Tech for Learning Initiative: Schedule

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The Summer Institute schedule is subject to change and any updates will be reflected here. Participants will receive a final copy before the Institute (last update 7-21-17). Lunch is included each day.

Day 1: Monday, August 14th
Establishing a Goal/Challenge - Consider the Possibilities

8:30 am		Breakfast available
9:00 am		Opening activity
		Introduction to the Institute
		Opening Keynote Rabbi Boruch Sufrin, Head of School, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Los Angeles, Recipient of the 2014 Covenant Award
		Break
		Setting the Stage: Educational Frameworks and Approaches Student centered learning (constructivist) 21st century learning (in technology)
12:00 pm		Lunch
		Ed Tech Playground (each day after lunch)
		Consultancy Protocol Taking stock of your school and formulating a goal/challenge through a peer-led protocol Break School Team Planning Work with your team to review what you learned from the Consultancy Protocol, and explore possible, multiple options and outcomes Sharing and Reflection
4:00 pm		Cohort Activity

Day 2: Tuesday, August 15th
Making It Practical

8:30 am		Breakfast available
9:00 am		Opening Activity
		Intro to the day Our experience: Lessons from the Field (two sessions of 40 min each) Avital Aharon - Tools for Authentic Assessment Rabbi Michael Cohen - Failure as a Positive Force Katy Garnier - Coding and Makerspaces Michael Voskoboynik - Virtual Reality Break Concluding Panel and Q&A
12:00 pm		Lunch
		EdTech Playground (continued from Day 1) Helping Each Other and Exploring Together An Open Space exploration of technology and Ed Tech themes by our coaches and our guest presenters. Opportunities to continue exploring topics from the morning and more topics suggested by the participants with coach facilitation. Break Ideation We’ll employ a few tools from design thinking to come up with potential ideas for future projects (and potentially for the microgrants). Gallery Walk A chance for the schools to share the ideas they have come up with in ideation. Wrap up for the day
4:00 pm		End of day

Day 3: Wednesday, August 16th
Implementation and Hacking Your Plan

8:30 am		Breakfast available
9:00 am		Opening activity
		Articulating school plans You’ve sat on your idea(s), now let’s check-in and refine them in groups (by schools) with our coaches. Break Case Studies Guided review of case studies relevant to the issues and challenges the schools are considering.
12:15 pm		Lunch
		EdTech Playground (continued from Days 1 & 2) Developing your Microgrant Walk through some samples and learn about what a successful microgrant looks like. Back at School: The Practical Steps of Implementation Station rotation by teams through activities focused on the important steps of implementing their projects (with a break after two rounds). Developing a timeline and action items for implementation Stakeholder mapping and communication Tech resource finding and evaluating those resources Logistics and details on next steps Closing activity
4:00 pm		End of day

The Summer Institute schedule is subject to change and any updates will be reflected here. Participants will receive a final copy before the Institute (last update 7-21-17).