Chamber Lunch: AASB To Present on the Alaska 1:1 Digital Initiative

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.

Speaker
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.

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.

Biography

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.

Bob 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.

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Date and Time

Wednesday Nov 20, 2013
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AKST

Luncheon will start promptly at noon.

Location

The Westmark Sitka Banquet Room
330 Seward Street
Sitka, AK 99835

330 Seward Street Sitka AK 99835

Fees/Admission

$15 Full Meal (Members Only)
$18 Full Meal (Non-Member)
$5 Listening Fee (Includes Drinks)

Executive Lunch Upgrade
$20 Full Meal
$10 Listening Fee (Includes Drinks)

Pre-Paid Lunch Punch Cards
5% Discount Available For Members Only
$114 Eight (8) Pre-Paid Lunches
$228 Sixteen (16) Pre-Paid Lunches

*Weekly Luncheons are open to the public. Chamber membership is not required to attend.

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Sitka Chamber (907) 747-8604
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