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February Dinner Meeting 2008
Featured speaker Steve Klein sparked lively discussion of the "New Landscape of Learning"
at the Chico Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa meeting, 28 February 2008.
PDK members, student teachers and guests attended the February meeting of PDK, Chico, held at the Market Cafe. The keynote speaker was Steve Klein, the Professional Development Coordinator from Butte County Office of Education, Center for Distributed Learning. His presentation, "Digital Students and Analog Teachers: Supporting Students In A New Landscape of Learning," included a wealth of examples and links to school districts and programs that successfully integrate technology to the learning experience. His interactive presentation included lively discussion about a variety of issues involved in teaching in a digital world.
How can teachers make technology work to improve learning? The first part is recognizing students as "natives" in a digital world and the possibilities available to support their learning. The second part is seeing how technology fits into the current framework of the instructional process and your school's improvement plan. Steve, shown at right with PDK, Chico Co-President Liz Capen, shared findings from current research, discuss how school activities can be supported with the technology currently in students' lives. Educators attending the meeting shared their perspectives on how technology can move education forward.
PDK Board Meeting planned for April, 2008
The next Board Meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa, Chico chapter will be on Monday April 14. Time and location will be announced.
PDK Members, we have a lot of planning and evaluation to discuss, and you are encouraged to attend this Board Meeting. Please contact one of the Co-Presidents to let them know whether to expect you for the start of the meeting. More new Board Members are also being sought - please consider becoming active on your PDK, Chico Board!
National Conference on Student Teaching and Supervision
The Second Annual National Conference on Student Teaching and Supervision will be hosted by Slippery Rock University (Pennsylvania - north of Pittsburgh) and sponsored by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Field Directors. The dates are May 29 (5:00-7:00 PM), May 30 (7:30 AM-4:00 PM), May 31 (8:00-11:00 AM). This year's conference will feature keynote speaker Zacharie Clements and special legal presenter --- Bernie Hoffman.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together all the participants in the capstone event of teacher preparation.
The conference committee is encouraging nominations for the outstanding cooperating teacher, outstanding university supervisor and outstanding student teacher. Presentation proposals are also being accepted from all three groups. The conference committee is also sponsoring a poster presentation for teacher candidates. A booklet will be published with the candidates name, topic abstract certification area, and contact information. School district administrators will be in attendance to view these presentations. This is an opportunity for teacher candidates to showcase their skills which will hopefully lead to a job interview.
Registration for educators is only $95.00 and for teacher candidates only $85.00.
A link to the website with all of the information is given below. There are also flyers on this site that can be printed for publicity purposes.
http://academics.sru.edu/Student_Teacher_Supervision_Conference/index.htm
Additional information can be obtained by contacting:
Herbert W. Hunt, Ed.D., Assistant to the Dean,
College of Education, Slippery Rock University,
at herbert.hunt@sru.edu or 724-738-2283.
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