From PrometheanPlanet. Also,  #tmbett09 is trending at #3 currently on Twitter. Hot stuff, and a great concept: Teachers teaching teachers to teach, facilitated by ed tech companies like Promethean.

For many educators, the best thing about big education shows and conferences is not the new products and presentations, but what goes on in between the product showcases; Teachers connecting with teachers, the sharing of what is really working in classrooms, the excitement of meeting people you have only interacted with through online tools.

This “unconference” is actually becoming formalised. TeachMeet09, which Promethean is helping sponsor, has packed out one of the main conference rooms at Olympia with over 150 innovative teachers who want to share their ideas with each other about how they are using Technology in their classrooms. Brought together with tools like Twitter and Wikis it shows the power of the Internet to bring like minded people together. Just like Promethean Planet in fact!

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