2008 International Symposium Sponsored by:

Adobe

Goethe-Institut/German Cultural Center

Pearson Foundation

CoSN - Advancing K-12 Technology Leadership

7th Annual International Symposium Agenda

Bringing Web 2.0 Innovation to Our Schools: Leadership and Policy Challenges

Sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc., Pearson Foundation and Goethe- Institut/German Cultural Center

(Agenda Subject to Change)

Sunday, March 9, 2007
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM Welcome Remarks

William Gilcher, PhD, Co-Chair, CoSN International Committee & Director, Media Projects North America, Goethe-Institut/German Cultural Center

Kathy Hurley, Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions and Partnerships, Pearson Education

Setting the Stage and Introduction of Keynote

James Bosco, EdD, Co-Chair, CoSN International Committee & Emeritus Professor, Western Michigan University
8:50 AM – 9:40 AM Opening Keynote Address: Web 2.0 in K-12: Buzzword or Transformation?
Does Web 2.0 offer the prospect of transforming our schools or is Web 2.0 just the buzzword du jour? What difference has the information age already made for schools, teachers, and students? And how much more will the interactive Web change it? The hopes and the implications for participative, engaged learners are exciting but daunting for many educators. Mr. House will offer prescriptions for policy and leadership initiatives that align with these possibilities.

Charles House, Executive Director, Media X at Stanford University
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9:40 AM – 11:00 AM Web 2.0: Definitions and Issues
Web 2.0, new media, 3D Internet—Are these synonyms? Does Web 2.0 imply or require a new conception of learning? Does the use of Web 2.0 applications in a school necessarily mean that the school has embraced participatory culture?

Lyndsay Grant, Learning Researcher, Futurelab, United Kingdom (Moderator)

Claudia L’Amoreaux, Community Development – Education, Linden Lab
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Erin Brockette Reilly, Research Manager, Project New Media Literacies, MIT
Comparative Media Studies & Co-Founder, Platform Shoes Forum

Guus Wijngaards, PhD, Professor, eLearning, INHOLLAND University for Professional
Education, Netherlands [View Executive Summary - The Social Web and Learning]
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Constance Yowell, PhD, Director, Digital Media, Learning & Education, Program on Human and Community Development, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Break
11:15 AM – 12:27 PM Web 2.0 in Schools: Examples
Capsule case studies from around the world.

Greg Black, Chief Executive Officer, education.au (Moderator)

Jim Klein, Jr., Director, Information Services and Technology, Saugus Union School District, CA

Alejandro Piscitelli, Educ.ar, Argentina Ministry of Education

and Liaison to RELPE, the Latin American portal of education networks
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Urban Reininger, Technology Director, Ross Schools, NY
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12:27 PM – 12:30 PM

Sponsor Greeting

Bob Regan, Director, Worldwide K-12 Education, Adobe Systems, Inc. Johann

Zimmern, Sr. Marketing Manager, Worldwide K-12 Education, Adobe Systems, Inc.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM

A Conversation About Policy & Leadership: Where are we Today? Should Web 2.0 and Participatory Culture be in our Schools?

Chris Dede, EdD, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University (Moderator)

Timothy Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education

Michael Stevenson, Vice President, Global Education, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Yong Zhao, PhD, University Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Confucius Institute, College of Education, Michigan State University

Thiam Seng KOH, PhD, Director, Educational Technology, Ministry of Education, Singapore and Deputy Director, National Institute of Education, Singapore
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Professor Birgitte Holm Sørensen, PhD, Director, Research Program on Media and ICT in a Learning Perspective, School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM Audience Interactive Session in Response to Panel

Glenn Kleiman, Executive Director, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Education, North Carolina State University (Facilitator)
4:15 PM – 5:00 PM Closing Keynote: Moving Forward: An Action Agenda
The 21st century is a very different time from the one that preceded it. As the factory schools of the 20th century recede into distant memories education emerges into a millennium rich with choice. Technology has opened the door to many possibilities for learning but human nature often finds it easier to keep on doing wrong things—so long as many others share the error—than to do the right things with relatively few others. It is not a time for waiting to be told what to do; it is a time for action and this session will focus on the need to build effective, seductive, and rather enjoyable learning... and will look around the world for action agendas that we will all need in order to proceed.

Keith Krueger, Chief Executive Officer, CoSN (Moderator)

Professor Stephen Heppell, Former Director of U.K.’s Ultralab and Chief Executive Officer, Heppell.Net Ltd.
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Reflections and Conclusions

Henry Kelly, PhD, President, Federation of American Scientist (FAS) (Invited)

5:15 PM–7:30 PM Reception with CoSN’s 13th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference Exhibitors

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