Dates

Thursday 3, Friday 4 & Saturday 5 May 2012

Venue

The International School of Amsterdam, Sportlaan 45, 1185 TB Amstelveen, The Netherlands

Registration costs

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Application

You can download the Application Form here (Word Format only). Please fill it in and attach to an E-mail to Sabine Henrichsen Schrembs - cot@isa.nl.

Your Registration will be confirmed by e-mail as soon as it is processed.

If you have any further questions e-mail Sabine Henrichsen Schrembs - cot@isa.nl.

Schedule

You can download the detailed 3-day schedule here (PDF format only)

Accomodation

We recommend the following two hotels:

Novotel: Situated between ISA and the city center, it is near the Tram 51 line which stops at ISA and also goes to the center of Amsterdam. More info at www.novotel.com.


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Savoy Hotel: Situated on the Ferdinand Bolstraat in the city center. We are happy to propose a special deal with the Savoy Hotel which is as follows:

• Special rates apply from Wednesday May 2 to Saturday May 5 - but you do not need to stay all of these nights.
• You will need to tell us which nights you want to stay at the Savoy.
• ISA has to book your hotel room in order to be eligible for this special discounted rate.
• The rate for Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 is €115.-
• The rate for Friday 4 and Saturday 5 is €145.
• These prices include breakfast and VAT & city tax of 5%.
• The bill will be yours to pay upon chekout.
• ISA will need your credit card details as guarantee for the hotel reservation.
• The closing date for this offer is Friday March 30.

More info about the hotel at www.savoyhotel.nl.

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For further booking options please refer to the following website: www.booking.com

Conference Facilitators

David Perkins, Senior Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and Co-Director Emeritus of Harvard Project Zero.



Ron Ritchhart, Senior researcher at Harvard Project Zero. Ron currently directs the worldwide Cultures of Thinking project aimed at supporting teachers in the creation of classrooms where thinking is valued, visible, and actively promoted.

The Opportunity

This conference is an opportunity for teachers, administrators and researchers from different sites and settings around the world to come together at the International School of Amsterdam to share and further their understanding of this project.

Among the 80 conference participants will be educators who have been working with VT-related ideas for several years, as well as educators who are relatively new to VT. We ask all participants to bring along some evidence of student thinking that they can share in a gallery walk.

Locations

Day 1 will take place at the Van Gogh Museum in the center of Amsterdam.
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Day 2 and 3 will be hosted at the campus of the International School of Amsterdam.
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How to find ISA by car: From the A-9 Ring Highway, take the Amstelveen/Amstelveen Zuid exit (5). If coming from the West turn right onto Van der Hooplaan; if from the East turn left onto the Van der Hooplaan. Follow the Van der Hooplaan through 3 sets of traffic light. At the fourth light, turn left onto Sportlaan. The School is approximately 300 meters on the right.

How to find ISA by public transport: From Schiphol Airport: Take the train to the World Trade Centre (Station Zuid) and then take tram 51 direction Westwijk to stop "Sportlaan".