Notes from District 219 Technology Conference, 04/09/11

Notes from the D219 Technology Conference, April 9, 2011 Keynote: Cracking the Native Information Experience -- David Warlick Handouts at http://Handouts.idave.us Starts presentations with something he did not know yesterday. (Books everyone should read, info graphic) Teachers must be master learners. They must be able to teach themselves something new. The question is, how do we … Continue reading Notes from District 219 Technology Conference, 04/09/11

Notes from iNACOL’s Midwestern Regional Professional Development Symposium

Random Notes from the meeting, April 4, 2011. Symposium wiki. Susan Patrick's Keynote. It's a new landscape with new leadership at the state levels and in state houses. Global trends (from Educause): mobile learning, cloud computing, 1:1 computing, ubiquitous learning, gaming, personalized learning, redefinition of learning spaces, open content, smart portfolio assessment, teacher managers and … Continue reading Notes from iNACOL’s Midwestern Regional Professional Development Symposium

Written Comments to IL House Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee

Illinois State Capitol The Remote Education Act, passed in 2009, is under revision to allow school districts to count student attendance in online programs for days that are not in the districts' approved calendars, such as weekends, holidays and other non-attendance days. [This revision is known as HB3223.] Illinois residents, please send communications of … Continue reading Written Comments to IL House Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee

ICE 2011

(Image Credit) Just returned from two days at the Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) annual conference where ICE was celebrating 25 years as an organization. The ICE conference is always an outstanding way to see what's happening in classrooms with technology, paw the latest hardware in the vendor area, reconnect with the professional contacts, and … Continue reading ICE 2011

Virtual School Symposium 2010

Nearly 2,000 conferees assembled in Glendale, Arizona for the 2010 edition of the Virtual School Symposium, the annual conference of the International Association for K-12 online Learning, November 14-16. The theme of the conference: Online and Blended Learning: The Future of Education. Preconference sessions looked at starting programs, free or nearly free content sources, diversity … Continue reading Virtual School Symposium 2010