Welcome to the Independent Schools SIG Wiki!

Mark your calendars for ISTE 2010: Denver
Independent Schools SIG (SIGIS) Gathering [Formal Session : Birds-of-a-Feather]

• Monday, 6/28/2010, 4:45pm–6:15pm
  
  
  Click on NECC 2009 for minutes from the SIGIS Birds of a Feather session
  
  
  Mission
  This SIG will provide a forum for discussion that supports the unique needs of independent school educators based, in part, on their often unique features such as individual missions, clientele, and funding models. ISTE and NECC offer a unique opportunity for independent schools and public schools to connect regionally and at a distance to share educational technology innovations, strategies, and best practices and to develop professional development partnerships.
  
  
  History

  IS SIG Birds of a Feather NECC 2008

  
  Approximately 80 people attended the first Independent Schools Educators "Birds of
  a Feather" event at NECC in San Antonio on July 1, 2008, a superb turnout that
  helped validate the deep desire for an organized presence for Independent Schools folk.
  
  
  Susan Booth of NAIS submitted an application for official ISTE status as the Independent School Educators SIG. Jill Brown and Howard Levin consulted together
  on this after viewing notes from the July 1st meeting. This came before the ISTE
  Board and was approved at their September 2008 board meeting. As a new SIG, we were granted Topic-Level status with the opportunity to grow into a Forum-Level and eventually a Division-Level SIG. For more information on the various SIG levels, click here.
  
  
  
  
  Current Activities
  We are currently collecting Wiki members and Ning members, as well as ideas for future activities. Please invite others to join either our Wiki and/or Ning.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We will be facilitating various online discussions on topics ranging from public-private partnerships, professional development, leadership development, sharing ideas for dealing with the current economic situation, plans for ISTE2010 in Denver, and much more. If you have any specific discussions you’d like to see, please add it to the ideas for future activities page or post it to our Ning discussion board.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  If you have any ideas for future SIG activities, please go to the ideas for future activities page.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Questions? Contact Kris, Susan, Jill or Howard.