rSmart co-sponsoring the Rhode Island Sakai Conference. Join us and learn how Rhode Island uses Sakai CLE in K-20 environment.

Start: April 8 10:00 pm
End: April 9 10:00 pm
Timezone: Etc/GMT
Location: The Hyatt Regency, Newport, Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology (RINET), in association with the Sakai Foundation, The rSmart Group and IBM will be hosting the first annual Rhode Island Sakai Conference April 8-9, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport, Rhode Island.

Are you ready to connect with your students on their terms?

Would you like to use safe discussion forums to prepare your students for classroom discussions?

Would you like to use safe chat rooms to support your instruction?

See RI students and teachers demonstrate how they use Sakai to manage coursework.

Learn how K-20 institutions are using portfolios to meet national accreditation standards.

See RI students and teachers demonstrate how they provide evidence of proficiency to Rhode Island’s Proficiency Based Graduation requirements.

Learn how Sakai's Collaborative Learning tools including calendar, chat rooms, resources, discussion forums, glossaries, wikis, assignment and portfolio tools, drop boxes and more and can be used to provide a distance learning environment, credit recovery classes, and professional development.

Learn about new tools that will soon be available in Sakai to support classroom instruction.

Become a part of a rapidly growing community of Sakai users.

Who should attend the Pre-conference Workshop? (April 8, 2008):Anyone interested in creating and participating in a national work group to inform and support the development of Sakai as a Collaborative Learning Environment for K-12. This work group is affiliated with the Sakai Project (www.sakaiproject.org).

Who should attend the Sakai Conference? (April 9, 2008):Anyone interested in learning about enhancing teaching and learning with the Open Source Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment to support Rhode Island’s Proficiency Based Graduation System, High School Course Credit Retrieval, Virtual Courses, Professional Development and more.

TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE!