Organisation for the ACCE2011 Study Tour to the ISTE conference in Philadelphia, with stopovers in San Francisco, New York and Washington is now completed. This is a fully escorted tour with, for the first time, two leaders for the tour. The current president of ACCE and the first study tour leader Tony Brandenburg is teaming up with ISTE's International representative and immediate past president of ACCE, Ralph Leonard to jointly lead the 2011 tour, making it a tour not to be missed.

The 2011 tour will include visits to Apple, Oracle, Google, Intel, Universities and Schools and presentations from internationally recognised educators. The 2011 tour will also include visits to ISTE's and COSN's headquarters in Washington to focus on curriculum and policy, plus the Federal Education Department building for an opportunity to meet and discuss issues with leading government leaders, there will also be a number of school district visits and presentations from District superintendents. As in all ACCE study tours, there will be an opportunity to join guided site seeing tours and experience the different cultures of the cities on the itinerary.

The tour is an opportunity to:

• Network with world recognised practitioners
• Visit leading schools
• Visit significant corporate ACCE partners
• Attend the ISTE Conference, Philadelphia
• Dialogue with ACCE contacts from all over the world
• Be part of the international delegation to the ISTE Conference; and
• Be the I in ISTE.