The rest of this message is a formal invitation to the edACCESS 2008
conference which says almost everything you need to know about the
conference. Not to sound like a hair club for men advertisement, but I
started going four years ago and by the end of the first conference, I
volunteered to be on the steering committee and I now help run the
conference. I've found the four days of the conference to be the best four
days of professional development I get every year.
If you have any questions about the conference, please feel free to email or
call me.
Christopher
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Christopher Butler
Academic Technology Director
St. John's Preparatory School
Danvers, MA
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edACCESS 2008, our 17th annual conference!
June 23 - 26, 2008
St. Andrew's School, Middletown, Delaware
To register for the conference, go to http://www.edaccess.org/conf_9.php
In 2008 we are returning to the beautiful 2,200 acre campus of St. Andrews's
School in Middletown, Delaware, where the movie "Dead Poets Society", with
Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke, was filmed in 1989. Read the essential
details below, with full information on our web site:
http://www.edacess.org. And don't forget our pre-conference resource, the
edACCESS wiki (see below).
Topical Sessions
Demo Showcase: Bring the Excitement Home!
Moderators: JT Amirault Groton School, MA and Bill Campbell
<campbb@d-e.org>, Dwight-Englewood School, NJ
This session, brought back by popular demand from last year's conference but
with all new content, will provide many easy ways to bring some of the
conference excitement home. Presenters will provide an assortment of ten to
fifteen minute demonstrations that showcase a variety of useful ideas and
techniques. You'll be able to reproduce some of the demonstrations
post-conference by following written instructions posted on the edACCESS
wiki. The goal of this session is to expose you to at least one useful
technique or tool you can demonstrate back at your school. Please contact
Bill if you are interested in offering a demonstration at this session.
Instructional Integration Progress Report: Where have we been? What worked?
What didn't work? Where are we going?
Presenters: Joel Backon, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT and Trevor Shaw,
Dwight-Englewood School, NJ
Schools have struggled with the idea of integrating computing technology
into their curricula for almost twenty years. The past five years have
provided the most activity and potential for improving teaching and
learning. Some schools have implemented top-down approaches to technology
integration in the form of one-to-one initiatives. A few of those programs
have been highly successful and there have been some casualties. Other
schools have used a grassroots approach, and tried to meet the needs of
students and teachers despite significant financial constraints. Members of
this panel will talk about their approaches to technology integration,
describing both their successes and failures. Case studies will focus on
organization and staffing, professional development, and assessment of
results. Panelists will discuss the history of programs at Choate Rosemary
Hall and Dwight-Englewood School. They will also be asked to speculate on
where technology integration and faculty professional development will be in
the next five years. Will some teachers be working in Second Life worlds,
dedicated to Web 2.0 technologies, using new approaches to differentiated
instruction, or all of the above? What are the pending challenges for the IT
Director and the Academic Dean? How do we maximize the potential that many
educators see, but still eludes the mainstream educational world?
The Systematic Development of Informed Consent
Presenter: Adrian Segar
Have you struggled to get your school community to go along with a sound
plan you have developed for an important initiative at your school? Have you
seen your efforts torpedoed by a small determined opposition, or felt
frustrated trying to successfully communicate the need for your worthy
project? In this session, Adrian Segar, using a case study of his biggest
failure as an independent IT consultant for a school, will explain what
you've probably been doing wrong, and describe what you need to do to
successfully develop informed consent for your proposal. Based on thirty
years of research by Hans and Annemarie Bleiker, founders of the Institute
of Participatory Management and Planning, the methods outlined in this
session have been used successfully by over thirty thousand professionals
from hundreds of federal, state, and local government agencies.
Virtualization--What is it, and does it live up to the hype?
Moderator: Bill Walsh, Western Reserve Academy
In this session we will introduce, discuss, and demonstrate desktop, server,
and storage virtualization on multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, and
Macintosh) as well as some proprietary solutions. We will also provide
several detailed examples of server and storage virtualization on both
commercial and open source platforms. These examples will include up front
costs, ROI calculations, and even power savings. We will cover the pros and
cons of server and storage virtualization, as well as how to avoid some
common stumbling blocks and misconceptions when using this technology.
All the other great stuff:
- Vendor exhibits
- Focus groups - half the conference this year, always a highlight.
- Softball game
- Beer and wine tasting
- Amazing, yet tasteful, memorabilia
Conference information
When: Monday, June 23 - Thursday, June 26, 2008.
Where: St. Andrew's School, (285 students, 60 faculty) located on 2,200
acres in Middletown, Delaware.
Travel information: St. Andrew's School is near the Wilmington train and bus
stations (Amtrak & Greyhound, 30 minutes drive), and the Philadelphia (PHL,
60 minutes drive) and Baltimore Washington (BWI, 90 minutes drive) airports.
Directions to the school can be found at:
http://www.standrews-de.org/admission/visiting.cfm.
Accommodations and facilities: To keep the conference cost low, student
dormitory, single or double room accommodation is included in the conference
registration fee. We expect to be able to provide single rooms to most
attendees, but supplies are limited and will be supplied on a first-come,
first-served basis. Linens and towels are provided, but private bathrooms
and air-conditioning are not available. Alternately you may make your own
arrangements for accommodation off campus. A list of nearby hotels is
available on the edACCESS web site
Internet access is available at many places throughout the conference site,
and wireless connected laptops will be available for focus group scribes.
Late registrants are advised to call before making travel arrangements.
To register for the conference, go to http://www.edaccess.org/conf_9.php
If you have additional questions that the Web site can't answer, please
contact the appropriate liaison from the list below.
* St. Andrew's School, accommodations and registrations: Peter Hoopes
phoopes@standrews-de.org, (302) 285-4234
* Vendor Relations: Christopher Butler cbutler@stjohnsprep.org (978)
774-1050 ext. 255
* edACCESS membership: Nancy Price, price@marlboro.edu, (802) 258-9252
Wiki: If you have registered for this or any other prior edACCESS
conference, you can access our conference wiki (registration required) at:
http://edaccess.editme.com. Here you can browse 2006 & 2007 conference
discussions and resource links, discuss topics of interest, and suggest
focus group topics for the 2008 conference.
edACCESS 2008 conference registration
Includes conference attendance, accommodations Monday evening through
Thursday afternoon, plus all meals, from dinner Monday through dinner
Thursday.
Cost
Standard registration . . . . . . . . . . . .Paid in full before April 28
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 505
OR
Late registration . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .At the door, subject to
space available. . . . . .. . . . .$ 580
edACCESS 2008 spouse/significant other meals and accommodations . . . . .
. . . . . . .$ 200
Refunds of conference registrations can be made, less a $50 processing fee,
before June 1.
No refunds can be provided after this date.
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