Showcase

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FIT Showcase - Community Unconferences / EdCamp / FITCamp

Objectives

(no particular order below)

  • To showcase FIT student work and learning strategies to the larger community - among schools and students in the community.
  • To create awareness of the FIT program, increase visibility and communicate success
  • To increase involvement and participation and engage the growing circle of FIT stakeholders
    - learners, parents, teachers, educational technologists/technology mentors, employers, ministries of education (and related departments), schools, school admin, politicians, community economic development, associations, and education NGOs
  • To inform and attract new schools to offer the FIT program; reduce time to adoption
  • To instill a sense of pride (individual, school and community) and accomplishment and involvement for FIT students
  • To provide greater opportunities for recognition of the FIT path and credentials
  • To strengthen and promote the FIT community - online and in-person
  • To support the sustainability of the FIT program
  • To establish and maintain relationships with (community) sponsors
  • To connect with FIT Alumni
  • To have a different 'experience' outside of the classroom

Format

  • 2 hours; 1/2 day; 1 day
  • structured content / presentations
  • (keynote speech; shared projects, showcase projects provincially (interactivity amongst sites,), etc.)
  • unstructured content / presentations - unconference / EdCamps
  • virtual open conference where students present their learning; including Twitter backchannel; event located at one school and then streamed wherever; accessible from anywhere
  • Different tracks, topics
  • Girls & IT; Networking; Apps, Graphics & Multimedia - aligned to FIT competencies and concentrations
  • Leverage FIT community (online) for planning tools and resources
  • Annual, bi-annual event?

Venues

  • Venue Info; (Comment.gif: Ottawa info: The curling rink Sportplex cost $3500 for 2 days. The same size space at the RA Centre was only $2400 for 2 days.)
  • If possible, secure a venue as a form of sponsorship (free); develop a list of 'must haves' for the venue; find out about venue insurance and catering options

Models

  • 21st century learning and Apple's Challenge Based learning as part of them all they have a culminating activity component that celebrates the project. These would be 2 guides to use.
  • STEM Expos
  • more details here...

Funding

  • what does it cost to put on this type of event?
  • major costs (itemize) - venue, equipment rental, food, accommodation/billeting, transpo, web streaming?
  • Financing an Unconference


Sponsorship

  • Leverage ICTCs national sponsors (including Cisco, Google) to draw in community and regional sponsors.

Other

  • expo component (maybe)
  • career awareness
  • involvement of school education technologists / technology mentors?
  • matching seed funding?
  • pre-, post dinner (fundraising, recognition)?
  • Education Technology Associations in Canada - Due Diligence
  • Tired of PD: Try an Edcamp, Harvard Education Letter
  • Laura Wheeler, OCDSB
  • Innovative Learning Fund, NB (JOT); FIT Learning Fund (application process - FIT schools - up to $1,000 to do a project, software; profile, leverage and marketing -
  • Aviva Community Fund? - http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/search/grid (grants for community schools to do neat projects); qualifying rounds to crowdsourcing votes - one component of getting funds, is votes; and judged by board (see the number of hits and brand recognition, to see this is getting; incredible promotion opportunities...people sharing, and leveraging social media; school intercom
  • what are the potential tie-ins to the FIT competencies - including General and Business Concentrations
  • Entrepreneurship, Business and Communications (NB)

Links & Resources

Throughout the conference we are trying out a few new ideas. These include

Unconferences & EdCamps

Google

We invite you to join us for the first annual Google Apps for Education Ontario Summit to be held at Eastwood Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, ON on April 20 & 21, 2013.

This high intensity two day event focuses on deploying, integrating and using Google Apps for Education to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. The program features Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, practicing administrators, solution providers, Google engineers, and representatives from the Google Apps for Education team.

Register now to send teachers, administrators, tech directors, library media specialists, tech support staff, CTOs, and anyone who is interested in finding out more about leveraging Google Apps for Education to support student learning.

Register: Google Apps for Education Summit - Ontario

Other

  • Collaboration events
  • IPNs - sponsorship
  • Media relations
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