2013 ACAMIS Spring Conference

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE HAS CLOSED

Beijing City International School
8 and 9 March 2013

"Beyond the New Basics… Keeping it Personal".  The conference theme takes us two decisive steps forward from the Wondering and Wandering that so captured the imaginations of those who attended last year’s ACAMIS conference.

To get things started, keynote presenters Bambi Betts and Michael Lambert, will set the stage by exploring how we might need to rethink school structures and curriculum features as we consider the practical use of Web 2.0 technology to enhance student learning.
 
The keynote presentation and subsequent breakout sessions will feature  collaboration between students in some of our ACAMIS schools through technology, and how their learning can be shared and replicated in local schools and other ’human connections’ through social networking.

Technology will also be a stimulus for the second keynote, a visually striking exploration of place and human identity led by Dinos Aristidou. We cannot put the technological genie back in the bottle, nor do we wish to, so how can we humanize our practice in order to keep the person at the center of our brave new world?
 
The theme of putting people at the center of technological advancement will be strongly underscored by the inclusion of students in developing and presenting the conference keynotes and workshops. On Friday, students from ACAMIS schools will demonstrate how they are developing a learning community through collaboration over distance. In Saturday’s keynote, students will assume the role of presenters through movement, the spoken word, and sound.
 
The involvement of students in developing and presenting keynotes and workshops in these cutting edge areas will be of interest to many conference delegates. For this reason, the usual conference schedule will be re-structured to enable delegates from all the separate conference strands to attend these thought-provoking workshops.