MICDS Summer Teacher Institute
MICDS is pleased to announce the 2009 Summer Teacher Institute for Technology and Curriculum Innovation. This series of hands-on professional development workshops features distinguished educators from MICDS and around the world, including:
- Will Richardson
- Karl Fisch
- Alec Couros
- Kevin Jarrett
- Kim Cofino
- Darren Kuropatwa
- Dean Shareski
- Chris Lehmann
- Jeff Utecht
Each week offers a selection of new sessions that will engage participants and provide strategies for effectively utilizing technology in the service of teaching and learning. Whatever your background, needs, or interests, our Summer Teacher Institute can provide you with the knowledge and skills to transform your classroom into a truly innovative learning environment.
These sessions are open to anyone (although space is limited) and we’re looking forward to an exciting summer of learning. If you or someone from your school is interested in attending, you can register online or contact us for more information.
We hope you can join us at MICDS this summer!

April 28th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
This is quite an impressive line up!You might be seeing me make a trip down from Chicago!
April 30th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
[...] ehelfant) As a related aside, if you’re anywhere NEAR St Louis consider attending their “MICDS Summer Teacher Institute” in 2009. Their lineup of presenters and presentation topics is FANTASTIC. This is sure to be a [...]
May 9th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
[...] am incredibly honored (and quite flattered) to be part of an amazing line-up of speakers at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (MICDS) this summer, thanks to Elizabeth Helfant [...]
June 8th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
[...] marked the beginning of our 2009 Summer Teacher Institute for Technology and Curriculum Innovation, a series of 22 full-day workshops led by distinguished educators from MICDS and around the [...]
June 9th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
[...] second workshop in our Summer Teacher Institute for Technology and Curriculum Innovation featured noted educator and author Will Richardson. Will’s session, Writing and Connecting [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
[...] third day of our Summer Teacher Institute focused on Literacy in the Humanities Classroom. Using the framework of the TPCK Model [...]