iTeach 2013

Launch or enhance your iPad integrated technology program at this second annual and proven professional development opportunity!

Do you seek to deepen your application of iPads and integrated technology? Or perhaps this will be your first year teaching with iPads integrated into your curriculum?  iTeach 2013 is the place to come for iPad educational professional development this summer!  Register early - space is limited and interest is high.

San Domenico School, a leader in 1-to-1 integrated iPad learning, is hosting the second annual premier professional development event for teachers, technologists, and administration leaders. This professional development conference will be equally valuable for educators taking first steps in considering 1-to-1 iPad programs in their schools, as well as for those whose schools wish to take their programs to the next level!

iTeach offers keynote presentations, hands-on workshops, and breakout sessions featuring leaders in education from San Domenico and other leading iPad schools. Apply your learning to your own curriculum or school planning with subject experts on hand to answer questions and provide mentoring.

June 17-18, 2013

Add-ons on Sunday, June 16 available

San Anselmo, California
Marin County near San Francisco & the Wine Country

Sunday, June 16 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Optional add-on afternoon of tutorials and classes on foundational iPad concepts for educators new to iPads

Sunday, June 16 7:00 PM
Informal gathering - details to follow

Monday, June 17 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Full day sessions; outstanding evening keynote. Continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided.

Tuesday, June 18 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Full day sessions. Continental breakfast and lunch provided.

Registration

iTeach Travel and Accommodations Information
In keeping with our commitment to sustainability, please carpool.

iTeach Speakers

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Eric Hamilton

When we work to integrate technology into our classrooms, what are we really trying to do? For our keynote speaker, Dr. Eric Hamilton, "the holy grail is to find conditions under which students and teachers are routinely engaged in what can be considered flow states while learning — high performance task immersion at the outer edge of ability, with individuals functioning in their own personal zones of creativity and self-regulated learning.

Eric Hamilton is a professor at Pepperdine University, where he carries out research in learning technology innovation and learning environments of the future, primarily under support from the National Science Foundation. He also leads what is called a Innovation in Learning and Education Science Across Virtual Institutes involving about three dozen researchers in the US and Finland. Read more about Dr. Hamilton's work. Dr. Hamilton will speak with us at a dinner crowning our first day of learning on Monday evening, June 17.

Featured Presentation: Merve Lapus, Sr. Education Program Manager, Common Sense Media

Merve is the Education Program Manager for Common Sense Media based in San Francisco.  Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.  Merve received his degree in both Psychology and Sociology at the University of San Francisco with a focus on Ethnic Studies and Women Studies.  Merve supports a network of schools throughout California to share and implement the various education tools that Common Sense Media has created for K-12 schools and Parent/Guardian groups within the school communities. 

Invited Faculty from San Domenico and Leading Schools

Our innovative faculty began piloting widespread use of iPads as digital tools to support student learning shortly after the release of the iPad in 2010. Through comprehensive professional development and classroom experience, our faculty are now leaders in integrating iPads throughout the curriculum. With a full 1-to-1 student iPad program in grades 4-12 and iPad carts and learning stations in early grades, our faculty are uniquely qualified to speak to the opportunities and challenges that come with integrating iPad into daily student use.

Keynote talks, practical hands-on workshops, panel conversations, and small-group mentoring sessions will provide participants with individuated learning opportunities for both broadening perspectives and delving into particular needs. Sessions will be organized in tracks to facilitate effective use of time for faculty of different grade levels, technology professionals, and school leaders.

Learn more about our faculty and what they are doing in the classroom at our blog at ilearning.sandomenico.org. Full program and speaker list coming soon!

School Leadership

Why should you learn about iPads and integrated technology from San Domenico School?

Leadership. San Domenico School is a leader in implementing iPads integrated in the curriculum. Apple recently recognized San Domenico as a 2012-2013 Apple Distinguished School. One key to success we've identified in implementing a 1-to-1 student iPad program is organizational unity and cohesion. Our leadership team of division heads and directors has worked closely with our excellent faculty and our supportive parent community to craft a program that has been successful: even with challenges that are inevitable with any transformational change.

The program committee for iTeach 2013 is chaired by Christopher K. Sokolov, San Domenico School's Director of Technology. Sokolov has worked in educational technology since 1996 and leads the School's technology operations and educational technology efforts. The program committee is made up of leaders from other leading iPad schools, Technology Facilitators from our Primary, Middle, and High Schools and by faculty from all three divisions.

In addition to our own faculty, we are inviting curriculum and iPad experts and scholars to create the premier professional development event for schools implementing or considering iPads.

Questions? Email iteach2013@sandomenico.org