KS Hawai’i teacher Kerry Kamisato and KS Kapālama teacher Maryalice Woody meet at the Hana Pono Education Technology Conference held at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.
Volunteers Kapena Gilding, Monica Lum, Kalena Kawahakui-Chun, Amy Au and Raleigh Maupin staff the registration counter.
Students from the KS Hawai’i campus help open the conference.
Over 400 attendees convene in the large conference room for the major sessions.
KS ITD Director Dean Tomita welcomes the 2015 conference attendees and presenters.
KS Community Programs Director Pono Ma’a helps to kick off the conference by speaking about how an undersized, undermanned, lightly regarded junior boys volleyball team from Hawai’i became national champions through purposeful training, teamwork and continuous improvement.
Keynote speaker Stephen Ritz told his story about how his South Bronx neighborhood, one of the poorest in the nation, was transformed into a vibrant community by his project to teach his students how to grow their own food.
Audience members listen attentively and take notes.
Senior Instructional Technology Specialist Tim Freitas demonstrates some of the latest technology tools in the Playground for Cr8tivity.
Senior Program Manager Mark Ellis and Cultural Resource Specialist Hoku Akana talked about the use of technology to connect students with the crew of the Hōkūleʻa on the Polynesian sailing canoe’s worldwide voyage.
Mimi Wong, education technology manager; Dean Tomita, ITD director; and Technology Delivery Service Manager Darrell Kim take a quick picture together before heading off to make sure the conference is running smoothly.
Presenter Liz Castillo showed how to combine several aps to create multimedia projects.
Campus Education Vice President Rod Chamberlain, center, attended several of the workshops.
Distance Learning Instructional Support Specialist Simon Cording gets some tips from presenter Johnna Jacobsen on how to program a robot.
KS teachers Rob Siarot from Maui and Kerry Kamisato from Hawai’i exchange ideas during lunch.
Aletha Sutton and Cultural Specialist Kekio’ewa Ka’opua compete to keep their balloons in the air in the event's "Minute To Win It" contest.
