Educational Technology at IU13

Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 along with Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 have partnered with Schoology to host the 1st annual Schoology Connect PA on March 6, 2018. What is a Connect you may ask? Connect is a grass roots effort of districts and organizations coming together to provide more in depth professional learning opportunities centered on using Schoology as the platform. Users wanted to collaborate and share educational strategies all while using Schoology in order to promote communication, collaboration, and infuse ed tech strategies in order to maximize student learning. Last year only a few Connects around the United States existed while growing to 7 Connect events this year alone. With the support of Schoology, we are excited to bring Schoology Connect to PA this March!

We had an amazing 2 days of the Elementary and Secondary Technology Conferences at Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13. Over 400 educators from k-12 were present to share, learn, collaborate, and celebrate this year's theme, "Let's put FUN back into learning"! Our Keynote this year was Adam Bellow, former classroom teacher, educational technologist, and co-founder of Breakout EDU. Adam challenged us to focus on the many facets of how students learn through innovation, creation, and experimental design thinking all while encouraging an atmosphere of risk taking.

We are pleased to announce that our sessions are now posted for our upcoming Elementary & Secondary Technology Conferences. We have a great variety of sessions this year and are looking forward to learning from our Keynote, Adam Bellow.

We are currently accepting presentation proposals for our upcoming Elementary and Secondary Technology Conferences at Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 taking place on Dec. 12 and 13, 2017. This year's theme is "Make Learning Fun - Gamification Anyone? Co-founder of Breakout EDU, Adam Bellow, is our Keynote this year to carry through this theme. Please consider posting your presentation proposals by October 1, 2017 at the links below.

Elementary Tech Conference

Secondary Tech Conference

It was amazing to experience the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference with 21,000 other participants this year in San Antonio, TX. While I am continually amazed at the passion, vigor, and energy levels of other ISTE members and participants, this year's conference did not disappoint. The keynotes inspired and challenges us to continue carrying the torch of making learning fun and interactive for today's students. Although there were many bells and whistles and "shiny new tools" to take a look at and review, I greatly appreciated the opportunity to learn from other leaders and educators on how they are moving their classrooms, schools, and districts to deeper levels of personalized learning. The concentration was definitely how to make learning FUN, engaging, and motivating for students - all centered on student learning with the constant reminder of developing relationships and trust.  A good leader "trusts" and may I even say "loves" his/her team was another great reminder via Darryl Adams, Superintendent, Technology Evangelist, Thought Leader, and Edutrainer & CEO.