The Reform Symposium! #RSCON4

The Reform Symposium free international e-conference (RSCON for short and this year it’s RSCON4) is back! It’s scheduled to take place the weekend of Oct 11, 12, and 13! And it’s happening at the best time for such a conference, Connected Educators Month!

If you visit the Connected Educators website and find it confusing try reading these blog posts to help you make sense of it all:
What is a Connected Educator from Education Week
Do We Really Need Connected Educators by Tom Whitby, retired Teacher and Adjunct Professor

I always attend the awesome sessions at RSCON and this year it’s no different. With over 100 sessions to choose from there is something for everyboday! This year I also get to be a presenter! I had the pleasure of presenting at the 2011 RSCON and I get to do it again! I feel so fortunate to get this opportunity again. Saturday, Oct 12, at 12noon PDT (UTC -7) I will be presenting about my adventures into the world of gamification! I’m excited to share what I’ve been learning and the resources I found.

Here’s a cool blurb from RSCON about this year’s free international e-conference (I love writing free and international):

Teachers now have access to free quality professional development via current online technologies. Experience this live with thousands of educators from around the globe by attending the 4th annual Reform Symposium Online Conference, RSCON, which takes place October 11th to 13th in conjunction with Connected Educator Month. Attend this free online conference from anywhere that has Internet access.

View the schedule online here. Look forward to being inspired by the following:

Plenaries- Sugata Mitra, 2013 Ted prize winner and instigator of the Hole-in-the Wall experiment and Salome Thomas-EL, Principal EL of the Dr. Oz Show.

Steve Bingham, electric violinist, and Laura Oldham, the Book Supplier, will play live.

3 Panel discussions featuring Dr. Alec Couros, Ozge Karaoglu, Nicholas Provenzano, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jackie Gerstein, Steven Anderson, Silvia Tolisano, Joe Dale, Tom Whitby, Pam Moran, Lisa Dabbs, Erin Klein, and Tom Murray.

100+ sessions. Topics include genius hour, the flipped classroom, global projects, mobile learning, game based learning, web 2.0 tools, integrating iPads, e-portfolios, and more. The activities meet Common Core objectives and cover all subjects and age groups.

Nominate an educator to receive an EdInspire Award. Takes 5 minutes.

Keynotes include Angela Maiers (US), Mark Moran (US), Steve Wheeler (UK), Chuck Sandy (Japan), Rafael Parente (Brazil), John Spencer (US), Chris Lehmann (US), Sue Waters (Australia), Jose Vilson (US), Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto (Japan), Mark Barnes (US), Josh Stumpenhorst (US), Nicky Hockly (Sp), German Doin (Argentina), and 13 year-old humanitarian Mallory Fundora (founder of Project Yesu)

Download the flier and program.

Connect with over 10,000 educators from 100+ countries and receive conference updates via the FutureofEducation.com community, Â Twitter (@RSCON4), Facebook, or Pinterest.