Monday, July 13, 2009

Re: Summercore 2009/2010 and an incredible Music Theory Web site

Steve, I am intrigued. You say you have 33 of the best educational
computer programs? Are you interested in sharing this list? I always
appreciate all that you have done to inspire and enlighten. Thanks so
much. Matt Melnick.


On Jul 12, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Steve Bergen wrote:

> Summercore is a unique and hopefully transformational 5 Day Computer
> Workshop for teachers and administrators at all computer stages ... we
> have 2 places open for our Florida session which is July 27-31 in St.
> Petersburg at Shorecrest Preparatory School and are also now seeking
> schools/locations for summer 2010 ... we have finished sessions at
> Castilleja School (CA), New Canaan Country School (CT), and Berkeley
> Carroll School (NYC) over the past 33 days ... here are quotes from
> several people from these 3 schools used with permission of course:
>
> "A brilliant concept in professional development. The time given to
> learn
> and work in such a supportive environment was helpful. It also was
> empowering and served as a community builder for our school. It was
> effective because we had a cross-section of colleagues from all
> divisions.
> Because of our physical proximity on campus, we rarely get to know
> each
> other so well. I especially like the reflection time built into the
> week."
>
> "This was one of the most powerful weeks I have ever spent in terms of
> learning technology. I think we need to get all of our teachers up and
> running on Web 2.0 in order to keep up with the students."
>
> "Summercore is just fantastic! It is so well choreographed that every
> moment of the the whole week is being utilized. It is an overwhelming
> amount of information and Steve and Lynne use their expertise and
> humor to
> enlighten us on the many wonderful application that are available to
> us
> (most of which are free). I found this week to be exciting and it has
> inspired me to want more. Thank you!"
>
> Steve
>
> p.s. on another note, I have just been given access to an online music
> theory Web site called "Theory in a Box" at http://www.theoryinabox.org/
> ... without being hyperbolic, I can honestly say it is 1 of the 33
> best
> educational computer programs that I have ever seen ... please
> contact me
> off the listserv and I can tell you more or give you full access
> with my
> login/password which the programmer has said is okay
>
> Steve Bergen (sbergen@cstorefront.org)
> co-director, The "Summercore" Teaching Company
> http://www.summercore.com
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
> attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L

[ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L