Would you like to be a team leader during the NACADA Technology Seminar?

Web 2.0 principles lead educators to the inevitable conclusion that collaboration and knowledge creation are an essential part of learning. A Web 2.0 environment is one of participation where users can contribute. In academic advising active participation creates an environment in which students take initiative and claim responsibility for their choices. At the 2008 NACADA Technology Seminar: Advising 2.0: Utilizing Technology Effectively for Campus-wide Advising, we hope to involve some of you in leadership in the midst of participation.

                We know that many of you have been exploring the use of technology in academic advising on your own. Your experiments are a valuable part of the learning we will do together at the seminar. We will break our small groups into even smaller groups of four or five with a team leader. This small team will work collaboratively to support each other in pursuit of the goals, projects, or initiatives set for them by their campus. Team leaders should be comfortable with web 2.0 resources, must bring a wireless laptop with which they are already familiar, and be willing to share their experiences with and assist a small group of four or five fellow participants. Team leaders will have plenty of time to work on their project and will collaborate with others interested in similar aspects of advising and technology. Team leaders will meet at 4 PM on Wednesday, February 11 to review the schedule for the seminar.

               If you are interested in this leadership opportunity , look for the participation survey that will be sent to you after you register for the Technology Seminar. On this survey you will get a chance to let us know that you are interested in being a team leader for the group coming from your campus, or for a group of four or five that you will meet at the conference.