Keynote speaker is educator, producer, media artist
October 15 and 16 the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine (ACTEM) will host their annual MAINEducation Technology conference at the Augusta Civic Center. This is their 22nd annual called The Way Learning Should Be where Marco Torres will be the keynote speaker and do two breakout sessions.
Marco teaches Media in a public California high school outside of Los Angeles. Whenever Torres asks students, “What is one of the most influential things in your life?”, it’s always something they’ve seen, heard, or experienced. Digital storytelling brings it all together: text, images, moving art, emotion, experience.
Taken from the ACTEM website:
For Marco “learning is not just how you receive information but how you produce it.” He teaches his students how to celebrate their culture, build communities, and how (and why) to use multimedia tools to share their very special stories and ideas with the world. “It’s not about technology, it’s about creativity,” Marco emphasizes.
It should be fascinating to see and hear Marco in action, we are fortunate to have someone of his gifts to share at the ACTEM conference.
To learn more about the conference, how to register and more about ACTEM please click here.
I see that arts teachers Roger Whitney, Sarah Sutter, and Ann Marie Quirion Hutton are presenting workshops at the conference as well!
The mission of ACTEM is to enhance and influence education in Maine through the use of technology. I find that ACTEM does an incredibly wonderful job of fulfilling their mission year after year!
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