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Dual Keynotes at MAINEducation 2010
MAINEducation 2010 Keynotes: Angela Maiers (left) independent consultant of Maiers Educational Services and Vicki Davis (right) Teacher and IT Director at Westwood Schools in Camilla, GA.
You know the old saying: “Practice what you preach?” With the decision for MAINEd’s 2010 conference theme to be “Collaborations, Conversations, Connections” it only made sense to extend the thought to the conference keynote.
“We are very pleased to announce that Vicki Davis and Angela Maiers have agreed to collaborate on the keynote for the 2010 conference,” said Conference Chair Gary Lanoie of Cape Elizabeth. “We wanted them both and it fits the theme of the conference perfectly.”
For Davis, this will be her second visit to MaineEd. She was a nationally featured presenter in 2007. This will be Maiers first trip to Augusta. The pair, who are friends and have roomed together at other conferences, are excited to team up for this unique opportunity. Both are well known to Maine educators.
“I first met Angela Maiers at the Blogger Cafe at NECC in Washington, DC last year,” said Yarmouth’s Cathy Wolinsky. “Angela is well known to many elementary educators for her work in literacy and the teaching of “Big Ideas” has inspired many to follow her website and other writing. I look forward to having Angela present to Maine Educators.” Read more about Angela online at http://www.angelamaiers.com
“Vicki is a visionary technology leader who teaches students how to be exemplary digital citizens,” said Alice Barr, also from Yarmouth. “With her Flat Classroom and Digiteen projects, she has opened up global opportunities for collaborative learning. The last time Vicki was in Maine she introduced us to Flattening your own classroom.”
Maiers is a former teacher who now works as an independent consultant dedicated and committed to helping DOE’s, schools, districts and teachers reach their goals in literacy and literacy education. She is based in Des Moines, IA. Her website is angelamaiers.com
The conference committee was unable to decide which of these educators should be featured as out MAINEduca-tion 2010 keynote. One committee member, Cheryl Oakes of Wells-Ogunquit, suggested we ask them both to deliver a collaborative keynote. “It is a departure from how we have done things previously,” said Lanoie. “But the conference committee feels we have struck gold with both the keynote and the overall theme for this year’s conference.” Both keynote collaborators will also present sessions on Thursday as well as Friday.
As Vicki Davis commented in the process of getting her booked for the conferenece, “I’m so excited!”
So are we!
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