Mohonk Mountain House (overnight)
Oct 25 - 26 2006

Gary Stager
Reclaiming the Magic - Focusing on What Matters
Oct 25, 2006 (1:30-5:00pm)

Gary Stager, Editor-At-Large for District Administration Magazine, believes computing holds the transformative potential to create a renaissance of classroom creativity, intellectual development and innovation. He will present examples of student projects, representing a range of disciplines to inspire educators to embrace a more expansive world of possibilities for knowledge construction. Gary will discuss how a more ambitious vision of educational computing is necessary to create new learning opportunities for students.

• Gary Stager's website www.stager.org

Will Richardson
Powerful Tools for Classrooms
Oct 26, 2006 (8:30am-12:00pm)

Learner in Chief, Connective Learning, is known internationally for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies into their schools. Will's Weblog is a primary resource for the creation and implementation of K-12 Weblog technologies. His critically acclaimed, best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms gives a vision of what schools can and must become.

• More on Will Richardson