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The 21^st Century Leadership Challenge:
Transforming Schools into Modern Learning Institution

A 2003 Department of Commerce study ranked 55 industries with respect to information technology (IT)-intensity; education ranked dead last.  Furthermore, the amount or frequency of computer use in schools is, on average, very low.  Based on a survey of over 3,000 K-12 teachers, Norris et al. (2003) wrote “fully 14%...make no use whatsoever of computers for instructional purposes, and nearly half (45%) use it with their students less than 15 minutes per week—equivalent to just 3 minutes per day!” (pp. 17-18).   These data about the limited access to and use of technology in the schooling endeavor potentially render our public schools irrelevant to the digitally-inclined youth they serve, and imperil our position in a “flat” world.  They also stand in stark contrast to the possibilities for ubiquitous learning afforded by ubiquitous computing.

Remedying this problem is very much a leadership challenge.  That is, decades of research point to the centrality of leadership to school change/reform/improvement.  Yet, increasing empirical evidence suggests that leadership in and for technology in education is diffuse and ill-defined.  This webinar is designed as an opportunity to explore how school leaders can position themselves to lead the change towards 21st Century learning. 

Monday, February 1, 2010 from 4:30-5:30 pm

To join this free webinar go to: http://tinyurl.com/vascd21lead

Connecting 20th Century Teachers with 21st Century Learners
an all day workshop with
Paula White (@paulawhite) and Becky Fisher (@beckyfisher73)

February 17, 2010
Location: Blue Ridge Community College, Plecker Center
 

Technology and the students who are "growing up digital" are changing at the speed of light.  What about our teachers, curriculum, and school structures, though?  Take this quiz - http://pewinternet.org/Participate/What-Kind-of-Tech-User-Are-You.aspx - if you are anything other than a Digital Collaborator, this workshop is for you!  Participants in this workshop will learn enough about blogs, wikis, GoogleApps, Skype, iPods, cell phones, and other technologies to be a little bit dangerous and ask better questions of their teachers, administrators, and students!  We will also discuss issues of classroom management, parent involvement, and policies and procedures.

DESIGNING AND USING HIGH-QUALITY RUBRICS FOR 21ST CENTURY SKILLS-
A practical interactive workshop with ideas you can immediately use
with Dr. Deborah Wahlstrom

February 9, 2010
Location: The Place - Richmond, VA

This engaging session will provide you with high-impact tools and ideas for creating really good rubrics – high-quality rubrics. If you run to Rubistar to get the rubrics you need, then we need to talk. If you download rubrics from the Internet and use them, then we need to talk. If you’re using rubrics that come with your textbook series, then we need to talk. Come for an enjoyable day of learning and working – with your curriculum and 21st Century skills.

• Bring a rubric or two that you’d like to work on during the training program.
• Bring a laptop if you’d like. This is certainly not required, but many people enjoy developing rubrics on a laptop.

Practical Strategies Maximizing Student Achievement in Math
with Dan Mulligan

March 24, 2010

Location:
Murphy Hall at Westmoreland State Park Conference Center
Montross, VA
 

This hand-on workshop will provide participants with a new toolkit of research-based structures designed to be used during the important lead-up to the Math SOL assessments. Participants will leave empowered with strategies ready for immediate implementation.

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