| Lynn Weigel Wins 2nd Annual MassCUE Scholarship to Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference
MassCUE is pleased to announce its second annual scholarship winner to Alan November's Building Learning Communities Conference, Lynn Weigel, Technology Director of Norton Public Schools. The conference is to be held July 18-20 at the Boston Marriott Newton Hotel. Building Learning Communities is a world class event with participants from Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Latin America, Hong Kong and the US.
The conference strands include Critical Thinking and Information Literacy, Online Community Building, Leadership and Managing Change and Transforming and Designing New Schools. This year's conference keynotes include Dr. Tim Tyson, Principal, Mabry Middle School, Cobb County Georgia Public Schools, Angela McFarlane, Professor in Education, University of Bristol UK, Dr. Mitch Resnick, Associate Professor at the MIT Media Laboratory and Dr. Yong Zhao of the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence at Michigan State University.
Alan November has assembled a handpicked team of education practitioners and world class presenters for his eighth annual summer conference. Professionals from Asia, the US, and UK will provide a combination of discussion and hands-on experience, including MassCUE President Walter MKenzie who is presenting on Multiple Intelligences and Instructional Technology for the third straight year. You can learn more about this year's conference at http://www.novemberlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=29
All MassCUE members were eligible to apply for the scholarship. Only one scholarship was to be awarded. All applications were evaluated against a rubric developed and administered by MassCUE's professional development committee. In applying for the opportunity Lynn wrote:
“The 2006-2007 school year in Norton began with Alan as a guest speaker at our professional development day. We were very lucky to have him here in our district for the day, and his keynote was VERY inspirational to our entire staff. We also had Alan here to work with the administrators of the district in a workshop. He helped me get the sparks flying with our district leaders as we begin to make the “mind-shift” into the 21 st century with our teachers and students."
As t he scholarship recipient, Lynn will have the $695 tuition to the Building Learning Communities conference waived. In return, she will write an article for on Cue about the conference and the effect it has on her professional practice.
You can read the article from last year's scholarship winner, Leslie Carroll from Nashoba, by clicking here.
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