“Tablet PCs: Gateway to Change”
by Dr. Bob Mancabelli

Tuesday, April 14, 2009
@ 4 p.m.
Rare Books Room
Buhl Library

In this era of rapidly accelerating technological change, educators can feel overwhelmed by the landslide of new tools and disconnected from the students who use them. In this talk, Rob discusses how tablet PCs can serve as an indispensable gateway for teachers and administrators to plug into an evolving "connected culture" that uses Web 2.0 technologies to weave elaborate webs of people and ideas. Rob also talks about how institutions need to structure professional development, technical support and other critical components to ensure that technology programs promote a deep, meaningful shifts in behavior that go beyond the classroom.

Bio:

Rob Mancabelli's work explores how schools can use technology as a gateway for producing meaningful pedagogical and personal change. With over a decade of experience in public and private schools, Rob works with teachers and administrators in K-12 and higher education to develop innovative models for teaching and learning that use modern tools to achieve timeless educational goals.

Currently, Rob is the Director of Information Systems for the Hunterdon Central School District in Flemington, NJ, an award-winning, Blue Ribbon District that has been recognized for its use of technology by the National Education Commission, Business Week Magazine and the Smithsonian Institution. Recently, Hunterdon Central’s research study on the use of tablet PCs was selected for a book on pen technology published by Purdue University Press. Rob's past presentations have included Princeton University, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, the National Education Computing Conference and the Bill and Melinda Gates Leadership Conference.

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