Join Us on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at Radegast Hall and Biergarden, 113 N3rd St., Brooklyn, NY

From 4:30-7:30 PM, join our weekly EdTech Blender: A forum for NYC-based education professionals rethink and retool education for the 21st century.

Join forces with other educational technology enthusiasts from across the city in a relaxed ‘open workshop’ format hosted in a social setting with food, refreshments, and WiFi. Boost your technology chops by taking on professional learning challenges, or bring along your own curriculum planning project, and get the benefit of peer and expert support. Enjoy a cold beer and inspiring colleagues with your WiFi connection. Get feedback on your curriculum from other talented teachers and technology experts.

The Blender Format (4-8pm): 

4:30pm - 5:30pm: Keynote Presentation and Q+A:  Sandeep Chellani, Executive Director of Product Development, NYCDOE, joined by Liz Glowa and Meg Scheding, D2L Experts!
As Executive Director for Product Development, Sandeep Chellani and his team have intimate knowledge of the administrative and technical details of the NYCDOE Desire2Learn platform pilot rollout.   Sandeep, Meg, and Liz will present an overview of the D2L deployment, admin control panel, with an eye towards helping educators understand the blended teaching and course design considerations. 

5:30pm - 6:30pm: Self-Selected Working Groups

Breakouts will allow attendees to propose and self-select into interest groups.  Focus this Blender is on using technologies such as D2L to facilitate differentiation of pacing and outcomes-based grading.

6:30pm - 7:30pm: Social Time!
Network, talk, eat, drink.

Bring: Please bring your laptop and a project!