NSBA Education Technology Site Visit

When:
May 5, 2014 @ 1:00 pm – May 6, 2014 @ 2:00 am
2014-05-05T13:00:00+00:00
2014-05-06T02:00:00+00:00
Where:
Antlers Hilton
4 South Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
USA
Contact:

identity_nsbaColorado Springs School District 11 has been given the great honor of being chosen for a 2014 NSBA Education Technology Site Visit. Each year the National School Boards Association (NSBA) selects three school districts across the country to have this honor.
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7:00 a.m. – 7:50 a.m.

Registration at the Hotel

Location: Antlers Hilton Colorado Springs

Full Breakfast at Hotel (Antlers Hilton guests onlys)

8:00 a.m.

Buses Depart for Tours (Select Tour A or B)

Tour A: Pulpit Rock Tour consists of

Roy J. Wasson Academic Campus

  • Eight academic programs on one site including online schools, digital high school, career and technology pathways, and early college.

Galileo School of Math and Science

  • 1:1 computer model implementation
  • Innovative Gateway to Technology program

 

Tour B: Pikes Peak Tour

Rudy Elementary School

Galileo School of Math and Science

  • LearnPad tablet implementation in primary and intermediate classrooms
  • Exemplary personalized learning team planning model for technology integration to change teaching and learning

 

11:30 a.m.

Tours A and B arrive at Tesla Education Center

  • Welcome & District Overview
  • Robotics Team
  • Personalized Learning
  • Demonstration classrooms
  • Nationally recognized Good Food Project
12:00 p.m.

Lunch at Tesla

1:15 p.m.

School Tours Depart (Select Tour A or B)

Tour A: Pulpit Rock Tour consists of

Wilson Elementary School

  • Fifth grade technology rich collaboration with The Challenger Learning Center

Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy

  • Personalized learning classroom
  • Podcast studio
  • YouTube channel
  • Community internet cafe

 

Tour B: Pikes Peak Tour

Administrative Complex

  • Tour of the Emergency Operations Center
  • District cable channel and broadcast studio
  • Technology rich Board of Education room
  • Tour of Technology Services Division

 

Both Tours will enjoy a scenic drive and picture stop at Garden of the Gods, before returning to the hotel.

6:00 p.m.

Bus departs for evening dinner

8:00 p.m.

Bus returns to the hotel