ISTE + TIE Leadership Bootcamp

Are you interested in effective collaboration and communication practices to help you build a framework for change in your school or district? Then please join us for the 2010 TIE Colorado/ISTE Leadership Bootcamp.

The physical event will be held prior to the ISTE 2010 conference in Denver on Saturday, June 26th from 8 AM - 5 PM at the Denver Hyatt Regency Hotel, with an additional gathering on Friday evening, June 25th from 5-7 PM. This event is designed for leaders at any level (classroom teachers, librarians, school and district administrators, and IT support staff) to engage in learning and thinking that will lead to developing a working plan for improving communication and collaboration practices in your school or district.

During the day, you'll have a chance to interact with other educators as you learn from experienced voices who embody effective communication and collaboration practices including:

• Creating and Maximizing Learning Networks
• Communication and Collaboration Tools
• Communication and Collaboration Practices
• Building Policy to Support Vision

Come learn from and with these folks:

• Mark Benno
• Steve Dembo
• Scott Elias
• Karl Fisch
• Lucy Gray
• Elizabeth Hubbell
• Kate Kemker
• Chris Lehmann
  
• Dan Maas
• Dan Magyar
• Scott McLeod
• Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
• Carl Owens
• Jeff Piontek
  
• Howard Pitler
• Mike Porter

You can register for this event or please visit the Leadership Bootcamp website for more information.

We also welcome everyone (no registration required) to join the preconference events and online conversations going on now at the Leadership Bootcamp Ning. In addition to the online community, you will find information and access to four virtual learning sessions with these outstanding educators:

March 10, 7:00 PM-MST (UTC/GMT -7) Creating and Maximizing Learning Networks
Bud Hunt, Instructional Technologist, St. Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, Colorado

April 14, 7:00 PM-MDT (UTC/GMT -6) Building Policy to Support Vision
Dr. Larry Anderson, Founder, National Center for Technology Planning

May 5, 7:00 PM-MDT (UTC/GMT -6) Communication and Collaboration Tools
Kim Cofino, 21st Century Literacy Specialist, International School, Bangkok, Thailand

June 2, 7:00 PM MDT (UTC/GMT -6) Communication & Collaboration Practices
Dean Shareski, Digital Learning Consultant Prairie South School Division, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada

To keep up to date with all the learning, events, and resources, make sure you find and follow us on Twitter @leadbootcamp! Hashtag for this event is #lbc10.

We hope to see you in Denver and/or online!

Note: This is not my event, I'm just helping out a little. This is a joint effort of TIE and ISTE, and is co-chaired by Michelle Bourgeois and Alison Saylor, who have done an amazing amount of work on this.