Alan
C. November
Senior
Partner,
Educational Renaissance Planners
Critical Thinking Skills and the Internet
As the Internet becomes
the dominant media of our society, eclipsing print, radio and TV, it is
essential that
we prepare our students to validate information sources. For good and
for bad, the Internet is a place where you can find "proof"
of any belief. Students need to develop disciplined cross-referencing
skills and understand patterns of information. It is also essential for
students to learn to publish and to deconstruct information sources.
Leading Educational Organizations in the Digital Age
Bolting technology on top of the current design of schools will not prepare our students to be successful in the Digital Economy unless we re-engineer fundamental processes and systems of our schools. Access to information, new relationships between educators and community, new models of teacher evaluation, network models of assessment, helping our colleagues to "let go," shifting control of learning from educators to students and making boundaries of departments and time permeable are some of the major organizational design that leaders face.
Preparing Students for the Digital Age
While technical skills are necessary, they are incidental when compared to the more important skills required
by the digital economy. Students need to be self-directed, self-motivated, self-assessing, and interdependent. We must re-examine the core function of our schools.
Building Community Learning Networks
Imagine
a community that can unite its information resources of schools, libraries,
and local government agencies into one vision of responsible and equitable
access. As telemedicine and online learning become more dominant and other
emerging applications of the Internet create new services, it will become
more essential that every community create proactive plans to bring information
resources to every citizen. Community colleges and the schools can become
key leaders in leading the community planning process.
Lynell
Burmark
Associate,
Thornburg Center for
Professional Development
and taught grantsmanship courses to help schools obtain millions of dollars for computers.
Strategies for Successful Presentations
Making presentations from your computer? Come get practical, insider tips on design and delivery.
Learn about color and humor, photos versus clip art, the six rules for text, and more!
CareerLIFE
Planning
Are
you ready to take your students beyond the classifieds to where the really
good jobs are? Learn how job openings appear once you�ve identified your
skills, fields of interest, values, preferred locations and working conditions,
and desired rewards. Learn how the Internet can help. Handouts include
extensive resources, hot websites, and tips towards conducting the "creative
approach to job search."
Jennifer
James
Cultural
Anthropologist
How To Change: How To Take Risks
We are changing faster
than any other generation of Americans. Technology drives the speed of
this change, economics creates the breadth and cultural shifts provide
the depth. Each of us will be asked to think, work, and feel in new ways.
Yet the body and mind auto-matically resist significant changes. You will
have a chance to evaluate your own flexibility and response time. You
will learn the process of change and the skills for building a 21st century
mind and character.
Marcia Linn
Professor,
Graduate School of Education,
University of California, Berkeley
Marcia Linn is Professor of Education at UC Berkeley, Director of the campus-wide Instructional Technology Program, and a member of the AAAS Board.
of CILT. Her research interests include gender and science, the development of scientific understanding through a "scaffolded knowledge integration" framework for instruction and assessment, and innovative applications of Internet resources to improve science learning.
Wednesday, March 8, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Can Deformed Frogs Teach Science?
In 1995 students on a field trip in Minnesota discovered deformed frogs at a local pond. Using our Web-Based Integrated Science Environment (WISE) students everywhere can participate in this research. Students learn to critically evaluate Internet materials, compare their ideas with those of the scientists working in the field, and appreciate the complexity of environmental stewardship. Dr. Linn helps you understand how WISE brings current scientific controversies to life, teaches valuable inquiry skills, and sets students on a path towards lifelong science learning.
Paul
MacCready
President, AeroVironment, Inc.
Paul MacCready is best known as the "Father of Human-Powered Flight" for his engineering feat of designing and building the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross, both of which won the Kremer Prizes for first achieving human-powered flight over a fixed course, and then across the English Channel.
Educating
for the Student�s 25th Birthday
Educating for the
Student�s 25th Birthday Some of the life skills needed by a 25 year-old
in a far different
future are incompatible with the long-established offerings and incentives
of typical schools. Learn what positive alternatives are being demonstrated
in some untypical schools.
The
Digital Divide
Frank Matthews,
Publisher, Black Issues In Higher Education,
VA; Russell de Pina, Co-founder, DesignGroup; Linda Lucia Meccouri, Professor,
Computer Information Technologies, Springfield Technical Community College,
MA
Russell M. de Pina is a co-founder of DesignGroup and directs Technology
& New Media Consulting projects for the firm.
Lucia Meccouri is in the forefront of innovations designed to "Narrow the Gap" between the "haves" and "have nots" of technology with activities such as community service learning, bilingual computer labs, professional development programs for teachers/administrators from underserved schools and community leadership programs.
The Digital Divide
Minority students are more than half as likely as non-minority students to have access to the Internet and take advantage of opportunities for communication, education, and business on the information superhighway.
This panel discussion will reflect an interpretation of the issues by showing clearly how colleges and universities have dealt with the "Digital Divide," and how they can become more effective. This discussion will include individuals who have wrestled with the "Digital Divide" from three perspectives: research, institutional service, and classroom teaching
and learning.
Kurt
MeyerExecutive
Director, Teach the Teachers Collaborative,
Thacher School, Vons/Pavilions
Teach
the Teachers Collaborative at the Thacher School
Learn
about this exciting public/private partnership. Los Angeles County Office
of Education and The Thacher School team up with corporate partners to
deliver teacher training to Southern California teachers.
Mark
Milliron
Executive Director, Enterprise Strategy,
Oracle Corporation
Mark Milliron serves as the
Executive Director of Oracle Corporation�s Global Learning
Initiatives (GLI). GLI�s mission is to develop programs and services that
work with government and education to address key technology issues, including
increasing access, improving learning, and building community
Making the Grade in the Information Age:
Transformation Strategies for Higher Education
Explore the key challenges facing college leaders as they strive to prepare
their institutions and students for the information age. This session
presents a framework for shaping technology attitudes, fostering institutional
alignment, and engaging strategic actions, with a special focus on the
human impact of technology in education.
Darrell
Nunn
Professor,
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Darrell Nunn has
presented at NISOD, League of Innovation, Jacksonville Teaching, Learning
and Technology Conference, as well as years of workshops at Seneca College
and Ontario IT provincial conferences.
He has developed and taught seven humanities collaborative online courses and developed an online Bachelor of Education degree for Brock University, Ontario. He has twenty years of experience in drama and theatre teaching. He is a passionate believer in adult education learning principles and has taught ESL/D and English in China, Jamaica, the Bahamas, as well as at Ontario high schools, colleges, and universities. Darrell is a certified clown and promises to bring a red nose.
Teaching Online is Not about Technology, It�s about Good Teaching
Don�t
panic! You already know 90% of what you need. If you can send email, you
can teach online. This presentation will present a detailed checklist
approach with specific visual, handout, a disk-saved examples
for each step. Keeping it simple the first time around will be a strong
focus.
Michael
Trenholm
Partner,
Knobbe, Martins, Olson, and Bear Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Law Issues in Higher Education
The rapid growth of the Internet, distance education, and multimedia in the classroom has created important and often complex legal issues for educators involving patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks. This session will explore issues and ideas surrounding ownership of intellectual property and provide sample policies.