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Academy Schedule At-A-Glance


    Day One
    Theme: Creating a Vision for Technology in Education

    1:00-2:30
    3:00-4:00
    4:00-4:45
    4:45-5:30
    5:30-5:45
    5:45-6:00
    6:00-7:00
    7:00-7:45
    7:45-9:00
    9:00-10:00
    Registration
    Laptop distribution and orientation
    Welcome and Orientation
    Vision video and facilitated discussion
    Announcements
    Break
    Dinner
    Introduction to Milken Seven Dimensions
    Smart Tools Workshop: Working with the Web
    Smart Tools Workshop: Windows Tips & Tricks

    Day Two
    Theme: Learning and the New Culture of Education

    7:00-8:00
    8:00-9:15
    9:15-9:30
    9:30-10:30
    10:30-10:45
    10:45-11:00
    11:00-12:00
    12:00-1:15
    1:15-3:00
    3:00-3:15
    3:15-3:30
    3:30-5:00
    5:00-5:30
    5:30-6:00
    6:00-7:00
    7:00-9:00
    Continental breakfast
    Focusing on learning, best practices & standards
    Break
    Focusing on learning, best practices & standards (cont\'d)
    Journal entry
    Break
    Learning environment and technology access
    Lunch
    Planning for professional development
    Journal entry
    Break
    Smart Tools Workshop: "Why Technology?" presentations
    Break
    Social
    Dinner
    Smart Tools Workshops

    Day Three
    Theme: Planning and Leadership

    7:00-8:00
    8:00-9:15
    9:15-9:30
    9:30-11:00
    10:00-11:15
    11:15-11:30
    11:30-12:00
    12:00-1:15
    1:15-2:45
    2:45-3:00
    3:00-3:15
    3:15-4:00
    4:00-6:00
    4:30-5:30
    5:30-6:00
    6:00-7:00
    7:00-8:30
    8:30-10:00
    "Why Technology?" presentations
    Break
    Technology capacity
    Journal entry
    Break
    Grant writing
    Lunch
    System capacity
    Journal entry
    Break
    System capacity job-alike discussion
    Break
    Optional Smart Tools Workshop (Multimedia)
    Social
    Dinner
    Smart Tools Workshops
    Social

    Day Four
    Theme: Connections, Accountability and Beyond the Academy

    7:00-8:00
    8:00-8:30
    8:30-9:45
    9:45-10:00
    10:00-11:00
    11:00-11:15
    11:15-11:30
    11:30-11:45
    11:45-12:15
    12:15-12:30
    Continental breakfast
    Homework discussion & yearbook response
    Community connections & closing the "digital divide"
    Break
    Accountability
    Journal entry
    Next steps & program evaluation
    Faculty wrap-up
    Closing and awards
    Box lunch & departure




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