Posts Tagged ‘ Owatonna ’

Owatonna’s model for the 21st century

4/25/2008

At yesterday’s Horizon Forum meeting at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Steve O’Conner, Director of Instructional Services for Owatonna Public Schools, presented an overview of an initiative in a classroom in Washington Elementary School where a fifth grade classroom has gone mostly paperless. Desks are replaced with [...]


Fifth grade for the 21st century

4/10/2008

You are invited to join us for the final Horizon Forum meeting for this school year! Fifth Grade for the 21st Century Hosted by Dr. Tom Tapper, Superintendent, Owatonna Public Schools Thursday, April 24 11:15am – 1:00pm Conference Room 325, Education Sciences Building (University of Minnesota East Bank) Dr. Tom Tapper (Superintendent, Owatonna Public Schools), [...]


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Next Horizon Forum roundtable: Education and the Technological Singularity

An invitation to the next Horizon Forum meeting at the University of Minnesota: Education and the Technological Singularity January 27, 2010 11:30am – 1:30pm 250 Wulling Hall (U of M East Bank) At the next Horizon Forum, you are invited to join the discussion, moderated by Arthur Harkins and John Moravec, with special guests, as [...]


OECD teams with YouTube to discuss future of the Internet

Got development ideas for the digital world? The OECD is willing to engage in a dialog by video. The organization’s press release says it all: OECD – Paris, 29 May 2008 OECD and YouTube launch “Future of the Internet” initiative “How can the Internet make the world a better place?” This is the question OECD [...]


Horizon Forum on technologies and education in Latin America

Join us for the next Horizon Forum meeting! Technologies and education in Latin America: Changes in the infrastructure and not in the teaching methods Monday, February 26, 12-3 p.m. Room 319, Coffman Memorial Union University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus 300 Washington Avenue, S.E. Minneapolis Cristobal Cobo, Ph.D., is a specialist in information technologies, faculty [...]


Horizon Forum: Integrating technology and innovation in schools

Join us for this year’s first meeting of the Horizon Forum! The Horizon Forum is a “mold breaking” round-table initiated by the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota to facilitate action-oriented discussions on how we may design outstanding educational futures for Minnesota. Dr. Tom Tapper, Superintendent of Owatonna Public Schools, [...]


Press Release: Supporting the University of Minnesota’s Strategic Vision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis, February 20, 2006) – Arthur Harkins and John Moravec today released action steps they believe the University of Minnesota should take to become one of the world’s top three public research universities within the coming decade. Their effort is independent of the University’s official strategic repositioning process.  It is intended to [...]


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