BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20131120T210000Z DTEND:20131120T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Chamber Lunch: AASB To Present on the Alaska 1:1 Digital Initiative DESCRIPTION:Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.\n\n \n\n Speaker\n\n Bob Whicker\, Director of the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) Consortium for Digital Learning\, will be co-presenting with Lon Garrison\, who in addition to serving on the Sitka School Board\, is also on the AASB Board.\n\n \n\n They will be presenting on the Alaska 1:1 Digital Initiative and how it would begin a process for giving each K-12 student a mobile tablet device\, enabling on-demand access to the myriad of digital education resources now available. \n\n \n\n Biography\n\n Bob has been involved in Alaskan education over a span of 34 years teaching and working in varying positions of school leadership from principal to superintendent\, and moved to the private sector as an education development executive for Apple\, Inc. At Apple\, he was selected as National Development Executive of the Year in 2006. Bob currently serves as director of the Association of Alaska School Boards Consortium for Digital Learning (CDL). He also has owned several businesses in the hospitality industry as well as being a commercial fisherman for 22 years.\n\n \nBob has been immersed in digital learning through one to one learning environments for the past decade. He was involved with the CDL since it inception\, helping to plan its purpose and structure. Bob has degrees in business administration/physical education from the University of Northern Colorado and a MEd. in Exercise Science form Colorado State University. He obtained his Principal certificate from University of Texas and Superintendent certificate from the University of Alaska. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Transformational Leadership at UAF studying the effects of 1:1 computing on K12 education in Alaska. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\n Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.
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\n Bob Whicker\, Director of the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) Consortium for Digital Learning\, will be co-presenting with Lon Garrison\, who in addition to serving on the Sitka School Board\, is also on the AASB Board.
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\n They will be presenting on the Alaska 1:1 Digital Initiative and how it would begin a process for giving each K-12 student a mobile tablet device\, enabling on-demand access to the myriad of digital education resources now available.
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\n Biography

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\n Bob has been involved in Alaskan education over a span of 34 years teaching and working in varying positions of school leadership from principal to superintendent\, and moved to the private sector as an education development executive for Apple\, Inc. \; At Apple\, he was selected as National Development Executive of the Year in 2006. \; \;Bob currently serves as director of the Association of Alaska School Boards Consortium for Digital Learning (CDL).  \; He also has owned several businesses in the hospitality industry as well as being a commercial fisherman for 22 years.
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\nBob has been immersed in digital learning through one to one learning environments for the past decade. \; He was involved with the CDL since it inception\, helping to plan its purpose and structure. \; Bob has degrees in business administration/physical education from the University of Northern Colorado and a MEd. in Exercise Science form Colorado State University. He obtained his Principal certificate from University of Texas and Superintendent certificate from the University of Alaska. \; He recently completed a Ph.D. in Transformational Leadership at UAF studying the effects of 1:1 computing on K12 education in Alaska.\n

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\n LOCATION:The Westmark Sitka Banquet Room 330 Seward Street Sitka\, AK 99835 UID:e.1598.1220 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260411T030753Z URL:https://business.sitkachamber.com/events/details/chamber-lunch-aasb-to-present-on-the-alaska-1-1-digital-initiative-11-20-2013-1220 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR