NEFEC (North East Florida Educational Consortium) recently purchased Discovery Education Streaming Plus and Discovery Media Share for all 15 member districts in North East Florida. The Discovery team held train the trainer sessions in Lake City for NEFEC members responsible for training in their home counties on July 20 & 21, 2009. Welcome to teachers/staff in the following counties: Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, Suwannee, Union. PK Yonge DRS, Florida School for Deaf & Blind.
On June 24th and 25th, representatives from all fifteen of NEFEC’s member districts participated in the Summer Drive-In Conference entitled, “The Power of Less: Making the Most of Your Return on Investment”. This one-day, technology-centered event was held at Columbia High School in Columbia County on the 24th and replicated at Matanzas High in Flagler County on the 25th.
The conference consisted of two speakers that are on the cutting edge of integrating technology into best teaching practices, Hall Davidson from Discovery Education, and John Kuglin from the Eagle County School District in Colorado. Both speakers discussed the implications of technology on today’s learners, and the presentations touched on everything from professional networking sites to Twitter and cloud computing.
The day also included several districts showcasing their use of technology in planning and teaching to the individual learning needs of all students. Some of these presentations included:
As you begin thinking about the upcoming school year and your professional development, check out the DEN Webinar Series running August 3 - August 27. The sessions will include topics such as Digital Storytelling, School Leadership, Science and Web 2.0. All of the DEN Summer School Webinars will begin at 11 AM ET. You can register for any of the webinars by visiting The Nutshell and clicking on the registration link on Justin’s page. The following is the link for the DEN Webinar descriptions: http://tinyurl.com/mfz3fx
DEN pre-conference was an awesome day of learning. We held school at DEN Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. DEN head quarters is a beautiful place, if you are ever invited GO!!! Even though, we were treated as students on this day (being required to have Hall passes) we were definitely given a fantastic day of EDUCATION. Two classes I attended and recommend:
Learning Through the Funnies with Brad Fountain
Learning Through the Funnies presentation
Top Ten FREE Web 2.0 Sites with Steve Dembo
View his presentation here
For those of you unable to attend, DEN has linked some of the presentations: Discovery School at NECC 09 Remember you can use these presentations as events with your faculty & staff .
Now is the time for change and the National Educational Technology Plan is the place to start. At NECC 2009, a collaboration event was created to gather “high impact, researched-based recommendations” from teachers and education professionals that would help drive the future of education and technology. Today’s students need a plan to bring their education up to speed. Your opinions are requested by July 12, so let your voices be heard. Click on the link to join this web-based outreach event. https://edtechfuture.org/?page_id=316.
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