Date: Monday-Tuesday, June 17-18, 2013
Time: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Where:  Prescott Resort & Conference Center, Prescott, AZ

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the 2nd Annual Digital Learning Showcase on June 17-18, 2013. The event is being hosted by the Yavapai County Educational Technology Consortium and the Arizona K-12 Center and will be held at the Prescott Resort & Conference Center in beautiful Prescott, Arizona, close to shopping and entertainment for the whole family. Please notice the change of location.  Everything is in one building and on one level. 

The goal of the showcase 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.  

The two-day Showcase will also include but not limited to:

• 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", iPads & tablets, PARCC, Common Core, Online Assessment-Moodle, Online Collaboration-Google, Skype & Google Hangouts plus other methods of visual collaboration          
• Hands-on breakout sessions, discussions, and technology vendor demonstrations

Great things are happening in digital 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 

Join us for the 2013 Digital Learning Showcase in Cool Prescott on June 17-18, 2013 at the Prescott Resort & Conference Center. 

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

 

Registration Per Person $100.00 

To register, go to http://www.azk12.org/event/27586/details.  If you do not have an account with the AZ K-12 Center you will need to create one.  It is free.  

Reduced hotel rates are available at the Prescott Resort & Conference Center.  To receive the reduced rate, reservations must be made by May 16, 2013 please call-in you reservation to 1-800-967-4637 and ask for group booking code #G6387.

 

Cancellation & Refund Policy 

Registration is transferable with written authorization. Cancellations must be in writing. There are cancellation penalties. Please review the cancellation deadlines below:

• If received by May 13, 2013 - 100% refund
• If received by June 3, 2013 - 50% refund 
• After June 3, 2013 - No refund 

Cancellation requests must be received in writing. Send your request via E-mail or mail to: 

Neil Manzenberger

PO Box 697 
Cornville, AZ 86325 
Email: azneil1@gmail.com

TWICE, Two-Way Interactive Connections in Education (Michigan’s distance learning organization)

    http://www.twice.cc

Field Trip Database

Read Around the Planet (RAP) teacher and coordinator packets

TWICE ASK schedule

CAPspace – Collaborations Around the Planet
    Create and advertise your own collaborative videoconference projects to     educators around the world. CAPspace also provides registration for     collaborative events and projects such as TWICE’s Read Around the Planet.

    (http://projects.twice.cc )
   
    Register for:

Read Around the Planet

Collaborations

Polycom Special Events

TWICE ASK Programs

TWICE Seasonal Collaborations (TWICE members only)

Polycom Special Events – schedule of events (registration in CAPspace)
   
        http://polycomspecialevents.pbworks.com/

Click here to download the handout for the PLC.  THe handout lists web sites she is going to be taking you to so you can explore on your own later.  This handout is also on Google docs and shared with COCSD.

Video Conference

READ AROUND THE PLANET:
Mark your calendars - RAP dates for 2013 are Feb. 25 – Mar. 8. Registration will open Dec. 3, 2012.

CAPspace

Another site for video media for teachers!

National Science Digital Library

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We are beginnning to realize on a wide scale that the responsibility for learning definitely belongs with the learner, with the modern educator playing the role of guide and nurturer. But we're also realizing at the same time that this can't be truly effective without the right balance of technology integrated into that learning. Click here to read on for more in this Journal article by Jennifer Demski.

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PBS Learning Media provides instant access to over 14,000 classroom-ready, digital resources including video, interactives, audio, images and detailed lesson plans. You can search, save and share easily. Begin using this free resource in your classroom today.

1. Create an account at http://az.pbslearningmedia.org

2. Click on Thank You Free Software Offer

Eight, Arizona PBS is partnering with Lakeshore Learning Materials to help provide teachers with the finest educational materials available! With over 55 years of experience providing top-quality products to the nation's schools, Lakeshore now offers educational software that aligns to Common Core State Standards. Featuring titles for math, language arts and science, you'll find their software successfully targets the needs of K–6 classrooms throughout Arizona.

For a limited time, Arizona Educators who create an az.pbslearningmedia account can download a FREE Lakeshore software title for your interactive whiteboard or classroom computer!. This offer is valid through December 31, 2011.

Already on your computer, and FREE educational audio and video uploads for classroom use.

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Fun stuff I find

All things mimio

Find help for FAQs in this folder

All things SchoolMaster..... Tutorials, files, helpful hints

Contained are items useful for Computer Lab Aides and for Classroom Teachers
Standards
Pacing Guide

Look in this folder for things that "teacher" need to know

Download for a list of 100+ digital tools for teachers.

PBS Learning Media
Creating a Class Page

Digital Citizenship

Digital Media for Teachers

Digital Storytelling

Feb 25th Training

How to incorporate Technology

How to.. sites

Interactive

iPad/iPod

Laptop

Math

Mimio

Online Books

Preventing Cyber Bullying

Reading

Resources

Science

Social Studies

Writing

Yavapai County Tech Academy