Agenda+2012

FRIDAY, 9 MARCH 2012
08:00 – 08:50 **Registration**—The Centre Lobby Coffee on Arrival

09:00 – 09:15 **Conference Welcome and Opening**—Theatre Mrs. Anne Fowles – ACAMIS President Mr. Laurie McLellan – Director Nanjing International School and ACAMIS Board Member

09:15 – 10:00—Theatre Education is about preparing children to live in the future. While at no time we could predict exactly what the future would be like, in closed, slow-changing societies, the future could be predicated based on the past, with reasonable confidence. Thus education in general has been about delivering a prescribed set of knowledge and skills to help children find employment and live as citizens. However with globalization and rapid technological changes, such societies do not exist on earth anymore, making it virtually impossible to pre-determine the skills and knowledge needed for the future. What then should education do? In this presentation, Dr. Yong Zhao wonders about a futureoriented education that starts with what comes with each child instead of an authoritative prescription of knowledge and skills in the hope to challenge educators to reconsider what truly defines a high-quality education for the new era.
 * Keynote Address: “@The Next Step … Wondering or Wandering”**
 * Dr. Yong Zhao, Presidential Chair and Associate Dean for Global and Online Education**

10:00 – 10:25 **Coffee with Sponsors** — The Centre Café

10:30 – 12:30 **Workshop Session 1:**—MYP LGR Dr. Carol Gordon This session investigates what we know about traditional literacy and emerging literacies in digital environments. The latest research and best practices are explored to re-evaluate what literacy means, how it is best taught, and the consequences for teaching inquiry through the content areas. A structuralist approach looks at building new knowledge through the lenses of aesthetic and historical understandings.
 * @Transliteracies: What does it Mean to be Literate in the 21st Century?**

12:30 – 14:00 **Lunch**—Theatre

14:15 – 16:00 **Workshop Session 2:—** MYP LGR Dr. Carol Gordon The impact of the digital age on school libraries presents opportunities to re-evaluate facilities and collections to create user-driven and learning-centered programs and services.
 * @Transforming School Libraries for 21st Century**

16:00 – 18:00 **Optional Activities**: Tour of School, Tech Help Desk, Massages, Wellness Opportunity, Open Bar

18:15 – 19:00 **Pre-dinner Drinks**—Theatre

19:00 – 22:00 **Conference Dinner with Keynote Speaker** –Theatre James McGregor

SATURDAY, 10 MARCH 2012
08:30 – 09:00 Arrival at NIS—The Centre Lobby Coffee on Arrival

09:00 – 09:15 **Welcome** Mrs. Anne Fowles – ACAMIS President

09:15 – 10:00 **Keynote Address:**—@Mind the Gap—Theatre Mr. Kevin Bartlett, Director of the International School of Brussels

10:00 – 10:20 **Coffee with Sponsors**—The Center Cafe

10:30 – 12:00 **Workshop Session 3: —**MYP LGR Dr. Carol Gordon As information moves from traditional print formats to digital environments information users face challenges of information overload, choosing what is relevant, evaluating information, and synthesizing new information with prior knowledge to create meaningful learning outcomes. This session examines the ISP as a diagnostic tool for supporting learning through inquiry, literacy, and interactive technology.
 * @Teaching through Guided Inquiry and the Information Search Process: Why is it relevant to the Digital Age?**

12:15 – 13:30 **Lunch**—Theatre

13:45 – 15:30 **Workshop Session 4: —**MYP LGR Dr. Carol Gordon A round-table devoted to best practice, problem-solving and working in China-based international school libraries.
 * @Librarian's Forum**