November Learning: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning

Jeff Utecht

About Jeff Utecht
Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School, Bangkok, Thailand

Jeff Utecht is an international educator and educational technology consultant. Currently Jeff is working as the Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator for the International School Bangkok. Additionally, he is collaborating with EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools) as a technology consultant and with the Wiki company, Wetpaint.com. Jeff is also an adjunct professor for Plymouth State University in their Technology Education program and is a coordinator for the Learning 2.0 Educational Technology Conference in Asia. He regularly shares his thoughts on education and technology on his blog, thethinkingstick.com. Jeff and his blog have recently been mentioned in the books Reinventing Project-Based Learning as an avenue for “free online professional development” and Web 2.0, New Tools, New Schools.

To learn more about Jeff, visit jeffutecht.com.

Main Session Workshops

Beyond E-mail: Communication with your Web Community

From Friday Folders to Friday e-mails, the way we communicate with our school community is changing. But where do we go now from e-mail and how can we utilize the power of social web tools, such as Facebook and blogs, to create communities that engage and support our schools? This session will share ways to harness these web tools to reach out to your school community and create authentic and open communications within them.

Moving from Consumers to Producers of Knowledge: What the Web is Really About

Content is free, production of knowledge is at an all time high. How do schools take advantage of the productive power of the web? How can schools engage students in meaningful projects that focus on creativity and apply the content students are learning? This session will be a discussion on how to move schools, classrooms and students from consumers to producers of knowledge.