Wednesday+6.23

Welcome and Introduction: Hiller Spires Featured Speaker: Dr. Yong Zhao "Global Competencies as a New Literacy" || To promote reflection with your inquiry partner(s) and table mates, review the learning products rubric [|LearningProductsRubricFinal.pdf] and prompting questions  [|PromtpingQuestionsFinal.pdf]
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 * 8:30 – 9:00 || Sign-In, Breakfast, Networking ||
 * 9:00 –10:00 || ===Opening Plenary Session: Looking Up and Out===
 * 10:00 –10:15 || BREAK (Visit **NLC Salon**) ||
 * 10:15 – 12:15 || ===Breakout Sessions - Digging Deeper.===
 * Group 1: Online Reading Comprehension - Don, Julie, Jill, Greg
 * Group 2: New Literacies & Social Networking - John, Carl, Heidi
 * Group 3: New Literacies & Video/Multimedia - Hiller, Kim, Ian ||
 * 12:15 – 1:00 || LUNCH BREAK ||
 * 1:00 – 2:35 || ===Cool Tools for Learning - Playing Around=== ||
 * 2:35 – 2:50 || BREAK (Visit **NLC Salon**) ||
 * 2:50 – 4:30 || ===Design Studio - Just Do It!=== ||
 * 4:30 – 4:45 || ===Wrap Up: Julie Coiro=== ||
 * Wednesday's Inquiry Process Benchmarks**
 * Have you attended 2 Cool Tools sessions? (Remember, design partners should attend different sessions!)
 * Have you creatively synthesized your content and technology into an innovative instructional plan?
 * Are you ensuring innovative and creative use(s) of technology in your instructional plan?
 * Are you pushing beyond your comfort levels with technology use?
 * Have you made clear connections with the MA Curriculum Frameworks?
 * Have you made clear connections with the MA Curriculum Frameworks?