NDATL

The NDATL Board of Directors

is pleased to announce the

Fall F2F NDATL Conference

Minot, ND

October 17 – 18, 2016

Please join us at the Grand Hotel as we continue the NDATL mission of “Committed to the improvement of education through the use of technology.”

Instead of breaking out in the morning with Mark Hammons, we will begin our day learning from the ISTE 2010 Outstanding Leader of the Year, Dean Shareski.  Dean is our neighbor from Moose Jaw, SK, and besides being the Community Manager for Discovery Education, Canada, he will be starting off our day with his keynote “From So What, To Now What?”  We will be bringing a major breakout experience at the end of the day…but we need to keep that a surprise yet!

Monday, October 17

9:00 – 3:00

CODE in partnership with code.org

In-person instruction from an experienced computer science facilitator, including an intro to computer science, pedagogy, overview of the online curriculum, teacher dashboard, and strategies for teaching “unplugged” classroom activities.

1:00pm – 4:00pm

NDATL members will have the opportunity to experience EdCamp. An Edcamp is an informal unconference-style day of professional development organized and given by local participants with sessions determined at the time of the event. Connect with other educators to share innovative instructional strategies, learn about networking, participate in an open Q & A infrastructure session and participate in sessions that will assist you in transforming your professional learning.   

6:00pm – 9:00pm

NDATL members join us for the vendor social and exhibits.

Appetizers will be served.

Tuesday, October 18

NDATL Conference Day

7:30am – 4:00pm

7:30-8:30  

Breakfast/Welcome

Breakfast Buffet Served

8:35-9:35

Opening Keynote

Dean Shareski

9:40-10:30  

Session I

10:35 – 11:25  

Session II

11:30-12:15

Lunch & Vendor Prizes

Build your own sandwich bar, soup, and salad

12:20 – 1:10  

Session III  

1:15 – 2:05

Session IV

2:10 – 2:30  

Ice Cream Break Social

2:30-3:30  

Breakout Event

Evaluation

Of course, our conference cannot be complete without presentations from colleagues throughout North Dakota.  Dean Shareski will be presenting sessions; but we also need NDATL members to share their teaching and technical talent by presenting.  If you are a Technology Coordinator/Director  please offer to present on a specific topic within your role as Coordinator/Director.  Some considerations might be: Networking, Troubleshooting LAN’s, Active Directory Overview, Open Q & A, deploying devices, and File Servers.  Think about your role and what a good discussion would be and how it would help other Technology Coordinators/Directors.

We are striving to have strands at the conference that feature classroom instructional strategies, networking, device management, and makerspace. Sessions will be 50 minutes long.

NDATL Registration:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F2Fregistration

Presentation Proposal:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/f2fbreakoutproposals

Vendor Registration

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/f2fvendors

EdcampND registration:

bit.ly/EdcampND

The NDATL Board of Directors

is pleased to announce the

Fall F2F NDATL Conference

Minot, ND

October 17 – 18, 2016

Please join us at the Grand Hotel as we continue the NDATL mission of “Committed to the improvement of education through the use of technology.” We are delighted to announce that Mark Hammons of Breakout EDU will be our keynote speaker.  His keynote “The Sound of Learning” will start our morning off with a bit of Breakout EDU!

Monday, October 17

9:00 – 3:00

CODE in partnership with code.org

In-person instruction from an experienced computer science facilitator, including an intro to computer science, pedagogy, overview of the online curriculum, teacher dashboard, and strategies for teaching “unplugged” classroom activities.

1:00pm – 4:00pm

NDATL members will have the opportunity to experience EdCamp. An Edcamp is an informal unconference-style day of professional development organized and given by local participants with sessions determined at the time of the event. Connect with other educators to share innovative instructional strategies, learn about networking, participate in an open Q & A infrastructure session and participate in sessions that will assist you in transforming your professional learning.   

6:00pm – 9:00pm

NDATL members join us for the vendor social and exhibits.

Appetizers will be served.

Tuesday, October 18

NDATL Conference Day

7:30am – 4:00pm

7:30-8:30  

Breakfast/Welcome

Breakfast Buffet Served

8:35-9:35

Opening Keynote

Mark Hammons

9:40-10:20  

Session I

10:25 – 11:25  

Session II

11:30-12:15

Lunch & Vendor Prizes

Build your own sandwich bar, soup, and salad

12:20 – 1:00  

Session III  

1:05 – 2:05

Session IV

2:10 – 2:30  

Ice Cream Break Social

2:30-3:30  

Closing Event

Evaluation

Door Prizes, using Kahoot

Of course, our conference cannot be complete without presentations from colleagues throughout North Dakota.  Mark Hammons will be presenting sessions; but we also need NDATL members to share their teaching and technical talent by presenting.  If you are a Technology Coordinator/Director  please offer to present on a specific topic within your role as Coordinator/Director.  Some considerations might be: Networking, Troubleshooting LAN’s, Active Directory Overview, Open Q & A, deploying devices, and File Servers.  Think about your role and what a good discussion would be and how it would help other Technology Coordinators/Directors.

We are striving to have strands at the conference that feature classroom instructional strategies, networking, device management, and makerspace. You will notice that some sessions are 40 minutes and some sessions are 60 minutes.  

NDATL Registration:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F2Fregistration

Presentation Proposal:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/f2fbreakoutproposals

Vendor Registration

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/f2fvendors

Join us for the Fall F2F Conference at the Grand Hotel in Minot, ND on October 17 & 18, 2016. Conference details and registration will be posted in early September.

Here is the YAPP address for the conference