The New Tech Extreme School Makeover

Your Name and Title: Chris Walsh, Director of Innovation

School or Organization Name: New Tech Network

Co-Presenter Name(s): Paul Curtis

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: SF Bay Area, CA

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience(s): Middle and High School Educators

Short Session Description (one line):

Learn the specific strategies and tools used by New Tech Network to transform over 85 public high schools into tech-infused, student-centered models for 21^st century learning.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

Since 1996, New Tech Schools have been a leader in 21st century education. Through engaging project based learning, a strong culture of collaboration, and tech-infused instruction, New Tech students are empowered to take more control of their learning and learn the essential skills to succeed in college and careers. With an existing network of 86 schools in 16 states, New Tech is quickly learning learning how to successful implement it's successful school model in a wide variety of settings - including international schools.

This presentation helps educators learn the specific strategies and technologies we use to create a student-centered collaborative culture and how that leads to improved student engagement, academic success, and measurable 21st century skills. We are eager to share our lessons learned and explore ways to connect our students and teachers to the global community of learners.

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

http://www.newtechnetwork.org

http://www.slideshare.net/fitzwalsh/new-tech-extreme-school-makeover

Thank you so much for your session proposal for the 2011 Global Education Conference! We're please to let you know that your submission has been accepted! Your proposal is now in the "accepted proposals" list on the website. Here are some important tasks for you.

1. Because we have sessions being presented from all different time zones, as a speaker you actually schedule your own session time at http://globaledcon11.youcanbook.me. This allows you to see the available slots and to pick something that works within your time zone, work schedule, or other constraints. We're quite proud of how this works, as it is one of the benefits of a virtual conference, but if you should fun into any difficulties finding a time that works for you, email Steve directly (steve@hargadon.com).

We encourage you to do this quickly, as proposals are being reviewed in the order in which they were submitted, so your priority for selecting a session time depends on you scheduling right away. When you do select you time, be sure that the scheduling system has the correct time zone for you! To schedule your session, you should open http://www.globaleducationconference.com to your presentation proposal (you can do a search on your name to find it, or click on "My Page" in the top menu and then click on the "discussion" link on the left side to find it). Open the session booking link from above in another tab. You will find it easiest to copy the information from one to the other rather than re-type it. Once completed, you will receive an email confirmation of your booking.

2. As a speaker, you need to make sure you are a member of the conference "speakers group" on the network website. Most of our announcements to speakers will be sent to the members of this group, so as not to email all site members. Join the group (or check to make sure you're already a member) at http://globaleducation.ning.com/group/2011-global-education-confere....

3. Speakers are responsible for knowing how to use Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). We will have a cadre of volunteers on hand during the conference to help with any issues, but you need to go through the moderator training for Collaborate if you are not a seasoned user. There are a variety of training resources at the Collaborate website, and we are also holding six live one-hour training sessions (don't worry, attending any one will be be enough--we just wanted you to have several time choices for attending. All the relevant information is at http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/training. Please look at this page soon.

Again, we are so delighted to have you participating in the 2011 Global Education Conference. Thank you!

Best,

Gayle Berthiaume North America Co-Chair, The 2011 Global Education Conference

gayle@gayleberthiaume.com

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Gayle Berthiaume November 1, 2011 at 12:23am

Thank you so much for your session proposal for the 2011 Global Education Conference! We're please to let you know that your submission has been accepted! Your proposal is now in the "accepted proposals" list on the website. Here are some important tasks for you.

1. Because we have sessions being presented from all different time zones, as a speaker you actually schedule your own session time at http://globaledcon11.youcanbook.me. This allows you to see the available slots and to pick something that works within your time zone, work schedule, or other constraints. We're quite proud of how this works, as it is one of the benefits of a virtual conference, but if you should fun into any difficulties finding a time that works for you, email Steve directly (steve@hargadon.com).

We encourage you to do this quickly, as proposals are being reviewed in the order in which they were submitted, so your priority for selecting a session time depends on you scheduling right away. When you do select you time, be sure that the scheduling system has the correct time zone for you! To schedule your session, you should open http://www.globaleducationconference.com to your presentation proposal (you can do a search on your name to find it, or click on "My Page" in the top menu and then click on the "discussion" link on the left side to find it). Open the session booking link from above in another tab. You will find it easiest to copy the information from one to the other rather than re-type it. Once completed, you will receive an email confirmation of your booking.

2. As a speaker, you need to make sure you are a member of the conference "speakers group" on the network website. Most of our announcements to speakers will be sent to the members of this group, so as not to email all site members. Join the group (or check to make sure you're already a member) at http://globaleducation.ning.com/group/2011-global-education-confere....

3. Speakers are responsible for knowing how to use Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). We will have a cadre of volunteers on hand during the conference to help with any issues, but you need to go through the moderator training for Collaborate if you are not a seasoned user. There are a variety of training resources at the Collaborate website, and we are also holding six live one-hour training sessions (don't worry, attending any one will be be enough--we just wanted you to have several time choices for attending. All the relevant information is at http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/training. Please look at this page soon.

Again, we are so delighted to have you participating in the 2011 Global Education Conference. Thank you!

Best,

Gayle Berthiaume North America Co-Chair, The 2011 Global Education Conference

gayle@gayleberthiaume.com

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