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Rhode Island Sakai Conference
Schedule
April 8 & 9, 2008
| April 8 | Pre-Conference - Building a Sakai K-12 Community |
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| 8:00 | Complimentary Continental Breakfast/Coffee and Registration |
| 9:00 | Introductions |
| 9:15 | A K-12 Sakai Community - Michael Korcuska, Executive Director of the Sakai Project : video |
| 9:30 | Sakai and RIEPS - Jim Monti, Technology Director, West Warwick School Department : presentation video |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:45 | National K-12 Projects Update |
| 11:15 | Creating a Vision - What Do I Want In My Collaborative Learning Environment? : notes from discussion |
| Noon | Complimentary Lunch |
| 1:00 | Organizing the Vision |
| 1:30 | Panel Discussion - Creating a K-12 Sakai Community |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | K-12 Sakai Community Workgroups (mission, governance, communication, funding, meetings, constituency, community collaborations) |
| 3:30 | Workgroup Sharing |
| 4:00 | Where do we go from here? |
| 4:30 | Reception hosted by Oshean |
| April 9 | Sakai Conference |
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| 8:00 |
Complimentary Continental Breakfast/Coffee and Registration |
| 9:00 | Introductions |
| 9:15 | Keynote - Phillip Long, Associate Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, MIT |
| 10:00 | Introduction to Sakai - Chris Coppola, The rSmart Group, Josh Brown, Director, Academic Technology and eLearning, Marist College |
| 11:00 | Rhode Island Electronic Portfolio System - Sharon Lee, Rhode Island Department of Education, Jim Monti, Technology Director, West Warwick Public Schools |
| Noon | Buffet Lunch hosted by IBM luncheon presentation |
| 1:00 | Demonstrations |
| 2:00 | Breakout Session 1 - Choose from the sessions listed below. |
| 3:00 | Breakout Session 2 - Choose from the sessions listed below. |
| 4:00 | Wrap Up |
| 4:30 | Reception hosted by rSmart |
| Breakout Topics
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| Breakout Session 1 | |
| RI Proficiency Based Graduation System: Sharon Lee, Ph.D., Rhode Island Department of Education, Secondary Reform Fellow. |
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| A panel of other states discussing their initiatives: Josh Baron, Director, Academic Technology and eLearning, Marist College, Moderator |
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| PBGR: How Sakai can help… Tony Marsella, PBGR Coordinator, Coventry School District |
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| Professional Development: How Sakai can help… Judy Ouellette,English Language Arts Standards Implementation Specialist, Pat D'Alfonso Curriculum Standards Implementation Specialist, West Warwick School District , Professional Development Center. |
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| Liabilities of instructing in an electronic environment: How Sakai can help… Moderator: TBD |
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| Breakout Session 2 | |
| Meeting post-secondary institution requirements for accreditation: How Sakai can help… Janice Smith, Ph.D., Education Consultant, The rSmart Group, Moderator : presentation video |
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| Distance Learning: How Sakai can help… Josh Baron, Director, Academic Technology and eLearning, Marist College |
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| What’s new and on the horizon in Sakai: Hannah Reeves, rSmart Sakai CLE Project Manager, The rSmart Group : presentation | |
| Credit Recovery: How Sakai can help… Jim Monti, Technology Director, West Warwick School District : presentation |
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| Portfolio Thinking, has accountability hijacked portfolios? Trent Batson, Next Generation Portfolio, Peter Adamy, URI | |
