If you've read some of my other posts (
Blog Series about 1:1 with Chromebooks at Leyden,
1:1 with Chromebooks Becomes a Reality at Leyden,
Teacher Dashboard - Another piece to our 1:1 puzzle, or any others) you have already read about how incredible and historic this school year has been for us in Leyden Community High School District 212 with all 3,500 students getting issued Chromebooks. What I have yet to post is how happy we have been to share what we're doing with other educators. We greatly appreciated all the help, advice, and guidance we received while we were researching and planning out our digital evolution into a 1:1 teaching and learning environment and have been more than willing to pay it forward. By the end of the year, we will have hosted four
official site visit days for 226 educators from 46 different schools/districts in 5 different states. In addition, we have participated in dozens (could be pushing close to a hundred by now) of phone conversations, email exchanges, Google hangouts, webinars, face-to-face Q&A sessions, and other forms of communication. We are now happy to announce that we have added yet another opportunity to share what we are doing with others in the form of a
3-day summer symposium from July 31 - August 2, 2013. Some of the highlights include the following:
- An agenda divided into four tracks for different types of school/district stakeholders: Leading Track, Instruction Track, Technology Track, and Teacher Demonstrations.
- A special keynote address each day of the symposium.
- July 31 - Jaime Casap
- August 1 - Chris Lehmann
- August 2 - George Couros
- An opportunity to hear directly from Leyden teachers, students, and parents.
- A real bargain at only $200 per person.
- Social/networking events are currently being organized.
- Lots more!
Registration for those that pre-registered is currently taking place and will open up to the public on Monday, March 25. If you're interested, please check out the
Leyden 2013 1:1 Summer Symposium website to learn more and get registered.
