at Horace Mann School: July 7-11 and July 14-18
and one week at Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg FL: July
21-25
-- Summercore 2008 meets Web 2.0. Do you want your faculty excited about
blogs, wikis, and RSS? How about creating links in Delicious? Or working
on digital storytelling with bubbleshare, flickr, and jumpcut? Or using
Voicethread for a classroom project? What about creating a journey in
Google Earth or acquiring strategies for incorporating YouTube into the
curriculum?
-- Summercore 2008 will include all these Web 2.0 skills, plus strategies
for using the Smartboard and the notebook software, laptops in the
classroom, and searching for the best web sites available. The key theme
for Summercore 2008 is how to create a Classroom 2.0. Our focus will be on
revolutionizing the dynamics of the use of technology. There is nothing
more fun or more exciting than integrating the world of Web 2.0 into every
grade level.
-- Summercore 2008 is a unique 5 day marathon journey through hardware,
software and humanware. It is different from virtually any other computer
workshop you have ever attended
-- Summercore 2008 is designed for K-12 teachers of all ages and all
stages: from novices to administrators to skilled users to computer
coordinators
Please tell your faculty--all grade levels and all skill levels--to attend
Summercore 2008. This year will be a Summercore like no other. All details
posted on our http://www.summercore.com Web site. Thanks in advance for
sharing this e-mail with your faculty and administrators.
Steve Bergen
p.s. over 2500 Independent School teachers and administrators have
attended Summercore since we began in 1985; below are quotes from 4 of
them (used with permission of course)
CIO and Computer Teacher, The Children's Storefront
e-mail: sbergen@cstorefront.org
An Independent School in Harlem
Read this quote by Marianne David, Spanish & French Teacher, Trinity
School (summer 2007)
"Summercore was a most wonderful experience in every way, transformative
for my teaching, for which I am so so grateful. Thanks Lynne, Steve and
Sam, you have contributed greatly to my life."
Read this quote by Elisa Milkes, History Teacher, Horace Mann School
(summer 2007)
"It's easily the best summer workshop -- on any subject -- that I have
ever attended! It matters that both Steve and Lynne are themselves
educators, because the approach they take and advice they offer is
directly relevant to teachers. They understand the classroom environment
that we encounter everyday and, consequently, know how to assist us in the
most effective way."
Read this quote by Sandra Harris, Trevor Day School Technology Coordinator
(summer 2007)
"I am now thinking of other teachers in the Trevor Day School community
(all divisions) who would benefit from this experience. Even though we
use laptops all the time in our school, this week long course will be
beneficial for many of our teachers."
Read this quote by Carol Stefany, Technology Director, St. Mary's
Episcopal Day School, Tampa FL (summer 2006)
"I attended Summercore several years ago up in Boston. I was fairly new to
teaching technology at the time and had just assumed the job of technology
director of our school. Right off the bat, the first day, we were given
ideas to take straight back into the classroom! One of the more pleasant
surprises was that they took software that we already had and showed how
we could use it in more creative ways. As a technology director, I was
also given ideas as to how we could help our other subject teachers
enhance their curriculums with this same software. I learned about new
software, new websites, new webquests, and new computer terms ... a true
marathon of learning ... but in a relaxed, humorous, and non-stressful
atmosphere. As a side note, Steve and Lynne, are two of the wittiest and
funniest people that I have ever met. I am returning to Summercore this
summer because I feel that I have "become a bit stale" as a technology
director. My days are mostly filled with "fixing" and I have not kept up
with some of the latest and greatest Web 2.0 resources for our computer
and classroom teachers. St. Mary's has sent at least 4 teachers to
Summercore every year for the past 3 years and will be sending 4 more this
year. It is, bar none, the best computer workshop in the country. "
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