Scotland Meets Saskatchewan
Posted by: Dean Shareski in Classrooms, professional learningI’m please to announce a great upcoming event being held in Moose Jaw, SK on Monday, August 25, 2008.
Our school division will be hosting a day long event with Ewan Mcintosh. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Ewan’s work, he is outstanding advocate of social media and has been involved with Scotland’s very progressive curriculum innovations.
Here’s a some more information about the day:
Scotland meets Saskatchewan Outline
9:00-10:30
Presentation: Scotland’s story: how curriculum meets innovation
The new curriculum, developed with the profession and parents over several years, has ‘allowed’ more teachers to break with tradition and take up new technologies to facilitate children’s learning. The curricular moves share much in common with Canada’s states’ and provinces’, so what are the similarities and differences in technology, professional development and the way students learn?
11:00-12:30
Roundtable:Assessment is for learning and making the links through new technologies - share experiences from both sides of the pond.
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00
Practical workshop:Thinking Out Of The (X)box
Scotland is leading the way in some respects of games-based learning. Experience some of the methodology and ideas in this practical workshop.
6:00-7:30
Focus on Leadership Dinner: Ewan will focus on leadership and explore Scotland’s approach and experience with leading change.
7:30-9:30
TeachMeet08 Saskatchewan
An unconference for teachers, by teachers. Share something from your classroom or professional learning in a seven-minute micro-presentation, two-minute nano-presentation or simply be an enthusiastic lurker.
To register, email me shareski.dean at prairiesouth.ca by June 22.
$75 Covers your cost for the day. If you planning to attend the evening meal, please add another $25.
Make your cheques payable to: Prairie South School Division and send them to:
Prairie School School Division
Attn: Dean Shareski
15 Thatcher Dr.
Moose Jaw, SK
S6J 1L
This is going to be an outstanding day!
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May 30th, 2008 at 11:30 am
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May 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Dean, hook me up … I’d like to attend f2f.
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May 31st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Thanks for getting this prepped-up, Dean. I’m really looking forward to this summer as a whole. if I meet only Jane and Alec I’ll be happy
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June 1st, 2008 at 8:57 am
I’m going to try to get out of a faculty retreat day to be there. Believe me, it’s not a sacrifice! I’d love to meet Ewan and see him in action. Sounds like a great day!
June 1st, 2008 at 9:00 am
Any chance of squeezing in a podcast with the Posse while he’s here- or maybe ahead of time to promote the event?
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 am
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June 6th, 2008 at 9:41 am
I think this sounds like an excellent event and something I’d love to come to but I’d like more information about where it will be (maybe to carpool). I’m excited to learn more, especially about gaming in education as I am a huge gamer myself. Sounds wonderful. Thanks for putting this together.
Natasha
July 4th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
[...] Ewan Mcintosh. Ewan’s international perspective (I actually was considered international…but don’t have a buttery Scottish accent so I barely count) and fresh look at education always provides me with enough fodder for about a year. I just barely have gotten over talks from a year ago. This time I only have 6 weeks. [...]
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:06 am
Games-based learning remains to me a fascinating agle of educational variation, and definitely a way to maintain the attention of a younger learning audience.
August 25th, 2008 at 3:41 am
[...] in Moose Jaw to participate in the “Scotland Meets Saskatchewan” that Dean Shareski has organized. Earlier this evening, I sat down with Dean, Ewan McIntosh, [...]
August 25th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
[...] a privilege to spend time with a good and smart friend. Since we began planning for this day back in January, I’ve been looking forward to it. It was remarkable to see how many [...]
August 26th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
[...] was in Moose Jaw yesterday for the Scotland meets Saskatchewan learning party that Dean arranged. After some fabulous discussion and serious gaming led by Ewan [...]