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Gary S. Stager
Educational Consultant
Gary Stager is a veteran teacher educator who has led over 1,000
workshops for teachers and countless conference presentations across
the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Bermuda, England,
France, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, New Zealand, India, Costa Rica, South Africa and
Venezuela since 1982. He has spent over 15 years working
with schools in which every student has a personal laptop computer.
His teaching experience ranges from preschool through the doctoral
level, with the extremely at-risk and gifted students.
Gary's conference presentations and magazine articles are known
to be inspirational, provocative and entertaining. Now you can
bring Gary and other thoughtful innovative educators to your
school, district or conference. Click
here for a more detailed biography.
Professional
Development for Change
For the past twenty-five years, Gary Stager has worked with
private and public schools around the world. Arrange for him
to work with your staff in the following ways.
Motivational speaker
Gary can deliver provocative addresses on topics such as educational computing and school
reform, designed to meet the needs of your teachers and administrators -
the perfect addition to any inservice day, school board presentation or conference
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Minds-on workshops
One-time, recurrent, and residential workshops on a wide variety of
educational technology and classroom issues can be organized for your school
or district. All workshops stress collaboration, communication, active participation
and practical classroom ideas.
Classroom-based professional development (in-school residencies)
Gary Stager has pioneered this
effective model of teacher development. Gary works alongside teachers
in their own classrooms to model innovative teaching
practices with technology. Teachers enhance their knowledge and skills
in an authentic context of apprenticeship. Gary has led in-school residencies in a number of public and private schools.
The One-Stop Source for All of Your School's Needs
Most consultants are qualified to assist with long-range planning,
conduct a needs-assessment, present a motivational talk or lead
a brief hands-on workshop. Gary Stager and his associates have
a wealth of experience enabling them to offer your school the big
picture. Gary can help you develop your short and long-range plans
and then engage in all of the important implementation strategies
required to realize your vision. This approach allows the consultant
to really get to know your school community and provides the continuity
necessary to bring your goals to life. Educational change is a
marathon, not a sprint. Gary Stager offers schools, districts and
customized attention on an ongoing basis.
Gary Stager and his associates are available to assist your institution with
the following services:
- Needs assessment and planning
- Professional development
- Curriculum development
- Grant writing
- Technology planning
- Hands-on workshops for educators and students
- eLearning design
- Teacher retreats
- Network and wireless infrastructure
- Laptop implementation
- Hardware and software precurement
- Parent/community relations
- Classroom mentoring
- Technology audits
Workshops
Gary Stager and his distinguished associates are prepared to
lead workshops for educators on a wide variety of educational issues.
Any workshop may be customized to meet the unique needs and objectives
of your school or district.
The following is sampling of the inspirational, practical, and
educational workshops we offer:
Click here for
detailed descriptions of current presentations and workshops
New! (available for presentations
and workshops)
- Young Tom Edison and the Ballerina's Gopher
- Ten Things to Do with a Laptop - Learning & Powerful Ideas
- If Blogging is the Answer, What's the Question?
- Receptive Teaching - Accepting the High-Tech Learning Invitations Around Us
- Preventing Your 1:1 Dreams from Becoming Nightmares
- The Amazing Adventures of Gophercam and
Other Amazing Tales of Technology and At-Risk Kids
- The Case for Computing
- Digital Reggio: Reinventing Elementary Education for the 21st Century
- Danger! Take Large Step! The High Cost of Incrementalism
- Beyond 1:1 Computing – An Expert Perspective on What Students Might Do
- A Joyful Noise – Digital Audio Across the Curriculum
- Podcasting for Educators: A Mobile Audience for Your Students
- Music Composition Across the Curriculum
- Improvisational Robotics: Authentic Opportunities for the Construction of Knowledge (hands-on)
- Total Cost of Dependency and the Case for Zero-based Networking
- Closing the Imagination Gap: An Approach
to Educational Technology Worthy of Your Investment
- How the Internet Undermines School Reform
- Everything an Educator Needs to Know About
Digital Media
- Frankly I'm Bored with the Future: Educational
Leadership in the Digital Age
- Nurturing Munchkin Mozarts, Monets and
Michelangelos
- Next? What to do After Your School is Wired
and Every Kid Has a Computer
- Designing Dynamic Online Learning Environments
- Constructing Web-based Simulations and
Interactive Projects
Technology Across the Curriculum
- Computers as Incubators for Project-based Learning
- Imaging the Opportunities, Enabling the Future
- Learning with Laptops
- Transformational Computing - An Opportunity for Leadership
- Of Tamagtochis, Zoombinis, Turtles and Thinking Kids - Making
Math Matter
- Reinventing Elementary Mathematics
- Whole Learning and Technology
- Constructiionism and Computing
Learner-Centered Education
- Learning through Design
- Improvisational Robotics
- Classroom Inventions with MicroWorlds
- Creating Logo Environments
- Selecting Constructive Educational Software
Multimedia
- The Best Damn Podcasting Workshop Ever!
- A Joyful Noise – Digital Audio Across the Curriculum
- Podcasting with Garageband
- iLife for Educators - An Expert's Prospective
- Multimedia on a Shoestring - Low-cost ways to publish on screen,
paper, and the web
- Multimedia for the Curious Educator
- Nurturing Munchkin Mozarts and Monets
- The Secret Weapon in Art & Music Education
The Internet
- If Blogging is the Answer, What's the Question?
- Total Cost of Dependency and the Need for Zero-based Networking
- You Can Lead a School to the I-Way, but You Can't Make it Think!
- Building Dynamic Online Learning Communities
- Every Classroom a Studio - A Beginner's Guide to Streaming
Audio and Video
- Web Publishing Made Easy
- Naughty Bits on the Internet - A Call for Common Sense and
Good Citizenship
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