Getting Tomorrow Right
Leadership that inspires Innovation
Leadership at All Levels: Technology and Innovation in Digital-Age Schools
Learning in a Digital Age: The Differentiators
Sustaining What?
21st Century Learning - The New Balance
The Power of Virtual Worlds for Building Professional Learning Communities
by Gene Carter
To guarantee that today's students are ready for their future, schools need to transform from being places of teaching to environments for learning. How can educators harness the potential of today's technologies to ensure that students are prepared for 21st century success?
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by Bruce Dixon
As we immerse our learning environments with technology, we start to challenge our views of what learning should take place, and where; we engage in sincere conversations around risk-taking, creativity and innovation, yet where is the evidence to show the impact on classroom practice, and the learning experiences of our young people? Too often the "lonely artisan" in the classroom might innovate within four walls, but to what extent can that become excepted practice across a school or region? This session explores the issues and ideas behind the challenges of building a Culture of Innovation within our schools.
by Don Knezek
This session highlights important trends and promising examples of leadership for innovation gathered through ISTE's work with technology and learning in the U.S. and around the world. Participants will learn how leadership within nations, schools, and classrooms across the globe use technology as a catalyst to impact learning and teaching.
by Cheryl Lemke
Optimized learning is at times, personal, social, and/or collaborative. High tech tools serve as an extension to the student's thinking -- a place to explore ideas, research questions, test hypotheses, compose thoughts, and come to conclusions - in other words, to learn. These tools serve as vehicles for building skills, advancing thinking through multimodal learning, collaborating through social networking and increasing understanding through authenticity - highly effective differentiators of learning. Join this session to learn how technology can open doors to learning never before possible. The result will be deeper learning and more engaged learners. Take a look at how these tools are being used effectively by schools to advance literacy, scientific thinking, critical thinking, self-direction, global awareness, and cultural literacy.
by Bruce Dixon
Once the aura of ubiquitous access, and the device have worn off, there is much to challenge us about the classroom practice that we may be inspiring..or not. Too often, legacy practice continues to dominate 1 to 1 classrooms, as a result of a failure to address underlying beliefs, attitudes and values. When we talk of sustainability it can often translate to sustaining existing practice, or worse the focus can be simply ensuring every child can continue to have his or her own laptop 24/ 7. This session seeks to explore a framework that hopefully challenges school leaders to be more focused in supporting bolder practice in their 1 to 1 classrooms and beyond.
by Bernie Trilling
The creation of 21st Century schools and learning is the most fundamental challenge every nation on earth faces. There is a growing worldwide consensus on the key skills needed for success in 21st Century work and life - the "Seven Cs". Combining the effective use of technology, a collaborative project approach to learning, an emphasis on innovation and creativity, and teachers skilled and committed to teaching in a 21st Century approach, are what is needed now.
by Leslie Conery
Would you like weekly opportunities to hear about educational strategies that work, meet new people, and discuss relevant topics? Second Life is one of many strategies ISTE uses to provide leadership and service to a global community of educators. Come learn about ISTE's resources and opportunities available for you in addition to how ISTE is successfully using Second Life to convene, connect, and create global professional learning communities.
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