program - Graded

PROGRAM
January 19~21, 2013
São Paulo, Brazil
Thank you to the following sponsors who have
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n behalf of the entire Graded School community, welcome to
Innovate 2013: Re-Imagining School! We have purposefully framed
this conference as the beginning of an important conversation in
this region, one aimed at empowering educators to embrace a new
type of learning paradigm that will better serve today’s students for tomorrow.
Graded School is honored and thrilled to serve as the host of this dialogue in
South America.
In “My Pedagogic Creed” (1897), John Dewey suggested that much of education
fails because “it conceives the school as a place where certain information is
to be given, where certain lessons are to be learned, or where certain habits
are to be formed.” The concept of schooling, disappointedly, has not really
changed that much from this relatively stagnant view of education from more
than a century ago. Fortunately, there are bold, innovative pioneers who are
paving the way with a new paradigm for this social institution called school, one in which learning
experiences are dynamically and authentically interwoven into the educative process called life itself.
You are a part of this wave of courageous educators just by being present at this conference. All of us
at Graded applaud your commitment to this new and exciting dialogue.
Once again, welcome to Innovate 2013! I look forward to our collective conversation at the conference
and beyond.
Lee Fertig
Superintendent
Graded School
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TABLE OF CONTENT
SPONSORS & PARTNERSHIP .....................................................................................
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Welcome to the INNOVATE 2013 ...................................................................................
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Conference Schedule .....................................................................................................
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School Map ..................................................................................................................... 10
Presenter Biographies ....................................................................................................
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Pre-Conference Day - Saturday, January 19 ................................................................. 23
Day 1 - Sunday, January 20 ...........................................................................................
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Day 2 - Monday, January 21 ........................................................................................... 36
INNOVATE 2013 Participant List ....................................................................................
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INNOVATE Planning Committee & Support Team .......................................................... 48
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Cohorts/Theme Alignment
Leadership
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Differentiation
D
Instructional Technology Facilitators
IT
Assessment
A
People Behind the Scenes
BS
Specials (The Arts/PHE)
S
Digital Citizenship
DC
Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
NCTE 21st Century Literacies
21st
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Pre-Conference - Saturday, Jan 19th, 2013
Time
8:00 - 09:00
Event
Registration
Pre-Conference Options
9:00 - 16:00
* Bold Schools (Will Richardson) - Room: AC Choir Room
* Building A Culture of Innovation (American School of Bombay) - Room:AC Black Box
* Possibilidades dos videogames na sala de aula (Prof.Roger Tavares) Room: Collaboratory
16:00 - 17:00 Registration
Opening Session - Room: Auditorium
17:00 - 18:30
* Welcoming Remarks
* Panel: Scott Klososky, Mick Ebeling, Alex Abizaid, Fabio Gandour, Fabio
Coelho
* Moderator: Mark Hillary
18:30
Reception at the Student Center
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Sunday, Jan 20th, 2013
TIME
08:00 - 10:00
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 - 16:15
(3h session
with break)
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EVENT
Registration
Cohort Time
Coffee Break
* Session 1: The IB Biological Clock is Ticking: Getting Dirty with a Flipped
Model (Amaral Cunha, Rory Newcomb) A, D - Room: A8
* Session 2: Animate Yourself! The Power of Pixilation
(Karin Gunn) S, 21st - Room: B23
* Session 3: Student Digital Portfolios: From Process to Product
(Jennifer and Geoff Carpenter) A, IT - Room: A24
* Session 4: Immersive Landscapes 2.0: Designing the Learning Revolution
Environment
(Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson) L, D, IT - Room: B21
* Session 5: Windows 8: Am Essential Introduction (Francisco Emidio) IT, BS
Room: A21
* Session 6: Criar, Compartilhar e Promover Livros Impressos e Eletrônicos na
Sala de Aula (em Português)
(Milly Pannunzio) IT, 21st - Room: D22
* Session 7: Open Space Technology- Up to 75 participants
(Will Richardson, Colleen Broderick) - Room: AC Blax Box Theater
* Session 8: Living a New Education Experience Inside and Outside the
Classroom
(Alan Markham - Intel) l, IT, BS, Co - Room: D8
* Session 9: The Keys to Successful Data Management
(Jeremy Anderson - Veracross) L, IT, BS, Co - Room: D7
Lunch
* Session 1: Connective Writing
(Will Richardson) - Room: AC Band Room
* Session 2: Global Project - Based Learning in the Web 2.0 Classroom
(Jennifer Klein) - Room: AC Choir Room
* Session 3: Google apps em ação nas aulas de português
(Vanessa Monte, Laureana Piragine, Sandra Lima ) - Room: D28
* Session 4: Creating and Managing Your Google Site
(Silvana Meneghini) - Room: AC Ceramics Studio
* Session 5: Immigration Innovation
(Kelly Douglas, Erica McBride) - Room: AC Media Center
* Session 6: Modern Leadership: How to Stay Relevant as a Leader in the
Education World
(Scott Klososky, Shabbi Luthra, Blair Peterson) - AC Black Box Theater
13:00 - 14:30
(90 minutes)
17:00 - 18:00
* Session 1: How Open Source is Changing the World
(Mick Ebeling) DC, S, Co - Room: A8
* Session 2: Digital Learning for Middle School Math
(Julie Cooper) A, Co - Room: A24
* Session 3: The Promise of Blended Learning
(Joel Cohen, Antoine Delaitre, Seth Hubbert) D, 21st, Co - Room: A21
* Session 4: Digital Pathways: Enhance Language Acquisition and Motivate
Digital Citizens - (Maxine Baines, Sherina Isolica) DC, 21st, D - Room: D5
* Session 5: Gamify Your Classroom
(Audrey Forgeron) 21st - Room: D6
* Session 6: Graded’s IT - Innovation from the past, in the present and for the
future - (Luiz Augusto Zicarelli de Oliveira) BS, IT - Room: D7
* Session 7: From Distraction to Engagement: How to effectively leverage a 1:1
environment in your classroom - (Jeff Lippman) L, IT, A - Room: D22
* Session 8: “It’s The 21st Century: Do You Know Where Your Students Are?”
(Lynn Notarainni - Simply Teach Tech) D, IT, A, Co - Room: B21
* Session 9: 1:1 Planning and Instruction Dual Session (Session Via Skype):
Part I: Choosing Standardized 1:1 vs BYOD
Part II: Content and Student Feedback in BYOD
(Michael Vasey - DyKnow), IT, 21st - Room: A23
Coffee Break
* Session 1: How Open Source is Changing the World
(Mike Ebeling) DC, S, Co - Room: A8
* Session 2: 1:1 By Design
(Mike Dunlop, Lee Fertig) L, IT - Room: A21
* Session 3: Gamefication 101
(Rory Newcomb) A, 21st - Room: A24
* Session 4: Does the IB Diploma Program Kill Creativity and Innovation?
Strategies To Foster 21st Skills within the Diploma Program
(Corey Topf) A, 2st, Co - Room: B23
* Session 5: A Data Explosion: Building Data Literacy with Students
(Kelly Schuster-Paredes) IT, D, 21st - Room: D5
* Session 6: But What Changes, Really? The Before and After of Moving into a
1:1 Environment - (Toby Aickin) D, 21st, Co - Room: B21
* Session 7: Using Google Forms for Assessment: Models from the Science
Classroom - (Amy Flindt) A, D - Room: D22
* Session 8: Abordagem prática utilizando STEM Brasil para ensinar
matemática e ciências - (Marcos Paim - STEM Brasil) D, A, Co - Room: D7
* Session 9: Managing Student Access Involving BYOD (em Português)
(Marcelo Barros - Enterasys/TDec) L, IT, BS - Room: A23
Cohort
19:00
Network Dinner: Mercatto Pizzaria
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:30
(90 minutes)
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Monday, Jan 21st, 2013
TIME
09:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:30
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EVENT
* Session 1: LARK as Digital Citizenship Framework: Voices from the 4th and
5th grade classroom
(Maureen Kintzer, Natalia Forattini) DC, 21st - Room: A8
* Session 2: Dropping the F Bomb in Class: Leveraging Facebook and Other
Social Media to Connect with Kids
(Toby Aikins and Rory Newcomb) D, 21st - Room: B21
* Session 3: Strategic Planning for your 1:1 Program
(Stewart Crais) L - Room: A24
* Session 4: Design and Assessment of Global Learning Experiences
(Jennifer Klein) A, Co, 21st - Room: D28
* Session 5: The Evolution of a Needs Based Technology Professional
Development Program - Cancelled
(Aland Russell) IT, L, D
* Session 6: Student-Centered, Student-Run: Effective Technology Support in
the 21st Century
(John Richardson) 21st, L, Co - Room: A21
* Session 7: Math with Meaning: Learning Math From the World Around Us
(Shannon Gallagher) D, A - Room: B23
* Session 8: Using Social Media to Promote Learning in Your School
Community - (Blair Peterson) L, 21st - Room: D5
* Session 9: Viver nova experiência educacional dentro e fora da sala de aula
(em Português) - (Alan Marksham - Intel) L, IT, BS, Co - Room: D7
Coffee Break
* Session 1: Screen Literacy: How to Prepare Students for an Accelerating
World - (Michell Zappa) L, 21st - Room: A8
* Session 2: Creativity and Conflict: Humanizing the World through Art and
Technology - (Jennifer Klein) S, 21st, D - Room: D28
* Session 3: Digital Natives in an Accelerated Culture
(Greg Graber) Co, 21st - Room: B21
* Session 4: Creating a Culture of Thinking with Staff and Parents
(Anne Baldisseri) L - Room: A24
* Session 5: Mapping the Possibilities of IT Integration
(Marta Voelcker, Rafael Nogueira) IT, L - Room: A21
* Session 6: Digital Inclusion: Increasing Accessibility Through Digital
Storytelling - (Keren Soriano, Jody Ubert, Jennifer Peterson) D,21s- Room:D7
* Session 7: Imigrantes digitais e geração Z: como envolver o aluno utilizando
TIC (Technologias da Informação e Comunicação)? - em Português
(Pedro Reinato - Editora Saraiva) L, IT, BS, Co, 21st - Room: B23
* Session 8: Directions for Fostering School-Home Communications Online
(Vincent Jansen - Finalsite) L, IT, BS, Co - D5
09:00 - 12:15
(3h session
with break)
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:00
* Session 1: Building Your Professional Learning Network
(Will Richardson) - Room: AC Band Room
* Session 2: Anima Escola Workshop - em Português
(Marcos Magalhaes & Joana Milliet) L,21st,Co- Room: AC Black Box Theater
* Session 3: From Chalk to Screen: New Tools in World Languages
(Adriana Monti, Ana Paula Cortez, Deborah Rebello, Laureana Piragine,
Silvana Meneghini) - Room: AC Choir Room
* Session 4: R U Ready 4 Twitter?
(Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano) - Room: AC Media Center
* Session 5: Social Technologies and the Renaissance in Learning
(Scott Klososky) - Room: AC Ceramics Studio
* Session 6: How Open Source is Changing the World
(Mick Ebeling) DC, S, Co - Room: B24
Closing / Lunch
Cohort
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Will Richardson
Mick Ebeling
Jennifer Klein
Scott Klososky
Roger Tavares
Will Richardson - Lead Learner
A former public school educator who is an outspoken advocate for change in schools and classrooms in the
context of the diverse new learning opportunities that the Web and other technologies now offer. His recent work
on characteristics of BOLD Schools is provoking serious conversation around real change. Will is a co-founder
of Powerful Learning Practice (plpnetwork.com), a unique professional development program that has mentored
over 5,000 teachers worldwide in the last five years.
Mick Ebeling - Lead Learner & Panelist
Mick is the Founder and CEO of The Ebeling Group, an award-winning design and animation production company,
and the nonprofit The Not Impossible Foundation. In 2009, Mick flew a group of programmers and hackers from
around the world to Los Angeles and in the living room of his home the EyeWriter was born. Honored by Time
Magazine as one of The 50 Best Inventions of 2010.
Jennifer Klein - Lead Learner
Jennifer D. Klein taught high school and college English (and occasionally Spanish) for 19 years, including five
years in Central America and 11 years in all-girls education. With both a BA and an MA in Literature and Creative
Writing, she has published a wide array of creative and educational writing. Jennifer is currently working on a
variety of writing and research projects focused on Cuban education, Poetry of Witness strategies for teaching
conflict, and the development of purposeful pedagogies which encourage social change.
Scott Klososky - Lead Learner & Panelist
Scott Klososky, a former CEO of three successful startup companies, specializes in looking over the horizon with
how technology is changing the world. Scott’s vision and ability to see trends in emerging technologies allow him
to be a thought leader who applies his skills to help organizations thrive, leaders prosper, and entire industries
move forward. His love of being a technology entrepreneur assures that he continually works in the trenches of
building his own companies.
Roger Tavares - Lead Learner
Roger Tavares is a reference in the field of video games education in Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication
and Semiotics from the Catholic University of São Paulo, and a Master´s Degree in Arts, Education and Cultural
History from Mackenzie University.
Presently, he is a Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, advisor for IGDA (International
Game Developers Association), and Chapter, corporate member at ABRAGAMES (Brazilian Association for
game developers),
Michell Zappa - Lead Learner
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Michell Zappa is a global technology futurist who has spent his life between São Paulo, Stockholm, Amsterdam
& London. His work, called Envisioning Technology, focuses on explaining where society is heading in the near
future by extrapolating on current technological developments. His research develops plausible scenarios by
drawing on current trends, technological imperatives and a degree of Sci-Fi inspiration.
SPONSOR PRESENTERS BIOGRAPHIES
Michell Zappa
Mark Hillary
Alexandre Abizaid
Fabio Coelho
Fabio Gandour
Mark Hillary - Moderator
Mark Hillary is a journalist, author, and the CEO of IT Decisions, a company focused on innovative content
creation. Mark is a São Paulo resident, but he works globally, with interests in the UK, India and beyond. He
writes for both Reuters and the Huffington Post, and was recently an official blogger at the London Olympics.
Mark has extensive experience with panel events, and we are pleased to welcome him as the facilitator for our
Saturday evening Panel Discussion.
Alexandre Abizaid - Panelist
Alexandre Abizaid, MD, PhD is the Director of Interventional Cardiology at Institute Dante Pazzanese de
Cardiologia in São Paulo, Brazil, and a Visiting Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in
New York City. He is also a key faculty member of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) who spends
part of his time in São Paulo leading an active research program, and in New York at CRF and Columbia, where
he plays an important role as a co-director of TCT (Transcatheter Therapeutics Congress)..
Dr. Abizaid’s areas of interest are drug-eluting stents and intravascular ultrasound. He has conducted several
first-in-man studies testing multiple drug-eluting stents systems and participated very actively in numerous
randomized trials and post-marketing registries. Dr. Abizaid completed medical school at the Federal University
of Juiz de Fora in Brazil, and his fellowship at Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC.
Fabio Coelho
Fábio Coelho is the President of Google Brazil. He holds a degree in civil engineering and an MBA from the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and a CSS (Certificate of Special Studies) in Business Administration
from Harvard University. With over 20 years of experience of leadership in sales, marketing and business
management, Fabio’s previous executive positions include VP of Marketing for Citibank Brazil, VP of Marketing
for BellSouth International (in Atlanta, Ga) and President of IG (Internet Group do Brasil).
Fabio worked for over 10 years in the US and returned to Brazil in 2009. He also serves as the Chairman of
Board of IAB Brazil (Interactive Advertising Bureau), after serving for 2 years as President of IAB. He was
recently elected CEO of the Year by Exame Info Magazine.
Fabio Gandour - Panelist
Fabio Gandour, graduated in Medicine in 1975 and post-graduated in Computer Sciences in 1989. Prior to his
admission in IBM, he has been dedicated to research in the field of Congenital Malformations in a partnership
agreement with IBM Brasil Scientific Center. In 1996 he became the Health Industry Executive Manager in
IBM Latin America and has been accepted as member of the IBM Academy of Technology and the New York
City Academy of Sciences. In 2001 he has been asked to set up a new department focused on Emerging/
New Technologies in IBM Brazil. In this position, he had the mission of promoting the use of new technologies
to create value for IBM customers, working in association with the IBM Research Division. At that time, the
Brazilian InfoExame magazine considered Fabio Gandour one of the Top 10 Influencers in the field of Information
Technology.
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SPONSOR PRESENTERS BIOGRAPHIES
Intel: At Intel Alan Markham is currently responsible for the technology and ecosystem for the Intel Education
Solutions in Brazil. He leads the deployment of innovative solutions, business development with local players
and institutions related to technology applied to education. He pioneered in the design of purpose build education
platforms in Brazil by designing the Intel convertible classmate PC. As a designer he brings a human and holistic
approach and passion to understand what people really need. In the past 5 years has been deeply involved in
the 1:1 projects in Brazil.
Responsável pelo desenvolvimento das plataformas educacionais Intel® no Brasil. Lidera a aplicação de
soluções inovadoras, desenvolvendo negócios com empresas e instituições que atuam com tecnologia aplicada
a educação. Pioneiro no Brasil quanto ao design de plataformas Intel orientada para educação ao projetar o
Intel classmate PC conversível. Alan traz uma abordagem holística e humana, tendo como paixão o exercício
de “descobrir” o que as pessoas realmente necessitam. Nos últimos cinco anos está envolvido em projetos de
educação e tecnologia um a um no Brasil.
Enterasys/TDec: Marcelo Barros
Experiência profissional desenvolvida em empresas voltadas para tecnologia empresarial e pessoal. Tem
preocupação em defender de modo imparcial a adoção das novas tecnologias, visando o melhor aproveitamento
das mesmas no ambiente corporativo. Defensor da ideia do consumo tecnológico moderado, mantendo assim o
consumo consciente e alinhado as tendências ecológicas. Acredita na adoção dos dispositivos próprios no uso
diário do trabalho, sempre focado na premissa de segurança e produtividade individual ou coletiva.
Finalsite: Vincent Jansen has been in Education for 30 years as teacher, administrator and consultant, with
ten years of overseas experience. Prior to joining finalsite Mr. Jansen was Director of Information Services at an
independent school in Montreal, Canada overseeing all aspects of technology and the digital online environment.
With his curricular background he was a member of the Academic Leadership Team and coordinated many PD
opportunities. Mr Jansen has worked with many schools to help define a vision, and subsequently a plan, that
leverages the use of technology teaching and learning, in both real and virtual environments.
Veracross: Jeremy Anderson began his career in education as a Middle School Teacher of Math and
History. Beginning in 2004, Jeremy continued his passion for education through a career with Veracross. While
at Veracross, he has helped countless Administrators and Technology Directors implement effective solutions
to their database needs amidst an ever-changing technological landscape. Additionally, Jeremy has played a
significant role in helping Veracross to become one of the leading School Information Management Systems
available today, and Veracross is used by Independent Schools around the world.
Editora Saraiva: Pedro Reinato é consultor pedagógico em tecnologia da Editora Saraiva. Mestre em
Literatura Brasileira pela USP, onde faz doutoramento na mesma área. Atua sobre os temas: Literatura e
Educação e Educação e Tecnologia.
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DyKnow: Michael Vasey has spent his career working with educators and technology. He is currently a
director at DyKnow, LLC in the US. Previously, Michael worked with the management team at National Heritage
Academies and then followed classroom technology he used at university to the company DyKnow. Michael
helped launch DyKnow’s first software product in 2003. Since those early days, he has personally worked with
130 schools implementing 1:1 programs, including many attending Laptop Institute events worldwide. Michael
has a music degree from DePauw University and can be found playing jazz saxophone gigs in Indianapolis, IN.
Simply Teach Tech: Lynn Notarainni enjoys a diverse background in the world of international schools. As
a child, she studied for 3 years at Priory School in Kingston, Jamaica, 6 years at the American School in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil and has travelled extensively around the world. In her career as a representative and Manager
of 2 of the largest American educational publishers, Lynn served schools throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean; she speaks Brazilian Portuguese fluently. She continued to represent this part of the world when
she joined Mimio Interactive Teaching Technologies eight years ago; additional responsibilities as the Regional
Manager of the Southeast U.S. kept her up to date on technology trends in the classroom. This year, Lynn started
her own company, Simply Teach Tech, which primarily focuses on Professional Development for teachers and
administrators. Simply Teach Tech also sells some educational technology products such as hardware and
software. The aim is to keep it simple! She and her business partner, Lois Page, strive to expand educational
technology in schools through the international organizations worldwide.
World Fund: Marcos Paim, diretor do STEM Brasil, um programa Worldfund, trabalhou no Laboratório
de Estudos Cognitivos da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (LEC/UFRGS), atuando na formação
de professores e gerenciando projetos educacionais para a Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA) e
Ministério da Educação (MEC). Ele também implementou projetos educacionais para o Grupo Positivo, Instituto
de Tecnologia do Paraná (TECPAR) e na Cidade de Curitiba.
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PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES
Maxine Baines graduated in Psychology and English from Exeter University and worked in English immersion
environments for eight years at an elementary level. Currently she is an elementary teacher (5th grade).
Colleen Broderick has served education for almost 20 years as a teacher, an instructional coach, and a staff
developer, splitting her career between public school reform and international education. She has served on
teams to open four different schools, two internationally with International School Services and two in Denver,
Colorado through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. She is presently the Director of Teaching
and Learning for the American School of Sao Paulo, a PK- 12 learning community that serves over 35 different
nationalities. Previously she served as a regional director and school designer with Expeditionary Learning,
facilitating professional learning and leadership support.
Anne Taffin d’Heursel Baldisseri is head of Pre-Preparatory at St. Paul’s School and online coach in the WIDE
World (Wide-scale Interactive Development for Educators) Teaching for Understanding course. She completed
an initial Critical Friends Group (CFG) coach training by School Reform Initiative and has experience teaching in
infant, primary and high school including supervision of I.B. extended essays. She has a BS in Biology from the
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), MS and PhD in Zoology from UNESP, Education Management from
Universidade São Marcos and Diploma in Early Childhood Development from The College of Teachers, UK.
Geoff Carpenter and Jen Gadsden Carpenter have been teaching internationally since 1997: Geoff in the
field of English and Jennifer in Visual Arts. Geoff and Jen are invested in using portfolios in the classroom and
have made digital portfolios an integral part of their professional learning objectives. Having taught in Rio de
Janeiro, Taipei, and São Paulo at various grade levels from first to twelfth grade--including the IB, both bring
a broad perspective to the classroom. Geoff completed graduate degrees at Boston College and University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, and Jennifer earned a Masters from Lesley University.
Joel Cohen has taught High School Physics and Chemistry for both the French National program and the IB
diploma program for more than 20 years in Europe and in the US. For the past four years, he has been the High
School Vice-Principal at the French American International School in San Francisco where he has been leading
a “Flipped Classroom” pilot project for the past two years. Joel Cohen just completed a Masters in Education and
wrote his thesis on “Differentiation and the Flipped Classroom Model”.
Julie Cooper is in her 4th year as a 6th grade Math Teacher at Lausanne Collegiate School. She has a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Business-Marketing from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Arts degree from the
University of Memphis.
Ana Paula Cortez is in her 4th year as a Middle and High School PFL (Portuguese as a Foreign Language)
Teacher at Graded School. She has a degree in foreign language teaching by the Catholic University of São
Paulo, Brazil, and a Master Degree in Applied Linguistics and the Studies of Languages from the same university.
She’s also part of LACE (Linguagem em Atividades no Contexto Escolar - Language in Activities at Educational
Contexts - PUC/SP), a research group whose work focuses on the study of language in educational contexts, in
which she develops studies on bilingual/multicultural education, teacher education and TASCH (Social-HistoricalCultural Activity Theory, mainly develop by Vygotsky, 1933, and Leontiev, 1977). In addition to a variety of print
and online publications, Ana Paula is a coauthor of a range of foreign language teaching-learning materials
and textbooks. She also holds a degree on language interpretation and psychological education, with a solid
background on language learning disabilities/difficulties.
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In his nineteenth year at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, Stewart Crais serves as the
school’s director of operations, overseeing all aspects of the physical campus including technology infrastructure
and planning, construction projects, buildings and grounds, summer and afterschool programs, dining services,
conference and facility rentals, long range planning, and renewal / replacement budgeting. A graduate of Rhodes
College, Crais also is director of the Lausanne Summer Institute, an international conference for K-12 schools
studying ways to further engage students and learning using digital devices and non-traditional best practices,
and past President of the Memphis Area Independent School – Technology Education Consortium. In addition
to online publication contributions and articles in print media, Crais is the coauthor of “Technology Usage and
Administration at the Independent School: Balancing Control and Autonomy” in Looking Ahead: Independent
School Issues and Answers published by the National Association of Independent Schools.
Antonio Amaral Cunha Junior is a former MD in medicine and presently a science teacher for over 20 years.
He has experience with human anatomy, regular biology, and zoology. He has taught AP and IB SL and HL for
over 10 years and has served as the head of science department at Graded School for 6 years. Finally, he is a
TOK teacher and Graded’s new CAS director.
Antoine Delaitre has taught History and Geography for both the French National program and the IB diploma
program for more than 20 years in Europe and in the US. He is currently the IB coordinator, Director of the
Exchange program and teacher of IB Geography. He is a pioneer at his school, proficient in a number of online
tools for the classroom and a master pedagogue.
Kelly Douglas is a 4th grade teacher at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee. She has 20 years
of teaching experience in elementary, middle school and special education. She’s earned her bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the University of Memphis and been trained at Columbia University Teacher’s College in
The Reading Workshop.
Mike Dunlop is the Director of Technology at Graded School in São Paulo, Brazil. He is responsible for both
the technical aspects of 1:1 implementation and the way that this technology is integrated into school-wide
curriculum. Mike has held technology leadership positions in international schools in Tanzania, Bahrain, and
Brazil, and has also taught in schools in the USA and New Zealand.
Mick Ebeling is the Founder and CEO of The Ebeling Group, an award-winning design and animation production
company, and the nonprofit The Not Impossible Foundation. In 2009, Mick flew a group of programmers and
hackers from around the world to Los Angeles and in the living room of his home the EyeWriter was born. Honored
by Time Magazine as one of The 50 Best Inventions of 2010, The EyeWriter is a collaborative, open source,
DIY device that enables individuals with paralysis to communicate and create art using only the movement of
their eyes. With no technical background in ocular recognition technology, Mick asks the question: “If not now,
then when? If not me, then who?” In Mick’s 2011 TED talk , “The invention that unlocked the locked-in artist” he
discusses the creation of The EyeWriter and his mission to raise public awareness and inspire change though
global collaboration. Currently Mick is working on a global pediatric cancer initiative in partnership with Lance
Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation.
Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson is the director of design for the Charlotte Community Practice Area at Little, an
industry leading architecture and design firm with more than 325 professionals in seven locations across the
country. He leads a team of architects and designers dedicated to educational, cultural and civic projects including
museums, libraries and academic institutions. Tomas is a member of the AIA, NCARB, CEFPI, and is a LEED
accredited professional. Originally from Spain, Tomas understands both European and American cultures and
injects both experiences into his designs. His emphasis is on urban design, building design, building technology,
and the design process from concept to construction administration. His style and expertise come together to
provide clients with collaborative solutions that acknowledge social responsibility, build community connections
and enhance business performance. Tomas is currently focused on projects that fuse typological redefinitions,
environmentally conscious design with leading-edge technology and innovation.
Francisco Emidio has been the IT Manager at Graded School for the last 21 years. He is a Microsoft specialist
in several areas of computing, a computer programmer, a system administrator and a DBA administrator.
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Lee Fertig is the Superintendent of Graded School. Lee has 25 years of administrative and teaching experience
in a wide variety of educational settings including four international schools (in Ethiopia, Brazil, and Spain), a
private school in New York City, and a voluntary integration public magnet school in Minneapolis. He is a trainer
for the Principals’ Training Center (PTC), has taught in the College of Education at the University of Minnesota,
and has been a guest speaker on contemporary educational issues at a wide variety of community events.
Amy Flindt is a science teacher at Graded School in Sao Paulo. She has worked in science education for 15
years and holds a master’s degree in science education. Amy has worked at a variety of international schools,
as a public school teacher in California, and as a Peace Corps teacher in East Africa. Prior to joining Graded’s
science department, Amy worked as a curriculum and training developer for PASCO scientific. In this position
she wrote science curriculum and trained science teachers on how to use data-logging systems to effectively
teach science concepts.
Natália Forattini holds a degree in Psychology and has been a foreign Language Teacher at Associação Alumni
in São Paulo and Casa Thomas Jefferson in Brasília, among others, since 1990. She has been working with the
Communicative Approach to Learning Languages and has made use of digital tools in her classes. She is now
working as a fourth and fifth grades Portuguese as an additional language teacher at Graded School.
Audrey Forgeron has been teaching Health and PE for 20 years. For the past ten years, since earning her MEd
in Technology Integration, she has been experimenting with ways to integrate technology into her two disciplines.
As a recovering online gaming addict, she has long been interested in the idea of where the two worlds of
education and gaming will finally collide symbiotically.
Shannon Gallagher is a dedicated educator who is committed to live her school’s mission of “continuous inquiry”.
In the past, Shannon has worked as a teacher of grades 1 & 2. Currently Shannon is serving as an Instructional
Coach, with a focus in Mathematics, at the American School of Bombay. Some of her educational curiosities
include real-life approaches to learning, project based learning, enhancing learning through technology, and
sharing with and learning from colleagues. Outside of education, Shannon enjoys traveling, sports, reading &
photography.
Greg Graber is the Head of Middle School at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, TN, where his students
participate in one of the nation’s first one to one laptop program. Mr. Graber, also a freelance writer, has presented
on various topics. Most recently he presented “The Diversity of Curriculum in American K-12 Schools” at the
Confucius Institute and at the Lausanne Laptop Institute. He is slated to present “Unplugging The Digital Natives”
at the national NAIS conference in February of 2013. Mr. Graber is a doctoral student at Northeastern University.
Karin Gunn was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. She currently is the photography and yearbook teacher
at Graded. Before returning to Brazil, she worked for four years as the animation and photography teacher
at West Port High School in Ocala, Florida. She earned both a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Intermedia
and a Master of Arts in Art Education from the University of Florida. In addition to teaching, Karin works as a
professional photographer and animator. She has presented at numerous professional conferences. Much of her
work can be seen in the award winning website www.teachanimation.org, and her artist site www.karingunn.com.
Seth Hubbert is a former High School Physics and Chemistry teacher that has long had a deep interest in
how technology can support learning. In his current role as an Academic Technology Director, he supports
students and teachers in their 21st Century learning endeavors. Over the past several years, he has led French
American’s implementation of iPads in the classroom at all levels of the school.
Sherina Isolica is an ESL teacher and is completing her degree in pedagogy. She has worked in Bilingual
schools for eight years at the elementary level (currently 4th grade).
Vincent Jansen has been in education for 30 years as teacher, administrator and consultant, with ten years of
overseas experience. Prior to joining finalsite Mr. Jansen was Director of Information Services at an independent
school in Montreal, Canada overseeing all aspects of technology and the digital online environment. With
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his curricular background he was a member of the Academic Leadership Team and coordinated many PD
opportunities. Mr Jansen has worked with many schools to help define a vision, and subsequently a plan, that
leverages the use of technology teaching and learning, in both real and virtual environments.
Jeff Lippman is the Middle School Principal at Graded School in São Paulo. He has over 18 years of experience
as a history and Theory of Knowledge teacher and has a passion for working with students and teachers alike.
He has both an undergraduate degree in History and a Master’s of Art in Teaching from Duke University and
more recently completed a Master’s in Educational Leadership at Columbia University. He has been immersed
over the last two years in refining and reshaping the 1:1 program in the Graded Middle School.
Maureen Kintzer has worked in Aurora Public Schools (Denver, Colorado), The American School Foundation,
Mexico City, The International School of Florence, Italy, and is now working as a fifth grade Math and Science
teacher at Graded. She has 13 years teaching experience and enjoys working with young children.
Jennifer D. Klein holds a BA from Bard College and an MA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, both
in Literature and Creative Writing. A product of early experiential education herself, she taught college and
high school English for 19 years, including five years in Central America and 11 years in all-girls education.
In 2010, Jennifer left teaching to begin PRINCIPLED Learning Strategies, a global educational consulting
business dedicated to enriching global educational approaches through curriculum development, professional
development, and the use of e-technologies. Jennifer is the Professional Development and Outreach Coordinator
for TakingITGlobal, an international online learning community for educators and students interested in global
issues, where she designs and delivers accredited online e-courses for teachers across the world. She is also the
Director of Educational Development for the Research Journalism Initiative (RJI), an educational non-profit that
facilitates creative expression among Palestinian young people and the use of their media projects in American
classrooms, and Professional Development Director for World Leadership School, building online curriculum and
projects between American classrooms and schools outside the U.S.
Scott Klososky, a former CEO of three successful startup companies, specializes in looking over the horizon
with how technology is changing the world. Scott’s vision and ability to see trends in emerging technologies
allow him to be a thought leader who applies his skills to help organizations thrive, leaders prosper, and entire
industries move forward. His love of being a technology entrepreneur assures that he continually works in the
trenches of building his own companies. Scott’s website is www.klososky.com. He publishes a blog atwww.
technologystory.com, and can be found on Twitter at @sklososky.
Sandra Lima holds a degree in Portuguese and Pedagogy. Sandra has been a Portuguese Teacher at Graded
since 1997 and has been implementing the use of digital tools in her classes to assess student work as well as
to motivate students learning. She is now working as a fourth and fifth grades Portuguese Teacher.
Marcos Magalhães, born Rio de Janeiro, is an animation filmmaker, author of internationally awarded short
films such as “Meow!” (Special Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival 1982) and “Animando”, shot in the National
Film Board of Canada. He is one of the founders and directors of Anima Mundi, International Animation Festival
of Brazil, the biggest annual event on animation in Latin America since 1993. Magalhaes is a John Simon
Guggenheim Foundation Fellow with the project “Dar Alma”, that conceived animation workshops for nonprofessionals. He has a Master degree in the Design School of the Catholic University of Rio (PUC-Rio) and is
an Animation Professor in the Design graduation course since 2002, besides being coordinator of the Animation
post-graduation courses at PUC-Rio.
Erica McBride is a 4th grade teacher at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tn. She has 14 years of
teaching experience in elementary schools. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown College and has
been trained at Columbia University Teacher’s College in The Writing Workshop.
Silvana Meneghini has been an Academic Technology Coordinator at Graded for 12 years, working with students
K-12. Nowadays she focuses on High School to support the 1:1 laptop program which started this school year.
She also participated in the introduction of 1:1 at Graded School 4 years ago in 6th Grade. Silvana holds a PhD
in Educational Technology from King’s College London, University of London.
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Vanessa Monte has been working as a Portuguese teacher for 9 years. She has a Master’s Degree on Historical
Linguistics. It’s her fourth year at Graded, where she teaches Portuguese at 6th grade. She was involved with
the implementation of the 1:1 program at the school, in 2009-10.
Adriana Monti is a Brazilian Social Studies and Portuguese as a Foreign Language teacher. She is from São
Paulo and has been working as an educator for 25 years. She has worked at Graded School for 18 years (612), with 2 gap years that she spent in Spain, studying Spanish Language. She loves teaching international kids
and she integrates her rich understanding of language and culture into her classes. She is also an IB Assistant
Assessor and involved in the design of IB School Based Syllabus Exams in Brazil.
Rory Newcomb, originally from Texas, has been an international science educator for the past 13 years. She
is currently teaching IB Biology and Integrated Science at the American School of Bombay where she is also a
member of the Research and Development team. Ever passionate about slime and mutations, Rory has found
new ways to share her love of science with the digital natives in her classroom by communicating with them in
their language using tools such as gaming, mixed-media visualization, and social media. She is excited to share
her experiences with gamification, blended learning, and project based learning using technology integration
as a vehicle for differentiation in the classroom. You can learn more about her integration of technology in the
science classroom at: http://biororz.tumblr.com/.
Rafael Nogueira has been working at Pan American School of Porto Alegre (PAS) for 6 and a half years as
IT Coordinator. He has a Degree in Information Technology from Universidade Dom Bosco de Porto Alegre,
combined with several certifications in ITIL, COBIT, LINUX, Microsoft, Powerschool, Edmodo. He has worked in
different business areas such as Internet, Telecommunications and Government. He also leads the Technology
Committee at PAS to align technology with the academic, financial and administrative areas.
Luiz Zicarelli de Oliveira has been working at Graded for 12 years, holding the ICT Network and Infrastructure
Manager position for the last 4 years. He has worked with technology since his high-school years, working on
different business areas as Industry, Telecommunications, Internet. He has a Degree in Information Technology
from Univesidade Mackenzie, combined with several technical certifications on Cisco, Enterasys, Aruba, CWNA,
Microsoft, ITIL v.4, Cobit, PMI.
Milly Pannunzio is Brazilian and has been an educator for 25 years at various grade levels (PK-12 to Adults).
She holds a degree in Education/Pedagogy with specialization in Educational Technology and Distance Learning,
and a Master of Science in Information and Library Studies from The Robert Gordon University, UK. She is
currently working as an upper school teacher librarian and media specialist at Graded, the American School of
Sao Paulo.
Kelly Schuster-Paredes was a former Biology Teacher and is now a Technology Integrationist and Design
Technology teacher at The American School of Lima. She holds a Masters degree in Technology, Curriculum and
Instruction from NOVA Southeastern University. She has been teaching for 14 years.
Blair Peterson is currently the High School Principal at Graded where he enjoys working with colleagues,
students and parents to envision the future of education. He has served as a principal at Mont’Kiara International
School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Academia Cotopaxi in Quito, Ecuador. He occasionally shares his learning
at Creative Tension.
Jennifer Peterson is currently the Lower School Academic Technology Coordinator at Graded School. Her
interests include global projects, helping connect teachers and students with the right learning tools, digital
inclusion, and social business. Her background is in instructional design and technology in education. When
she’s not working with students and teachers you’ll find her on the road running or hanging out with her three
children.
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Laureana Piragine has been teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language at Graded both in Middle and High
School. She has a degree in Foreign Language teaching and a postgraduate degree in Philosophy of Education.
For over 16 years, she has taught both Portuguese and English as foreign languages for different levels and
ages. Apart from that, she has been involved in the design of EFL material and has also been a Cambridge ESOL
examiner.
Deborah Rebello holds a degree in Portuguese and English Language and Literature and has been a teacher
for 20 years. She is in her 10th year at Graded School of São Paulo as a teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign
Language, including IB Portuguese SL, HL I and HL II. At Graded School, she has worked with students from
grades 6 -12. She is currently studying psychotherapy at the Institute of Biodynamic Psychology in São Paulo.
John Richardson, St. Joseph’s Academy’s technology service coordinator and a member of the computer
science department, was named a finalist in the 2005 Leader of the Year program by Technology & Learning
magazine. He has presented at the Lausanne Laptop Institute; the Louisiana Association of Computer Using
Educators (LACUE) Conference; the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Convention & Expo;
ASB Unplugged in Mumbai, India; and ISTE 2012. St. Joseph’s Academy was named the winner of the 2007
Outstanding School Team Achievement Award by the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN). St. Joseph’s
Academy was named a runner-up in the Public Sector category of the Cisco Growing with Technology Awards
2005. St. Joseph’s Academy was selected as one of 12 recipients of the national 2005 Catholic Schools for
Tomorrow Award for Innovations in Education from Today’s Catholic Teacher. St. Joseph’s Academy was chosen
as one of three schools in the nation to receive the U.S. Department of Education’s Special Emphasis Award in
Technology.
Will Richardson is a former public school educator who is an outspoken advocate for change in schools and
classrooms in the context of the diverse new learning opportunities that the Web and other technologies now
offer. His recent work on characteristics of BOLD schools is provoking serious conversation around real change.
Will is a co-founder of Powerful Learning Practice (plpnetwork.com), a unique professional development program
that has mentored over 5,000 teachers worldwide in the last five years. He’s also the author of, Blogs, Wikis,
Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin Press, 3rd Edition 2010), Personal Learning
Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education, (Solution Tree) and Learning on the Blog.
Will can be found blogging at www.willrichardson.com, and on Twitter at @willrich45
Aland Russell has been an educator for 32 years. During his career he has taught a broad range of subjects
from grades K-12 in public and private schools in the USA and five international posts as well as being a primary
school principal. Aland has been involved in Educational Technology since 1995. For the past six years he has
been the Director of Technology at Escuela Campo Alegre, a position he has held in two previous international
schools.
Keren Soriano is a school psychologist and the director of the Optimal Learning Center at Graded School. In the
United States, she worked for Head Start as a Disabilities Coordinator and in Baltimore City Schools, as a school
psychologist. Her interests include assistive technology, emergent literacy, early intervention and prevention of
learning difficulties.
Cory Topf presently teaches at Colegio Roosevelt in Lima, Peru as a MYP and DP English and Economics
teacher. Previously he has been at English teacher at Colegio Americano de Guatemala and Jehue Middle
School in California.
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano was born in Germany, raised in Argentina and currently lives in the United States.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish with a Minor in International Studies and a Masters in Education with
an emphasis in Instructional Technology. She has worked as a World Language teacher, Technology Integration
Facilitator and 21st Century Learning Specialist. Her passions include globally connected learning, technology
integration, 21st Century skills and literacies, as well as digital storytelling. To learn about her work, subscribe
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to the Langwitches Blog and follow her on Twitter. She is a Curriculum21 faculty member. Silvia is the author of
the book “Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators” and founder of the Around the World with 80 Schools project.
Jody Ubert has been a special educator and classroom teacher for 15 years. She has a wide range of experience
having worked with children in prep-reception through grade eight in public and international private school
settings in the US, Dominican Republic, Malaysia and Brazil. Jody is currently completing her third year as a
first grade teacher at the Graded American School of Sao Paulo where she is participating in a pilot project to
introduce the use of ipads in the early grades.
Marta Voelcker has joined Pan American School of Porto Alegre in August 2012 as an IT integration facilitator.
She is a co-founder on Pensamento Digital Foundation, where she has developed projects and research on
ICT for development and ICT for education. Recent projects include studies for Brazilian Ministry of Education
and IADB ( pilot program on one laptop per child); the implementation of Global Impact Study in Brazil, a global
research coordinated by Univ. of Washington; and a study in progress for Brazilian Ministry of Culture and Gates
Foundation related to the use of ICT in public libraries. Born and based in Porto Alegre, she holds a PhD on ICT
for Education, a Master in Social Psychology both from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and a B.A.
on Administration emphasis on Systems Analysis from PUC RS. Moreover she is really motivated with the use
of reach media programmable environments on education, consequently, she has been a leader on starting the
use of Scratch and Squeak Etoys in Brazil. Additionally she is a board member at Squeakland Foundation.
Michell Zappa is a global technology futurist who has spent his life between São Paulo, Stockholm, Amsterdam
and London. His work, called Envisioning Technology, focuses on explaining where society is heading in the near
future by extrapolating on current technological developments. His research develops plausible scenarios by
drawing on current trends, technological imperatives and a degree of Sci-Fi inspiration. In this, he tries to guide
both corporations and public institutions in making better decisions about their (and society’s) future.
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Pre-Conference Day
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Option 1: Bold Schools
Will Richardson
Room: AC Choir Room
Description:
With the massive changes that the Web is bringing to the ways we can learn and become educated, our
students need us to be “bold” right now. Among other things, they need us to help them learn how to learn
effectively in a connected world where they have access to so much information and knowledge and teachers
from around the globe. They need us to help them create a unique, positive presence online and navigate
interactions with strangers that they will inevitably connect, create and learn with. And they need us to model
for them the many ways that we can now get answers to our questions, solve problems, and change the world
through our interactions on the Web.
“Bold schools” are doing that. They are moving away from traditional structures and pedagogy, reshaping
traditional expectations of school, and finding ways to begin the difficult yet important transition to a “new
culture of learning” in classrooms. They are places of inquiry, of transparency and connection and innovation.
And they are places where the line between school and real life are becoming less distinct every day. In short,
Bold Schools are navigating the transition between an old system that was built for a time long past and the
new one that we are beginning to create together.
Join author, educator and instigator Will Richardson for a day of deep discussion and thinking about moving from
old to bold, in our schools, in our classrooms, and in our own practice. Bring your technology, your questions
and your voice as you participate in a highly interactive day dedicated to understanding and embracing the
challenges and opportunities that this new, networked learning world is creating. You’ll walk away:
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with a clear sense of what the “new culture of learning” looks like and the five new realities for schools and
educators
knowing the nine characteristics of “bold schools” and how they differ from “old schools”
clear starting points for transitioning your practice, your classrooms, and your schools toward a more bold
approach
with a set of tools you can use to build your own learning networks and communities.
Join us as we begin the important journey from “old” to “bold” together!
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Option 2: Building A Culture of Innovation
American School of Bombay
Room: AC Black Box Theater
Description:
Innovation— any new idea—by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless
demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization.
This requires courageous patience.” — Warren Bennis
Many schools are moving to a 1-to-1 computing environment. This transition is appropriately accompanied
by much energy, planning and careful attention to detail. All too often however, there is an over-investment in
transition planning and underinvestment in long term cultural and structural shifts necessary to sustain largescale hardware deployment. During this full day institute, we will conduct exercises to help participants think
strategically and plan the long-term shifts necessary to sustain change. In addition, we will share templates
and planning tools that will help your school empower faculty and staff to innovate on a small scale every day.
There are three parts to the Institute.
Cultural Changes
“Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future.” — James Bertrand
Transition to, and the continuous improvement, of a successful 1-to-1 program begins with committed leadership
and a willingness to dream big. In the first part of our pre-conference session, you will be taken through several
exercises that check and help elevate the perspective of the different constituents leading your program. In
addition, we will address the actions and strategies that will provide direction for the acquisition, use, and
expansion of technology at the school. After the first part of our pre-conference, you will have activities and
tools that can help the leadership at your school discuss your 1-to-1 program at the appropriate strategic level.
Structural Changes
“It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will
soon be out of date.” — Roger von Oech
Effective implementation is the key to sustainable change and is, frustratingly, dependent on many things.
However, the human infrastructure that implements and supports your 1-to-1 program is the most critical
ingredient to success. Unfortunately, schools often attempt to embed new paradigms into systems that were
designed for a completely different purpose. In the second part of our pre-conference, we will share an alternate
teaming approach. In addition, we will explore questions about teaching and learning in a 1-to-1 environment,
resource deployment, and overall evaluation of your program.
Changes in Practice
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” — Theodore Levitt
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Ultimately, we want teachers to understand and be able articulate the shared vision you developed so that they
can breathe life into it everyday. You will not always be able to control the innovation that takes place in your
school, but you must ensure that the sum of all the actions taken help to move the school in the right direction.
In the third part of our pre-conference, we will speak to some of the challenges of “flying the plane as you build
it” and addresses actions and strategies that will provide direction for access to technology equipment and the
network, the processes employed to maintain hardware and software, and the support personnel.
The following ASB staff will act as facilitators for this pre-conference session:
Craig Johnson, Superintendent
Shannon Gallagher, ES Coordinator
Rory Newcomb, HS Science Teacher
Mario Fishery, Director of Tech Support
Savio D’Mello, Director of Tech Support
Tobias Aickin, HS Social Studies Teacher
Shabbi Luthra, Director of Research & Development, and Technology
Option 3: Possibilidades dos videogames na sala de aula
Prof. Dr. Roger Tavares
Room: LS Collaboratory
Description:
a) Despertando com Just Dance workout
b) Videogames na Educação Física
c) Reflexões: os videogames e as linguagens escrita, sonora e visual; Rocksmith Rock’n Roll High School;
Videogames, inteligência artificial e aprendizagem de música; O ensino de música em colaboração com outras
disciplinas; A função dos games para o desenvolvimento cognitivo do aluno; Como Napoleão venceu em
Waterloo: o ensino de História e o debate “conteúdo versus competências”; Avaliação: como valorizar os erros,
tentativas e improviso; Alguns mitos e verdades: violência, alienação e estresse devido aos videogames.
Observação: é recomendado que os participantes assistam previamente ao filme “Escola do Rock” (“The
School of Rock”, 2003, http://imdb.to/JwFGem- O FILME NÃO SERÁ EXIBIDO NO WORKSHOP)
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Day 1 - Sunday, January 20th, 2013
9:00 - 10:00
Cohort Strands
This is time carved out to meet with the cohort strand you identified in registration
Description:
Key goals for this session include getting to know your cohort, jumping on the online learning environment,
exploring/sharing resources that align with your cohort’s interests and identifying some questions you want to
pursue as you participate in the conference.
10:30 - 12:00
Session 1: The IB Biological Clock is Ticking: Getting Dirty with a Flipped Model
Antonio Amaral Cunha and Rory Newcomb
Room: A8
Diferentiation, Assessment, Instructional Technology Facilitators
Description:
The session aims at sharing ideas used in the IB class to free up time from teaching content to work more on
hands-on activity, class debates and discussions to maximise student/teacher contact in a blended learning
environment.Through investigating a series of digital tools, we will share ideas to promote student-led inquiry,
promote collaborative learning opportunities, introduce a variety of ideas for digital learning, and promote the
development of skills identified in the IB curriculum/learner profile.
Session 2: Animate Yourself! The Power of Pixilation
Karin Gunn
Room: B23
Specials, 21st Century Literacies, Digital Citizenship
Description:
In this hands-on workshop, teachers will experience the process of creating pixilation and learn how to engage
their students. This introductory workshop will provide participants with a better understanding of pixilation and
how it can be used in their classrooms through critical viewing and active production of stop-motion animation.
Participants will learn the history of this technique and learn how to use software to capture individual video
frames. By the end of the session, they will create their own stop-motion short to show and share
Session 3: Student Digital Portfolios: From Process to Product
Geoffrey Carpenter and Jennifer Gadsden-Carpenter
Room: A24
Assessment, Instructional Technology Facilitators
Description:
In this presentation, participants will learn about hybrid digital portfolios, an approach to online learning that
encourages students to create portfolios that include showcase items, evidence of assessment, and evidence
of learning. Participants will learn about how teachers have used portfolios to achieve a variety of educational
objectives, allowing them to tailor tools to meet their specific classroom needs. Sample rubrics, strategies
for organization and storage, as well as an exploration of digital tools to complement student learning and
documentation will be shared. Finally, this session will support educators in considerations before going public
with student portfolios.
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Session 4: Immersive Landscapes 2.0: Designing the Learning Revolution Environment
Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson
Room: B21
Little Diversified, Architectural Consulting, Instructional Technology, Facilitators, Differentiation, Leadership
Description:
In today’s hyper-connected, high-speed, customizable, and knowledge-driven society, what are the roles
of education and education spaces? Preparing students for the complex future world which we are yet to
comprehend will require solutions that intertwine a 21st century curriculum, state of the art technologies, and
immersive learning spaces. Given new knowledge on how the brain receives and retains information, this
presentation will focus on designing immersive learning environments that address a new paradigm of learning,
teaching, and working. Participants will be exposed to new technologies and methodologies for learning that are
being used throughout the world, and the impact of those changes on the design of future learning environments
by exploring case studies that address the implementation of these changes to existing and new facilities.
Session 5: Windows 8: An Essential Introduction
Francisco Emidio
Room: A21
People Behind the Scenes, Instructional Technology Facilitators, Leadership
Description:
The new and modern Microsoft operating system is available around the world. It is a real innovation from
Microsoft which reflects a radically redesigned system to fit the users’ demand. What’s in this new system?
What are the pros and cons? How this will affect users around the world? Does it pay off? This session will
allow participants to get familiar with the system that will populate several tablets and mobile phones around
the world. Come see Graded’s plans for implementing in July 2013 and share your perspective on how this can
serve your schools.
Session 6: Criar, Compartilhar e Promover Livros Impressos e Eletrônicos na Sala de Aula
Em Português
Milly Pannunzio
Room: D22
Instructional Technology Facilitators, 21st century literacies
Description:
Nesta sessão o participante aprenderá a utilizar algumas ferramentas digitais de uso fácil e gratuito, para criar
livros eletrônicos. Uma biblioteca virtual e particular, na qual livros eletrônicos criados pelos alunos poderão
ser compartilhados, também será criada pelos participantes. Outras ferramentas digitais, tais como Animoto
e Criadores de Códigos 2D (QR-codes) para incentivar e promover a leitura e a criatividade, também serão
praticadas, para a criação de trailers de livros, podendo inovar a forma de criar e promover revisões de livros.
Os participantes devem trazer seus laptops e se possível iPads, com algumas fotografias digitais de alguma
viagem e também fotografias da capa de algum livro lido e fotos que possam ilustrar este mesmo livro.
Session 7: Open Space Technology
Will Richardson and Colleen Broderick
Room: Black Box
All cohort strands welcome
Description:
Not finding a session that speaks to your immediate learning needs or interests? Open Space is a meeting
framework that allows an unlimited number of participants to form their own discussions around a central
theme. In this Open Space we will investigate the conference theme of “Re-imagining School.” Open Space
is an interactive process in which participants design their own agenda around topics they are passionate
about, meet in concurrent and overlapping mini-discussions, then walk away with new ideas. This is a unique
opportunity to not only explore a new professional learning structure for your school, but engage in dialogue
you’re interested in pursuing with a diverse group of colleagues. Participants of all levels are welcome.
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Session 8: Living a New Education Experience Inside and Outside the Classroom
Alan Markham
Room: D8
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, People Behind the Scenes, Collaboration in Local and Global
Communities
Description:
The Intel workshop led by Alan Markham will present purpose built education devices with integrated hardware
and software. The workshop theme is “Living a new education experience inside and outside the classroom”
Session 9: The Keys to Successful Data Management
Jeremy Anderson
Room: D7
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, People Behind the Scenes, Collaboration in Local and Global
Communities
Description:
In this session, Jeremy Anderson from Veracross will explore how integration, service, and customization
are the hallmarks of a successful data management system. First, we'll consider how an integrated solution
enables management of all school data in a single database. We'll discuss how personal service is essential to
ensuring a school's ongoing success. And finally, we'll look at why it's important for a data management system
to provide tailored solutions that adapt to a school's changing needs.
13:00 - 16:15
Session 1: Connective Writing
Will Richardson
Room: AC Band Room
21st century literacies, Collaboration in local and global communities, Leadership
Description:
The ability to easily publish to the Internet has opened up all sorts of new possibilities for teachers to help
students enhance their writing skills and become more effective communicators. In the age of the Read/Write
Web, every reader can truly be a writer as well. Weblogs, wikis, Twitter, and multimedia tools provide wide and
diverse audiences from around the world for feedback and response. But they also require a more “connective
writing” approach, one that can synthesize many disparate ideas from different sources, all connected together
through hypertext. This is a “think out of the box” workshop intended to help you start exploring new ways to
make your own writing and your classroom writing more meaningful and more effective.
Session 2: Global Project-Based learning in the Web 2.0 Classroom
Jennifer Klein
Room: AC Choir Room
Leadership, Digital Citizenship, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
In this workshop, participants will explore TIG and TIGed global educational tools through an authentic global
inquiry experience which allows teachers to explore and apply the tools and resources by developing a global
project for their classrooms. The workshop will recreate several elements of authentic project-based learning
for participants, putting teachers into a true PBL environment while offering them strategies, pedagogies,
tools and resources for their own global projects. Participants will participate in activities which allow them to
construct one project for their classrooms during the session and gain valuable professional feedback from
other educators.
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Session 3: Google apps em ação nas aulas de português - em português
Vanessa Monte, Laureana Piragine, Sandra Lima
Room: D28
Assessment, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
A sessão está dividida em quatro partes. Na primeira, apresentaremos uma contextualização sobre o uso de
computadores na escola e sobre os standards de tecnologia adotados. A seguir, as professoras mostrarão
o uso do Blogger associado a um projeto do 4o ano (Lower School), a utilização de GoogleDocs e Google
Spreadsheets para revisão de escritas em aulas de português para estrangeiros de Middle School, e, finalmente,
a aplicação de GoogleForms para avaliação de leitura em turmas do 6o ano. Partimos do pressuposto de que
a tecnologia deve ser vista como mais uma ferramenta, um novo meio pelo qual podemos ensinar, e não como
algo suplementar, acessório, desconectado da prática. Pretendemos mostrar, por exemplo, como um aluno
se reconhece como autor quando publica em ambientes digitais e vê seus textos lidos e comentados. Assim,
o uso de blogs e sites, ao propiciar o compartilhar das informações, ajuda a desenvolver a autoria dos alunos
nesses ambientes digitais. É fundamental que os participantes tragam seus computadores e tenham uma
conta configurada no Gmail.
Obter maior conhecimento sobre o uso de ferramentas digitais (GoogleApps) em sala de aula; Ser capaz de
tomar decisões a respeito das tecnologias mais adequadas para serem usadas em seus currículos de forma
a potencializar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem; Como elaborar projetos integrando tecnologia de uma
maneira coerente.
Session 4: Creating and Managing Your Google Site
Silvana S. R. Meneghini
21st Century Literacies, Instructional Technology Facilitators
Room: AC Ceramics Studio
Description:
Google Sites provides a flexible and easy to use platform for the creation of classroom learning environments.
Even if your institution does not have a Google Apps domain, it is possible to create a site under a personal
Gmail account. This session will show different ways to explore a Google Site for classroom work, including
organization of resources, homework announcement, online discussion, class project showcase, individual
student project pages, teacher/peer feedback, interaction with Google Docs and more. You will see examples
and work step by step to create your own classroom site.
Session 5: Immigration Innovation
Kelly Douglas and Erica McBride
Room: AC Media Center
Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
This session will explore a thematic unit on Immigration under the framework of Readers’ and Writers’
workshop. Technology is integrated as an essential tool used for research, creating multi-media presentations
and communication with student peers from another country. Participants in this session will walk away with:
New ways to integrate technology as tools for research, presentation and collaboration; ideas for meaningful
reading and writing practices; curricular framework for authentic reading and writing workshops; and a practical
scope and sequence of a rich, yet versatile thematic unit.
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Session 6: Modern Leadership: How to Stay Relevant as a Leader in the Education World
Scott Klososky, Shabbi Luthra, and Blair Peterson
Room: Black Box Theater
Leadership
Description:
The skill of leadership is changing. Many people argue that there is nothing new in leadership, and that what
worked 2000 years ago, still works. The reality is that technology and societal changes are creating a new
set of skills that leaders must employ if they want to be successful and help their organizations prosper. The
education field is especially impacted by the wrenching changes that technology and the pace of change are
bringing. Don’t miss this chance to see a picture of the world we will all be moving into, and the skills that
leaders will need to grow in order to assure they are leading their organizations, and not standing in the way
of progress.
13:00 - 14:30
Session 1: How Open Source is Changing the World
Mick Ebeling
Room: A8
Digital citizenship, Specials, Collaboration in global and local communities
Description:
In the pre-internet era, learning was largely predicated on, or a result of, geographical access to teachers
and institutions. Today, due to our near-immediate access to news and information, it is nearly impossible
to not be inspired and affected by what is happening in other cultures, time zones and schools of thought.
This access, and the natural human tendency to want to share information, is at the heart of the open source
movement. Traditionally, the term “open source” is connected to programming and more technical endeavors,
but open source at its very core is about sharing information for the betterment of a specific cause. In this /
these sessions, participants will be exposed to the history of open source and be exposed to case studies /
causes in which open source plays/played a role. The goal of this workshop is to inspire participants to create
change and solutions within their own classrooms and communities by learning how to be part of the open
source community. Through discussion and collective brainstorming, each participant will walk away with the
foundation for an open source project.
Session 2: Digital Learning for Middle School Math
Julie Cooper
Room: A24
Assessment, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
This presentation will focus on how to integrate a variety of technology resources into Middle School math
lessons. The lessons will include cross curricular math lessons with the use of programs installed on the laptop
as well as a variety of websites to create a digital learning centered environment for students.The lessons
explored in this presentation are taken from a year- long thematic project created by my teaching team called
Global Endeavors.
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Session 3: The Promise of Blended Learning
Joel Cohen, Antoine Delaitre and Seth Hubbert
Room: A21
Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
After a short introduction describing the evolution of ideas in education, with an emphasis on the last decade,
we will delve into concrete examples of how we are implementing 21st century learning strategies at the French
American International School in San Francisco. Our pledge is to ensure that every student is appropriately
challenged and that all learning styles are embraced! Participants will leave with concrete strategies related to the
implementation of innovative classroom learning approaches. We will provide both teacher and administration
perspectives to make sure participants can go back to their schools and quickly start experimenting
Session 4: Digital Pathways: Enhance Language Acquisition and Motivate Digital Citizens
Maxine Baines and Sherina Isolica
Digital Citizens, Differentiation, 21st Century Literacie
Room: D5
Description:
The purpose of this workshop is to share strategies and ideas on how to bring blogs and Shutterfly sites into
the classroom in order to offer the educator an additional tool to engage students and enhance their learning as
they develop communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration. We will demonstrate their importance
in language acquisition through collaborative learning, shared writing, and free writing and the role they play in
the integration of content and skills.
Session 5: Gamify Your Classroom
Audrey Forgeron
Room: D6
21st Century Literacies
Description:
Wouldn’t it be great if being in class were as engaging as a video game? There is a way to simulate the
atmosphere of a video game to make the accomplishment of a task more stimulating for students. We will
take a classroom research project that you have used before and “gamify” it. There will be “leveling up,”
“achievements,” a “leaderboard” and more that you can use as tools to help liven up your project, or possibly
something more long term, in your classroom. Participants will walk away with resources to support transitioning
a project to a “game.”
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Session 6: Graded’s IT - Innovation From the Past, In the Present and For the Future
Luiz Augusto Zicarelli de Oliveira
People Behind the Scenes, Instructional Technology Facilitators
Room: D7
Description:
Graded has made major investments in technology over the last 15 years, and there has been significant
evolution during this period. This presentation will share what we did, our current status, and what are we
planning for the future in terms of our ICT structure. The session will have a quick introduction and a timeline
of events that will help illustrate where we are today. Finally, we will share what planning our future looks
like, including what is on our radar, ideas on how to use consumerization, social medias, integration and
collaboration for the best support of the institution. Come share your experiences and add to the conversation.
Session 7: From Distraction to Engagement:
How to effectively leverage a 1:1 environment in your classroom
Jeff Lippman
Room: D22
Leeadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, Assessment
Description:
With laptops and other mobile devices in our classrooms, we are often faced with the dilemma of the “blank
stare”... that look on our students faces that tell you they are immersed in the latest gossip on facebook, or
building their new home on Minecraft. This session will give educators a framework for how to approach their
classrooms without fear of the distractions that are inherent to the 21st century learning environment. The
session will speak to the difficult balance that needs to be achieved between giving students the freedom
to explore and maintaining a rigorous learning environment. Participants will learn about recent research on
the impact of the internet on the learning environment , obtain a “toolbox” of strategies that work in a 1:1
environment, and will have an opportunity to experiment with tools and debate the role of the teacher in the
21st Century classroom.
Session 8: “It’s The 21st Century: Do You Know Where Your Students Are?”
Lynn Notarainni
Room: B21
Differentiation, Instructional Tech. Facilitators, Assessment, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
This session is led by Lynn Notarainni from Simply Teach Tech representing Mimio. Implementing technology
in classrooms is no longer optional as we strive to meet the needs of this digital generation. Simplify the
challenges of selecting, learning and using educational hardware and software applications to engage your
students and promote student achievement. True success depends on quality professional development.
Session 9: 1:1 Planning and Instruction Dual Session (via Skype):
Part I: Choosing Standardized 1:1 vs BYOD
Part II: Content and Student Feedback in BYOD
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DyKnow
Room: A23
Description:
Session 1: 1-to-1 has reached the tipping point, but choosing between a standard device vs. BYOD can be
difficult. Come hear research and experiences compiled from almost 200 1-to-1 schools as well as emerging
best practices. We will discuss how these different implementations affect teachers, students, parents, ICT,
administration, and finance.
Session 2: Many believe that BYOD is here to stay, yet it presents several instructional challenges. Come see
how DyKnow’s latest software offering is making it easy for teachers and students to interact and share instant
feedback on classroom content using any device (yes, including iPads). Feedback encouraged!
15:00 - 16:30
Session 1: How Open Source is Changing the World
Mick Ebeling
Room: A8
Digital citizenship, Specials, Collaboration in global and local communities
Description:
In the pre-internet era, learning was largely predicated on, or a result of, geographical access to teachers
and institutions. Today, due to our near-immediate access to news and information, it is nearly impossible
to not be inspired and affected by what is happening in other cultures, time zones and schools of thought.
This access, and the natural human tendency to want to share information, is at the heart of the open source
movement. Traditionally, the term “open source” is connected to programming and more technical endeavors,
but open source at its very core is about sharing information for the betterment of a specific cause. In this /
these sessions, participants will be exposed to the history of open source and be exposed to case studies /
causes in which open source plays/played a role. The goal of this workshop is to inspire participants to create
change and solutions within their own classrooms and communities by learning how to be part of the open
source community. Through discussion and collective brainstorming, each participant will walk away with the
foundation for an open source project.
Session 2: 1:1 By Design
Mike Dunlop and Lee Fertig
Room: A21
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators
Description:
Graded School’s 1:1 laptop program has operated on a Bring Your Own Device model since 2010. This program
was designed to intentionally support broad-based strategic initiatives adopted by the school, and it plays a
critical role in the vision Graded has for student learning. This session offers the opportunity for participants to
learn about Graded’s journey, and to leverage this knowledge to enhance student learning in their own schools.
We will look at the key planning considerations which supported a successful implementation and you will have
the opportunity to transfer this knowledge to your own school context.
Session 3: Gamefication 101
Rory Newcomb
Room: A24
Assessment, 21st century literacies
Description:
Are You Ready For Some Football? Game on! Transform your lessons with a how-to guide that takes you
from “Spring Training” to “Touchdown” using game elements to make lessons more engaging. The purpose
of this presentation is to provide teachers that are interested in gamification with a step-by-step how-toguide on gamifying units in the classroom. We will define gamification in different contexts and explore the
benefits of gamification including teaching digital natives, personalized learning, higher engagement, formative
assessment opportunities, and encouraging risk-takers, critical thinkers and innovators while eliminating the
fear of failure. Participants will be provided with resources to explore further beyond the session and will leave
with strategies and resources for gamifying a unit in any class at any level
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Session 4: Does the IB Diploma Program Kill Creativity and Innovation? Strategies To Foster
21st Skills within the Diploma Program
Corey Topf
Assessment, 21st century literacies, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Room: B23
Description:
This is a call for challenging ourselves to create project-based learning for students in the Diploma Program.
The workshop begins with examining how IB external and internal exams change everything from how we
teach to how students learn. I will provide tips as to how teachers can innovate despite the Diploma Program’s
emphasis on content. Exploring IB for your school? This session may help inform your final decision.
Session 5: A Data Explosion: Building Data Literacy with Students
Kelly Schuster-Paredes
Room: D5
Instructional Technology Facilitators, Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
Help prepare your students for the 21st century by inspiring creative thinking through systems thinking.
Encourage problem-solving skills through a visual world filled with data that can easily be applied to any
infographic, presentation or in the classroom. Inspire Data is a visual learning tool that allows you and your
students to collect data and easily view relationships and connections. In this workshop you will walk away
knowing how to publish surveys and use the collected data to turn it into visual presentations, put data into two
or three loop Venn diagrams, make scatter graphs/plots for looking at correlations, create animations to show
how data changes over time and create easy slideshows of tables for infographic slideshows.
Session 6: But What Changes, Really? The Before and After of Moving into a 1:1 Environment
Tobias Aikin
Room: B21
Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
The process of change is difficult, and the most difficult change right now for teachers is opening up their
classrooms to a one to one philosophy. The concerns, both philosophical and practical, immediately leap to the
throat: “How will I know the kids are on task and not on Facebook?”, “Aren’t we just encouraging less face-toface interaction?”, and “How are they going to keep these things charged?” Once you embrace the possibilities
of the device your students have in front of them you open up a world where, potentially, everything you have
taught can be taught differently. In this workshop I will present some of the ways technology has transformed
my classroom. I encourage those who are considering one to one, those who’ve just started one to one, and
those who can’t live without one to one, to come and share what we are going through and what we’ve learned.
Session 7: Using Google Forms for Assessment: Models from the Science Classroom
Amy Flindt
Room: D22
Assessment, Differentiation
Description:
In this workshop you will be guided through the process of creating a Google form and displaying the data
collected. You will then have the opportunity to create your own form to use with your students when you return
to the classroom. We will discuss how to avoid common mistakes, strategies on organizing electronic files and
data, and challenges you may face when having students complete the forms in class. The workshop will also
include a discussion about how students learn science and how formative assessment with Google forms can
help facilitate this process. While the examples in this workshop will be from biology and chemistry lessons,
teachers from other disciplines are more than welcome to join.
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Session 8: Abordagem prática utilizando STEM Brasil para ensinar matemática e ciências
(em Português)
Marcos Paim
Room: D7
Differentiation, Assessment, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
Nossa oficina liderado por Marcos Paim, diretor do STEM Brasil, um programa Worldfund, oferece a oportunidade
para os professores de matemática e ciências experimentarem atividades práticas aplicando a metodologia
STEM Brasil, que é usada atualmente em escolas públicas no Brasil que participam do STEM Brasil. Vamos
trabalhar em atividades que apresentam matemática contextualizada e relacionadas com as ciências naturais
dando aos professores estratégias de ensino para envolver os alunos, apoiar o desenvolvimento conceitual e
atingir os níveis esperados em matemática. Serão utilizados software como Freemind e Geogebra.
Session 9: Managing Student Web Access Involving BYOD (em Português)
Marcelo Barros
Room: A23
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, People Behind the Scenes
Description:
Student access to the Internet is an absolute requirement, but to enable optimal access while protecting
students and complying with CIPA takes a multi-strategy approach that includes training, monitoring, and
flexible controls. Literally, a billion new web pages spring up every day, and according to Google, 9,500 of them
are malicious. To complicate matters, web access needs to be tailored by device, student, and location, among
other factors. Attend this web seminar to learn how districts can successfully manage Internet access to a vast
number of devices in an environment of diverse needs based on grade level, location, training and role
17:00 - 18:00
Cohort Strands
This is time carved out to meet with the cohort strand you identified in registration.
Digital citizenship, Specials, Collaboration in global and local communities
Description:
The key goals of this time is to process some of your learning and hold your thinking with the help of colleagues.
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Day 2 - Monday, January 21th, 2013
9:00 - 10:30
Session 1: LARK as a Digital Citizenship Framework:
Voices from the 4th and 5th grade classroom
Maureen Kintzer and Natalia Forattini
Room: A8
Digital Citizenship, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
During the workshop, participants will learn about the implementation of LARK guidelines as well as its use by
students in their digital projects and internet research. LARK stands for Legal, Appropriate, Responsible and
Kind. These guidelines have been developed by Graded School to integrate safe and responsible internet
research and the use of images in school projects. Participants will walk away knowing how simple and easy it
is to implement responsible internet use and to be able to develop their own strategies to implement responsible
internet research with their students’ projects.
Session 2: Dropping the F Bomb in Class: Leveraging Facebook and Other Social Media to
Connect with Kids
Tobias Aikins and Rory Newcomb
Room: B21
Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
Using social media with students often inspires fear; teachers rightly worry about blurring the line between their
work and social lives. This workshop will explore different ways teachers can interact with their students through
social media and other applications while still maintaining that distinction between the public and the private. By
the end of the workshop, teachers will have used a range of simple tools with which they are probably already
familiar (such as Facebook, Google Docs, Todays Meet, and Diigo), but may never have thought to use in an
educational and/or social media context. Moreover they can start using these tools immediately, on the first day
they get back from the conference.
Session 3: Strategic Planning for your 1:1 Program
Stewart Crais
Room: A24
Leadership
Description:
Tying your technology initiatives into your strategic plan for your school is critical to insure success. Meaningful,
permanent educational progress comes from a partnership between the school’s leadership team and all of
its constituents. Lausanne leaders will share how our decade of experience in creating a sustainable and
integrated program can be replicated at your school. Join this thought-provoking round table discussion! This
is an opportunity for attendees to reflect on how / if their technology initiative ties to their institutional goals.
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Session 4: Design and Assessment of Global Learning Experiences
Jennifer Klein
Assessment, 21st Century Literacies, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Room: D28
Description:
Most educators agree that global learning experiences are important, but how do we design projects and units
which develop global competencies? How will those global competencies be defined, taught and assessed,
and how can we ensure they complement core academic standards rather than distracting from the "real work"
of our classrooms? This session will explore a variety of design and assessment approaches for bringing global
perspectives and issues into the curriculum. Participants will see examples of good practice in a wide range of
global projects which develop global competencies alongside more traditional knowledge and skills. They will
be encouraged to find creative and effective ways to interweave global knowledge and skills into any academic
course across the K-12 spectrum, and will have opportunities to explore and develop rubrics for assessing
student work.
Session 5: The Evolution of a Needs Based Technology Professional Development Program
Aland Russell
Leadership, Differentiation, Instructional Technology Facilitators
cancelled
Description:
This session will describe a ten-year evolution of a Technology Professional Development program that grew
out of a need for greater teacher technology skills and over the years has evolved to include 21st Century
Skills. It has recently broadened to include standards in the formal teacher evaluation and a Quality Teaching
Rubric which guides peer observations. We will take time to discuss the pros and cons of such a program and
how it can continue to evolve to drive innovative teaching and learning.
Session 6: Student-Centered, Student-Run: Effective Technology Support in the 21st Century
John Richardson
21st Century Literacies, Leadership, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Room: A21
Description:
For over a decade, the St. Joseph’s Academy computer help desk has provided an invaluable service engineered
by the students, for the students. Not only is the 1:1 laptop program an important asset for the school as a
whole, but it is also an opportunity for students who express a strong interest in technology to expand their
education beyond the classroom. The technology staff takes a hands-off approach in supervising the operation,
allowing the students to learn from each other in a supportive environment. On a campus with over a thousand
computers in use, our student technicians work tirelessly to diagnose software issues and complete hardware
repairs with a remarkable turnover rate. Outside of school, our student workers and staff alike donate their time
in various outreach projects in the surrounding area, refurbishing and repurposing donated equipment and
helping other schools become technologically self-sufficient. Hear first-hand experience from veteran of 1:1
technology in schools and learn how to train students in engineering their own tech support.
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Session 7: Math with Meaning: Learning Math From the World Around Us
Shannon Gallagher
Differentiation, Assessment
Room: B23
Description:
“When will I ever use this in ‘real-life’?” is a phrase that has been uttered by countless students while staring
with a blank gaze at a math problem on a worksheet. Math in isolation can often be boring, frustrating and
essentially meaningless for students. But why do we teach this way when math is a part of everything we
do? This session will focus on investigations, problem-solving and real-world mathematical scenarios that
allow students to grapple with possible outcomes, see connections, and create their own understanding of
mathematical concepts.
Session 8: Using Social Media to Promote Learning in Your School Community
Blair Peterson
Leadership, 21st Century Literacies
Room: D5
Description:
ISTE’s standards for administrators call for “Educational Administrators (to)create, promote, and sustain a
dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students.”
In this session participants will explore practical ways to model “digital age literacy”. Participants will work on
strategies for using social networking tools for personal and professional learning and for creating a schoolwide
learning community.
Session 9: Viver nova experiência educacional dentro e fora da sala de aula
Alan Markham
Room: D7
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, People Behind the Scenes, Collaboration in Local and Global
Communities
Description:
Workshop Intel® irá apresentar soluções de hardware e software integradas especificamente desenvolvidos
para educação, com o tema de “viver nova experiência educacional dentro e fora da sala de aula”
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1: Screen Literacy: How to Prepare Students for an Accelerating World
Michell Zappa
Room: A8
Leadership, 21st century literacies
Description:
The future of education is as promising as it is daunting. Technology is turning the wheels of society at an
accelerating pace while the very role of educators is having to be continuously re-assessed. This session
describes fundamentals of this rapidly changing scenario, outlines plausible futures for education, and raises
the role of screen literacy in the school of the future. This workshop is meant to assess and understand the key
technological trends that are shaping how we relate to information, education and interpersonal communication
-- and attempts to find implementable solutions.
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Session 2: Creativity and Conflict: Humanizing the World through Art and Technology
Jennifer Klein
Room: D28
Specials, 21st Century Literacies, Differentiation
Description:
We are seeing the rapid disappearance of the arts in education and it comes with a serious global price.
Rather than turning to the arts for consolation after global tragedies, educators need to start using the arts to
avoid global tragedies and humanize the world for young people. As technology makes it easier for students
to share their creative work and collaborate on artistic projects, educators have the opportunity, in the words
of Palestinian poet Falastine Dwikat, to build bridges “from heart to heart, from word to word, and from line to
line.” This session will explore artistically-focused global projects from a variety of countries, organizations and
programs. Attendees will leave the session with ideas for classroom activities, significant projects, and avenues
for finding global partners, programs, technological platforms and resources.
Session 3: Digital Natives in an Accelerated Culture
Greg Graber
Room: B21
Digital Citizenship, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
Students in today’s modern society live in a much more fast-paced world than their parents did, due in part to
the technological devices which play such an integral part of their daily lives. Essentially, they are always “on”
or “plugged in.” Since our students, commonly referred to as “digital natives,” live in this accelerated culture,
I am interested in sharing ways in which they can occasionally “unplug” to find the healthy balance between
21st Century “high tech” learning and healthy developmental maturation. Resources, information, and ideas for
starting such a program will be shared.
Session 4: Creating a Culture of Thinking with Staff and Parents
Anne Baldisseri
Room: A24
Leadership
Description:
Creating a culture of thinking amongst staff and parents is an important process. Protocols and Thinking
Routines can be used as tools to help this happen, helping to embed amongst staff and parents the culture of
thinking that we aspire to achieve in our classrooms. Several examples of the use of Thinking Routines during
staff meetings and parent workshops will be shown to and used by the participants. Come explore how to add
dimension to other stakeholder groups in your schools.
Session 5: Mapping the Possibilities of IT Integration
Marta Voelck and Rafael Nogueira
Room: A21
Instructional Technology Facilitators, Leadership
Description:
This session introduces an IT integration planning process. Participants will be introduced to the process and
explore possibilities to use it to better inform their schools IT committees for strategic planning and decision
making. This process models using a combination of Prezi and spreadsheets to map the use of IT inside the
school, showing where opportunities, barriers and plans for IT Integration in education can be informed by
many people in the community.
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Session 6: Digital Inclusion: Increasing Accessibility through Digital Storytelling
Keren Soriano, Jennifer Peterson, Jody Ubert
Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies
Room: D7
Description:
This workshop will introduce the concept of Universal Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning.
Participants will watch a short video entitled “Digital Inclusion” featuring successful students with special needs
detailing their use of digital tools to access the curriculum at Graded School. Two samples of a dysgraphic
student’s writing will be compared. One sample was written independently, without any accommodations or
use of digital tools and the other sample is a story transcribed by the student to the teacher. The participants
will then explore “My Story” ipad app for digital storytelling.
Session 7: Imigrantes digitais e geração Z: como envolver o aluno utilizando TIC
(Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação)? (em Português)
Pedro Reinato - Editora Saraiva
Room: B23
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, People Behind the Scenes, Collaboration in Local and Global
Communities, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
O objetivo do nosso workshop oferecido por Pedro Reinato da Editora Saraiva e refletir sobre os pontos de
vista da geração Z em relação ao uso da tecnologia e sugerir formas de interação para o trabalho em sala de
aula.
Session 8: Directions for Fostering School-Home Communications Online
Vincent Jansen
Leadership, Instructional Technology Facilitators, Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Room: D5
Description:
Today’s families are increasingly online and mobile. Find out from Finalsite’s Vincent Jansen how schools like
yours are connecting with parents via online communication and collaboration tools. We will share current
thoughts on how communication has shifted, how learning has changed and the need to deliver information
to tablets/mobile devices. We will examine case studies from schools using homework pages, electronic
newsletters, password-protected communities, customizable calendars and news/events, social media tools
such as mash-ups, and much more. Time for questions will be provided and a discussion of overall web
strategy is included.
9:00 - 12:15 (3 hour session with break)
Session 1: Building Your Professional Learning Network
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Will Richardson
Room: AC Band Room
Leadership. Collaboration in Local and Global Communities
Description:
Learning is social, we’ve all known that. Now, with the Web, it’s globally social. To flourish as learners in a
connected world, we need a network, one that we can trust, one that we can turn to when we need answers
or inspiration or direction. While we’ve always crafted these “Personal Learning Networks” in our face to face
spaces, the literacies of doing so online are a bit more nuanced and complex. This workshop looks at what
PLNs are, how they can influence our learning lives and future success, how to begin to construct them using
various Web tools, and what the implications are for our students, our schools and our professional practice.
We’ll also look at how diversity, balance and safety enter into the learning equation online.
Session 2: Anima Escola Workshop (in Portuguese)
Marcos Magalhaes and Joana Milliet
Room: AC Black Box Theater
Specials, Differentiation, Digital Citizenship
Description:
Participants should download the MUAN software prior to the session at www.muan.org.br/muan
Anima Escola é um projeto educacional mantido, desde 2002, pelo Anima Mundi, o Festival Internacional
de Animação do Brasil. Foi criado visando a aplicar os recursos audiovisuais da animação nos princípios
educacionais das escolas públicas do Rio de Janeiro. Uma metodologia singular foi desenvolvida para esse
projeto (o que inclui a implementação de um software gratuito e de acesso livre, o MUAN, para facilitar a
integração com a tecnologia). Neste workshop, apresentaremos aos participantes os fundamentos da linguagem
de animação e os convidaremos a vivenciá-lo, por meio da criação coletiva de cenas animadas, com o uso de
materiais simples, como papel, lápis de cera e massa de modelar. Esta atividade amplia a integração social
e a comunicação no grupo, uma vez que abstração e pensamento visual têm de ser aplicados às habilidades
manuais, a fim de transmitir eficazmente a mensagem desejada.
Session 3: From Chalk to Screen: New Tools in World Languages
Adriana Monti, Ana Paula Cortez, Deborah Rebello, Laureana Piragine and
Room: AC Choir Room
Silvana Meneghini
Differentiation, 21st Century Literacies
Description:
This session aims at considering the practical use of a variety of digital tools in world language classes. We
will explore podcasting, video, presentation applications, subtitling, and collaboration in Google Docs, as tools
that can support learning by focusing on skills like listening comprehension, pronunciation, creative written
expression, etc. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on a teaching unit of their own and consider
possible digital tools that they could use. Teachers will be able to use a sample unit plan to develop their own
to take back to the classroom. An option to explore the technology skills for a specific tool will be offered for
those interested.
Session 4: RU Ready 4 Twitter?
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
Room: AC Media Center
Leadership
Description:
If you still think that Twitter is the place to discuss a bad hair day or stalk the celebrity of the moment, then
this session is for you. In this hands-on session, participants will be guided in the design of a personalized
social network that connects them to a world wide educational community. Learn how to leverage Twitter
as a powerful professional development platform available to educators. You will learn about creating a first
impression (profile) to customizing who to follow, who not to follow and how to grow your network. We’ll
also explore strategies to participate in conferences that you are not attending to being part of an ongoing
conversation about education, best practices and resources. The session will examine Twitter etiquette and
provide clarification of twitter-specific lingo. We will answer questions such as how to get the most out of Twitter
for your personal situation, passion and needs. Finally, participants will explore and discuss how to bring the
power of Twitter into the classroom.
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Session 5: Social Technologies and the Renaissance in Learning
Scott Klososky
Room: AC Ceramic Studio
Leadership
Description:
Web 2.0 has ushered in a new set of tools that will forever change how humanity connects, communicates and
collaborates. The combination of Mobile, Social and Cloud computing is a powerful three legged stool that is
driving massive changes in how information is shared, and how people learn. The education field is struggling
to keep up with the technologies that students now have integrated into their lives at a deep level. In order to
maximize what it means to educate, schools and teachers will have to integrate not only the new technology
tools we have been given, they will also have to leverage the new concepts these technologies are driving. For
example, crowd dynamics, online reputation management, gamification, and social networking, are all touching
students at this point. There are very few presentations that have the potential to help your career - and the
students we serve, more than this one!
Session 5: How Open Source is changing the world (Extended Version)
Mick Ebling
Room: B24
Digital Citizenship, Collaboration in Global and Local Communities
Description:
In the pre-internet era, learning was largely predicated on, or a result of, geographical access to teachers
and institutions. Today, due to our near-immediate access to news and information, it is nearly impossible
to not be inspired and affected by what is happening in other cultures, time zones and schools of thought.
This access, and the natural human tendency to want to share information, is at the heart of the open source
movement. Traditionally, the term “open source” is connected to programming and more technical endeavors,
but open source at its very core is about sharing information for the betterment of a specific cause. In this /
these sessions, participants will be exposed to the history of open source and be exposed to case studies /
causes in which open source plays/played a role. The goal of this workshop is to inspire participants to create
change and solutions within their own classrooms and communities by learning how to be part of the open
source community. Through discussion and collective brainstorming, each participant will walk away with the
foundation for an open source project.
14:00 - 15:00
Cohort Strands
This is time carved out to meet with the cohort strand you identified in registration.
Description:
The key goal for this time is to set a course for action.
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PARTICIPANTS
AASSA
FL, USA
Paul Poore - Executive Director
Associação Escola Graduada de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Luciana Andrade - HS Counselor
Ana Lucia Ariani - US Art Teacher
Lara Baines - Teaching Assistant
David Bair - HS Assistant Principal
Sara Ballon - 5th Grade Humanities Teacher
Eric Beck - MS Humanities
Trish Beck - Head of HS Science/Biology
Josh Berg - HS English and ToK Teacher
Paula Acayaba Berlinck - Portuguese Teacher
Daniela Boarin - Portuguese Teacher
Fannlie Bohn - Teaching Assistant
Kim Boyd - HS Math Teacher
Aaron Broderick - 7th Grade Science Teacher
Colleen Broderick - Director of Teaching & Learning
Evelyn Brull - Library Teacher
Susan Burnquist - 3rd Grade Teacher
Patricia Cardoso - Teaching Assistant
Geoffrey Carpenter - HS English Teacher
Scott Coleman - LS Principal
Ana Paula Cortez - US PFL Teacher
Adam Cross - HS Physics Teacher
Antonio Cunha - HS Science Teacher
Maria De La Paz - LS Substitute Teacher
Angela Cristina de Moraes Barros - HS Port. Teacher
Judy Dominick - Grade 7 Humanities Teacher
Myriam Doro - HS Teacher
Ana Cristina S. Fernandes - Director of the Graded
Intercultural Center (GIC)
Mike Dunlop - Director of Technology
Tracey Dunlop - Grade 1 Teacher
Sean Dwyer - HS Long Term Substitute
Francisco Emidio - IT Manager
Mark Engstrom - MS Assistant Principal
Nicole Engstrom - 4th Grade Teacher
Guilherme Faria - US Orchestra Teacher
Lee Fertig - Superintendent
Amy Flindt - HS Science Teacher
Natalia Forattini - Portuguese Teacher
Maria Edith Formicola - Portuguese Teacher
Angelina Fregonesi - Brazilian Studies Director
Felipe Futada - Head of PE/US PE Teacher
Sandro Luiz G. Franca - ICT Technician
Jennifer Gadsden-Carpenter -HS Visual Arts Teacher
Eloisa Galesso - Coordenadora pedagógica
Patricia Gehrels - 3rd Grade Teacher
Erin Geld - MS Technology
Aleixo Guedes - 7th Grade Portuguese Teacher
Karin Gunn - HS Photography & Yearbook Teacher
Megan Hoffmann - 4th Grade Teacher
Laurel Janewicz - MS Math Teacher
David Jorgensen - MS Humanities
Jennifer Kagohara - Digital Media Teacher
Phelane Kertzer - Pre-school Teacher
Maureen Kintzer - LS Math & Science
Peter Klam - HS English Teacher
Valdemar Klassen - Teacher
Hane Klausgraber - Teaching Assistant
Priscilla Kulikowsky - 2nd Grade Teacher
Caitlin LaFrance -HS History Teacher
Sarah Lewis - ELL Teacher
Sandra Lima - Portuguese Teacher
Jeffrey Lippman - MS Principal
Guillermo Loyola - HS Spanish Teacher
Rebekah Macden - LS Teacher
Gisela Maldonado - PE Teacher
Regina Mangeot - Pre primary Teacher
Michelle Marrello - MS Science Teacher
Cristina Matheus - MSProfessor
SherryMcClelland - Coordinator for IB & Arts
Kelli Meeker - Teacher
Silvana Meneghini - HS Academic Tech Coordinator
Cory Miller - HS Counselor
Olga Molina - LS Music Teacher
Ange Molony - Head of Mathematics/HS Maths
Teacher
Jaclynne Monaco - 7th Grade Mathematics Teacher
Vanessa Monte - Portuguese Teacher
Adriana Monti - US Teacher
Isabel Moraes - MS Theatre Teacher
Maggie Moraes - HS Teacher
Neide Mussete - US Choir Teacher
Jed Oksness - HS Mathematics Teacher
Myra Oksness - 3rd Grade Teacher
Fernanda Oppenheimer - OLC Teacher
Milly Pannunzio - US Teacher-Librarian
Enrico Pasquini - LS PE Teacher
Lisa Peixoto - Admissions Director
Janhavi Pendse - 5th Grade Teacher
Brenda Petersen - Head of History/History Teacher
Blair Peterson - HS Principial
Jennifer Peterson - Academic Tech Coordinator
Mary Pfeiffer - HS English Teacher
Laureana Piragine - HS Portuguese Teacher
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Lauren Pool - HS Teacher
Patricia Purdie - Teaching Assistant
Carla Ramalho - LS Portuguese Teacher
Andrea Ramires - Elementary PE Teacher
Rosana Ramos - LS Portuguese Teacher
Deborah Rebello - US Portuguese Teacher
Matt Reynolds - HS Math Teacher
Luciana Rocha - LS Portuguese Teacher
Eduardo Rodrigues - Substitute/Volunteer
Fernanda Rodrigues - LS Teacher
Shormila Roy Choudhury - US Health Teacher
Felippe Rozentzvaig - 5th Grade Teacher
Maranda Schwartz - 4th Grade Teacher
Wayne Shackelford - HS IB Film, Multimedia &
Graphic Design
Adriana Silveira - Portuguese Teacher
Leticia Soares de Lima Gomes - Spanish Teacher
Keren Soriano - Director Optimal Learning Center
Robbie Stange - Music Teacher
Robert Swartz - Math Teacher
Betina Ting - Teacher
Ramona Trevino - LS Assistant Principal
Jamie Tuttle - Middle School Counselor
Jody Ubert - First Grade Teacher
Aaron Van Borek - 3rd Grade Teacher
Cary Varela - LS EAL Teacher
Ney Vieira - MS and HS PE Teacher
Kristy Weiss - 8th Grade Humanities Teacher
Cecilia Zanforlin - Librarian
Meryl Zeidenberg - Library Coordinator
Luiz A. Zicarelli - Network and Infrastructure Mgr.
Emerson Zoppei - Teacher
American School Foundation of Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
Sean Marie Sweeney - N-12 Director of IT
American School of Assuncion
Assuncion, Paraguay
Steven Nilhas - Principal
American School of Bombay
Mumbai, India
Tobias Aickin - HS Teacher
Savio D’Mello - Director of Tech Support
Annie Fernandes - Online Academy Coordinator
Mario Fishery - Director of Tech Support
Shannon Gallagher - Instructional Coach
Craig Johnson - Superintendent
Shabbi Luthra - Director of Research & Develop.
Rory Newcomb - HS Teacher
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American School of Brasilia
Brasilia, Brazil
Meghan Burns - Learning Specialist
Heather Collins - LS Teacher
Kevin Collins - Science/Physics Teacher
Daniel de Moraes - Technology Director
Barry Dequanne - Head of School
Susan Easton - Director of Teaching & Learning
Wanderson Freitas - Tech. Assistant/AV Specialist
Valmir Gomes - US Media Teacher
Beth Lopez - LS Principal
Julie Million - Art Teacher
Karen Nascimento - Technology Assistant
Isabel Pacios - Advanced Services Coord &
MS Counselor
Nebojsa Puzic - Technology Assistant
Grazielly Sousa - Technology Assistant
Mariana Souza - Technology Assistant
Natalia Vergara - Early Childhood Teacher
American School of Recife
Recife, Brazil
Erich Heise - Superintendent
Bonnie Lindgren - Secondary Principal
Renata Novellino - Teacher
Quintino Orengo - Teacher
Alberto Brasileiro - Director of IT
Associacion Escuelas Lincoln
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jennifer Heisler - Teacher
Gregory Hines - Teacher
Gabriella Dobson - 5th Grade Teacher
Ana Maria Martinez - Elementary Teacher
Andrea Mattioli Rodrigues - Teacher
Cristina Urcullu - MS Spanish Teacher
Colegio Bolivar
Cali, Colombia
Joseph Nagy - Director
Colegio Franklin Delano Roosvelt
Lima, Peru
Kari Jennings - SEN and EAL Teacher
Willie Arredondo - Physical Education Teacher
Veronica Baker - IB Psychology and TOK Teacher
Joe Bonnici - MYP Humanities Teacher
Josh Davis - MYP Design Technology Teacher
Eduardo Del Valle - IT Technical Specialist
Raul Delgado - Network IT Support
Hayden Gore - MYP Design Technology Teacher
Brad Kurtz - Secondary Technology Coordinator
Lucienne Martinez - Language B Head of Dept.
Mincha Osterling - MYP Math 6 & 7
Kristopher Petersen - MYP Mathematics Teacher
Leigh Petty - IB Chemistry and MYP Science
Amy Rebancos - MYP Science Teacher
Corey Topf - IB MYP & DP English, Techo Club
Sponsor, CAS Coordinator
Kelly Schuster-Paredes Design Technology SAL
and Technology Integration Specialist
Fabiana Tejada Perez - MYP - IBD Spanish
Teacher (High school)
Colegio Internacional Puerto La Cruz
Barcelona, Venezuela
Yau-Jau Ku - Teacher
Bonnie McAuley - Teacher
Marcelo Pacheco - System Administrator
Paul Petit - Principal
Alexandria Wenzel - Teacher
Colegio Menor
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Maria Fernanda Veloz - Technology Facilitator
Colegio Nueva Granada
Bogota, Colombia
Susie Faccini - IS Director
Joseph Harper - Technology Integratin Specialist
Bob Imholt - Principal
Carol Lemieux - PS/ES Tech. Integration Coach
Mery Tellez - Academic Technology Coordinator
Colegio São Carlos e Objetivo (Descalvado)
São Carlos, Brazil
Marina T. M. da Silva - Doutora em Ciencias
Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Jason Baxley - IB MYP Coordinator
Catarina S. Chen - Director
Chris Giles - Technology Coordinator
Escola Americana de Campinas
Campinas, Brazil
Leonardo Goes - IT COORDINATOR
Davi Netto - Upper School Principal
Chris Kuczynski - Curriculum Coordinator
Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flavio Silva - Faculty/IT Manager
Monica Araujo - Teacher
Priscilla Brum - Teacher
Steve Esselink - Technology Director
Monica Medina-Olds - Deputy Director
Timothy Shirk - Teacher
Escola Beit Yaacov
São Paulo, Brazil
Lyle French - Pedagogical Director
Escola Cidade jardim/Play Pen
São Paulo, Brazil
Manuela Gimenes - Elementary & MS Coordinator
Escola da Vila
São Paulo, Brazil
Maria Paula Barros - English Teacher
Escola do Futuro
São Paulo, Brazil
Ana Gomes - International Curriculum Coordinator
Priscila Moraes - Pre-School Coordinator
Ilse Rojas - Consultant
Vera Schwarz - Elementary School Coordinator
Evelyn Viriato Komine - Teacher
Escola Internacional de Alhaville
São Paulo, Brazil
Jacqueline Cappellano - K- coordinator
Ricardo Chioccarello Mesquita - Superintendent
Roberta Deliberato - K- coordinator
Glaucia Franco - High School Coordinator+D119
Luciana Lauretti - Middle School coordinator
Fabiana Litrenta - LS coordinator
Francisco Mendes - IT coordinator
Karina Sanghikian - LS coordinator
Natalie Torres - Teachers assistente
Escuela Campo Alegre
Caracas, Venezuela
Sean Feller - ES Teacher
Adam Fox - MS Science
Katherine Ghinaglia - ES Teacher
Ian Heathcote - HS Science Teacher
Gregory Hedger - Superintendent
Aland Russell - Information Technology Director
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Faculty of Education - USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Cesar Nunes - Researcher
Nido de Aguilas International School
Santiago, Chile
Audrey Forgeron - HS Health and PE Teacher
Frankfurt International School
Frankfurt, Germany
John (Jack) Kriss - Assistant ICT Director
Our Lady of Mercy School
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Elizabeth Freire - Teacher
Sonia Melo-Ruiz - Teacher
French American International School
San Francisco, USA
Joel Cohen - High School Vice Principal
Antoine Delaitre - IB Coord./Director of Exchanges/
History
Seth Hubbert - Academic Technology Coordinator
Fundação Estudar
São Paulo, Brazil
Victor Paolillo Neto - Analyst
International School of Curitiba
Curitiba, Brazil
Joyce Lourenco - Instructional Technology Coord.
William Tolley - Instructional Coach
David Baptista - Teacher
Cesar Daniel - Teacher
Denise Matsui - Teacher
Khan Academy nas Escolas
São Paulo, Brazil
Gilne Fernandez - Formadora do programa
Vera Queiroz - Formadora do programa
Fabile Scorciapino - Formadora do programa
Fabiane Vitiello - Formadora do programa
Lausanne Collegiate School
Memphis, USA
Stewart Crais - Director of Operations
Julie Cooper - 6th Grade Math Teacher
Kelly Douglas - 4th Grade Teacher
Greg Graber - Head of Middle School
Erica McBride - 4th Grade Teacher
Stuart McCathie - Headmaster
LITTLE Diversified Architectural Consulting
Charlotte, USA
Tomas Jimenez-Eliaeson - Design Director Community
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Pan American Christian Academy
Vinhedo, Brazil
Nelson Dewey - Secondary Principal
Pan American School of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Emmy Gilliam - MS English/Technology Teacher
Rafael Nogueira - IT Coordinator
Marta Voelcker - Instructional Technology Facilitator
Pueri Domus - Global Brazilian-American Program
São Paulo, Brazil
Sherina Isolica - Elementary Teacher
Maxine Baines - Elementary Teacher/IB CAS Coord.
Rede Municipal de Ensino SP
São Paulo, Brazil
Maria Dolores A. Sanches - Professora
Sonia Mara da Silva - Professora
Andreia Oliveira de Andrade Santos - Professora
Vaneida de Carvalho Fernandes - Professora
Maria Aparecida dos Santos - Professora
Maria do Perpetuo S. M. O. Lima - Professora
Angela Maria M. S. Silva - Professora
Vanessa Prates P. Ribeiro - Professora
Maria Elisa Serrano Stauder - Professora
Anderson Severiano Gomes - Professor
Laura Maria Walckiers Clementino - Professora
S.A. Escuela Bella Vista
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Ana Chavez - 1st Grade Teacher
Tomo Nishizawa - Biology Teacher
Saint Paul’s School
São Paulo, Brazil
Beatriz Binnie - Teaching Assistant
Susan Bishop - Head of Prep 4
Anne Baldisseri - Head of Pre-Preparatory School
Santa Cruz Cooperative School
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Nicolaas Mostert - Secondary School Principal
Sant’Anna International School
Louveira, Brazil
Tiago Cunha - Media Specialist
School of the Nations
Brasilia, Brazil
Cara Kinsey - Head Librarian
Mariana Ferrari Machado - Teaching Assistant
Rodrigo Sousa - IT Coordinator
Secretaria Mun. de Educação do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andre Ramos - Project Manager
SENAC SP
São Paulo, Brazil
Flavia La Villa - Nutricionista
Worldfund Brasil
Curitiba, Brazil
Marcos Paim - Program Director, STEM Brasil
Michele Almeida - Executive Assistant
Kelly Maurice - Director for Brasil
Veracross
Wakefield, USA
PriscilaAnderson - Quality Assurance
Jeremy Anderson - Sales
Intel
São Paulo, Brazil
Max Leite - Innovation Director
Steven Long - General Manager Latin America
Alan Markham - Education Ecosystem Manager
Fernando Martins - General Manager Brasil
Finalsite
USA
Lorrie Jackson - Communications Manager
Vincent Jansen - Educational Sales Consultant
St. Joseph’s Academy
Baton Rouge, USA
John Richardson - IT Director
Summit - Leadership Culture
São Paulo, Brazil
Jorge Scandelai - Diretor
UNESCO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Samantha Barthelemy - Consultant
Lemann Foundation
São Paulo, Brazil
Fabiana Prianti - Project Coordinator
José Gilberto Boari - Project Assistant
Daniela Caldeirinha - Project Coordinator
Isabel Schwartzman - Project Manager
Maria Tereza Perez - Diretora - Superintendente
Simply Teach Tech
Beverly, USA
Lynn Notarainni - Director, Global Business Initiatives
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INNOVATE ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
The planning for this event started in October 2011 and there have been many people involved
throughout the process. The members of the steering committee wish to give a special thank you
to the following individuals and/or organizations.
STEERING COMMITTEE
Colleen Broderick
Mike Dunlop
Eloisa Galesso
Jeff Lippman
Blair Peterson
volunteers
Sara Ballon
Ana Paula Cortez
Amaral Cunha
Judy Dominick
Myriam Doro
Ana Cris Fernandes
Lee Fertig
Gila Fregonesi
Adelaide Garcia
Karin Gunn
Gloria Hewitt
Katy Johnson
Maureen Kintzer
Caitlin LaFrance
Kelli Meeker
Silvana Meneghini
Vanessa Monte
Milly Pannunzio
Lisa Peixoto
Jennifer Peterson
Suely Pillibossian
Laureane Piragine
Leika Procopiak
Bruno Riguzzi
Adriana Silveira
Keren Soriano
Sruthi Viswanathan
Cary Wasem-Varela
Kristy Weiss
John Zorovich
PARTNER SCHOOLS
Lausanne Collegiate
The American School of Bombay
Frankfurt International School
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