The 2010 Innovative Learning Institute is Nov. 4 at the Norman Embassy Suites and Convention Center. Check back soon to be the first to know the keynote speaker.

Bridge Creek Elementary teachers Annette Dake and Rachell Skeen are the recipients of the first K20 Center Innovative Educators award. Each were presented with a plaque and a $750 check at the 2009 K20 Winter Institute.

 Dake and Skeen were nominated for the Innovative Educators award for their successful integration of technology and service learning into the classroom. 

The teachers were team leaders for successfully applying for a $65,000 Oklahoma Educational Technology and Trust grant that involves using multiple types of technology in cross-curricular, cross-grade lesson study teams. They also created a video production class for elementary students that evolved into Bridge Creek TV, a daily television program broadcast throughout the school.

As Service-Learning coordinators, the teachers’ work with Learn and Serve Oklahoma involved students interviewing veterans and submitting those films to the Library of Congress. They organized the community and students of all ages to make and decorate lap quilts for the veterans in the Oklahoma City VA hospital.

The Innovative Educator award is an annual award presented at the K20 Winter Institute. The winners are Oklahoma teachers selected from peer and school administrator nominations.

Educational technology innovator Bernie Dodge will deliver the keynote address this year.  Sponsored by the Nancy O’Brian Lectureship, the cost is $50 and all public are invited to attend.

Dodge’s topic focuses on student engagement and technology and the facts and fiction surrounding it.

Dodge, called the “Frank Lloyd Wright of learning environments” by Education World, is noted for a maximizing the Internet for learning. He is professor of educational technology at San Diego State University and the creator of WebQuests and QuestGarden.

Dodge will also give a morning presentation on "WebQuests: A Design Patterns Approach" for OETT grant schools.

Here's a sample of the topics at K20 ILI:

Working Smarter, Not Harder: Making Your Smart Board Work for You

Bridge the Gap: Project Based Learning in Algebra and Geometry

Integrating Arts and Technology

Technology Rich Teaching

The Purpose Driven PLC

Want to Retain Teachers and Improve Learning?

Click here for a full description of all sessions.

K20 ILI offers many opportunities for learning and sharing through more than 48 professional development and networking sessions, discussion panels and guest speakers. To help participants focus on a specific area of interest or need, the sessions are organized into strands that significantly impact education. The strands – leadership, technology integration, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, university, workforce development and community engagement – offer breakout sessions featuring experienced educators, industry experts and policy makers.

Click here for session agenda

Lodging

For the second year, K20 ILI is at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Norman.  Reserve your room on the K20 ILI reservation page.