Educelerate Twin Cities: INNOVATION AND EMERGING TRENDS IN PD

Educelerate Twin Cities: Innovation and Emerging Trends in PD

January 30, 2014 (5-7 p.m.)

TIES (1667 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul., MN 55108)

Join us for our 3rd meetup of Educelerate Twin Cities as we seek to gather a diverse group of education stakeholders and participants for networking and discussion on how we might work together to further the “edupreneurial ecosystem” in the Minneapolis /St. Paul metro area.

The topic of this event—which is being generously hosted by TIES--is “Innovation and Emerging Trends in PD”. We have assembled a distinguished panel which includes:

• Betty Schweizer: Betty is Executive Director of TIES—a leading technology provider owned by 48 Minnesota school districts covering 539 schools. For over 40 years, TIES has offered cutting-edge software applications, hardware and software, Internet services and professional development services to Minnesota schools and educators. http://ties.k12.mn.us/home.html

• John Moravec, PhD: John is scholar, innovation coach, writer and speaker on the future of work and education. He is also the founder of Education Futures LLC and author of several books and articles including Knowmad Society (2013, Education Futures). http://www.educationfutures.com/masthead/john/

• Ann Zweber Werner, PhD: Ann is the founder and CEO of Whitewater Learning LLC, E-Education for Educators, which provides professional development services online for educators, educational leaders, state agency education personnel and policy makers. Ann is the former director of the licensure program for educational administrators at the University of Minnesota, principal, and teacher. http://whitewaterlearning.org (http://whitewaterlearning.org/)

• Curt L. Tryggestad: Curt is the superintendent of Eden Prairie Schools and a recognized leader in Minnesota and the nation for his work in shaping the integration of technology in education. Curt also serves on the Minnesota Online Learning Advisory Council, Minnesota Technology Task Force, Achieve Open Educational Resources (OER) Institute (established to help a group of states address issues on OER implementation, including the uses of measures of quality for evaluating OER to meet challenging College and Career Readiness/Common Core state standards), and has also served as chair of the governing board of Infinity Online Academy.

Please join us to explore this important topic and learn about the latest and projected future trends and innovations in professional development within the K--12 education sector.

Please note this meetup is limited to 40 attendees, so make sure to RSVP ASAP.