The Yavapai County Educational Technology Consortium (YCETC) invites you to attend the 1^st Annual Digital Learning Showcase on July 24-25, 2012. This event, hosted by the YCETC, will be held at Yavapai College, in beautiful Prescott, Arizona.

 

Our goal is to provide the opportunity for you to learn strategies and methods that are being successfully implemented in blended learning models and virtual education programs today. Our Keynote Speaker will be Senator Rich Crandall, Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and an advocate for online learning in Arizona.

 

The two-day Showcase will also include:

·         Presentations by teachers in “bricks & mortar” public school settings, as well as online

        teachers;

·         Attend Breakout sessions in your choice of: IT, Administration, and Instructional areas;

        Breakouts include:  The “Flipped Classroom”, BYOD, Tech Tools in the Classroom to

        support STEM and Common Core, The National Lambda Rail, Project RED, Online

        Assessment, Online Collaboration, Intel Elements Course Overview, and many more;

 

·         Hands-on breakout sessions, discussions, and technology vendor demonstrations

 

As reported by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), supplemental or full-time online learning opportunities are now available, statewide, to at least some students in 48 of the 50 states, plus Washington DC. Also reported, over 4 million K-12 students participated in a formal online learning program in 2010. This includes 217,000 students in cyber charter schools. Online learning enrollments are growing by 46% a year and the growth rate is accelerating!

 

Great things are happening in Distance Learning in Arizona and we hope you will become a part of this growing educational opportunity for our kids! If you have any questions, contact Neil Manzenberger, 928-300-0916 or azneil1@gmail.com

 

Escape the heat! Join us for the 2012 Distance Learning Showcase in Cool Prescott on July 24^th and 25^th.

 

Your registration fee includes a Continental Breakfast and lunch each day of the two-day event, and you will receive fourteen (14) re-certification hours.    

 

            Early Bird Registration (through July 10, 2012)                $100.00

            Registration (after July 10, 2012)                                      $125.00

 

To register for the Showcase and secure your hotel room click here

Reduced hotel rates are available at the following locations:

 

            Springhill Suites, Prescott                      928-776-0998

            Residence Inn, Prescott                         928-775-2232

            Hampton Inn, Prescott Valley                 928-772-1800

 

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations; reduced rates are good through June 22, 2012.

 

Have you completed your survey?

 

If so, your name will be entered to win one of the following:

·         One year membership to the following:

o  NO LONGER AVAILALBE   Learning Forward is an international membership association of learning educators focused on increasing student achievement through more effective professional learning. Learning Forward's purpose is ensuring that every educator engages in effective professional learning every day so every student achieves or;

o NO LONGER AVAILALBE   ASSET  the educational outreach unit of Channel Eight, Arizona PBS, within Arizona State University.  As the educational arm of Channel Eight Public Television, ASSET (Arizona School Services through Educational Technology) is a trusted PreK-16 resource that uses the most innovative educational technologies to enrich the lives of students, educators, and parents through quality outreach programs and services that educate, inform, and inspire or;

o NO LONGER AVAILALBE   AzTEA is a professional nonprofit organization devoted to increasing student achievement through technology in teaching and learning.  AzTEA is the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) affiliate for Arizona or;

·         One year subscription to the following:

o    Peach Tree prize is provided by PhotoPeach. Features include the ability to easily create and manage student accounts, quickly organize projects with tags, and unlimited photo storage or;

o     Simple K12 - Teacher Learning Community  blends webinars with Education leaders, a shared resource center, online learning programs, and social networking to create a unique, global community dedicated to helping educators succeed in the 21st century.  The Community recognizes the importance of building a personal learning network, and encourages members to search for new connections and start collaborating with educators from around the world.  This is the ONE place teachers can go to get everything they need… resources from other teachers, new tools to engage their students, support from peers, ideas for lesson plans, training tutorials, encouragement, coaching or just a friend! or;

o   NO LONGER AVAILALBE Glogster EDU is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom or;

o NO LONGER AVAILALBE   Sumdog is free to use, both at school and home, with no time limit.  However, this subscription will give teacher access to progress reports on students and analyse their strong and weak skills or;

o    Recipies4Success are tutorials that help you learn a new application. All of the Recipes for Tech4Learning products are free. This subscription to the Recipes4Success will allow you to access to Recipes for all the other software programs listed or;

o    VoiceThread collects a group of conversation from anywhere in the world and shares them in one place. All with no software to install.  A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).  VoiceThreads can be shared with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

 

The SIT Project has generously received donations from many education providers to offer its participants a small token of appreciation for completing surveys. The surveys should take no more than 5 minutes of your time, but your responses are crucial for sustaining this program and/or a similar one in the future.  

 

The surveys are necessary for Technology Integration Specialists to make any necessary changes to the content, and any other recommendations you may have for improving the effectiveness of the courses they offer. Your feedback will be reviewed by the External Evaluator to show the effectiveness of the Statewide Instructional Technology Project and support the need for continued funding. 

 

Your name will be entered for every survey you complete during the month.  The more you participate in professional development offered by the team and complete the surveys, the better chance you have to win.