Inver Grove Heights Community Schools has an upcoming event that seems so delightful that I had to bring it to you. It’s likely you know of someone who would really enjoy being enlightened about technology by a bunch of students, or perhaps you’d like to attend too and see how these kids have learned to use all the technology this district uses (you can get a sense in this highlights video).
A guy from the Inver Grove Heights Community Schools Office of Communications, Johnny Germscheid, reached out to us here at Minnov8 to tell us about the event. Its focus is about technology, education and breaking down the communication barrier between children and adults. I’m guessing there will be a lot of learning occurring on both sides (student-as-teacher and adult-as-student).
Students in grades K-12 will be teaching adults how to use iPads, iPods, and other devices and software programs. Conference highlights include:
- Produce and publish an eBook using rich multimedia content.
- Create a digital scrapbook to capture family memories.
- Design a webpage or blog to share your story on the web.
- Find out how to set up and manage your own social networking profile.
- Collaborate electronically to edit documents in a more efficient manner.
- Compose original songs to add flavor to your movies.
- Learn how to get the most out of that new iPad.
This is the second year Inver Grove Heights Community Schools has offered this Student Led Technology Conference. Turns out the Inver Grove Heights school district (ISD 199) was nationally recognized in Washington DC by the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) this winter for this innovative concept.
The conference is free and open to anyone in the metro, or our entire State for that matter. To check out details about the conference, which takes place on Saturday, February 25th from 8:30am until Noon, visit the event mini-site here.