Mark Your Calendars! AAIE’s 45th Annual Conference, February 10 -13, 2011, Hyatt Regency San Francisco.
Keynote Speakers
Donald G. Knezek, CAE, PH.D, Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for Technology in Education (www.iste.org), is a leader of innovation for transforming education with technology and recognized globally for his leadership in collaboration, planning, and standards development. An educator with 28 yrs. of academic experience in schools, universities, regional service centers, state departments of education, and international organizations, Dr. Knezek holds degrees from Dartmouth College, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Texas.
Dr. Knezek provides leadership around the world, recently working in the Czech Republic, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. He is currently providing consulting services to ministries of education, sharing his valued experience in preparing education leaders and teachers to thrive in an increasingly digital world.
Marc Prensky (www.marcprensky.com) is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant and designer in critical areas of education and learning. He is also the founder and CEO of Games2train (whose clients include IBM Nokia, Pfizer, the US Department of Defense, and the L.A. and Florida Virtual Schools) and creator of the sites, www.dodgamecommunity.com and www.socialimpactgames.com .
Marc has created over 50 software games for learning including the world’s first fast-action videogame-based training tools and world-wide, multi-player, multi-team on-line competitions. He has taught at all levels. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC, and was named one of training’s top ten “visionaries” by Training Magazine. Marc Prensky holds graduate degrees from Yale (teaching) and Harvard (MBA). His most recent book is Teaching Digital Natives—Partnering for Real Learning (Corwin 2010).
Guest Speaker, Special Four-Part Leadership Strand
John Littleford, a senior partner of Littleford & Associates in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,is a full-time consultant to independent and international schools; public school districts; non profits, including cultural and community organizations and foundations, corporations and privately owned companies. He served as a school head for 18 yrs., a teacher for 25 yrs., and a board members and chair of schools and non-profit agencies. He has written and spoken extensively worldwide on school leadership, governance, strategic planning, faculty evaluation and compensation, financial management practices, fund-raising, and on managing change and dealing with climate issues. Mr. Littleford has a B.A. from Dickinson College, a Critical Language Degree from Princeton University, and a M.A. and a Certificate of Advanced study from Harvard University.