Techno Constructivist: Come see me at #ISTE11

I am fortunate to have the opportunity for the second year in a row to be presenting two formal sessions at the ISTE Conference as well as be involved in one ISTE Unplugged session. Unfortunately, I have to miss Edubloggercon as well as the first day of the conference but I will be arriving Monday afternoon and will be able to take in at least two full days of the conference on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you are attending I hope to see you there. So, here is my speaking schedule:

Tuesday, June 28th, 5:00-5:30 (Eastern)
Title: Phantom Power: The Art of Education Reform
Description: For many educators, the fundamental notion of teaching as an art, and with it the sense of joyful creativity that first brought them into the profession, has been nearly extinguished. The relentless, linear logic of teaching as a science dominates, as evidenced by our current culture of high-stakes testing, data, standards, research. Thinking like an artist---as Emily Dickinson says, ‘telling it slant”---- is a possible pathway to reclaim teaching as a creative act. Social media afford new ways of telling it slant, of inviting new “slants” and diverse points of view, making possible networked collaborations within and beyond classrooms. In the session, experience examples of technology-mediated participatory art across a range of media and forms and explore their usefulness as engines of creativity in teaching and learning. Further, the session proposes an “arts ethos,” with teacher and students as artists and learning as artifact---part of a viable, balanced path to education reform.
Presenters: Scott Schwister & Carl Anderson
Email: sschwister@gmail.com , anderscj@yahoo.com
Links: Phantom Power
Watch and participate in this session live at: http://www.elluminate.com/support

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The Fix Is In: Social Mobilization and School Reform

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[Concurrent Session: Model Lesson]
Wednesday, 6/29/2011, 10:15am–11:15am , PACC 119B
Digital-Age Teaching & Learning : English Language Arts
Carl Anderson, East Metro Integration District 6067 with Scott Schwister and Gary Stager

Citizen journalism is a growing phenomena empowered by Web 2.0 technologies. Learn how to use it in your classroom to empower students.

Session Wiki: http://the-fix-is-in.wikispaces.com/

If you can't make it to the session or would like to follow this session remotely, follow #thefixisin on Twitter. Someone will post a live stream of the session shortly after it gets started.

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BW318 Formative Assessment: Technology-Enhanced Approaches to Increase Student Achievement

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[Concurrent Session: BYOL] Sold Out!
Wednesday, 6/29/2011, 1:15pm–2:15pm , PACC 118A
School Improvement : Student Assessment & Data Analysis
Vivian Johnson, School of Education - Hamline University with Carl Anderson, Cara Hagen and Scott Schwister

Increase teacher and student use of formative assessment with digital tools such as quiz generators, polls, and surveys to support formative assessment in your classroom.