Foxcroft+School


 * AGENDA**

9:00 - Keeping Up With the Net Generation A passionate student is a learning student. Using digital media students are building their own learning experiences, constructing meaning, and collaborating in teams to solve authentic content-based problems. Teachers who use these empowering technologies are discovering we can have rigor without sacrificing excitement.

Break

Schooling for 21st Century- Unleashing Student Passion Evidence based on exemplary practices in education suggests that new models of teaching and learning have the power to improve educational outcomes dramatically. Come learn how to have it all—including both creativity and rigor—when delivering your common core enhanced curriculum. The secret: Focus on student passion and interest.

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Schooling for 21st Century- Unleashing Student Passion Evidence based on exemplary practices in education suggests that new models of teaching and learning have the power to improve educational outcomes dramatically. Come learn how to have it all—including both creativity and rigor—when delivering your common core enhanced curriculum. The secret: Focus on student passion and interest.

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1:30 Leveraging Collective Intelligence-Collaborative Action Planning If using technology is so easy, why is implementation so difficult? Preparing students for the 21st Century calls for collective action of all stakeholders and this session looks at the steps needed to build momentum and garner buy-in from the entire school community. Participants will discuss ways to plan collectively and strategically for the future, & develop an action plan for 21st Century skill and curriculum building.

3:00 Wrap Up