THE REFORM SYMPOSIUM FOR NEW TEACHERS | FREE ONLINE CONFERENCE JANUARY 8, 2011
THE REFORM SYMPOSIUM
Contents +
Invitation
What is an Elluminate
Room?
Mentor Program
Continuing Education
Credit Application
Open Lab for Professional
Development
Meet the Organizers
Meet the Sponsors
Schedule 6-8
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Please join us for inspir-
ing professional develop-
ment from some of the
most innovative educa-
tional speakers in the
comfort of your home!
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FOR NEW TEACHERS+
Free Online Conference January 8, 2011
Featuring…
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3 Dr. Alec Couros
Keynote Speaker
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5 Associate Professor of educational tech-
nology and media at the Faculty of
Education, University of Regina. He has
given hundreds of workshops and pres-
entations, nationally and internationally,
on topics such as openness in education,
networked learning, social media in
education, digital citizenship, and criti-
cal media literacy. His graduate and
undergraduate courses help current and
future educators understand how to use
and take advantage of the educational
potential offered by the tools of
connectivity.
Website: http://www.couros.ca
Twitter: http://twitter.com/courosa
Dr. Milton Chen
Keynote Speaker
Senior fellow and executive director
emeritus at The George Lucas Educa-
tional Foundation (GLEF), a non-profit
operating foundation in the San
Francisco Bay Area that utilizes its mul-
timedia site http://www.edutopia.org
and documentary films to communicate
a new vision for 21st-century schools. He
served as executive director of GLEF for
12 years. He was the founding director
of the KQED Center for Education (PBS)
in San Francisco; a director of research
at Sesame Workshop, in New York,
working on Sesame Street, The Electric
Company, and 3-2-1 Contact; and an
assistant professor at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education. Dr. Chen
lives in San Francisco with his wife, Dr.
Ruth Cox, faculty liaison for academic
technology at San Francisco State
University.
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Invitation +
Dear Educator,

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to our annual Reform Symposium Conference for New Teachers, which will take
place on Saturday, January 8th, 201l. You can attend this online conference from the comfort of your home or anywhere
you have Internet access. We have some of the best speakers that often present in major educational conferences
worldwide. This amazing conference provides you the opportunity to connect with educators and professionals in the
field of education worldwide. Over 2400 educators attended our last conference from 59 different countries. This year
we will focus on interactive presentations that help new teachers with creating engaging classrooms and lessons,
building relationships with students, improving literacy, working with Interactive Whiteboards, and much more. This
year we look forward to 2 Keynote speakers, 18 presentations, an open discussion on Classroom Management, a panel
discussion on Parental Engagement, a mentorship program, and an open lab for hands-on support in helping you
continue your professional development on online educator communities. We promise you have never attended a
conference quite like this! Join us for one session or as many as you like! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday,
January 8th!

Your Organizers,

Shelly Terrell, Kelly Tenkely, Chris Rogers, Melissa Tran, Lisa Dabbs, and Greta Sandler

All presentations will be held in Elluminate web meeting rooms! +

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Mentor Program + Continuing Education

Over 50,000 educators worldwide
participate in daily professional
development online. Many are
veterans and experts in their fields
and would like to support new
educators. Join this session led by
Kyle Pace to discover ways you can
participate in educator
communities to find online support
24/7 when you need it.
If you miss the session you can still
join the program. Please register
on the Reform Symposium site,
http://reformsymposium.com.
Credit +
The requirements for professional
development (PD) or continuing edu-
cation credits (CEU’s) varies around the
world and within countries. Please visit
http://reformsymposium.com/profession
al-development/ to download the forms
and share with your local administration
prior to working for this credit. The
organizers, presenters, and volunteers of
the Reform Symposium conference can’t
guarantee that participants, schools, and
districts will recognize and accept the
Reform Symposium Professional
Development Certificate and hours.

The Open Lab for Professional Development +

Throughout the conference we will
have one Elluminate room open
throughout the entire conference to
help you with any concerns, issues,
or technical difficulties you may have
throughout the day. You are also
welcomed to drop by this room if you
have questions about any the
sessions or need help creating
accounts on social networks.
Throughout the day we will also have
3 online professional development
workshops dedicated to showing you
how to connect with other educators
through social bookmarking, joining
educator groups on Facebook, and
on Twitter. Please feel free to drop in
at any time. Kyle Pace, Guido
Kyle Pace Guido Europeaantje
Europeaantje, and other volunteers
will help be there to help you!

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Meet The Organizers
Shelly Sanchez
Terrell is the
VP of Educator
Outreach for
Parentella and
the Social Media Community Man-
ager for The Consultants-E. She is
also the co-creator of the award win-
ning projects, #Edchat and
the Virtual Round Table conference.
The New York Times learning blog
has included her on its list of the top
78 educators to follow on Twitter,
@shellterrell. Her award winning
education blog, Teacher Reboot
Camp, is ranked as one of the top 50
best blogs for education leaders.
Shelly is the author of The 30 Goals
Challenge and teaches English lan-
guage learners in Germany.
Melissa Tran has
been a teacher,
counselor, leader
and advocate for
youth at-risk for
nearly twenty
years. Currently, she provides
critical intervention strategies, and
program and staff development
support at sites around the country.
Melissa is passionate about ensuring
that New Teachers receive the
coaching, mentoring and guidance
they need to meet those challenges
and is delighted to welcome you to
the Reform Symposium. Follow her
tweets @thenewtag and check out
her blog at The New Tag.
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Kelly Tenkely
is a technology
trainer in Colo-
rado and the
author of the
award winning and nominated blogs,
ilearntechnology and Dreams of
Education. She encourages other
educators to find their blogging
voice with her Edublogger Alliance.
She also writes many of the top
viewed articles for The Apple
including Top 10 technology Tips for
New Teachers and 10 Technology
Enhanced Alternatives to Book
Reports. She is working on a project
to put iPads in the hands of every
child. Find Kelly on Twitter,
@ktenkely.
Lisa Dabbs is
an Educational
Coach and
Consultant,
New Teacher
Connections
Group Facilitator, a Board Member of
a Literacy Non-Profit, and the Library
Board of Trustee in her community.
Lisa has served as an elementary
school principal for 14 years, a
federal programs project director,
English Language Arts consultant for
Kaplan Educational Corporation and
Adjunct Professor for Concordia
University. She is the originator of
New Teacher Chat (#ntchat), a
weekly chat for new teachers on
Twitter. Connect with her on Twitter,
@teachingwthsoul and on her
blog Teaching With Soul.
Christopher
Rogers is a Lan-
guage Arts and
Theatre teacher
in Morrisville,
NY. He is also the technology
coordinator/integration specialist for
his district. Since beginning his
education blog, Ed Tech Swami a
little over a year ago he has become
very involved in the social media
teacher’s movement happening all
over the world. Find him on Twitter,
@MrR0g3rs.
Greta Sandler is
an ESL teacher.
She teaches 5th
grade at a K-12
school in Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
She is passionate about teaching and
technology. She loves to create
meaningful learning opportunities for
her students by combining her two
passions. She is the co-creator
of Blog4Edu. Blog4Edu is a project to
support new education bloggers,
student bloggers, new bloggers, and
those who feel they need more
support from their educator
community. You can check out her
award winning education blog About
a Teacher and you can also find her
on Twitter @gret.
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Meet The Sponsors +

Attendees will get the chance to win fabulous prizes from our sponsors at the end of the event! Visit
the website to checkout the latest prizes!

Elluminate has been generous to provide the rooms for this conference!
Go beyond web conferencing with web, audio, video, and social networking
solutions for 21st century education and training. Check out the incredible
features at http://www.elluminate.com.

Edublogs will give away free 12 months Edublogs Pro subscriptions which
you can use on your own blog or give away to a friend or reader. Features
include: 10gb storage, no ads, privacy options, premium themes, and much
more! Check out the breakdown of features at http://edublogs.org.

SimpleK12 will give away free memberships to the EdTech UNconference,

each valued at $200. The EdTech UNconference is the first ever, year long,
international, technology UNconference for educators. In addition to live
monthly sessions, the EdTech Unconference gives full access to all of
SimpleK12’s online learning programs to help teachers learn about and
integrate technology directly into their lesson plans. It’s more than 700+ hours
of online learning content that is used by more than 500,000 teachers. In
addition, the EdTech UNconference provides a haven for ongoing forums,
blogs, and collaboration. Check them out at http://www.simplek12.com.

Symbaloo will be offering a branded school solution for free for one year
to be raffled to one winner. For every participant of the Symposium we are
offering free enrollment for our Symbaloo Certification Program. This 6-week
program offers detailed instructions on how to use SymbalooEDU in
conjunction with other Web 20 EDU tools. Check them out at
http://www.symbaloo.com.

Glogster EDU will give every participant that registers 1-2 months of the
premium service for free and will give away a few lucky winners a year
membership and some goodie bags! Check them out at
http://edu.glogster.com.

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The Reform Symposium E-Conference Schedule +

Saturday, January 8, 2010 - Beginning at 7am PDT!

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http://bit.ly/byMRt7 Please visit our online schedule, http://bit.ly/rsconschedule
7-7:30am PST, 8am MST, Welcome to The Reform Symposium for New Teachers 2011 Conference!, Opening
9am CST, 10 am EST ceremony, news and an exciting surprise!

7:30-8am Break

8-8:30am PST, 9am MST, Joquetta Johnson presents: IWBs…Not Your Mother’s Chalkboard
10am CST, 11 am EST Good teaching paired with the effective use of IWB technologies; Participants will be
provided with IWB resources that support teaching and learning in the 21st century.

8-8:30am PST, 9am MST, John Spencer presents: Teacher Burnout

10am CST, 11 am EST This presentation will focus on effective ways to deal with and prevent teacher burnout.

8:30-9am Break

9-9:30am PST, 10am MST, Melissa Tran leads this reflective discussion for new and seasoned educators:
11am CST, 12pm noon EST One Thing I’ve Learned
We'll challenge participants to share one thing they’ve learned since they started
teaching that they believe has made them better teachers.

9-9:30am PST, 10am MST, Marisa Constantinides leads this workshop: Professional Development through
11am CST, 12pm noon EST Facebook and Nings
Educators worldwide learn from and support each other in Facebook groups and online
educator communities. Learn about these exciting groups!

9:30-10am Break

10-10:30am PST, 11am MST, Rich Kiker presents: Effective Online Classroom Management
12pm CST, 1pm EST Come learn and discuss how to take your classroom online, create a 24/7 learning
environment, and increase digital literacy for all of your students.

10-10:30am PST, 11am MST, Gary Brannigan presents: Maximizing Children's Academic Potential
12pm CST, 1pm EST Examine a model for parent-child and teacher-student interactions that stresses
efficient use of time and energy through increased awareness of the important links in
thinking, feeling, and behaving.

10-10:30am PST, 11am MST, Guido Europeaantje leads this Workshop on Twitter: Turn 140 Characters into a
12pm CST, 1pm EST Virtual Staffroom
Come and discover tools and tricks to help you join the many educators for whom Twit-
ter is a huge virtual staffroom where teachers from around the world meet, communi-
cate, support each other and share teaching tips, resources, weblinks and opinions.

10:30am-11am Break

11-12noon PST, 1pm MST, Dr. Alec Couros presents: Why Networked Learning Matters
2pm CST, 3pm EST This interactive presentation deconstructs some of the big questions regarding technol-
ogy and its use in teaching & learning. What practices are here to stay? What will
disappear? What will be different about schools in the years ahead? And, what do we
need to do as teachers, educators, and parents to create the best learning environ-
ments for our children?

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The Reform Symposium E-Conference Schedule +

Saturday, January 8, 2010 - Beginning at 7am PDT!

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12-12:30pm Break

12:30-1pm PST, 1:30pm MST, David Ginsburg presents: Reflective (and effective!) Classroom Management
2:30pm CST, 3:30pm EST This presentation includes real strategies for continually improving our interactions,
organization and effectiveness and is for anyone looking to improve their professional
practice, especially those working @ Middle and High School levels and those in high
needs schools.

12:30-1pm PST, 1:30pm MST, Stephen Davis presents: Finding the Nuance of Middle Level Instruction
2:30pm CST, 3:30pm EST We will explore the dichotomies of the middle school student and discover ways to
effectively and efficiently serve their physical, intellectual, emotional, and social
needs. Middle Level Instruction is a blend of This AND That.

1-1:30pm Break

1:30-2pm PST, 2:30pm MST, Pernille Ripp presents: Let Them Speak
3:30pm CST, 4:30pm EST Creating a Student Centered Classroom Explore the use of hands-on learning,
simulations student blogging and other strategies to create a Student Centered
Classroom.

1:30-2pm PST, 2:30pm MST, Joel Wagner TBD

3:30pm CST, 4:30pm EST

1:30-2pm PST, 2:30pm MST, Kyle Pace leads this Workshop: Professional Development through Social
3:30pm CST, 4:30pm EST Bookmarking
Through Social Bookmarking Free tools make it possible to have your bookmarks
available wherever you go! You can even connect with other educators and share your
favorite sites. In this workshop, discover how to access many sites in any subject that
are educator approved!

2-2:30pm Break

2:30-3pm PST, 3:30pm MST, George Couros, Amanda Henson of Parentella, Jim Folkestad, Monika Hardy &
4:30pm CST, 5:30pm EST her student drive this panel discussion on Parent Engagement
An open discussion on the best ways for educators to engage parents in the
conversation! We will be joined by a principal, teacher, parent, and student!

3:30-4pm Break

4-4:30pm PST, 5pm MST, Colin T. Graham presents: Approaches to Teaching Mathematics
6pm CST, 7pm EST More Effectively Is mathematics built up or constructed? Should mathematics be made
explicit or hidden inside a cross-curricular project? Online or offline, or both? Should
the curriculum be designed differently? if so, how?

4-4:30pm PST, 5pm MST, Elizabeth M. Peterson presents: Getting Started with Arts Integration
6pm CST, 7pm EST Learn more about what true arts integration is and how you can get started infusing the
arts into your teaching whether or not you are an "artist." Includes ideas, resources
and activities.

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The Reform Symposium E-Conference Schedule +

Saturday, January 8, 2010 - Beginning at 7am PDT!

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4:30-5pm Break

5-5:30pm PST, 6pm MST, Greta Sandler presents: Creating Safe Learning Environments
7pm CST, 8pm EST During this session we will explore strategies to promote a love of learning by build-
ing relationships and share different ways to get students to trust us and each other.

5-5:30pm PST, 6pm MST, Becky Goerend and Russ Goerend present: Classroom Setup to Facilitate Student
7pm CST, 8pm EST Ownership
In this presentation, we will discuss different ways of arranging your classroom to
create an environment that supports effective classroom management and helps stu-
dents to learn and collaborate with each other.

5:30-6pm Break

6-6:30pm PST, 7pm MST, Jo Hart and Phil Hart lead this discussion on Classroom Management
8pm CST, 9pm EST An open discussion where you can bring in the struggles with your classes. Experi-
enced teachers offer practical ideas on how to manage the classroom.

6:30-7pm Break

7-7:30pm PST, 8pm MST, Nick Provenzano presents: Mentoring

9pm CST, 10pm EST Everyone is a Side Kick! This presentation is going to explore what it means to be a
mentor and different types of mentor relationships found in schools using classic
Buddy Cop movies as a reference.

7-7:30pm PST, 8pm MST, Joan Young presents: Maximizing Engagement and Learning through Positive
9pm CST, 10pm EST Climate
A positive classroom environment is essential to engagement and learning. Come
discuss ways to maximize the use of novelty, humor and curiosity to engage learners
from K-6.

7:30-8pm Break

8-8:30pm PST, 9pm MST, Finding Online Support through a Personal Learning Network
10pm CST, 11pm EST Over 50,000 educators worldwide participate in daily professional development
online. Many are veterans and experts in their fields and would like to support new
educators. Join this session led by Kyle Pace to discover ways you can participate in
educator communities to find online support 24/7 when you need it.

8:30-9pm Break

9-10pm PST, 10pm MST, Closing Keynote with Dr. Milton Chen
11pm CST, 12pm EST

10-10:30pm PST, 11pm MST, Closing Remarks. Attendees will get the chance to win fabulous prizes from our
12am CST, 1am EST sponsors!

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