This week I am attending Confratute at the University of Connecticut. Confratute is the annual Conference/Fraternity/Institute hosted by Dr. Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis. Joe and Sally are largely responsible for the entire concept of the gifted student and the push for recognizing the need for gifted education in school. The main message of this week is that there should be opportunities for all students to have their gifts-academic and otherwise-recognized and addressed at school. It is only the 2nd full day, and already I'm overwhelmed with excitement in what we are going to be bringing back to the learners in Coppell.
My only surprise has been in the lack of technology integration in many of the courses and even the basic knowledge of the availability of technology for all learners, across the country. I sat in a class yesterday where 10 out of 25 participants had never heard of Skype. I've looked at several course descriptions that toute "Learn about all you can do with PowerPoint!"
I'm actually attending a course titled "60 Tools in 60 Minutes" that is giving Web 2.0 tools to attendees. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they are going to present. The class doesn't start for anothe 10 minutes, and we already have people standing in the back!
I'm thinking I may submit a similar course for next year, but have it focus on Web 2.0 tools that aid in differentiation.
Folks, I may be a Confratuter yet.
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