ICTC/FIT/Showcase

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;
 * 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
 * Aviva Community Map: [12:22:09 PM] Jamie O'Toole: http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/search/map/sortby:most-recent/page:2


 * what are the potential tie-ins to the FIT competencies - including General and Business Concentrations
 * Entrepreneurship, Business and Communications (NB)


 * show cool site to partner - look at result, awesome event, video project - direct result of X
 * Sched.org & Wordpress - http://support.sched.org/customer/portal/articles/734482-installing-in-wordpress
 * See: http://openeducation2011.sched.org/

Links & Resources
Throughout the conference we are trying out a few new ideas. These include
 * Open Ed 2012, Vancouver - Program
 * Open Ed 2012 - Happenings On & Off
 * a remixathon
 * a pitchfest
 * the conference PirateBox
 * demos by some folks from Vancouver Hack Space
 * the soon-to-be infamous Conference Schwag Re-gift-orama of 2012
 * the soon-to-be even MORE infamous #opened12 jamcamp aboard the SS Queen of Diamonds
 * various ways for people who can’t attend physically to be involved


 * Open Ed 2011, Utah
 * Open Ed 2010, Vancouver
 * Cloudworks
 * New Zealand National Symposium on Open Education - Proposals
 * Open Networked Model for ProD for Educators based on OER
 * Creative Commons' Policy for Schools


 * Wheeler's Thoughts on Education - What is this Edcamp thing anyway, and Lino DeGasparis

Unconferences & EdCamps

 * Planning an Unconference - Google Search
 * Planning an Unconference


 * EdCamp
 * Edcamp Organizing & Checklist - very useful!
 * Edcamp - Organizer Checklist - Comprehensive Google Doc
 * Edcamp - The Complete Guide: How to Start and Run Your Very Own Edcamp (PDF)
 * EdCamp Ottawa Smackdown (List.ly)
 * Simple K-12 User Community
 * 102 Interesting Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom


 * EdCamp Ottawa & http://edcamp.wikispaces.com/edcamp+Ottawa
 * EdCamp Ottawa Twitter Hashtag - follo the conversation


 * EdCamp Montreal

Google

 * Google Apps for Education Summit - Home Page
 * Google EdTech Team


 * Google Apps for Education Summit - Ontario

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