About the Arizona K12 Center

The mission of the Arizona K12 Center is to improve teaching and learning in Arizona’s schools through high quality professional development and teacher leadership.

In order to achieve this mission we believe that high quality professional development should be:

• Accessible in terms of proximity and cost
• Relevant to the school and classroom environment
• Proven effective based on research, best practices, and program evaluation
• Based on students needs
• Based on the Arizona Academic Standards for Students and the Arizona Professional Teaching Standards

Media Partner: Mashable

Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. With more than 25 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web and offering social media resources and guides.

LanSchool

LanSchool improves learning in a lab, laptop cart or 1:1 environment with an inexpensive, reliable software solution. With LanSchool, the teacher can remove distractions, demonstrate skills, monitor and assess student progress.

Brain POP

Brain POP provides animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids that are aligned with state standards.

Troxell Communications

Troxell Communications sells interactive whiteboards, document cameras, student responders and countless other tools to help teachers integrate 21ST Century technology into a seamless learning and teaching environment.