Keynote-Thursday

== =Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach=

//Break-out Sessions//
=**10:25- 11:35 - New Directions**= It’s a common adage that assessment drives learning. But for educators striving to integrate skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving, and digital communication into their instruction, how should assessment change? In this session, Sheryl will discuss best practices on how teachers can create assessments that both reinforce and evaluate students’ learning in abstract and transformative academic skills. Presentation will explore advancements in assessment tools as well as offer practical examples of evaluations of student projects.
 * Room 228/230**

=** 1:10- 2:20 Connected Learning: PD in the 21st Century **= Connected Learning - Here, now — a revolution in technology has transformed the way we can find each other,interact and collaborate to create knowledge as connected learners, to develop the social fabric, capacity and connectedness found in communities of practice and learning networks. Join Sheryl in this interactive presentation as she explores the question- What should professional development look like in the 21st Century?
 * Room 228/230 **