A SHIFTING NOTION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO TEACH (Morning)
FROM INFORMATION LITERACY TO INFORMATION LEADERSHIP

INSTRUCTOR(S): Will Richardson, Connective Learning, LLC.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

This special one-day package featuring Will Richardson includes attendance of the morning keynote address, "A Shifting Notion of What it Means to Teach."  The incredible resource that is the Web is changing much about what we can do with our curricula and our students.  This classroom is no longer restricted to four physical walls, and it is becoming a truly collaborative space in which to learn.  Every student can be a contributor of knowledge to the world.  This networked classroom is a more complicated place for teachers, however, it's also one filled with incredible potential for learning.  This keynote will challenge you to rethink your role as an educator and how to make maximum use of the tools and information now available to you.

Following the keynote and lunch, this package includes attendance of the afternoon session,  "From Information Literacy to Information Leadership."  Participants will be introduced to strategies guaranteed to make managing your on-line resources less time consuming and more effective.  You will learn why assessing the relevance and reliability of information is a crucial skill for all educators to master and model.  However, that type of information literacy is only the beginning.  With the explosion of information coming on-line, school leaders need to employ successful strategies for finding, managing and communicating what's significant for their own practice and for that of their constituents.  This workshop will cover the tools that information leaders are using and the strategies to use them well.