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Are you looking to implement a new technology in your learning environment? Then this virtual event is for you! In this NMC Beyond the Horizon program, Jonathan Nalder (an Apple Distinguished Educator and an NMC K-12 Ambassador) will provide an introduction to SAMR, an NMC Academy course he created that provides practical ways to apply the framework in different K-12 and higher education contexts. The SAMR model was developed by Dr Ruben Puentedura to help educators select, use, and evaluate technology in support of education. S is for Substitution, where technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change. A is for Augmentation, where technology is still a tool substitute, but there is some functional change. M is for Modification, where technology allows for significant learning task redesign. R is for Redefinition, where the capabilities of the technology being employed allow for the creation of new tasks that were previously inconceivable. Joining Jonathan, will be a panel of experts engaged in SAMR projects who will share their thoughts and best practices on its applications.

Lisa Nigara Gustinelli of St. Thomas Aquinas High School & NMC K-12 Ambassador presents "Meet Tommy!" at the 2015 NMC Summer Conference in Washington, D.C. Meet Tommy, the NAO robot from St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Tommy is a 57cm tall robot with 25 degrees of freedom. See how students in the robotics program are using Tommy to make their studies in math, science, and engineering interesting, innovative, and relevant.

Faculty training does not always acknowledge the fact that digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. Training in the supporting skills and techniques is rare in teacher education and in the preparation of faculty, museum, and library professionals. In recent years, new kinds of professional development opportunities have arisen in the form of online experiences where education professionals can gain new skills. Massive open online courses, webcast series, and other forms of training, such as the NMC Academy and HP LIFE e-Learning, are making it easier to continuously learn about new technologies and pedagogies. In this special edition of the NMC On the Horizon series, a panel of experts explored different professional development opportunities and discuss the evolving training needs of educators. Panel Moderator: Holly Ludgate, Senior Director of Program Development, NMC Panelists: -Samantha Adams Becker, Senior Director of Communications, NMC -Sue Bedard, Course Director, Full Sail University -David W. Deeds, High School Technology Integration Coach, American School of Guatemala -Alex Freeman, Director of Special Projects, NMC -Jonathan Nalder, NMC K-12 Ambassador; JNXYZ.Education; JNXYZ.net

David Boxer is Director of Information Support Services at The Blake School, where he assists faculty and students in the creative and effective application of technologies for teaching, learning and scholarship; supports the integration of library services and instructional technology resources; and facilitates technology-enhanced curricular innovations. David has also been recognized as an NMC K-12 Ambassador.

Jonathan Nalder is a longtime advocate for ubiquitous learning. Having no access to desktop PCs as a Learning Support teacher, Jonathan chose to innovate rather than complain and began using mobile voice recorders, Palm PDAs, and then iPod touches with students to enhance their learning. He completed a Masters in Learning Innovation in 2008 (QUT), became an ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator) and won a Smart Classrooms Award in 2009, co-founded the www.Slide2learn.net community in 2010, and was awarded a Learning Without Frontiers (UK) award in 2011. He is currently seconded to work as a Principal Project Officer for Mobile and Digital Learning, and in this role has spent three years co-managing an ambitious One Laptop per Child deployment as well as several iPad projects for the Indigenous Education Division of the Queensland Education Department. He was immensely proud in 2013 to become an NMC K-12 Ambassador.

NMC K-12 Ambassadors: This presentation showcases the brand new NMC K-12 Ambassador program and lynda.com partnership, and provide a look at what is happening in these Ambassadors’ learning environments.

David Boxer promotes challenge-based learning as an important way to shift education and pedagogy to a more hands-on, doing, creative approach based on his own experiences from teaching at The Blake School. He secondly calls for more professional development opportunities where teachers learn from one another's experiences as connected educators.

Jonathan Nalder discusses a framework of incorporating new technologies, that does not just focus on lessons and assignments, but on using these tools lifelong for learning. Jonathan Nalder is a longtime advocate for ubiquitous learning. Having no access to desktop PCs as a Learning Support teacher, Jonathan chose to innovate rather than complain and began using mobile voice recorders, Palm PDAs, and then iPod touches with students to enhance their learning.

Sue Bedard of Full Sail University discusses historical edtech landmarks and how education has been affected. She highlights how students begin school with curiosity and optimism, but lose this passion the more their creativity is stifled. She proposes that teachers use Kingergarten as an example to become a facilitator of knowledge, creating personal learning environments for each student, and serving as a leader and role-model. She proposes that students must re-learn school, so that they are not just following along a set structure they know day in and day out, but are problem-solving, thinking, creating, and taking control of their learning. Sue Bedard was selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2013. She is also a Google Teacher Educator and an NMC Ambassador for K-12.

Troy Bagwell discusses how many new tools focus on independent, self-directed learners, though there is a large population of students that are not able to learn that way because we do not teach them how. Bagwell serves the students of Decatur ISD as Director of Technology.

The New Media Consortium (NMC), an international consortium of learning-focused organizations, has selected 22 K-12 education professionals for its new NMC K-12 Ambassador Program. The Ambassadors range from district CIOs to teachers to directors of technology and many other roles in between. Launched in January 2013, the NMC K-12 Ambassador Program is a global search for K-12 education professionals who are committed to using innovative approaches to teaching and learning in their K- 12 classrooms. Distinguished as NMC Ambassadors, the selected individuals earned a one-year NMC membership as well as an influential place within the NMC community.

The NMC K-12 Ambassador program is focused on global education innovation and the transformation of teaching and learning. NMC K-12 Ambassadors are a group of distinguished education trailblazers that embody the NMC philosophies and practices. The qualifiers and guidelines to apply for the NMC K-12 Ambassador program are outlines in this document.