Presenters

Outline of Presentation 35‑40 minute presentation followed by question/answer 1. Watauga County Schools Global Learning Communities Vision....Dr. Marty Hemric (Superintendent) 2. Building Teacher Capacity..........Ms. Billie Hicklin (Assistant Superintendent) 3. Infrastructure Design, Partnerships, & Peripherals............Dr. Scarlet Davis (Associate Superintendent) 4. "Pioneer IT" WHS' Global Learning Community design.........Mr. Michael Wyant (Principal)
 * Administrative Presenters**

Marty Hemric Superintendent, Watauga County Schools hemricm@watauga.k12.nc.us (828) 264-7190

Ashley Brown is a teacher at Westwood Elementary, Ashe County Schools Laura Bowers is the Media Specialist at Westwood Elementary, Ashe County Schools

Ashley Brown ashley.brown@ashe.k12.nc.us

Laura Bowers laura.bowers@ashe.k12.nc.us


 * Teacher/Media Specialist Invitation**

On behalf of the team organizing this event, I would like to invite you to participate as the featured presenters in the first segment of this webinar on 21st century lessons for teachers. We know that you have very strong technology skills, an orientation towards collaboration and innovation, and exceptional instructional abilities. We would love to showcase your talents by having you: 1.) demonstrate examples of 21st century learning in practice and 2.) model how collaboration between the classroom teacher and media specialist promotes more effective teaching and learning.

Message to presenters re: rehearsal, time change & guidelines for presenting:

Hi Ashley (and Laura)!

I was away most of last week at the school library conference and haven't had a chance to touch base with you about the November 30th webinar. I've got lots of new details for you, including some suggestions for planning your presentation, a tentative rehearsal date, and a slight change to the schedule for the 30th. I saw Laura Bowers at the library conference last week and it sounded like she is completely covered up right now -- I'm cc:ing her on this message in the event she might have time to co-present with you during the webinar. If it doesn't work out for Laura to co-present, we'll miss her, but I know that you'll be great on your own! Melanie Honeycutt had such great things to say about your use of technology! Here are the details:

1. The date of the webinar remains as Tuesday, November 30th, but we'd like to switch you from presenting at 1:00 to a new start time of 3:00. We're hopeful that this time change will give more opportunity for teachers to tune into your section of the webinar. Please let me know if you are able to present from 3:00 - 4:00 on November 30th. Also, IF Laura will be co-presenting with you, please let me know. If I don't hear from you about this, I'll assume that you are presenting on your own.

2. You will need to prepare a PowerPoint slide show for the webinar -- complete guidelines for planning your slide show are in the attached document. Dr. Gerri Batchelor, who works with me at DPI, is our local videoconferencing and adult learning expert, and she has prepared this document for all our presenters. Gerri would like to preview your completed slideshow by November 15th, if possible and of course she's available by phone or email if you have any questions about how to prepare your slide show. Once your presentation is complete, please email your slideshow to Gerri at GBatchel@dpi.state.nc.us -- we'd like to receive it by November 15th, if possible. If you want to call Gerri with questions, her phone number is (919) 807-3449. 3. We'd like to have a "dress" rehearsal of all the presenters on Monday, November 22nd. Is there a preferred time during the day when you would be available to practice with the other presenters? Finally, all the details about technical aspects of the webinar should be answered on the attached document. If you have any questions about the tech aspects or if you need additional help with planning your presentation, Gerri Batchelor is the best source of information. However, I'd like you to email me to confirm whether you are able to change your presentation time to 3:00 on November 30th. Hopefully this brings you up to date and answers any questions you may have. If you need more information, please don't hesitate to contact me. We're looking forward to previewing your presentation soon! Thanks again for your part in making this 21st century learning webinar possible!

Brenda McCombs brenda.mccombs@kcs.k12.nc.us
 * TECHNOLOGY Directors **