or separation between the objects immersed in the field of light."

Physicist Corts Martinez explains the application of interferometric techniques to sense the relative nanoscale displacement of objects as is to move a tapered optical fiber closer to a sample. To make this kind of approach at these scales a series of steps are required, "a mechanical kind, which uses a micrometer screw, and closing in at a microns distance approximate to 300 nanometers, for which we developed an optical technique based in light interference that gives us a measure of approximation to the surface of the tip of what we want to characterize.

"Our technique uses the reflection of light through the tip of an optical fiber, and the reflection causes interference with itself in space. That light is captured by a specialized camera and shows us the interference pattern of the two sources of light, and then the approach of these bands is the value we can look for. "

So far this technique has been used in a joint project between the NanoOptics Group at CICESE Monterrey and Hctor Rafael Siller Carrillo from the Technological Institute of Superior Studies in Monterrey (ITESM), which was complemente by so called fuzzy logic; the combination of both systems has been employed for a device named near field microscope.

The optics specialist refers that the concept of interference of light as a means of approach has resulted in a publication that describes how two light sources were created on the surface of a prism, so that the light that spreads on the surface is captured far from the surface using a camera, so that superposition of light interference fringes again give the information required.

Corts Martnez has been scientifically trained in Plasmon, the branch of optics at the nanoscale which is based on the study of the processes of interaction with light.

He notes that Metrology techniques with needs of nanoscale approach or non-invasive neither destructive measurement is performed in specialties such as mechanical engineering, precision measuring the wear of mechanical tools, among many other applications.

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Researchers from disciplines such as biology, mechanical engineering, or pharmaceuticals use nanoscale elements for their projects (nano corresponds to a billionth of a meter). Handling these compounds requires tools of extreme precision and high-accuracy measurements.

The professional work of Rodolfo Corts Martnez, member of the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE) in Monterrey, north of Mexico, responds to these needs. He has developed a measurement process based on the interference of evanescent fields in the far field.

"This is a noninvasive technique able to measure objects or compounds of nanometric dimensions without doing any damage. An object to be measured is placed between the light sources and the separation between them is considered. Then we quantify the generated fringes through their periodicity and take account of our observation distance so that we can determine the diameters and thicknesses of objects that are susceptible to damage by using other mechanical instruments.

"Another way to achieve this is to use just one light source instead of two, placing specific objects on it so that they scatter light and capture its overlapping with a specialized camera. The interference fringes give us a measure of the dimensions or separation between the objects immersed in the field of light."

The application of interferometric techniques to sense the relative nanoscale displacement of objects involves moving a tapered optical fiber closer to a sample. To make this kind of approach at these scales, a series of mechanical steps is required, "which uses a micrometer screw closing in at a micron's distance, approximate to 300 nanometers, for which we developed an optical technique based on light interference that gives us a measure of approximation to the surface of the tip of what we want to characterize.

"Our technique uses the reflection of light through the tip of an optical fiber, and the reflection causes interference with itself in space. That light is captured by a specialized camera and shows us the interference pattern of the two sources of light, and then the approach of these bands is the value we can look for. "

This technique has been used in a joint project between the NanoOptics Group at CICESE Monterrey and Hctor Rafael Siller Carrillo from the Technological Institute of Superior Studies in Monterrey (ITESM), which was complemented by so-called fuzzy logic; the combination of both systems has been employed for a device called a near field microscope.

The optics specialist says that the technique has resulted in a publication that describes how two light sources were created on the surface of a prism, so that the light that spreads on the surface is captured far from the surface using a camera, so that superposition of light interference fringes again gives the information required for measurement.

Corts Martnez has been scientifically trained in the branch of optics at the nanoscale which is based on the study of the processes of interaction with light.

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Acquire cutting edge technology, students told

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D. Devaraj, Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission, has said in this era of intense global competition, fresh graduates need to acquire the cutting edge knowledge in a particular field for a successful career.

Addressing the 13th graduation day of St Michael College of Engineering and Technology here on Saturday, he said the students might have focused upon one particular area for their degree but now had the freedom to move further in the same direction or move in another direction.

It is important to acquire special skills that can improve your job prospects, he said, adding it was imperative for engineering education to change its orientation and adapt to the rapid changes taking place around the world.

Continual changes became a standard feature of engineering curricula and a change in emphasis from engineering practice to engineering science gradually sets in, he said. It was a matter of regret that 75 per cent of technical graduates and more than 85 per cent of general graduates were unemployable by Indias most demanding and high-growth global industries.

Frontier areas of technology such as nano-technology, biotechnology, and bio-engineering were pursued aggressively in colleges and universities, Mr. Devaraj said, and called for redefining the education system.

The higher technical education system in India should be reviewed by the experts from time to time to provide the vision and directions for its future growth, he suggested.

S. Niranjali Devaraj, Professor and Head, Department of Bio-Chemistry, University of Madras, S. Gowri, Director, EMMRC, Anna Univeristy, M. Stalin Arockiaraj, Chairman, St. MIchael Group of Institutions, and V.G. Gopinath, Principal, St. Michael College of ENgineering and Technology, were also present.

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Certain genes might make some people more prone to experience the placebo effect

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Researchers are beginning to explore whether the genetics of patients who experience a placebo effect are different from those of patients who don't. It's well known that people can feel better if they believe they are receiving treatment, but the biological pathways involved are relatively unexplored. In a new review, publishing April 13 in Trends in Molecular Medicine, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center discuss what we know as well as possible ethical issues related to conducting genetic tests to determine whether a patient is a placebo responder.

"Understanding the placebome--the collection of genes related to placebo responses--opens possibilities to improving patients' responses to clinical care and pharmaceuticals and to refining research designs for detecting drug-placebo differences," says lead author Kathryn Hall, PhD, a member of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Program in Placebo Studies.

Past studies have revealed that certain signaling pathways in the brain--especially the dopamine, opioid, endocannabinoid, and serotonin pathways--help mediate the placebo effect. Hall and her colleagues examined evidence that genetic variations in these pathways can modify the placebo effect; their findings raise the possibility of using genetic screens to identify placebo responders. Such information could lead to better patient selection for clinical trials--for example by pointing to those who should be excluded because they are likely to experience a benefit no matter what treatment they receive or by ensuring that potential placebo responders are evenly allocated across treatment arms.

Hall notes that if the placebo response is influenced by certain brain signaling pathways, then it might also affect patients' responses to drugs that target those same pathways, and the magnitude of the drug effect might differ from one patient to another as a result of their genotype.

"These are novel hypotheses that, to our knowledge, have not yet been discussed in the scientific literature," she says. "This broader conception that points to more personalized medicine calls for additional research." Her group proposes including no-treatment controls in addition to placebo controls in some future clinical trials. "Our proposal to incorporate a formal placebo study into future clinical trials is innovative and could represent significant cost savings, leading to rapid access to knowledge of mechanisms involved in the placebo response across a wide variety of disease and drug regimens," Hall says.

A number of ethical issues must be considered if genetic profiles of placebo responders can be established. If high placebo responders are not included in clinical trials, this raises several important questions. For example, how will the drugs be labeled, and which patients will be approved for treatment in light of the fact that the drugs will have only been tested in placebo non-responders? Should physicians test for genetic placebo-response propensities and should patients be allowed to refuse permission to be tested? Should patients be told about their propensity to respond to placebos, and could patients refuse to know or refuse to have this designation in their medical records? Would physicians be able to ethically use this information and, if so, how? And of course, what if knowing one is a placebo responder affects one's placebo response?

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This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

Trends in Molecular Medicine, Hall et al.: "Genetics and the Placebo Effect: the Placebome" http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2015.02.009

Trends in Molecular Medicine (TMM), published by Cell Press, is a monthly review journal that facilitates communication between groups of highly trained professionals who share the common goal of understanding and explaining the molecular basis of disease as it relates to new clinical practice. For more information, please visit http://www.cell.com/trends/molecular-medicine. To receive media alerts for TMM or other Cell Press journals, please contact press@cell.com.

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I did a bit of a marathon over the weekend and I have now finished the first season of Daredevil.

This is hands down the best superhero TV series I have seen, miles away from any competition. It has elevated the genre to a whole new level. This is closer to the likes of The Wire than to the other superhero shows airing right now. Apart from the usual serious, dark, gritty, grounded, realistic, etc type of adjectives; this show is simply elegant, believable, effective, well paced, well written, with characters with heart and witty. The trailers looked good but it surpassed my expectations. I so wanna see DD in Civil War!

I dont want to start any fan war, but this show is everything that Gotham should have been and it is not. I wanted Gotham to be like this but instead we got something else Arrow, The Flash and the improved Agents of Shield are entertaining and good (I like them), but compared to DD they still feel silly with too much semi teen drama. DD has opened a new door for sure.

After this I am definitely gonna make sure I catch Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist when they come out. They were so right about going with Netflix. It is just such a pleasure to see all the chapters back to back without commercials and breaks.

So now I am in full Marvel mood ready for Avengers: Age of Ultron. If the early reactions prove to be true, I think I am gonna love it too.

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Penn Medicine pain management study reveals patient confusion about opioid addiction

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Findings illustrate need for improved communication of opioid risks and pain management in emergency departments

PHILADELPHIA - Emergency department patients have misperceptions about opioid dependence and want more information about their pain management options, according to a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, found that patients seen in the emergency department for acute pain expressed a desire for better communication from physicians about their pain management options, along with discussion of the risks of opioid dependence.

The study used semi-structured open-ended telephone interviews with 23 patients (mostly women, ages 18 to 65) discharged from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after being seen in the emergency department during a four-month period in 2014, for pain related to broken bones in the arms or legs, kidney stones or musculoskeletal back injury. Although the patients discussed a variety of topics related to their experiences with communication around pain, the main themes of the interviews included opioid dependence and addiction, and patient-provider communication about pain management. The themes patients revealed around opioid dependence included:

2) worries about following prescribed dosing preventing the possibility of addiction,

3) relying on media and other individuals as a source of information about opioids, and

4) awareness of physicians' need to balance patients' pain management needs and safe opioid prescribing guidelines.

"It was interesting to find that patients believe that taking an opioid as prescribed prevents the possibility of addiction, but also that patients are learning about opioids from television and from friends and acquaintances -- not healthcare providers," said senior author Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MS, assistant professor and attending physician in the department of Emergency Medicine, who oversaw the study led by Robert J. Smith, BS, a medical student at Penn. "There's clearly a significant need for emergency departments to improve education around the risks of opioid misuse."

There were also several themes that emerged around patient-provider communication about pain management. Patients often reported that they desired engagement in decisions about the treatment plan, better communication about the cause of their pain, consideration of how the pain is affecting their life, and more empathy from providers, and they also felt that fragmentation in communication between providers was detrimental to their treatment.

"Patients realize that emergency departments are busy places, but that doesn't reduce their desire to have meaningful interactions with their care providers," said Meisel. "Patients want to be given information in a straight-forward way and then listened to, so that they leave feeling like they know what was causing their pain, what their pain management options were, and that their treatment preferences were heard."

The researchers are now using the data from this study to develop short video narratives of patient stories related to pain in the emergency department, which will then be tested as an intervention to improve patient understanding of their pain management options and the risks associated with opioid misuse.

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South African Sports Medicine Leader Serves as AMSSM International Visiting Fellow

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Newswise Hollywood, Fla. As part of the 2015 AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program, the President of the South African Sports Medicine Association Jon Patricios, MBBCh, FFSEM, is serving as this years International Visiting Fellow.

Dr. Patricios will be presenting two lectures during this weeks 24th AMSSM Annual Meeting in Hollywood, Fla., followed by visits to sports medicine clinics and facilities in Greensboro, N.C., Atlanta, Ga., and Greenville, S.C.

The purpose of the AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program is to encourage academic interchange, shared research and exploration of common clinical interests among sports medicine leaders throughout the world. The experience includes the opportunity to view live patient encounters, tour sports medicine facilities, share cases and spend time with regional experts in sports medicine.

The second phase of the 2015 Fellowship will be a return visit to South Africa from three U.S. Traveling Fellows. The Traveling Fellowship tour culminates with participation in the SASMA Annual Meeting Oct. 19-22, 2015.

I view the AMSSM Travel Fellowship as a wonderful opportunity to "lecture, learn and live". To lecture" at what I regard as the foremost clinical sports medicine meeting in the world, to learn from a knowledgeable cohort of colleagues and to live a bit of the American lifestyle, said Dr. Patricios. I am looking forward to presenting and sharing cases and experiences, interacting with friends and colleagues and making new acquaintances. Equally, I look forward to hosting the AMSSM fellows in South Africa later this year and thank AMSSM and their sponsors for their commitment to continuing sport medicine education.

Dr. Patricios will present lectures during the AMSSM meeting on Diagnostic Algorithm for Groin Pain and Rugby Rules! Return to Play the South African Way.

Dr. Patricios is a sports physician at the Centre for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics and Director of the Morningside Sports Medicine Unit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Patricios has been a team physician to school, club, provincial and international sports teams in rugby, cricket, soccer, athletics and basketball. He is a member of the Cricket South Africa and SA Rugby medical committees and the Rockies Comrades Marathon Panel of experts. He is Chief Medical Officer for the MTN Qhubeka Cycling team and the Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, Founder and Director of Sports Concussion South Africa and serves on tribunals for the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport.

This program was made possible by the generous support the AMSSM Foundation received from DJO Global. AMSSM wishes to thank DJO Global for its educational support of this exchange of ideas and knowledge by world leaders in sports medicine.

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What one of the anti-vaccination movements least favorite doctors discovered about Jesus

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Dr. Paul Offit was pretty sure that religion was harmful to children.

But while writing his newest book on medicine, the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine was surprised by Jesus.

Offit says he always had moderate respect for religion but started to doubt when, as a young attending physician, he saw five children die within 10 days during an outbreak of measles in Philadelphia in 1991. At the center of the epidemic were children who were unvaccinated in accordance with their parents radical brand of Christian belief.

A professor of pediatrics and vaccinology at the University of Pennsylvania, Offit has been branded as Dr. Proffit by anti-vaccination activists. In previous books, he has defended vaccinations, challenged the now widely discredited autism-vaccine link and sharply criticized the alternative medicine industry. When he published Autisms False Prophets in 2008, he didnt go on book tour because had received death threats.

[How the U.S. went from eliminating measles to a measles outbreak at Disneyland]

Having seen children die because of their parents religiously-motivated neglect including the use of religious exemptions to vaccination, Offit began to read and to appreciate new atheist writings, including books by Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. As he began writing his new book, Bad Faith: How Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine, he assumed that he would arrive at similar conclusions: that religion was too often the culprit in preventable deaths, and that it was best left behind.

Bad Faith is full of stories of needless deaths: the children of Jehovahs Witnesses dying for lack of a blood transfusion, the children of Christian Science believers dying for lack of antibiotic treatment and the infants of ultra-Orthodox Jews dying or suffering brain damage after being infected with herpes from unsanitary ritual circumcision.

Most states allow religious exemptions to vaccines and permit parents to claim a religious defense if their child dies from a treatable disease.

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Sports Medicine Physicians of AMSSM to Restore Recreational Area For Boys and Girls Club Carver Ranches Unit

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Newswise HOLLYWOOD, Fla. More than 40 sports medicine physicians of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) will be volunteering to revitalize an outdoor recreational area for the local Boys and Girls Club this Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The humanitarian service project takes place a day prior to the 2015 AMSSM Annual Meeting and is the second time a day of service has been incorporated into the beginning of the organizations annual conference.

With guidance from HandsOn Broward County and the Broward County Recreational Development Commission, AMSSM chose to work with the Boys and Girls Clubs Carver Ranches Unit. The Boys and Girls Clubs offer a place where children can feel safe and get away from the multitude of pressures and temptations while having fun and building companionship. More often than not after a child becomes a member, their life is positively changed forever.

AMSSM members will work alongside HandsOn Broward representatives to give the Boys and Girls Clubs outdoor basketball courts a long overdue facelift; complete with resurfacing and constructed weather resistant benches for players to properly rest. Member volunteers will also work on restoring the existing butterfly garden and tap into their creative side while working on an outdoor mural.

HandsOn Broward is excited to have the opportunity to inspire, equip and mobilize the AMSSM volunteers in our Broward County community during their time in town, said Darrill Gaschler, Director of Corporate Pojects for HandsOn Broward. The impacts they create will be transformational and will create an even more welcoming and engaging environment for the members of the Carver Ranches Club to grow and explore.

This project is funded with contributions to the AMSSM Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational foundation dedicated to the support and recognition of excellence in sports medicine education, research and scientific activities, while promoting opportunities for humanitarian outreach. As the fundraising arm of AMSSM, the Foundation accepts contributions, sponsorship support and grants from individuals and corporate supporters to fund programs, research, education and initiatives developed by AMSSM. To learn more or to donate to the project, visit http://www.amssmfoundation.org.

Margot Putukian, MD, a team physician with Princeton University and president of the AMSSM Foundation, said, We wanted to provide an opportunity for our members to get their hands dirty in a project that provides a tangible, needed resource while building meaningful relationships amongst our members.

About the AMSSM: AMSSM is a multi-disciplinary organization of 2,700+ sports medicine physicians dedicated to education, research, advocacy and the care of athletes of all ages. The majority of AMSSM members are primary care physicians with fellowship training and added qualification in sports medicine who then combine their practice of sports medicine with their primary specialty. AMSSM includes members who specialize solely in non-surgical sports medicine and serve as team physicians at the youth level, NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, MLS and NHL, as well as with Olympic teams. By nature of their training and experience, sports medicine physicians are ideally suited to provide comprehensive medical care for athletes, sports teams or active individuals who are simply looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle. http://www.amssm.org

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Th week I m t th Microsoft Partners n Learning serving a US judge fr th International Competition nd m blown away frm th mzng innovations.

Wht mt impressive tht although many nrdbl uses f Microsoft products r included tht anything nd everything here. Oddly enough, I h seen Google, Apple, nd t bt anything rt f a classroom wth many learning experiences.

Th purpose judges t recognize th best 21st century learning n th classroom based upon th current research. I n personally attest tht th rubrics h n product bias, although r teacher here uses Microsoft n m way. (bt hntl, wh doesnt Microsoft something n thr classroom)

I m finding tht thr r tons f one note uses nd th nw office 360 h m pretty mzng things built n! Ok, more frm m later.

I kd Microsoft Teach Tec Blogger, Rob Bayuk t write a guest post bt wht happening here. Here goes.

Today 100 educators frm 25 states arrived n Seattle fr th Microsoft Partners n Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Education Forum (IEF). Th IEF rt f a worldwide program designed t shine a spotlight n m f th worlds top educators nd provide thm th opportunity t collaborate, exhibit nd share innovative tech-infused projects thve done wth students. Over th past year educators applied nd th 100 educators wr chosen representing ll K-12 subjects nd grade levels. Whl attending th event educators wll l participate n a number f unique professional learning activities.

Ten finalists frm th U.S. event wll b chosen t represent th United States t th Partners n Learning Global Forum n Washington, DC n November. Th global event expected t attract more thn 700 teachers, school leaders, press nd education thght leaders frm more thn 75 countries.

On th agenda fr th teachers over th two day forum hosted n Microsofts main campus n Redmond, WA wll b project exhibitions evaluated b a panel f judges frm education nd education-related fields, learning excursions t m f Seattles best known historical nd cultural landmarks such th Space Needle nd Pike Pl Market whr collaborative teams f educators wll rt project-based activities based n thr experiences, nd hands-n technology workshops using Microsofts latest programs fr education.

Th group wll l hear two inspiring keynote speeches n Thursday nd Friday b Dr. John Medina, author f th Nw York Times bestseller Brain Rules: 12 Principles fr Surviving nd Thriving t Work, Home, nd School nd Dr. Jane McGonigal, world-renowned game designer nd author f Reality Broken: Wh Games Mk U Better nd Hw Th Cn Change th World wll deliver th closing keynote.

Both f th keynote presentations wll b streamed live through th Partners n Learning Facebook page. Lk th page t watch th streaming nd gt th details n whn th wll b streamed live th wll nt b recorded. W wll l stream thm through r IEF web site nd f d lk t follow along n Twitter follow m @TeachTec nd watch fr #msftpil.

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