The University School of Milwaukee is hosting a conference, the Next Generation Teaching and Learning Conference, on Monday, October 13th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on their lovely campus.

The conference will be keynoted by Alan November (novemberlearning.com). I do not know the topic of his keynote on this day, but in the past, his topics have included Cultivating a World-Class Work Ethic, Creating a New Culture of Teaching and Learning, and Student as Contributor:Digital Learning Farm.

After the keynote, there will be two one hour break-out sessions. In addition to Alan, the following will be presenting:

Sharon Peters, from Montreal (http://wearejustlearning.ca/) will be presenting on Learning without Borders and her experience in Africa this summer

Steve Hargadon (http://stevehargadon.com) will be presenting on Web 2.0 is the Future of Education.

Additional speakers will be announced shortly

After lunch, there will be a 90 minute hands on workshops on a variety of topics, so you can begin to apply what you have learned from the morning sessions. The day ends with a reflective processing time, where participants are encouraged to develop individual learning goals, curricular learning goals, and for the teachers at USM, departmental learning goals.

If you are interested in attending, please contact your division head and myself. If you have further questions, please contact me.