Contact: Beth Day
(404) 879-5544
Released: 2/29/2012
MEDIA ADVISORY: "Disrupting Education"
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 29, 2012
Contact: Beth Day, SREB Communications, (404) 879-5544 or beth.day@sreb.org
WHO: Southern Regional Education Board’s Educational Technology Cooperative
WHAT: "Disrupting Education: Depends on How You Look at It,"
Symposium on Virtual Teaching and Learning and
SREB/iNACOL National Online Teacher of the Year announcement
WHEN: Thursday, March 1 (3 -9 p.m. ) and Friday, March 2 (8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
Viewpoints: New Learning Models, 4:15 p.m. Thursday
- Belle Wheelan, President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Burck Smith, CEO, Staighterline
- Gisele Huff, Executive Director, Jacqueline Hume Foundation
SREB/iNACOL National Online Teacher of the Year announcement, 7:30 p.m. Thursday , with
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, giving virtual remarks on online education
Webcast of awards ceremony (Session name: 2012 SREB-iNACOL NOTY)
Conversation with the 2012 NOTY finalists, 8 a.m. Friday
Debating Virtual Learning, 9 a.m. Friday
Michael Horn, Executive Director, Innosight Institute
Myk Garn, Director, SREB Educational Technology Cooperative
Full agenda (PDF)
WHERE: Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway, 4711 Best Road, Atlanta, GA
WHY: Virtual learning and ed tech leaders debate and explore K-20 innovation and change from multiple viewpoints: teachers, accrediting agency, entrepreneur, philanthropic investor and education reporters.
Southern Regional Education Board
592 10th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318-5776
(404) 875-9211
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