Odysseyware To Focus on Innovation in New Event Series
Online
curriculum provider Odysseyware is
launching a new series of live and virtual events on innovations in
instructional models.
Topics
that will be covered in the new School
Transformation Series include competency-based learning,
customization, student
choice and rethinking credit recovery. The series of live and virtual
events,
webinars and weekly blog posts will be free.
Webinars
already recorded and available on the
School Transformation Series website are "Designing Competency-Based
Pathways
for Next-Generation Learners" and "Using Customization To Address
Diverse
Learner Needs," both featuring Denise Hoy of Agee Lierly Life
Preparation
Services. A virtual event, "Inside Out: Embedding Digital Learning
Options Into
a School District" is already available on the site as well.
Upcoming
virtual events include:
- "True
Career Readiness for All," 10 a.m. PDT on
April 27;
- "Val
Verde Academy: A Successful Blended Learning
Model," 9 a.m. PDT on May 5; and
- "Innovative
College and Career Readiness
Technology Integration," 11 a.m. PDT on May 11.
"It's
our mission to not only provide
high-quality online curriculum to schools across the nation, but to
empower all
educators and schools to create the best possible environment for their
students to learn in," said Odysseyware President Beth TeGrotenhuis.
"The
School Transformation Series will highlight the best and brightest
minds within
education, including forward-thinking district administrators, school
leaders,
support staff and teachers. We look to create an environment that
fosters
collaborative learning among educators, something that will make all
our schools
better for education."
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.