tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50568868996955364452024-03-13T11:23:00.121-04:00LHRIC Technology Leadership InstituteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-18231776081771564692016-05-18T14:17:00.001-04:002016-05-18T14:23:49.557-04:00LHRIC Honors Local Educators for Innovative Use of Technology
The Lower Hudson Regional Information Center presented four
teachers, one director of technology and representatives of the Bronxville
School District with Pioneer Awards May 15 during a special ceremony held at
the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor.
The Bronxville Schools tech team, from left: Mara Koetke,
director of Curriculum & Instruction, Superintendent David Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-55233438587694997162016-05-18T13:37:00.003-04:002016-05-18T14:24:51.815-04:00Local Educators Encouraged to Think Big and Embrace the Future
In a world that is being
constantly changed by technology, the April 8Tech Expo, sponsored by the Lower
Hudson Regional Information Center, offered some sound advice for local
educators who are eager to enhance teaching and learning in their schools.
LHRIC Executive Director Dennis Lauro, center, pictured with Dr. Pam Moran and Ira Socol.
The annual event, which
was held at the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-85064932173814550082015-11-18T09:08:00.000-05:002015-11-18T09:08:26.243-05:00Storytelling, Student-Driven Passion Among the Highlights of LHRIC’s Tech Summit
A daylong schedule of keynote talks as well as
demonstrations from some of the region’s leading technology vendors brought an
array of local educators to the Nov. 2 Tech Summit 2015, sponsored by the Lower
Hudson Regional Information Center and held at Briarcliff’s Edith Macy
Conference Center.
Angela Maiers, founder of Choose2Matter, speaksat the LHRIC's Tech Summit
The Summit’s keynote Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-71648297805025589502015-05-20T11:36:00.000-04:002015-05-20T11:39:36.468-04:00Local Teachers, Administrators Receive LHRIC’s Pioneer Awards
The Lower Hudson Regional Information Center presented its
well-respected annual Pioneer Awards May 15 to three teachers, a technology
director and representatives of a Westchester school district, all of them lauded
for preparing students for success through their innovative use of technology.
The awards ceremony, in its 22nd year, recognized
the following educators:
Anthony Stirpe, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-63865434585316975082015-04-23T14:41:00.000-04:002015-04-23T14:41:52.353-04:00TLI - Tech Expo Highlights Innovative Technology Practices
Over 350 educators from across the region turned out April
17 to attend the LHRIC’s popular Tech Expo 2015 and to learn from some of the
nation’s leading experts on the growing influence of technology in the
classroom and in students’ lives.
Now in its ninth year, the event continues to grow as school
district representatives savor the opportunity to learn from the best, to
network with theirUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-52989487513234466442015-01-15T22:46:00.000-05:002015-01-16T13:27:50.969-05:00January TLI Presentations Focus on New Learning Landscape
Preparing students for a world that has been
transformed by technology should be top of mind for educators these days, noted
Jeff Utecht and Shelly Sanchez Terrell, presenters at the LHRIC’s Jan. 8
TLI event held at the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor.
Jeff Utecht presenting at the recent TLI event
Both experts stressed the importance of engaging
students through the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-71670778199104755052014-11-24T23:27:00.000-05:002014-12-01T11:59:53.430-05:00TLI - Tech Summit 2014 Highlights Trends in Education
An array of inspirational talks, workshops and networking
opportunities provided local school district leaders and instructional
technology professionals who attended the LHRIC’s Tech Summit earlier this
month with much to discuss.
The annual event, which was held at the Edith Macy
Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor, is designed to highlight the outstanding
technology vendors who work withUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-63891462742300978352014-10-29T22:21:00.000-04:002014-10-30T10:45:32.516-04:00TLI - Tech Forum 2014 Recognizes Changing Digital Landscape
A day full of workshops, industry spotlights and breakout
sessions provided the region’s technology leaders, including several from the
LHRIC, with much to think about Oct. 24 during the annual Tech Forum
convention.
Eric Sheninger delivers keynote speech at Tech Forum 2014
It was Eric Sheninger’s keynote presentation “Digital
Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times” that set theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-82595645798344550532014-06-12T15:19:00.000-04:002014-06-12T15:23:29.064-04:00Canadian Principal Sees Technology as Opportunity for More Personal Learning
There’s nothing impersonal about George Couros. In fact,
everything about his recent Technology Leadership Institute presentation spoke to relationships, both personal
and professional, and this philosophy has helped the Canadian division principal
of innovative teaching and learning transform the way learning takes place in
his own school and in schools across Canada and beyond.
George Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-14292839616938504912014-05-21T20:46:00.000-04:002014-05-21T21:58:58.303-04:00LHRIC’s Pioneer Awards Celebrate Region’s Innovative Educators
An innovative community gardening project, a trailblazing
group of instructional technology leaders and a hardworking director of
technology were among the winners of the 2014 Annual Pioneer Awards handed out
May 16.
The ceremony, held at the Edith Macy Conference Center in
Briarcliff Manor, is a chance for the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center
to recognize the advances that teachersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-50236351287630693912014-04-17T23:41:00.003-04:002014-04-17T23:53:58.075-04:00Tech Expo’s Provocative Keynote Speaker Delivers Much-Anticipated Talk
The annual Tech Expo 2014, held April 11, drew close to 400
educators from a myriad of local school districts, many of them eager to hear
education historian Diane Ravitch deliver a keynote on the importance of technology
in education as well as recent developments in education policy.
Diane Ravitch delivers the keynote at Tech Expo 2014
She was among several other speakers and presenters Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-76938505069629896762014-03-31T14:31:00.000-04:002014-03-31T14:38:48.921-04:00TLI Experts Tout Way to Prepare Students for 21st CenturyFailing to apply the advanced technologies that are being used in everyday life to the school environment and overlooking the connection between such useful, affordable technological tools and good teaching is what education experts Dr. Chris Dede and Rushton Hurley believe is still missing from today's schools.
Dr. Christopher Dede speaks at the Jan. 10 TLI event
Dr. Dede, a Timothy E. WirthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-89044208678946365972014-03-31T13:50:00.000-04:002014-03-31T13:50:28.765-04:00Leadership Expert Touts "Learning Science" as Solution for School Districts
Seeing education through the lens of “learning science” is
what leadership expert Dr. Frederick M. Hess believes educators and school
district administrators should be doing as they look for ways to enhance
learning.
Dr. Frederick Hess speaking at the
Tech Summit Nov. 1.
Dr. Hess, an educator and co-author of the book,
“Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age: Using Learning Science to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-8064026008519614852014-03-31T13:35:00.000-04:002014-03-31T13:51:30.948-04:00LHRIC's Inaugural Tech Summit Draws Region's Educators
Many of the LHRIC’s technology vendors came together Nov. 1
for Tech Summit 2013 to highlight the various products and services that are currently
being used by local school districts to help transform learning.
Executive Director Dr. Dennis Lauro
welcomes local school district
representatives to the inaugural Tech
Summit
Held at the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff
Manor, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-33384024566567947772013-05-21T11:36:00.000-04:002013-05-21T11:44:55.653-04:00TLI - Pioneer Awards Recognize Districts' Achievements in Technology
The Lower Hudson Regional Information Center chose two local school districts, a director of technology and an enthusiastic third-grade teacher as the recipients of its Annual Pioneer Awards, now in its 20th year.
The awards ceremony, held May 16 in the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor, gives the LHRIC an opportunity to showcase the efforts of educators and administrators Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-59713612394136809202013-04-24T12:25:00.000-04:002013-04-24T13:23:16.249-04:00TLI – Tech Expo Draws Educators Looking for Inspiration and New Ideas
Approximately 300 people attended the LHRIC's annual Tech Expo April 5, an event that attracted teachers and administrators from dozens of local school districts as well as vendors from 21 educational technology companies.
Dr. Yong Zhao speaks at Tech Expo 2013.
Dr. Yong Zhao, an internationally known scholar, author and speaker kicked off the day-long event with an entertaining talk on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-83361522518661903642013-03-25T16:30:00.001-04:002013-03-25T23:19:22.855-04:00TLI - Education Technology Advocate Shares Cool Tools and Gadgets for Teaching
Educators interested in discovering the latest apps that promise to make learning and teaching engaging for students were in for a treat this past January as the self-professed "chief geek" Leslie Fisher provided them with plenty of ways to energize the curriculum.
Leslie Fisher speaks at the January TLI event.
The talk was one of two sponsored by the LHRIC's Technology Leadership Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-60842715208669441862013-02-22T15:06:00.000-05:002013-02-22T15:06:48.999-05:00TLI - Educator Provides Tips on Collaborating with Students
For instructors stumped on how to effectively integrate technology into their lessons, Richard Byrne's Feb. 13 presentation, "Making Learning Collaborative," was invaluable.
Mr. Byrne, best known for his award-winning blog, Free Technology for Teachers, which reaches approximately 49,000 educators on a daily basis, was speaking at the LHRIC's Feb. 13 Technology Leadership Institute held at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-13645265947191602622013-02-21T14:12:00.001-05:002013-02-21T14:19:06.988-05:00TLI – Acclaimed Writer Argues for Better Perspective on Education
If there's one thing that Marc Prensky would like to see schools doing, it's giving students the credit they deserve.
One of the world's leading experts on the connection between learning and technology, Mr. Prensky urged participants attending the LHRIC's Feb. 13 Technology Leadership Institute to move away from the old system of top down teaching and in its place embrace the idea of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-36122456963350277572013-02-06T11:08:00.000-05:002013-03-04T09:52:20.884-05:00TLI - Italian Preschool's Educational Practices Highlighted by Respected Educator
In the middle class city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, an educational concept that was created at the end of World War II has captured the minds and hearts of teachers everywhere.
It's an approach that puts preschool children at the center of their own learning, allowing them to learn naturally and to develop a close relationship with their environment as they touch, move, listen, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-90906391203786951602013-02-06T10:54:00.000-05:002013-02-06T10:54:30.006-05:00TLI – International Speaker Lauds the Creative Use of Technology
Moving away from the "drill and practice" routine that encompasses technology instruction in many of today's schools and transitioning students to the "tinkering and making" of learning is a strategy that local educators were asked to consider as they create new ways to reinvigorate education.
The approach is the thinking of Gary Stager, a renowned international speaker, consultant and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-80861073969343855852013-01-02T11:05:00.000-05:002013-01-02T11:14:48.821-05:00TLI - Technology Kickoff Highlights Flipped Learning, Web Tools for Educators
School district administrators and educators walked away from the LHRIC's TLI Technology Kickoff Dec. 4 with a deeper knowledge of flipped learning and an eagerness to try out some new web tools that promise to make teaching and learning more valuable for all.
Brandon Lutz speaks at the TLI Technology Kickoff Dec. 4
The daylong event, held at the Edith Macy Conference Center in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-39420490425038188982012-10-25T15:54:00.000-04:002012-10-25T15:58:39.722-04:00TLI - Tech Forum Showcases New Technology Trends
The idea of media branding for schools, innovative approaches to STEM education, flip learning, and the adaptability of iPads in the classroom were just some of the interesting topics discussed at this year's Tech Forum held Oct. 19 at the Westchester Marriott hotel in Tarrytown.
The annual forum, which is sponsored by Tech & Learning magazine and the TechLearning.com website, attracts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-76381465730837645792012-10-15T10:47:00.001-04:002012-10-15T10:50:07.305-04:00LHRIC Teams Up with NYSCATE to Host First Mobile Learning Summit
The much-anticipated Mobile Learning Summit held last month at the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor was well received by many of the region's school district administrators, teachers and college faculty who are eager to implement the proper policies and support structures that will enable mobile learning to flourish in their schools.
The all-day event, co-sponsored by the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056886899695536445.post-33059827431168108452012-09-19T12:50:00.000-04:002012-09-25T10:09:30.919-04:00LHRIC Offers More to Districts with Updated Model Schools Service
The Lower Hudson Regional Information Center's Model Schools service released its 2012-13 professional learning catalog earlier this month highlighting its many course offerings for local educators and school district administrators and adding some exciting new opportunities for members as well.
The 42-page directory, with a focus on supporting teaching and learning in the 21st century, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0