We are excited! Our network of collaborators is growing!
All Interests Are WelcomeOur afterHours networking festivities are a great way to connect with colleagues innovating in:
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Collaborate in Tucson or Phoenix
Our November 2 events happen simultaneously at Generation Tech Support in Phoenix and the Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence in Tucson, connected by video conference
See details below.
See details below.
You will connect with colleagues from K-12 education, charter schools, public and private colleges and universities, community colleges, nonprofit community schools and organizations, home schoolers, and companies creating innovative learning experiences and teaching environments in Arizona
This is a great opportunity to learn something new, share what you know, make connections with AZ Innovative Learning advocates and innovators, find resources and help for your initiatives, and hear about and provide your updates on happenings in Arizona.
Please Register Below - Registration Is Free
Register now to network and collaborate in your local community while getting updates and connecting with colleagues in that other city up - or – down the road. How cool is that! Experience this innovative approach to networking!.
We hope that this will contribute to the development of Regional Collaboratives in Tucson, Phoenix, and other sites around the state, in sync with the statewide collaborative. This will enable education innovators to network and collaborate in their local communities, but be a part of the statewide collaborative.
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The Agenda Is Simple
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Why You Want To Mix It Up
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Smartphones, and email are all great stuff but just not the same as live, face-to-face, press-the-flesh networking. Our networking events provide a great opportunity for you to:
- Discover amazing Innovative Learning & technology organizations
- Meet awesome education innovators in business, government and education in Arizona and discover the amazing innovations they are engaged in
- Learn something new, find resources, and make connections to support your Innovative Learning initiatives
- Discover the latest trends in innovative learning ideas and new technologies from blended learning, digital curriculum, innovative learning spaces, to mobile learning, individualized self paced learning, competency and outcome based education, flipped classrooms, adaptive learning models, Innovation Labs and Maker Spaces, 3D printing, coding, project based learning, robotics, game based learning and virtual lab experiences that are transforming teaching and learning, workplace training, and the way we do business!
- Share your knowledge and expertise with colleagues
- Discover amazing Innovative Learning & technology organizations
- Meet innovative Innovative Learning providers, entrepreneurs, educators, advocates, practitioners, and consumers of Innovative Learning technologies & services
- Find new customers, employees, career opportunities
Date, Time, Tucson and Phoenix Locations
November 2, 2017
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5:30 - 7:30 pm
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Registration: Free. Please register below.
Tucson Host |
Tucson Unified School District
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence 4455 S. Mission Rd. Tucson, AZ 85746 (520) 877-2000 |
McCorkle, TUSD's newest state-of-the-art school, offers academically rigorous learning opportunities through a project-based approach, engaging students in a challenging and nurturing environment. They are the first New Tech Network school in Tucson Unified and the second in Arizona. They offer a dual-language strand and project-based instruction which incorporates science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Students at McCorkle develop research skills and learn to think critically. Collaborative learning and personalized instruction strengthen relationships and empower students and teachers to become skilled creators, leaders and producers.
Phoenix Host |
Generation Tech Support is a tech startup run by twenty five high school students and young adults overseen by business professionals and tech instructors. In this real world entrepreneurship, tech savvy students provide tech support and instruction to the public.
Many people need tech help in navigating smart phones, tablets, mac/pc updates and struggle with the complexities of millions of apps. Our tech savvy students, called GenTechs, intuitively trouble shoot issues, offer suggestions and focus on the specific needs of each customer. In the process, GenTechs learn workplace skills, how to run a business from the ground up and participate in all facets of the day to day business operations.
GenTechs have also provided tech service to the younger crowd in robotics, coding, and various tech camps, assist in professional development trainings to schools and facilitate businesses trainings.
Many people need tech help in navigating smart phones, tablets, mac/pc updates and struggle with the complexities of millions of apps. Our tech savvy students, called GenTechs, intuitively trouble shoot issues, offer suggestions and focus on the specific needs of each customer. In the process, GenTechs learn workplace skills, how to run a business from the ground up and participate in all facets of the day to day business operations.
GenTechs have also provided tech service to the younger crowd in robotics, coding, and various tech camps, assist in professional development trainings to schools and facilitate businesses trainings.