The Digital Citizenship Summit, a first-of-its-kind national conference regarding the safe, savvy, and ethical use of technology, is happening on Saturday, October 3rd at the University of Saint Joseph (West Hartford, CT). This groundbreaking event is bringing together educators, parents, administrators, students, community leaders, and industry to help shape digital citizenship moving forward.
Are you going to lend your voice and influence the conversation? Reserve your spot HERE.
Schedule (Detailed scheduled found below)
7:30 am Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
9:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:15 am Panel Discussion
10:30 am Session I Break Out Sessions
11:30 am Poster Sessions & Lunch in McGovern
1:00 pm Session II Break Out Sessions
2:00 pm Session III Break Out Sessions
3:00 pm Session IV Break Out Sessions
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
4:30 pm After Party
Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking (7:30-8:50 AM)
Welcome & Opening Remarks (9:00 AM-9:10 AM)
Cheryl A. Barnard, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students at the University of Saint Joseph
Marialice B.F.X. Curran and David Ryan Polgar, Digital Citizenship Summit Co-Founders and Organizers
US Senator Richard Blumenthal
Panel Discussion (9:15 AM-10:15 AM)
Moderator: Susan M. Bearden, Director of Information Technology, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Panelists:
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Denise Lisi DeRosa, Tech Parenting Consultant and Blogger
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Reuben Loewy, Founder and Director, Living Online Lab Teaching the Digital Revolution
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Dr. Mike Ribble, Author of Digital Citizenship in Schools, 3rd Edition
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Dr. Shelley Prevost, Co-founder and CEO at Torch
Session I Break Out Sessions (10:30-11:20)
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Speaker: Janell Burley Hofmann, Author of iRules: What Every Tech Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up, Speaker, Consultant, Founder of the The Slow Tech Movement and iRules Academy
Session Title: The Slow Tech Lifestyle: Integrating Digital Mindfulness Into Your Personal & Professional Lives
Location: Crystal Room
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Speaker: Matthew Soeth, Co-Founder #iCANHELP and Co-Creator of iCanHelpLine
Session Title: Tweeting a Smoke Signal: The 411 and 911 of educating and empowering teens to take action in social media and take ownership over their digital profiles.
Location: McDonough 213
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Speaker: Tracy Mercier, University of Saint Joseph alumna, Manchester Public Schools Grade 4 Teacher, Responsive Classroom Consultant
Session Title: Social Media Leverages Learning
Location: Reception Room
Poster Sessions in McGovern Lounge (11:30 AM-12:50 PM)
- Richard Abraham, USJ graduate student, 1st Grade Teacher, Farmington Public Schools
Poster Session: Bucket Filling: A Pathway to Digital Citizenship
- Jessica Bedford, USJ graduate student, 1st Grade Teacher, West Hartford Public Schools
Poster Session: Learning Outloud Through Digital Portfolios
- Jessie Renaud, USJ graduate student, 1st grade student teacher, Bloomfield Public Schools
Poster Session: Blogging Begins With Books: Integrating Literacy and Technology
- Hayley Brown, USJ alumna, Kindergarten Teacher, Simsbury Public Schools
Poster Session: Teach the Tech: It’s as Essential as ABC, 123
- Marie DiPinto, Special Education Teacher, Achievement First Summit Middle School, Hartford
Poster Session: Technology Toolbox for Teaching and Learning
- Luz Holmes, USJ Junior, Public Health Major, President of USJ chapter of Brave Leadership Club
Poster Session: To Be Brave
- Tom Manley, USJ graduate student, Middle School Media and Technology Teacher, Grace Academy, Hartford
Poster Session: Designing Your Digital Tattoo #everybodysgotink
- Victoria Maringola, USJ Freshman, Biology Major, Chemistry Minor
Poster Session: H.O.P.E. – Helping Others through Personal Experience – The Fight Against Bullying
- Angela Minto, USJ graduate student, 11th & 12h Grade Encore Science Teacher, CREC Two Rivers Magnet High School, Hartford
Poster Session: Social Identity
- Lauren Perrault, USJ graduate student, 3rd grade teacher, Glastonbury Public Schools
Poster Title: Empathy: Leaving Your Mark
Lunch in McGovern (11:30 AM – 12:50 PM)
Luncheon Spotlight (12:00 PM – 12:30 PM)
Jenny Lussier, K-4 library media specialist, Regional School District 13 Durham & Middlefield, CT
Session Title:”Spotlight on Library Media”
Session II Break Out Sessions (1:00 PM-1:50 PM)
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Speaker: Alan Katzman, Founder/CEO Social Assurity LLC
Session Title: Social Media: Finding Your Digital Voice
Location: Crystal Room
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Speaker: Kerry Gallagher, Digital Learning Specialist at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA, and EdTech Blogger
Session Title: Bring Digital Citizenship to Every Classroom
Location: McDonough 213
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Speaker: Dr. Kortney Peagram, Owner and President of Bulldog Solution Inc.
Session Title:Building Empathy and Kindness Virtually: A Bully Free Virtual World
Location: McDonough 200
Session III Break Out Sessions (2:00 PM-2:50 PM)
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Speaker: Diana Graber, Co-Founder, Cyberwise; Founder, Cyber Civics
Session Title: Tales from the Digital Citizenship Classroom
Location: Crystal Room
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Speaker: Janel Patterson, Co-Founder and CEO of Frienedy and Founder of Electronicparenting.com
Session Title: Restoring “Social Security” Doesn’t Take an Act of Congress
Location: McDonough 213
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Speaker: Sarah Thomas, Technology Teacher and Founder, EduMatch
Session Title: Protect Yourself Fool! (2015 Edition)
Location: McDonough 200
Session IV Break Out Sessions (3:00 PM-3:50 PM)
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Speakers: Jennifer L. Scheffer, Mobile Learning Coach and Timmy Sullivan, High School Senior, Burlington Public Schools, MA
Session Title: Let’s Get Real: Preparing High School Students for College and Careers through Digital Citizenship Education
Location: Crystal Room
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Speaker: Dr. David Greenfield, Founder and CEO, The Center and Institute for Internet and Technology Addiction, LLC, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Session Title: Virtual Addiction: Living in the Age of Digital Distraction
Location: McDonough 213
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Speaker: Devorah Heitner, PhD, Founder of Raising Digital Natives
Session Title: 6 Factors for Assessing your culture of Digital Mentorship
Location: McDonough 200
Closing Remarks (4:00 PM-4:15 PM)
Reception & Networking (4:30 PM – ?)
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Shish Kebab House of Afghanistan located at 36 LaSalle Road, West Hartford, CT
Live Tweeters during the Panel
Judy Arzt
Hayley Brown
Tracy Mercier
Jennifer L. Scheffer
#FYS15 Live Tweeters during Break Out Sessions
Khemberly Cabonita
Ivonne Encarnacao
Taylor French
Nana Kyem
Victoria Maringola
LeeAnn Waye
Sherickia Hull
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