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Rhode Island Sakai Conference
Schedule
March 31 - April 1, 2009
| March 31 | Day 1 |
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| 8:00 | Registration
- 17th floor
Complimentary Continental Breakfast / Coffee |
| 9:00 | Welcome
– Grand Ballroom - Peter
McWalters, Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Education. |
| 9:15 | Sakai 3 - Grand Ballroom – Joshua Baron, Director, Academic Technology and eLearning, Marist College & Peter Knoop, Sakai Project Coordinator. |
| 10:00 | Environments that Engage Students and Improve Education – Grand Ballroom - Heidi Hayes Jacobs, President, Curriculum Designers, Inc. <www.curriculumdesigners.com>: A New Essential Curriculum: What to cut? What to keep? What to create? |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Breakout Sessions 1 |
| 12:30 | Complimentary Buffet Luncheon - L'Apogee Restaurant |
| 1:30 | Breakout Sessions 2 |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Breakout Sessions 3 |
| 4:00 | Reception - Second floor mezzanine |
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| April | Day 2 |
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| 8:00 | Registration -
Lobby 17th floor
Complimentary Continental Breakfast / Coffee |
| 9:00 | Welcome - Grand Ballroom |
| 9:15 | Balancing the Two Faces of ePortfolios – Dr. Helen Barrett. In the IMS ePortfolio Standards you find the concept of two different types of portfolio structures: the Working Portfolio, which some have called the "portfolio as workspace"; and any number of Presentation/Assessment Portfolios (created for different purposes and audiences) which some have called the "portfolio as showcase." In practice, the working portfolio is more of a formative conversation about learning (with feedback); the other is more about a summative presentation of achievements (with evaluation). This keynote will address how to balance both approaches for better student learning and engagement while meeting institutional accountability requirements. For more details, see the following web page: http://electronicportfolios.org/balance/ |
| 10:15 | Rhode Island Technology Enhanced Science Program (RITES) – Grand Ballroom - Glenisson DeOliveira, RIC and Dan Murray, URI, Principal Investigators, David Cedrone, RI K12 STEM Coordinator, Kathryn Crowley, Assistant Superintendent, Johnston School Department, Frieda Reichsman, Concord Consortium, and Stephanie Feger, Education Alliance, Brown. RITES, a National Science Foundation Funded Program to Improve Science Education in RI. The RITES project kicks off this summer. The panel will discuss the project, its goals, and how RITES will be implemented across RI’s 36 school districts. |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Breakout Sessions 4 |
| 12:30 | Complimentary Buffet Luncheon - L'Apogee Restaurant |
| 1:30 | Breakout Session 5 |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Facilitated Sharing on Key Conference Topics - Grand Ballroom |
| 3:30 | Close |
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| March 31 - Breakout Session 1 | |
| 1A. Johnston School Department - State Suite B - Carol Iovino, Debbie Smyth, Deanna Lavoie, and Debbie Licciardi, Johnston High School classroom teachers and two Johnston High School students demonstrate how Johnston High School uses Sakai to support its Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements. | |
| 1B. RINET – State Suite A - Jane Eslinger, RINET Helpdesk. Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment: This session will provide an introduction to Sakai’s teaching and learning tools. | |
| 1C. Sakai Community - State Suite C - Sean Keesler, Three Canoes, Knowledge Sharing in Sakai. Participating in the Sakai Community, a Members Point of View. Sean has been an active member of the OSP/Sakai community for many years. In his role as Project Manager for the Living School Book at Syracuse University, Sean was instrumental in developing the Sakai Goal Management tool that we use to link goals and standards to assignments and student work. | |
| 1D. West Warwick School Department - Salon 6 – Audra McPhilips, Pat D'Alfonso and Paul Bovenzi, WWPS Professional Development Office. Using Sakai to Manage Professional Development: Learn how the West Warwick School Department uses Sakai to manage Professional Development in their district. Audra, Paul and Pat will illustrate how the WWPS has used Sakai as an online collaborative learning environment to sustain professional development for over 350 teachers and administrators in the WWPS. | |
| 1E. RIEPS Consortium Members - Salon 2 – Jim Monti, Patricia McCarthy, Sharon Webster and Donna-Marie Frappier, RIEPS Consortium District Leaders. Implementing Sakai in a District, Lessons Learned: A panel discussion of district experiences implementing Sakai. | |
| March 31 - Breakout Session 2 | |
| 2A. Narragansett School Department – State Suite C - Jennalee Lopes, Physical Education/Health teacher, Advisor, and Unified Arts Program Leader and two of her students. Narragansett High School Graduation Portfolio: Learn about the implementation of the graduation portfolio requirement at Narragansett High School from both the teacher and student perspectives. | |
| 2B. RINET - Salon 6 – Sharon Webster, RINET Helpdesk. Sakai Blog and Chat Tools: Learn how to set up and use Sakai Blog and Chat tools to support your classroom instruction. | |
| 2C. rSmart and Serensoft - State Suite A – Nate Angel, Client Evangelist, rSmart and Chip Stiles, COO, Serensoft. Sakai in a Higher Education Environment - Part 1. Teaching & Learning, Collaboration & Portfolios. | |
| 2D. Portsmouth School Department - Salon 2 – Patricia McCarthy, Math Department Head. Senior Project and Sakai: Learn how the Portsmouth School Department uses Sakai to manage their Senior Project work. | |
| 2E. Rhode Island High School Students – L’Apogee 18th - Hands-on student led guided tour of RIEPS/Sakai. | |
| March 31 - Breakout Session 3 | |
| 3A. RIDE – State Suite B - Sharon Lee, High School Redesign Specialist, Monique Jacob, Office of Middle and High School Redesign. The New Regents’ Regulations and the New England Secondary Schools Consortium. | |
| 3B. RINET - Salon 6 – Sharon Webster, RINET Helpdesk. Discussion Forums and Polls: How to set up and use Discussion Forums and Polls to support your classroom instruction. | |
| 3C. rSmart and Serensoft - State Suite A – Nate Angel, Client Evangelist, rSmart and Chip Stiles, COO, Serensoft. Sakai in a Higher Education - Part 2: Building Courses & Portfolios in Sakai. | |
| 3D. West Warwick School Department - Salon 2 – Jim Monti, Director of Technology. Curriculum Development and Lesson Planning: This session will present how the West Warwick School Department uses Sakai to close the loop of learning standards, curriculum development, lesson planning, professional development, and assessment. | |
| 3E. Portsmouth School Department – State Suite C - Gail Darmody, Technology Integration Specialist. Curriculum Mapping with Sakai: Learn how the Portsmouth Schools use Sakai to map curriculum to state goals. | |
| April 1 - Breakout Session 4 | |
| 4A. West Warwick School Department - State Suite A – Susan Sward, and Susan Petrarca, Art Teachers at WWHS. Using Sakai to support independent study. Learn how Sakai is used in West Warwick to implement an independent study program in Art. Susan, Susan and some of their students will illustrate how they used Sakai to create a community of learners of their independent art students. | |
| 4B. Cranston School Department - Salon 6 – Rob LaBanca, Cranston teacher. Sakai Podcast tool: Learn how to set up and use the Sakai Podcast tool to support your classroom instruction. | |
| 4C. RIDE – State Suite B - Rosemary Burns, Office of Middle and High School Redesign - Extended Learning Opportunities with Sakai. Learn how Sakai can be used to support credit recovery, hybrid courses, distance learning, and more. | |
| 4D. RINET - Salon 2 – Kevin Longo, Jane Eslinger, and Sharon Webster, RINET Help Desk. Ask the RINET Helpdesk: Bring your questions about setting up and using Sakai with your students. | |
| 4E. RITES - State Suite C – Stephen Bannasch, Concord Consortium. RIEPS/ITSI Integration: ITSI is the Information Technology in Science Instruction application from Concord Consortium. ITSI includes exciting, inquiry-based science projects that use computational models and real-time data acquisition. This session will demonstrate the integration of ITSI into RIEPS for the RITES project. | |
| April 1 - Breakout Session 5 | |
| 5A. RINET - Salon 2 – Sharon Webster, RINET Helpdesk and members of Individual Learning Plan (ILP) Committee. ILP Tools in Sakai: Learn about plans to include ILP tools in Sakai starting next year. | |
| 5B. RINET - Salon 6 – Jane Eslinger, RINET Helpdesk. Sakai Reports: How to set up and use Sakai Reports to support your classroom instruction. | |
| 5C. URI - State Suite A – Professor Norbert Mundorf and Professor Joanne Mundorf, Department of Communication Studies. A Report on Sakai Pilots at URI. Joanne Mundorf will discuss switching from WebCT to Sakai, focusing on setting up the new virtual environment and providing support for students and colleagues during the transition. She will also address specific Sakai features that are relevant for college-level courses, such as Groups, Gradebook, and Dropbox. Norbert Mundorf will present ideas about using Sakai in hybrid and online-only course settings, specifically using Chat, Wikis, and other Web 2.0 features. | |
| 5D. Rhode Island High School Students – L’Apogee 18th - Hands-on student led guided tour of RIEPS/Sakai. | |
| 5E. RIDE - State Suite B – Holly Walsh, Instructional Technology Fellow. Implementing Collaborative Projects with Sakai. | |
