Join Us at the Online PD Community at ITEC

Are you going to the ITEC Conference on Oct 12 - 14?  

Will you be heading to Des Moines, Iowa to engage with 1500 other educators on October 12 - 14?   It will be an incredible opportunity to learn about what other educators are doing with Educational Technology in their classrooms and schools.

Can't make it physically?  Join us virtually.
Join our Online PD Community  (OPDC) virtually through your computer or phone on Monday or Tuesday.  

This is your opportunity to connect with speakers who are joining us from Shanghai, Sydney, Chicago, Atlanta and even Torrance, California. These are leaders who will be speaking on a wide range of topics including Maker Rooms, Badging, Flipped Classrooms, Coding for Kids and Digital Apps.

Here is a 7-minute video which will tell you about OPDC and how you can connect to these exciting discussions through your digital device.  The schedule of presentations follows (along with links to get there.)

	Monday - October 13	Tuesday - October 14
8:00 – 8:50		Bring Digital Badges to your School or Classroom Michael Boll - Shanghai, China
11:10 – noon	21+ Digital Learning Tools Every 21st Century Teacher Should Know! Leigh Zeitz - Cedar Falls, IA
11:00 – 11:50		Flipped Class for Administrators Jon Bergmann - Chicago, IL
1:10 – 2:00	Making the Case for Making in Schools Sylvia Martinez - Torrance, CA
1:00 – 1:50		Coding for Kids Chris Betcher - Sydney, Australia
2:50 – 3:40	20 Creation Apps in 20 Minutes David Lockhart - Atlanta, GA

NOTE to Virtual Attendees:  We will be using the Zoom.us video conferencing platform for our broadcasting.  I would suggest that you click on the Zoom link before the conference to download a small applet beforehand.