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=**Welcome To O'HaraCon 2.0**= Friday, April 23 2010 Cardinal O'Hara High School

**The Guiding Principles**

 * 1) Professional Development should be self-driven and sustained, not "one and done"
 * 2) Professional development should be engaging and fun for teachers.
 * 3) Technology must serve pedagogy, not the other way around
 * 4) Technology must enable students to research, create, communicate and collaborate

The Design of The Day
O'HaraCon 2.0 is a day of professional development that is aligned with our AFG action plans. The "Con" in the name stands for conversation, which will be the primary focus. The day will include an opening keynote by Diana Laufenberg followed by 3 30 minute conversation sessions.

The conversations will focus on specific web tools, networking tools, and other great topics. You can view the Schedule here. During the conversations, there will be a brief presentation given by one of our own faculty, followed by questions, answers and hands on activity. You will be able to choose which conversation you wish to attend at each of the three session periods.

The Schedule
8:00 Mass in the Chapel 8:30 Coffee and refreshments ,room 239 9:00-10:30 Opening Keynote - Diana Laufenberg, Social Studies Teacher, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia 10:40-11:10 Session 1 11:10- 11:55 Lunch 12:00-12:30 Session 2 12:35-1:05 Session 3 1:10-1:25 Wrap Up Room 239

What You need To Bring

 * Your laptop (we will have extra electrical access in room 239 for those batteries that don't last long)