Reminder: K-12 Online Learning And The AP Annual Conference

A reminder that the 2012 Advanced Placement annual conference begins tomorrow and I looked through the schedule and found the following K-12 online learning session.

Friday, 20 July 2012

10:45am to 12:00pm

Creating a Hybrid Course
Session Subject: English Language and Composition
The presenter demonstrates the use of an online course system including options such as threaded discussion, posting of documents, submission of assignments, and online assessments. In this session, the presenter also accesses other technology (websites and podcasts) through the online system to enhance course concepts. Participants create an outline of possible documents and assignments that can be used through the online system to enhance student learning.
Presenter(s) Melissa Sweeney, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL

3:30pm to 4:45pm

Calculus, Computers, and Collaboration
Session Subject: Calculus
In this session, participants learn how to deepen their students’ understanding of calculus concepts using several highly interactive activities that are as appropriate for face-to-face instruction as they are for online teaching. Participants learn how collaborative strategies can be used to demonstrate motion and the average value of a function. Participants also learn how to use a graphing calculator to illustrate local linearity and differentiability and make and play a slope-field matching game.
Presenter(s) Lisa Ullmann, Florida Virtual School, Indialantic, FL

Saturday, 21 July 2012

10:45am to 12:00pm

Experiential Blended Learning: Local History and Online Collaboration
Session Subject: U.S. History
Participants learn how to build an AP U.S. History curriculum around student engagement with local history using online collaboration and publishing tools. In the model developed by School for Independent Learners (SIL), students connect with history as a living discipline, as they research and write in response to community-based lectures, exhibitions, and fieldwork. After reviewing the model put forth by SIL, participants learn how to guide students toward the exploration of local history as a means of understanding wider themes in AP U.S. History.
Presenter(s) Ashley Sarver, School for Independent Learners, Los Altos, CA & Richard Gowers, School for Independent Learners, Los Altos, CA

Instructional Strategies to Build Collaboration in Online Courses
Session Subject: , Government and Politics: U.S., Technology
This session focuses on the development of explicit learning activities that foster collaboration, communication, and creativity. The session takes research-based practices that are proven to be successful in face-to-face instruction and transforms these practices to utilize online technologies (wiki, blog, journals, and discussion boards) to extend learning beyond the traditional classroom. Attendees learn how to implement research-based strategies on productive work groups (as well as other effective learning strategies), to build authentic collaboration tasks. Attendees create groups that assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, value the individual contributions made by each team member, and utilize online technologies to extend learning.
Presenter(s) Deanna Mayers, blendedschools.net, East Stroudsburg, PA

If you know of ones that I have missed, please leave them below as a comment.

There’s Still Time To Register For The AP Annual Conference

From Thursday’s inbox…

	Join us at the AP® Annual Conference and learn more about upcoming and ongoing revisions to AP courses and exams. Review the entire conference program online.The Equity and Access Colloquium on Thursday, July 19, brings together educators and administrators from across the country to discuss challenges and solutions for expanding access to and increasing equity in the AP Program. Questions? Visit http://apac.collegeboard.org or contact apac@collegeboard.org.		Don’t miss award-winning broadcast journalist
			Elizabeth Vargas Saturday July 21, 12:15 p.m. Coanchor of ABC News’ 20/20 and international correspondent. Read more Join the conversation: tweet with the hashtag #AP_Conf
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Make Powerful Connections At The Largest AP Professional Development Gathering

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Join us in July to make powerful connections that will help you drive student success and expand your AP® program. Conference highlights include: The latest updates and information on course and exam redesigns, led by the AP Development Committees. Plenary speaker Tony Wagner, author and Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. A focus on increasing equity and access in schools. Review the entire conference program online. Learn new ways to increase student participation and achievement through more than 250 main breakout sessions and 90 full-day workshops. Connect Online Now Questions? Visit http://apac.collegeboard.org or contact apac@collegeboard.org. *Sample savings is based on per-person, nonmember registration for preconference, main conference and postconference.

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Program Agenda Now Available: K-12 Online Learning And The AP Annual Conference

This showed up in my inbox some time ago…

	Connect this summer at the AP Annual ConferenceThe AP® Annual Conference is the largest professional development gathering of the AP and Pre-AP® communities, AP Coordinators, school counselors and administrators from across the United States and throughout the world. Celebrating our 11th year, the AP Annual Conference is about empowering connections — developing relationships, building networks and sharing information that will enhance your classroom, school and district.
	Connect and collaborate with colleagues during the more than 250 main conference breakout sessions and 90 full-day workshops in AP and Pre-AP subject areas. Share the latest instructional strategies that lead to AP success. Learn the latest information about AP course and exam redesigns. Earn continuing education units (CEUs).		One inspiring highlight will be opening plenary speaker Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children.Read more about Craig Kielburger’s remarkable life and work.
Register by April 30 and save up to $130. Questions? Learn more at http://apac.collegeboard.org or contact apac@collegeboard.org.
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As usual, I looked through the schedule for the 2012 Advanced Placement annual conference and found the following K-12 online learning session.

Friday, 20 July 2012

10:45am to 12:00pm

Creating a Hybrid Course
Session Subject: English Language and Composition
The presenter demonstrates the use of an online course system including options such as threaded discussion, posting of documents, submission of assignments, and online assessments. In this session, the presenter also accesses other technology (websites and podcasts) through the online system to enhance course concepts. Participants create an outline of possible documents and assignments that can be used through the online system to enhance student learning.
Presenter(s) Melissa Sweeney, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL

3:30pm to 4:45pm

Calculus, Computers, and Collaboration
Session Subject: Calculus
In this session, participants learn how to deepen their students’ understanding of calculus concepts using several highly interactive activities that are as appropriate for face-to-face instruction as they are for online teaching. Participants learn how collaborative strategies can be used to demonstrate motion and the average value of a function. Participants also learn how to use a graphing calculator to illustrate local linearity and differentiability and make and play a slope-field matching game.
Presenter(s) Lisa Ullmann, Florida Virtual School, Indialantic, FL

Saturday, 21 July 2012

10:45am to 12:00pm

Experiential Blended Learning: Local History and Online Collaboration
Session Subject: U.S. History
Participants learn how to build an AP U.S. History curriculum around student engagement with local history using online collaboration and publishing tools. In the model developed by School for Independent Learners (SIL), students connect with history as a living discipline, as they research and write in response to community-based lectures, exhibitions, and fieldwork. After reviewing the model put forth by SIL, participants learn how to guide students toward the exploration of local history as a means of understanding wider themes in AP U.S. History.
Presenter(s) Ashley Sarver, School for Independent Learners, Los Altos, CA & Richard Gowers, School for Independent Learners, Los Altos, CA

Instructional Strategies to Build Collaboration in Online Courses
Session Subject: , Government and Politics: U.S., Technology
This session focuses on the development of explicit learning activities that foster collaboration, communication, and creativity. The session takes research-based practices that are proven to be successful in face-to-face instruction and transforms these practices to utilize online technologies (wiki, blog, journals, and discussion boards) to extend learning beyond the traditional classroom. Attendees learn how to implement research-based strategies on productive work groups (as well as other effective learning strategies), to build authentic collaboration tasks. Attendees create groups that assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, value the individual contributions made by each team member, and utilize online technologies to extend learning.
Presenter(s) Deanna Mayers, blendedschools.net, East Stroudsburg, PA

If you know of ones that I have missed, please leave them below as a comment. Also, I’ll try and re-post this immediately before the conference.

Register Now and Save

I haven’t scanned the program yet for K-12 sessions (will do that in the next couple of weeks), but since there are always one or more K-12 online learning sessions presented I did want to pass this on now.

	Register Now and Save $130 Register by April 30, 2012, to take advantage of early-bird savings. Dear Colleague, We hope to see you at this year’s AP® Annual Conference, the world’s largest gathering of AP and Pre-AP® teachers and educators. Join us at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin — register now for early-bird prices. Conference highlights include: Sharing the latest instructional strategies that lead to AP success Learning the latest information about AP course and exam redesigns Building and improving AP and Pre-AP programs in our schools Examining methods to help expand educational access and equity Networking with colleagues from across the United States and around the world Hearing about AP exam results and discussing student performance with AP Development Committees Earning continuing education units (CEUs) Questions? Learn more at http://apac.collegeboard.org/ or contact apac@collegeboard.org. Sincerely, The AP Program
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