EdTechTeacher

Teaching Technology to Teachers: 10 Years of Tips and Secrets from EdTechTeacher, July 12 & July 26-27, 2012

Over the past ten years, EdTechTeacher has worked with thousands of educators from all across the world. One part of our mission is to help teachers leverage emerging technologies to create student-centered, inquiry-based learning environments. An essential component of that mission is building capacity. Nothing makes us happier then when participants come back for a second summer and tell us: “I taught my colleagues everything I learned from last summer’s workshop.” So in this Teaching Technology to Teachers workshop, we plan to share everything we have learned over ten years of technology professional development with educators.

We will begin by sharing our theory of change, that professional development can play a role in building capacity for technology innovation in teams, buildings, and departments. By examining key findings from recent research on teacher professional development, we will identify promising models for PD systems that support technology integration. Then, we will look at the particular strategies that we use at EdTechTeacher to make our hands-on workshops dynamic, interactive, and meaningful to teacher practice. We will also examine the suite of online tools that we use, from webinars to asynchronous courses, to help build support for teacher learning beyond the classroom day or school calendar. Participants will have ample time throughout the workshop to work on a professional development project for their school: whether that is a daylong workshop or a year-long PD system for a school or district.

This workshop is for everyone who wants to help teachers use technology in meaningful ways in their classrooms: teachers, instructional technology staff, department heads, curriculum developers, school leaders, and independent consultants. Our goal in this workshop is to expand the pool of educators providing outstanding technology-rich professional learning opportunities for their colleagues.

Schedule

The building opens at 8:30 am, and we strongly recommend arriving fifteen minutes early the first day. Coffee and snacks will be available each morning. Though lunch is not provided, there are a variety of food options available within walking distance.

• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - Class
• 12:00 pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
• 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Class

Instructors

Justin Reich is the co-founder of EdTechTeacher and an educational researcher. He is the project manager of the Distributed Collaborative Learning Communities Project, a Hewlett Foundation funded initiative to examine how Web 2.0 tools are used in K-12 settings to develop 21st century skills. Justin's research includes both a nation-wide ethnographic study of classrooms using networked technologies as well as a large-scale quantitative study of over 200,000 wiki learning environments. Justin is the author of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Teachers, and his academic work has been published in Educational Researcher, Social Education, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, and other venues. His opinion writings have been published in the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, The Providence Journal, and other publications. He has been an Outstanding Educator in Residence for the Academy of Singapore Teachers, a Digital Media and Learning Summer Fellow with the MacArthur Foundation, and is among the 2012 class of Emerging Leaders for the International Society for Technology in Education. He also blogs for Education Week at EdTechResearcher.

Tom Daccord is an educational technology speaker, instructor, and writer who has worked with schools, districts, colleges and educational organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Author of Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers by Teachers and The Best of History Web Sites, Tom has presented on educational technology topics at national and international conferences, including ISTE (U.S.), ELMLE (Europe), and ICTLT (Asia). He has produced a series of online courses on Web 2.0 and iPad integration, as well as 21st century school leadership and classroom assessment. A former social studies teacher who instructed in a laptop classroom for seven years, Tom has been featured in the Boston Globe for his contributions to teaching with technology and invited to Singapore by the Ministry of Education as an “Outstanding Educator in Residence.” In addition to leading EdTechTeacher, Tom currently serves as President of the National Council of Social Studies Technology Committee and was a featured speaker at the 2010 NCSS Conference. Tom is also an advisor to Massachusetts Computer Users in Education (MassCUE), and the Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (MASCD), and serves as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) project consultant. He is the creator of Best History Web Sites, an award-winning portal, and The Center for Teaching History with Technology, dedicated to helping K-12 history and social studies teachers effectively incorporate technology into their courses. Tom also created Teaching English with Technology, designed to guide K-12 English and Language Arts teachers in their use of technology in the classroom. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Montreal, Tom has taught in Quebec, France, Switzerland, and the United States.

Beth Holland joined the EdTechTeacher team in July 2011 to expand the online course offerings, instruct at workshops, and bring expertise in elementary education as well as working with assistive technologies to the team. In addition to working with participants, Beth has also increased the amount of content in our Teaching with Technology section of the web site - including the new iPad section, and presented at the 2011 Global Education Conference as well as the EdTechTeacher Winter Conference. In the coming months, she will be presenting at the Massachusetts Assistive Technology Expo as well as the Massachusetts Teacher's Association Summer Conference. Bringing over 12 years of education experience, she most recently served as the Director of Academic Technology at St. Michael's Country Day School in Newport, Rhode Island. During her tenure at St. Michael's, she implemented professional development programs to encourage faculty members to integrate technology into their elementary and middle school curricula, designed interdisciplinary, technology-rich projects, taught students in grades 2-8 during technology classes, coordinated with the Student Services Director to facilitate the integration of assistive technologies to support students, and helped to design their iPad pilot program. Before St. Michael's, Beth worked as a researcher at the Naval War College in the Innovation Lab where she designed knowledge management plans to support blended communication environments and researched the potential to create an online environment to streamline training and education which she presented at I/ITSEC. She has also taught 9th grade English at the Rocky HIll School in East Greenwich, RI, and led adventure learning programs for ActionQuest in the Caribbean and Polynesia. Beth holds an Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a B.S. in Communications from Northwestern University.

Registration

To register, please complete our Online Registration Form. Please note that your registration is not complete until we receive payment. If you have any questions, please email us or call (888) 377-9518.

Payment

The cost of the workshop is $295 for the one-day event on July 12 and $595 for the two-day event from July 26-27. There are two workshop payment options:

1. If paying by check or requesting a Purchase Order please make Check or PO payable to EdTechTeacher, Inc. and mail to:
   
   EdTechTeacher
   Attention: Ileen Matthews
   41 Kinsley Lane
   Mendon, MA 01756
   
   
2. If you plan to pay online by credit card you can pay securely via our PayPal account.

Please note: Space in our workshops is limited and they have sold-out in recent years. Spots are guaranteed on a first-paid, first-served basis, so please expedite payment as soon as possible.

Cancellation Policy

You can receive a full refund for your registration payment until June 1. After June 1, you will receive a full refund if we can replace you with a person from a waiting list. Otherwise you will receive a 50% refund for cancellation.

Waiting List Policy

If the workshop is full, we'll put you on the waiting list, and let you know what your position is on the list.

Computer Equipment

Participants are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop computer with wireless capability. You are welcome to bring a tablet such as an iPad or Galaxy in addition to your laptop, though tablets are not compatible with all web tools. EdTechTeacher does not provide computers for participants.

Professional Development Credits

Due to the abbreviated length of the one-day workshop, the July 12th session is not eligible for graduate credit or PDPs (Professional Development Points).

We are applying for approval, from Framingham State University (Massachusetts), to award 1 (one) graduate credit to participants at a cost of $75. To receive graduate credit participants must be in attendance for all onsite instruction and complete all assigned work.

Once registered, participants will receive additional graduate credit details.

Registrant Survey

All participants are asked to complete a pre-workshop online survey. It will be e-mailed to those who have completed both registration and payment. The survey will help us identify participant needs and objectives and may influence the topics covered during the workshop.

Questions

If you have any questions, please email us or call (888) 377-9518.