Post Capstone Seminar Note

Kudos to all who helped organize the event and presented at the MELTI Capstone Seminar. Dr. Helen Barrett has uploaded her keynote speech at the following web sites:
PowerPoint slides in PDF format
Information on books
links to the other presentation

You can also find the evaluation to the Seminar from here

Call for Participation

You are cordially invited to the MELTI Capstone Seminar on Saturday, September 24 at Thornton Auditorium (TMH 260). The MELTI Capstone Seminar is the culminating activity of the Minnesota Educators and Leaders Technology Initiative (MELTI) grant we received from the Minnesota Department of Education last year. The MELTI participants, who are all K-12 in-service teachers and administrators, will be presenting their best practices in technology integration in the K-12 classroom in this half-day seminar. Dr. Helen Barrett, an well-known expert in electronic portfolio and educator, is invited to give the keynote address on "Digital Storytelling for reflection and deep learning.". More conference information can be found at the SOE Events site: http://www.stthomas.edu/education/events/TechnologyEvent.pdf

The following site has links to each presenter's proposals. http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/ccchou/LT/MELTI/seminar_schedule.htm

Please spread the words about this event. If you are MELTI participant and you have not confirmed your participation with Candace, please do so soon. None-MELTI participants who are interested in participating in this event should send a RSVP to Lauri Shurson (LLSHURSON@stthomas.edu) by Wednesday to secure free parking permit. Breakfast and lunch are provided. K-12 educators can learn 3 clock hours for continuing education credits and a computer/screen cleaning brush. Administrator's CEUs is pending on the final BOT approval sometimes this week.