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Tech Academy 2006
DESCRIPTION: This year the Tech Academy has been organized into four strands: Multimedia, Microsoft applications, Classroom Integration and New Technologies for HS/MS Social Studies. Each will give you an opportunity to work toward a comprehensive project. Participants may remain within one strand, or choose topics from multiple strands. Tech. Academy is open to all school district employees!
Keynote - John Kuglin, Director of Technology
Navigating a Flat World, Technologies for Gen D
Gen D - The generation that has grown up with and is completely at home with digital devices and digital culture. They are the generation born after 1997, the first generation not to have any memories of a pre-9/11 world. And yet, it is a generation destined to compete in a global work environment. How do we provide them with the knowledge, tools and skills to compete in a world where virtual technologies eliminate boundaries – a flattened world? John Kuglin will use his 30+ years of diverse experience in K-12 classrooms, higher education, and corporate America to create a new understanding for emerging technologies. He will combine these technologies in such a way as to create a new learning environment without the historical boundaries of time, distance, and resources! Participants will learn how new learning tools are formed, and as a result be able to form greater insights toward finding technological solutions for education. The range of presentation technologies include the latest developments from Google and high resolution satellite imagery, unique web-based subscription services, iPod resources, and even Hollywood which is currently directing the DVD phenomenon sweeping the country! Participants will be motivated, inspired, and energized to reach and teach their Gen D students in this new digital environment.
COURSE : Tech Academy 2006 (K-12)
WHEN : Wed., May 31, 2006 – Fri., June 2, 2006, 8:00 – 4:00 p.m.
WHERE Eagle Campus (DO Board room, EVMS)
Maximum 75 participants
Minimum 25 participants--pre-registration required by Wed. May 17, 2006
Please register online by Wed. May 17, Tech. Academy will be cancelled if we do not have a minimum of 25 participants signed up by this date.
COST: No cost to Eagle County School District staff, or guests from surrounding school districts.
CREDIT: 1 Adams State College Semester hour. $45, minimum 15 contact hours. In-district credit for CDE certificate renewal is also availableTECH. ACADEMY FAQ’s
Here are the most frequently asked questions and answers:
1. Do you have to attend all three days? No, you can just attend part of Tech. Academy, although we love to have teachers all 3 days!
2. Do you follow one track all day long or all academy long? You can switch tracks (strands) and take courses which meet your individual needs.
3. Can you pick and choose among the offerings each day? Each day you can select different classes in different strands.
4. How do I register?
5. I know we can get credit thru Adams State for tech academy but do we get in district hours for the time spent at tech academy? Yes, you may get contact hours good for renewal credit, or pay the fee to Adams State for college credit. 1 Adams State College Semester hour is $45, minimum 15 contact hours.
6. Who can attend? Tech. Academy is open to all school district employees!
