McREL: Calendar of Events

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Calendar of Events

Date(s)	Event	Location	Description
2/17/2010	Classroom Instruction that Works Webinar: Nonlinguistic Representation Presented by: Matt Kuhn Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	Online Webinar	Learn more about the research behind Classroom Instruction that Works and how to incorporate classroom strategies with Web 2.0 and other technologies. This Webinar will discuss the research behind Nonlinguistic Representation, and will include lesson ideas and technology integration options.
3/3/2010	Classroom Instruction that Works Webinar: Cooperative Learning Presented by: Howard Pitler Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	Online Webinar	Learn more about the research behind Classroom Instruction that Works and how to incorporate classroom strategies with Web 2.0 and other technologies. This Webinar will discuss the research behind Cooperative Learning, and will include lesson ideas and technology integration options.
3/11/2010	Power Walkthrough® Informal Observation Webinar Presented by: Howard Pitler Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site)	Online Webinar	McREL's Power Walkthrough Webinar and software help school leaders turn their regular classroom observations into "power walkthroughs" by using a PDA, Tablet PC, Blackberry, or iPhone device loaded with McREL's Web-based software.
3/17/2010	Classroom Instruction that Works Webinar: Summarizing & Notetaking Presented by: Howard Pitler Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	Online Webinar	Learn more about the research behind Classroom Instruction that Works and how to incorporate classroom strategies with Web 2.0 and other technologies. This Webinar will discuss the research behind Summarizing and Notetaking, and will include lesson ideas and technology integration options.
3/31/2010	Classroom Instruction that Works Webinar: Homework & Practice Presented by: Howard Pitler Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	Online Webinar	Learn more about the research behind Classroom Instruction that Works and how to incorporate classroom strategies with Web 2.0 and other technologies. This Webinar will discuss the research behind Homework and Practice, and will include lesson ideas and technology integration options.
4/8–9/2010	McREL Power Walkthrough® Seminar & Software Presented by: Elizabeth Hubbell, Matt Kuhn, Howard Pitler, & Matthew Seebaum Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	McREL Denver, Colo.	McREL's Power Walkthrough seminar and software helps school leaders turn their regular classroom observations into "power walkthroughs" by using a PDA, Tablet PC, Blackberry, or iPhone device loaded with McREL's Web-based software.
4/14–16/2010	Solution Tree: Annual Conference on Standards and Assessment Keynote presentation by: Timothy Waters Register now (you will be taken to Solution Tree's secure event registration site)	Las Vegas, Nev.	This conference offers a range of assessment strategies and the time to explore, network, and discover the tools that will work best for you. Join McREL’s President & CEO, Timothy Waters, as he explores what our schools would look like if we treated every student failure as a catastrophic event and outlines how to ensure that every student who enters our system leaves it with a full range of post-secondary and life opportunities.
4/21/2010	Classroom Instruction that Works Webinar: Identifying Similarities & Differences Presented by: Elizabeth Hubbell Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	Online Webinar	Learn more about the research behind Classroom Instruction that Works and how to incorporate classroom strategies with Web 2.0 and other technologies. This Webinar will discuss the research behind Identifying Similarities & Differences, and will include lesson ideas and technology integration options.
5/5/2010	Classroom Instruction that Works Webinar: Generating & Testing Hypotheses Presented by: Matt Kuhn Register now (you will be taken to McREL’s secure event registration site.)	Online Webinar	Learn more about the research behind Classroom Instruction that Works and how to incorporate classroom strategies with Web 2.0 and other technologies. This Webinar will discuss the research behind Generating & Testing Hypotheses, and will include lesson ideas and technology integration options.
2/3–4/2011	Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners	Houston, Texas	Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners views the nine categories of research-based instructional strategies first identified in Classroom Instruction that Works (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001) through a filter of five stages of language acquisition. The result is applications that allow mainstream K-12 teachers to successfully engage ELLs.