Mr. Smith goes to Washington

ISTE Board Member to Particpate in Capitol Hill Briefing

• Posted by Hilary Goldmann on September 28, 2012 at 1:00pm
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ISTE Board Member and Physics Teacher Ben Smith will speak and teach at an upcoming Congressional Staff Briefing on Capitol Hill on October 4, 2012.  The National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET) -- of which I am a board member -- is holding a Congressional Staff briefing to showcase digital learning in action.

Ben will participate on a panel discussion moderated by Cheryl Williams, Executive Director of the Learning First Alliance (and a former ISTE President).  His other co-panelist will be John Word, Principal of Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, VA. When the panel concludes, the audience will break-out into four areas with teachers teaching the members of the audience as their students.  For example, Ben will engage our learners in a collaborative science experiment where they will use digital probes, scientific software, laptops and a SMART Board to be successful in his lesson.  Our history teacher will use polling technology, Glogster, Prezi and a SMART Board to engage our audience in a lesson about the Presidential Election of 1860 (we thought this topic is timely for our audience!).  We will also have a special education simulation classroom as well as a demonstration of formative adaptive assessments provided by Pearson.

I’m really looking forward to this event as it is a great opportunity for congressional staff to engage in digital learning.  Often staff are too busy to venture away from “the hill” to visit a school, so we are bringing the classroom to them!

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