Some highlights from the Howard (MS)2 Global Education Conference:
– The Gates Foundation representative, Allyson Knox, who threw away her script and opted to instead tell several heartwarming stories of how technology advanced students’ abilities to perform–both social/emotionally AND academically.
– Montgomery County presented their 2.0 curriculum designed to prepare students for the 21st Century. It fosters higher-order thinking and is housed in a web-based application that helps teachers develop their comfort with standards-based instruction according to this innovative curriculum. The platform looks great, is reportedly very stable (built in Sharepoint) and Pearson is apprarently leveraging the MoCo product to develop its own platform for curricular alignment and standards-based instruction. They will be looking for pilot-sites, and this may be an opportunity for charter networks to get involved!
The word is not yet fully out on this exciting event, so check out the conference links and mark your calendar for next time! There is definitely a lot to be learnt from Howard’s (MS)2.
