Building Learning Communities 2011

This session is about transcending school reform to make new forms of school. It centers on creating learning environments designed to go beyond achievement to foster engagement in all types of K-12 settings. The session will be particularly useful for people starting plans for new schools or extensive redesign of existing schools.

This workshop will engage participants in lively discussion about:

• Progressive Science Initiative
• Met Center/Big Picture Learning
• High Tech and New Tech High Schools
• Virtual Learning Magnets
• DesignShare
• Professional Development Schools
• Generation Schools
• Rocketship Education
• OpenEd Solutions
• And more

This session will explore the above ideas in detail and devote significant time to collaborative online development/sharing of:

•  New definitions of the purposes of education
• New stories to communicate compelling images of transformed 21st century learning.