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Leading the Learning for the Net Generation
June 20, 2012 - Please plan to attend!
For more information, please email LLNG@iu13.org.
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Leading the Learning for the Net Generation 3.0
June 22, 2011
The Conference and Training Center at IU 13
1020 New Holland Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17601
The ever-accelerating pace of technological change is causing students to have increasingly unique expectations for their learning environments. Effective educational leadership is a combination of rigorous expectations for student engagement and relevant learning environments for all learners.
Participants in the 2011 conference will able to:
Internationally Acclaimed Keynote Speakers Featured:
Kevin Honeycutt
Kevin Honeycutt grew up in poverty, and his family moved a lot, always staying a step ahead of the ramifications of his father's behavior. As he witnessed education around the country, he collected powerful experiences that still influence his conversations and his work with educators. He spent 13 years teaching art K-12 in public school and spent summers leading creative adventure camps for kids for 17 years. For the past three years he has hosted a creative learning site called ArtSnacks (http://artsnacks.org) where he shares 150+ ten-minute drawing videos that support standards curriculum. This social “learning” network is his Petri-dish for learning to mentor teachers and students in virtual environments.
Kevin is currently serving his eighth year as a Technology Integration Specialist at ESSDACK, an educational service center based in Hutchinson, Kansas. At ESSDACK he researches and develops programs with a strong passion for making teachers and learners comfortable with technology. He is a school board member in the town of Inman, Kansas, and is currently serving in his second term. Kevin feels that one of his most important roles is to help vision what the future holds for learners and to help move his district in right, new directions. During his classroom tenure, he developed project-based approaches to learning that infused technology and problem-solving skills. He created a film program for kids and developed it into a fully functioning curriculum at the high school level.
Kevin has developed an online safety, anti-bullying, and cyber-bullying curriculum which he shares with parents, teachers, and students around the country, and he certifies instructors in his curriculum. He continues to work with schools to develop innovative, engaging curriculum to better prepare learners for the world they will face when they graduate. He is passionate about meeting the needs of at-risk learners and works with kids in juvenile detention, developing approaches to re-engage the "lost" learner. Kevin travels the country speaking at conferences and working with educators at the grassroots level, and likes to promote a "tradigital" approach to education.
Kevin proudly serves as a community leader in the Powerful Learning Practice (PLP) Program.
Matthew Wicks
Matthew Wicks serves as the Vice President for Strategy and Organizational Development for the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). iNACOL is a nonprofit organization that facilitates collaboration, advocacy, and research to enhance quality K-12 online teaching and learning. iNACOL strives to ensure all students have access to a world-class education and quality online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success.
What iNACOL does:
1. Facilitate the sharing, collection, evaluation, and/or dissemination of information resources and materials.
2. Facilitate and disseminate research, and identify research needs.
3. Advocacy and public policy that supports activities and legislation that removes barriers and supports effective online teaching and learning without respect to space and time.
4. Develop and facilitate national K-12 online learning standards.
5. Create the voice of K-12 within the larger education community with effective marketing, communications, and public relations activities.
6. Assist and facilitate funding efforts for online K-12 learning.
7. Facilitate professional development for teachers and administrators.
8. Identify and drive future directions in K-12 online education.
9. Network and identify collaborative opportunities with other professional K-12 organizations.
10. Drive educational initiatives that incorporate online learning in ways that transform positive learning outcomes for students.
Online learning is a powerful innovation that expands education opportunities. iNACOL supports access to high-quality online learning for all students.
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning believes:
- Online learning is a viable option that allows every learner to achieve a quality education.
- Models of reform in public and private education should incorporate online learning as a viable tool for change.
- Online learning is a viable path for educating children throughout their primary and secondary education years.
- Quality online learning opportunities are led by outstanding course content delivered by highly qualified educators.
- Federal, state, and local education entities must evaluate and refine existing education public policy in order to promote online teaching and learning options.
- Professional development, whether delivered in an online or face-to-face environment, is the basis for ensuring that students and teachers have productive online learning experiences.
- Online teachers and students match or surpass all accountability standards.
- Federal, state, local, and corporate entities must support research and development to provide insight into and promote best practices in the areas of online learning.
For more information, please email
LLNG@iu13.org.