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| Sunday, November 5, 2006 | |
| 8:00 am - 11:00 am | NACOL Board of Directors Meeting |
| Pre-conference | |
| 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm | Registration opens |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Pre-conference Sessions |
| How to Start a Virtual School | |
| Quality Benchmarking: Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Virtual School Program | |
| Research on Virtual Schools: A Knowledge-Building Session on What We Know and What We Need to Know | |
| CEO Forum: Innovating High School Redesign | |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | NACOL Annual Membership Meeting |
| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | President’s Welcome Reception hosted by Altair |
| Monday, November 6, 2006 | |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Registration open |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast available |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Welcome & Opening |
| Welcome | |
| Our Mission: Education, Innovation and Online Learning Susan Patrick, President & CEO, North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) |
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| 8:30 am – 9:15 am | Opening Keynote Address |
| Teaching for America’s Future in Networked Learning Teams Thomas G. Carroll, President and Executive Director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) |
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| 9:15 am – 10:00 am | Next Generation Education: Redesign Powered by Online Learning |
| Meet, network and interact with conference attendees while identifying new ways virtual schools and online learning can support the needs and solve challenges in broader education redesign. This plenary session will be interactive and provide an opportunity rethink the future of education for the next generation. | |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Session One |
| 11:30 am – 1:15 pm | VSS Keynote Luncheon |
| Creative Leadership Charles “Chic” Thompson, President, Creative Management Group and author of What A Great Idea! |
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| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Session Two |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Session Three |
| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Break |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Session Four |
| 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm | Exhibit Hall Reception |
| 7:00 pm | VSS Dinner Hosted by eClassroom (offsite) |
| Tuesday, November 7, 2006 | |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast available |
| 7:00 am - 10:00 am | Registration open |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am | General Session Plenary |
| Federal Perspective Tim Magner, Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education (invited) |
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| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Best Practices Roundtables |
| Network and interact with conference attendees while examining best practices at roundtables. This is an opportunity to meet new people and learn about the latest trends, innovations and success stories in the field. | |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Exhibit Hall Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Session One |
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Luncheon and Plenary Session |
| Welcome Anita Givens, Senior Director – Texas Education Agency Instructional Materials and Educational Technology Division |
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| Student Perspectives Panel Hear what online students from around the country have to say about virtual school education. |
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| 1:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Ends (breakdown) |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Session Two |
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | Session Three |
| 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Session Four |
| End of 2006 VSS Conference | |