Upcoming Live Webinar:
Driving Achievement With Ed Tech
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time
Early bird registration $99
Hurry! Early-bird savings end Friday. Register now to save $30!Ed tech is only useful if it improves academic achievement. So what techniques can you use to ensure that technology is advancing achievement, not adding distraction?
Join us on Thursday, November 5, at 2p.m., for an in-depth Education Week Premium Webinar to discuss practical methods you can use to boost achievement, not confusion, with Ed. Tech.
- Learn how online courses can affordably help rescue students who are in danger of dropping out, giving them a second chance in real time that would otherwise not be available in their brick-and-mortar schools.
- Discover how districts can more effectively analyze data to help improve academic achievement, including specific advice on how teachers should be using data-based decisionmaking to guide instruction.
- Find out how one-to-one computing can give your students access to higher-quality curricula, topical experts, and multimedia tools.
During this webinar you’ll chat with confirmed guests Barbara Greenstone, Christopher Small, and Joe Kitchens, who have personally implemented these techniques. You’ll also view exclusive Education Week video interviews with national experts: Elliot Soloway, Sheryl Abshire, Cathleen Norris, and Robert J. Gravina. Don’t wait to register. The early-bird rate of $99 ends this Friday, October 23!
Why should you participate in this professional development?
- One low registration fee allows you and as many colleagues as you want to participate.
- You and any colleagues who attend will receive a Certificate of Completion from Education Week.
- A new 90-minute format allows for an extended Q & A period, so you can get your questions answered.
- Actionable and interactive content, without the need to travel. Professional development that fits your busy schedule!
Guests:
BARBARA GREENSTONE, statewide integration mentor, Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Since becoming in 2002 the first state to launch a statewide one-to-one laptop program for 7th and 8th graders, Maine has seen significant test-score improvements in both reading and math, among other accomplishments.
CHRISTOPHER SMALL, vice president of curriculum and instruction, R. Frank Nims Middle School, Tallahassee, Fla.
Faced with the often-impossible task of getting over-age students caught up to their peers, Mr. Small and colleagues this year started putting online education and existing computers to work on credit recovery over weekends and before and after school. Early results for the 8th graders in the program have shown great promise, and the high-poverty public school is moving quickly to expand the effort into other grades.
JOE KITCHENS, superintendent, Western Heights School District, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Superintendent Kitchens has been making the ideal of real-time, data-driven decisionmaking a reality in his 3,400-student district for more than a decade. Recognized by the Data Quality Campaign for his leadership, Mr. Kitchens has used technology to drive, among other achievements, a double-digit reduction in the dropout rate in his high-poverty, majority-minority district over two years.
This webinar will be moderated by Kevin Bushweller, executive editor, Education Week Digital Directions.
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