Technology and High School Success

Project Events

Upcoming Events

Emerge 2010 Summit - August 15 - 18, 2010 Banff, Alberta 

The Emerge 2010 Summit will bring together participants from across Alberta and around the world in exploring the use of one-to-one laptops and related technology to support 21st Century teaching and learning. 

The Emerge Summit will take place at The Banff Centre from August 15 to 18, 2010, and is open to the K-12 education community including leaders, teachers, technical support directors, policmakers and researchers.  Registration opens on September 30, 2009.

Who should participate in EMERGE 2010?

The target audience for the Emerge Summit is the K-12 education community including leaders, teachers, technical support directors, policy makers and researchers. Emerge participants have an interest in advancing their skills and knowledge in the implementation of one-to-one laptop learning and in fostering 21st century teaching and learning. There will be independent streams for leaders, teachers and technical managers.

What can participants expect from EMERGE 2010?

The summit will feature leading-edge keynotes, hands-on workshops, interactive concurrent demonstrations, discussions with key one-to-one and 21st Century education leaders and researchers, an educational technology exhibit, and lots of networking and social activities. Participants can expect to learn and network and also experience Canada’s largest mountain range in the heart of the Rockies at the Banff Centre.

For more information on the summit, visit http://emerge2010.galileonetwork.ca/home

 

Past Events

Community of Practice and Professional Learning Event - October 19 & 20, 2009

Fantasyland Hotel 

Edmonton, Alberta  

Emerge Summer Institute - August 19 to 21, 2009

Grant MacEwan College

City Center Campus, Edmonton, AB

Spring 2009 Grant Recipients’ Meeting - May 6, 2009

Optional Professional Learning Event - May 5, 2009

Roderick Mah Center for Continuous Education, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

The Technology and High School Success Spring 2009 Grant Recipients’ Meeting was held on May 6, 2009 at Mount Royal College in Calgary.  A number of topics were addressed at this meeting, including:
    

  • The August interim report; 
  • Managing project change; 
  • The provincial research program; and 
  • Specific project presentations.

Many Technology and High School Success participants attended the optional Professional Learning Event on May 5, 2009.    Sessions included:

  • Assessment for learning, 
  • Universal design for learning, 
  • Self-directed learning, 
  • Authentic learning experiences, 
  • Student engagement,  and 
  • Student-owned devices.  

Grant Recipients’ Meeting  - October 21, 2008
Optional Professional Learning Event  - October 20, 2008THSS2

At the Coast Edmonton East Hotel in Sherwood Park

The Fall 2008 Grant Recipients’ Meeting took place on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Coast Edmonton East Hotel in Sherwood Park.  All project leads, team members and participating teachers were invited to this event. 

Monday, October 20, 2008 was an optional professional learning opportunity offered in conjunction with the Emerge One-to-One Laptop Learning project. The agenda included sessions on critical thinking, program sustainability, measuring engagement, project sharing, developing effective professional learning programs, a Technology and High School Success initiative update and an introduction to the research team.

The following presentations are available for viewing:

Grant Recipients’ Meeting - May 5, 2008

On May 5, 2008, Alberta Education’s Stakeholder Technology Branch held a Grant Recipients’ Meeting for the Technology and High School Success project lead contacts/ project leaders.  The purpose of this meeting was to:

  1. Share the project scope and goals;
  2. Clarify project expectations, opportunities and supports;
  3. Clarify roles and responsibilities of participants;
  4. Provide strategies for a successful project;
  5. Share lessons learned from previous projects; and
  6. Provide strategies for project evaluation and work on individual assessment plans.

The presentations shown at the Grant Recipients’ Meeting are available here:

A link to the video shown at the Grant Recipients’ Meeting, A Vision of K-12 Students Today, is available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/bjnesbitt

Last updated November 13, 2009