Clinton Teacher Selected To Compete At Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum

Microsoft Corp. announced this week the finalists selected to attend the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 U.S. Forum, including one teacher from Connecticut.

Leslie Chausse of The Morgan School in Clinton will join 101 others at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Wash., July 31 through August 1 to display how they are revolutionizing education through technology.

According to Microsoft, a record number of applications were submitted this year.  The chosen projects cover a wide spectrum including: creative uses of blended learning, student video game design, flipped classrooms with students teaching their peers, and improving communications skills for those with autism and other special learning needs.

Teachers who apply to attend the forum are evaluated based on how their projects use technology to “inspire students to think critically, collaborate and extend their learning beyond the classroom.”

The event allows for educators to share their teaching practices with peers from across the country, participate in hands-on learning sessions with Microsoft’s latest innovations and present their projects to a panel of judges.  A select number of teachers will win the opportunity to represent the U.S. at the Partners in Learning Global Forum in Athens, Greece in November to compete with educators from around the globe.  Last year, more than 250,000 applicants from more than 70 countries competed at events across the world to qualify for the worldwide competition.