Have you signed up for the FREE Reform Symposium Online Conference?

I have!

It takes place Friday, July 29 – Sunday, July 31 and looks AMAZING! There will be something for everyone!  Just think, where else would you get leaders in education presenting for 3 full days – on countless topics?  The days are jammed packed with so much variety and opportunities for learning!

Here is an overview of what has been planned for the Reform Symposium:

Day One (Friday, July 29)

• Welcome at 7am
• There are 3 Key Note addresses throughout the day
• There are a total of 24 workshops offered
• There is 1 panel discussion in which you can participate.

Day Two (Saturday, July 30)

• Starts at 1am (that’s what happens at worldwide conferences, I guess)!
• Keynote address is from 1:30-2:30am
• Workshops begin at 3:00am
• There are 40 workshops to choose from throughout the day
• There is an Unconference where you will get the opportunity to chat with colleagues from around the world in Google+ or Skype
• 3 other Keynotes through the day
• 1 Panel Discussion
• Conference ends for the day at 8:15pm

Day Three (Sunday, July 31)

• Starts at 1am!
• 4 Keynote addresses throughout the day
• 1 Panel Discussion
• An opportunity to participate in Technology Smackdown – where anyone can present their favourite website or technology tool in 2 minutes.
• Closing Keynote address is 2:00-3:00pm
• 3:30 -4:00 – Raffle
• 4:-4:30 – Symposium Closing

In all, there are over 80 presenters participating in the conference, from over 50+ countries! The organizers are expecting over 8,000 educators from around the world.

This really is an amazing Professional Development opportunity!

I have looked through the schedule and a sample of the workshops I hope to attend include (Vancouver time):

• July 29 – 9:30-10:00am – It’s Personal – Differentiating to Customized Learning / Math and Technology
• July 29 – 10:30 – Empowering Women and Girls in Technology
• July 29 – 11:30-12:30 – Panel Discussion – Collaboration Between Leadership and Teachers
• July 29 – 1:00 -1:30 – My One Great Lesson
• July 29 – 2:00 – 2:30 – PLN
• July 29 – 4:30 – 5:00 – Online Collaborative Space
• July 29 – 5:30 – 6:00 – Preparing Educators to be Technologically Literate
• July 29 – 6:30-7:30 – Closing Keynote – Critical Thinking 2.0

Okay, I may not be able to attend the first workshops on Day 2. I didn’t realize they were in the middle of the night when I wrote them down.  I’m a little bummed because I really wanted to attend the 20 Tools in 40 minutes, but I don’t think I can get up at 1:30 to attend the workshop (unless, of course, my 6-month-old decides he needs to nurse at that time). I will still list some of them that I am interested in, regardless of the time.  I wonder if these workshops will be saved and archived for future viewing?  Hmmmmm…. I may get to see everything afterall!

• July 30 – 1:30 – 2:30 – 20 Tools in 40 Minutes (so cool!)
• July 30 – 4:00 – 4:30 – Learning Styles
• July 30 – 6:30 – 7:00 – Dogme with Young Learners
• July 30 – 7:30 – 8:30 – Differentiating Instruction for Today’s Learners
• July 30 – 10:00 – 10:30 – Using Comics
• July 30 – 11:00 – 11:30 – 21st Century Assessment
• July 30 – 12:00 – 1:00 – Keynote by PrincipalEl!
• July 30 – 2:30 – 3:00 – Little Girls Can Be Mean
• July 30 – 5:00 – 5:30 – Using Web 2.0 Technology
• July 30 – 6:00 – 6:30 – Student Driven Learning / Poverty
• July 30 – 7:00 – 8:00 – Closing by George and Alec Couros

Now, I know I won’t be able to attend all of these sessions with 3 young children under my feet all day, but I wanted to write down just a sample of some of the workshops just so you all get an idea of what is available at the Symposium!

• July 31 – 4:00 – 5:00am –  Assessing Assessment Panel
• July 31 – 6:00 – 6:30am – Alternative Assessments
• July 31 – 6:30 – 7:30 – Technology Smackdown
• July 31 – 8:00 – 8:30 – Differentiated Learning – for Teachers
• July 31 – 9:00 – 10:00 – Who Directs the Learning?
• July 31 – 10:30 – 11:00 – Using Web 2.0 Tools in Primary
• July 31 – 11:30 – 12:30 – Keynote – Teacher 2.0
• July 31 – 1:00 – 1:30 – Leading by Example
• July 31 – 2:00 – 3:00 – Closing Keynote – The Future of Learning

This is just a small sample of the workshops being offered at the Reform Symposium Online Conference.  It’s going to be an amazing weekend of learning!  

Shelly Terrell wrote 9 Reasons to attend the Online Reform Symposium.

Check out her post!

Whatedsaid wrote 20 reasons why you should attend the Symposium!  Take a look!

To get more information head over to the Reform Symposium Worldwide eConference headquarters.

What a great Professional Development opportunity this is for all educators!

I hope to see you there!