Technology Leadership Symposium 2010: Mobile Learning

REGISTRATION EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th!

Mark your calendars today! Administrators from ITSCO’s membership are invited to the Technology Leadership Symposium 2010: Mobile Learning.  The conference will provide administrators experience with mobile technology for professional productivity as well as sessions exploring its impact on student achievement.  All participants will receive an iPad* and round tables will be held throughout the day for discussion with leaders in educational technology.   Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capabilities and have the latest version of iTunes installed.

Topics Include (the list is growing)

• Cell Phones in Classrooms *keynote*
  
• Google Docs - It’s Free But What Does It Really Cost?
• Leading By Example, 21st Century Skills For Administrators
• Netbooks vs. Notebooks
• iPad Applications in Education
• Assistive Technology Mobile Learning for ALL Students
  
• How iTunes U Can Support Mobile Learning in Your District
• Cloud Computing in Today's Classroom
• Issues Concerning Large Scale Deployment of Mobile Devices
• Practical Issues of Rolling Out a 1:1 Smartphone Initiative
• Smartphone Computers in a Rural District
  
• Check back as additional topics are added
  

Cost

• 1 FREE Registration for Premium Members
• $770* for Advantage and Premium Members
• $795* for Basic Members

*Participants will receive a 16GB WiFi iPad, case, screen protector, and iTunes gift card. ITSCO recommends that equipment given to participants remain the property of the funding school district.

Educating the Mobile Generation: It is Inevitable that Cellphone Computers will be Used in K-12
Cathleen Norris, Regents Professor, University of North Texas
Elliot Soloway, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan 

Teaching 21^st century skills in K-12 requires the use of 21st century tools. The cellphone computer – not the laptop – is the quintessential 21^st century tool.  Today’s youth already know this fact: for them, the cellphone is an essential tool in their lives – outside of school. Rather than banning cellphone computers from school – and recall, banning books didn’t work either – we need to integrate that tool  into the curriculum.  In our presentation, we will describe how school districts all around the world are embracing cellphone technology and using it for curricular purposes all day, every day - for in school learning activities and for out of school learning opportunities. We will also address concerns that have been voiced (small screen, cheating potential, etc.) – but turn out to be non-problems. It is inevitable that cellphone computers will play a major role in educating our children; we who are responsible for educating America’s children need to recognize the truth of that statement – sooner than later.

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For ADMINISTRATORS Only!

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November 3, 2010
9:30 - 3:30

Embassy Suites
5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017

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Keynote Speakers

Dr. Elliot Soloway
&
Dr. Cathleen Norris

""Mobile Learning is
INEVITABLE in K-12"

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Register Now:

Technology Leadership Symposium Registration Link

Keynote Speakers

Elliot Soloway is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Dept of CSE, College of Engineering, School of Education and School of Information, University of Michigan. For the past 10 years, Soloway’s research has been guided by the vision that mobile, handheld – and very low-cost – networked devices are the only way to truly achieve universal 1:1 in schools – all across the globe. In 2001, the undergraduates selected him to receive the “Golden Apple Award” as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year. In 2004, the EECS College of Engineering HKN Honor Society awarded Elliot the “Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.” Elliot is a co-founder of GoKnow, Inc.

Cathleen Norris is a Regents Professor in the College of Information, Department of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. Cathie’s 14 years in K-12 classrooms – and receiving Dallas’ Golden Apple Award – has shaped her university research agenda: helping K-12 teachers move from the 19th century into the 21st century. Cathie has been President of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the leading international organization for technology-minded educators. From
1996 through 2001, she was the President of the National Educational Computing Association (NECA), the association that organized NECC, the premier conference on technology in K-12. Cathie is co-founder of GoKnow, Inc. the premier mobile learning company.

Norris & Soloway have been crusading for Mobile Learning since the early Palm Pilot days. They have been exploring ways to use such personal technology to transform – not merely to enhance or enrich – teaching and learning. Finally, with the coming of the cell phone, low cost, easy to use, truly personal, i.e., truly portable, not just transportable, computing devices their vision is realizable in schools – worldwide! In various sessions, Norris and Soloway will describe how classrooms all over the globe that are employing mobile technologies to dramatically improve student performance.