BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:649749:Event:377606 DTSTAMP:20260412T023545Z SUMMARY:Creative Pursuits: Integrating Technology into 21st Century Cl assrooms DESCRIPTION:An interactive technology conference for preschool through secondary school educators\n\nJoin The Langley School for a two-day s eries of inspiring presentations, mini-workshops, classroom observatio ns, and Q&A with Langley teachers, students, and administrators on how to best use 21st-century digital tools.\n\nSpend two days participati ng in hands-on, classroom-tested, technology-rich learning environment s that will engage students and improve learning. Langley teachers con stantly engage in professional growth and remain at the forefront of e ducational innovation, developing cutting-edge curriculum in all subje ct areas and providing positive models for students, colleagues, and t he community at large.\n\nClick here to register online now! Early Bir d Special: Register by September 10, 2009, and receive 10% off the two -day workshop fee.\n\nYou may also register using our PDF registration form which allows you to type directly into the form. Once you have e lectronically entered your information, simply print, add your signatu re, and mail to The Langley School, 1411 Balls Hill Road, McLean, VA 2 2101 or fax to (703) 790-9712.\n\nConference highlights include:\nKeyn ote Speakers\nThe conference kicks off each day with a keynote address from a leading technology expert. October 8 features Dr. Kathleen Kin g – award-winning author, digital media/instructional technology exp ert, and co-host of the 5 million listener podcast, “The Teachers’ Podcast” – who will discuss how to prepare teachers to function i nside a brave new world filled with technological possibilities. On Oc tober 9, Don McNamee from Kristin School in Auckland, New Zealand, wil l share his expertise via live videoconference, discussing how new tel evision tools such as Slingbox and Livestation can be put to good educ ational use.\n\nInteractive Workshops\nAttendees may select up to seve n of the nearly 30 interactive workshops to attend during the two-day conference. Topics range from videoconferencing and podcasting to robo tics and green-screen technology. All workshops are led by experienced Langley faculty or outside experts and are held in 50-minute blocks.\ n\nTech Playground\nAt the end of each day, you will have the opportun ity to browse our tech playground which features numerous 5- to 10-min ute mini-sessions. As you rotate through the stations, you will discov er how teachers found a single tech integration item useful in the cla ssroom.\n\nQ&A/Panel Discussion\nJoin us for an interactive session at the end of the conference on Friday, October 9 when we will use perso nal response systems to learn from you and with you. A panel of teache rs will be available to field answers to your burning questions and of fer their hands-on, classroom-tested words of wisdom.\n\nFor more info rmation about the Creative Pursuits conference, including how to regis ter online, click here.\n\nFor more information visit https://www.clas sroom20.com/events/creative-pursuits-integrating DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20091008T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20091009T235900 CATEGORIES:professional, development, conference LOCATION:The Langley School WEBSITE:http://www.langleyschool.org/creativepursuits/ URL:http://www.langleyschool.org/creativepursuits/ CONTACT:(703) 356-1920 x731 ORGANIZER;CN="Lee Nelms, Ed.D.":https://www.classroom20.com/profile/Le eNelmsEdD ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/1984529350?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lee Nelm s, Ed.D.":https://www.classroom20.com/profile/LeeNelmsEdD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR