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=Welcome to the MISD Technology Symposium Wiki...= Some members of our district will be attending the Region 10 District Leadership Technology Symposium. Those attending will use this space to share their learning and to post information acquired at the sessions.

__**Background on the Region 10 District Leadership Technology Symposium:**__ The intend of the District Leadership Technology Symposium is designed to engage district leaders in an ongoing conversation that helps inform and support that transformation.

The District Leadership Technology Symposium features four nationally recognized thought leaders whose task is to help facilitate the conversation over the course of this school year: September 22 - David Warlick ([|http://davidwarlick.com]) December 8 - Jamie McKenzie ([]) March 1 - Lee Crocker ([]) May 6 - Alan November ([])

9/22/10 David Warlick
September 22 - David Warlick []

Rather than trying to provide you a narrative of the presentation and subsequent conversation after the formal keynote taking a look at David Warlick's thought process via his Scribd slidesfor the morning should say it all. The MISD group (Geoff, Lara, Allen and Joe) targeted the three main questions embedded in the Scribd slides in a formal debriefing. We will post some additional thoughts after our formal debriefing.

[|Presentation Link]

__**Here are the three questions we reframed and debriefed after the keynote:**__
 * 1) What do children need to learn today to be ready for an unpredictable future? ..to adapt in a time of rapid change? ..to leverage surprise?
 * 2) What kind of learning environment and learning experience channels the qualities of a generational culture based on community, conversation, and interaction?
 * 3) How might we turn the disruptive nature of today’s participatory information landscape into powerful learning opportunities


 * __Post Meeting Debriefing Key Points:__**
 * Need to establish a prominent communication solution - Group recommends the MISD Portal
 * Establish a secondary MISD Tech Stars Model to support and promote web 2.0 and 21st Century Learning via technology
 * Lara will establish key secondary leaders group of: Tech Integrators, LMS, Administrator and/or Administrator Designees to work on Sec. Tech Starts Model.
 * Develop a 21st Century Think Tank
 * Complete a solution review examining value and redudant funcationality prior to the 11-12 budget cycle
 * Continue to build campus administrator capacity and understanding surrounding 21st Century Learning