Michelle Okal-Frink's Profile

Michelle Okal-Frink

WNYRIC & NYS Model Schools

West Seneca, New York

About Me

I am the Associate Director of Instructional Technology, Research & Innovative Projects at the WNYRIC in New York State. I work with students, administrators and teachers from over 100 schools. I want to help make a students’ education as empowering and engaging as possible.

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Twitter: @@teenycat

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27
1. Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
  - Filmmaking for Teachers*
    
    Room 1069
    
    Work with students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
    
    This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants.
2. Welcome 10am–3pm
  - Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
3. Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
  - Sustainability Panel
    
    Essential Questions:
    
    What does it mean to sustain innovation? How do people/organizations continue to grow? How do you avoid regression to the mean? How do you avoid mission drift? How do resources remain shared?
4. Reception 8–10pm
Saturday, Jan 28
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Keynote
3. Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
  - Encienda Educon
    
    Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
    
    Submit A Proposal: http://bit.ly/encienda29
5. Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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6. Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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7. Making Connections 5–7pm
  - “Philly Classic” Dinner
8. Networking Social 7:30–11pm
Sunday, Jan 29
1. Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
2. Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
  - Sustainability in Education
    
    Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of sustainability in the context of education and educational movements.
3. Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
5. Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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6. Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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