Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi will host the 2016 Hawaiʻi Island TechEd Collaboration Conference (HITC) on Tuesday, March 29 from 8:15-3:15 p.m. The free conference will highlight blending culture-based education with twenty-first century skills and technology.
HITC is open to all teachers, administrators, tech directors, library media specialists, support staffers and others with a passion for technology in education.
The conference promises attendees engaging keynote speakers from the EdTech Team, breakout and hands-on sessions, a creativity playground, and more!
This year, KS Hawaiʻi has expanded the HITC Conference to include a pre-conference day on Monday, March 28. The pre-conference day includes workshops offered by the EdTech Team and Apple Education Specials from 12:30-4:30 p.m.
At 5 p.m, featured on the big screen in William Charles Lunalilo Hale, there will be a special showing of the film “Most Likely to Succeed”, which looks at the outdated education system and re-imagines what students and teachers are capable of doing.
Space is limited so register early. For more information and registration for this event, please visit the HITC website.
See last year’s keynote presentation from Jim Sill below.
Register Today!
WHAT:
The FREE Hawaiʻi Island TechEd Collaboration Conference will focus on blending culture-based education with twenty-first century skills and technology.
WHERE:
Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi
16-716 Volcano Road
Kea‘au, HI 96749
WHEN:
Pre-Conference
Monday, March 28 / 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Conference
Tuesday, March 29 / 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
WHO:
HITC is open to all teachers, administrators, tech directors, library media specialists, support staffers and others with a passion for technology in education.
SIGN UP:
Visit the HITC website to register. Space is limited, so register early!
HITC 2015 included a session called "Learning from the Experts" in which kindergarten, first- and second-graders talked about using iPads to enhance their learning and collaboration skills.
The 5BFish from KS elementary school kumu Karyl Ah Hee's class held a breakout session on how their class utilizes Google's Genius Hour concept to work on passion projects.
KS Hawaiʻi video production teacher Nader Shehata demonstrates how utilizing drones enhance students' abilities to tell stories.
Jim Sill's opening keynote from HITC 2015 shared more about the power of video in storytelling and engaging students in the classroom.
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