February 5, 2020
CONNECTED EDUCATOR KUMUNIDAT 2020: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) Project Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT), in cooperation with the University of Guam Professional and International Programs (PIP) and teachers and administrators, is hosting the Connected Educator Kumunidat 2020 conference both this week and next week.
Throughout the conference, facilitator Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach will engage and motivate teachers and administrators to learn about integrating technology tools in the classroom. Nussbaum-Beach has worked with the GDOE for several years, collaborating with EETT to advance the goal of preparing students for college and career pathways. This year’s conference focuses on professional learning for teachers, updating the GDOE’s EdTech standards, and providing hands-on exposure and exploration of technology use in the classroom.
As part of these efforts, EETT launched a 7 webinar series with Nussbaum-Beach and her company Powerful Learning Practices (PLP) last month dedicated to the implementation of GDOE EdTech standards. Representatives from each school have been participating in teams virtually and will have the opportunity to join a face-to-face experience next week.
GDOE has also created an online professional learning space and community platform which will provide resources for teachers and administrators. The virtual platform will be available via the web 24/7. Information contained on the virtual platform will support teams as they explore, learn and implement these standards.
“We hope the experience will create a collective understanding of what the newly refreshed GDOE standards mean, look like in practice, and ways to co-create activities for teachers to use in their classrooms and learning spaces,” Project Lead for EETT Neil Rochelle said.
“This workshop and the work our administrators and teachers have done with Sheryl is really helping us to move our system in the right direction. As we have learned and continue to learn, technology is more than just the use of the latest equipment or devices. It affords us as educators and our students many more ways to engage with each other, the world, and the vast amount of information available to us,” GDOE Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Instructional Improvement Joe Sanchez said.
The Connected Educator Kumunidat 2020 conference began at the Fiesta Resort Guam in Tumon on February 4, and will continue through Wednesday, February 12, 2020 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact EETT Project Lead Neil Rochelle at narochelle@gdoe.net.
This EdTech standards implementation activity is an EETT Title V-B funded activity administered by the GDOE Federal Programs Division and funded by the U.S. Department of Education Consolidated Grant to the Outlying Areas.