Don’t Miss Out--Visit Top Ranked Minnetonka Schools on April 9!

Don’t miss out! Come see for yourself why thousands of educators from across the country have visited Minnetonka Public Schools over the past 15 years. Experience K-12 learning in action at one of the top ranked school districts in the country. Witness proven programs and gather innovative ideas to take back to your school! Discover best practices for implementing meaningful instruction that will accelerate learning. Register Today!

Visitors can choose to start your visit at an elementary school, middle school or our high school. Specialty programs include Navigators and high potential programs, VANTAGE, Minnetonka Research, Chinese and Spanish language immersion, Tonka Online, athletics and the arts. After your tours at a school, you will transition to our District Service Center for lunch and breakout sessions of your choice. Choose from a wide variety of sessions led by Minnetonka staff to learn how things work behind the scenes. Sessions include innovation, the Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework, coding, Design for Learning, assessment, the curriculum review process, gifted and talented programming, student support services, personalized learning, 1:1 iPads and more. Discover best practices for implementing meaningful instruction that will accelerate learning, have time to ask questions and head back to your own school full of ideas! Additional details about possible sessions to choose from can be found here. Availability is limited in order to keep sessions small. Lunch is provided. Register here! 

Learn more about Minnetonka Schools and Technology Integration:

• Minnetonka Teaching and Learning Framework
• Minnetonka Language Chinese and Spanish Immersion Program
• Minnetonka Research: An In Depth, Highly Advanced High School Research Program
• Tonka Online High School Starting Year Five with 40+ Courses & 1200+ Students
• Why Teach Coding? Same Reasons to Teach Writing Even When Not All Students Will Be Writers
• Minnetonka Top 100+ Ideas for 1:1 Integration in 5th grade, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language
• Minnetonka Schools: Innovation is Now Our Strategic Plan
• An Easy Way to Weekly Inform Teachers & Parents of Great Technology Integration
• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in Science
• Pear Deck in Minnetonka Classrooms- Engaging, Interactive Lessons with Realtime Feedback
• Quizlet Live: Collaborative Team Quizzes Loved by Teachers & Students
• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in World Language Classes
• 40+ Elementary iPad Integration Examples
• Harnessing the Power of Technology in Physical Education
• A New Twist on a Band Playing Test: Solo Trios with GarageBand
• Six Years with Schoology: Setting Expectations for the Future
• Tonka Teacher Talks at ETT San Diego iPad Summit 2015
• Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning
• Free iBook about Minnetonka's 1:1 iPad Apple Distinguished Program: Four+ Years Transforming Learning
• Grade 11 Students Create Amazing Graphic Novels with iPads, Book Creator & Notability
• Students Explain Everything and Increase Test Scores
• Mt. Rushmore 2- Beyond Four Presidents
• App Smashed Presidential Rock Bands as Alternative Assessments in US History
• One Year Later, Green Screens Are Everywhere in Minnetonka Schools
• Minnetonka Students Create Green Screen Videos with Do Ink
• Math: An Overlooked Subject in Non-Tablet 1:1 Programs 
• Students Learn to Visualize a Process: A Valuable Life Skill for Everyone
• Technology Speed Dating Professional Development
• My Christmas Ed Tech Moonshot Wish: A Marriage Between Apple & Google
• Bigger, Better, Faster: New iPads Coming for Year Six in Minnetonka's 1:1 Program; First Devices Cost $0.38/school day 
• School's (Almost) Out, So Keep Your iPad for the Summer
• More Than an Hour of Code: Tonka Coding & Computer Science Programs Now in Year Three

Register today for the Annual Minnetonka Site Visit Oct. 24, 2019 or April 9, 2020

For the past 15 years, thousands of educators have visited Minnetonka Public Schools, including the National School Boards Association which held two visits to Minnetonka. Come see learning in action, witness proven programs and gather innovative ideas which you can take back to your school! This year's visits are on Thursday, October 24, 2019 and Thursday, April 9, 2020. Register Today!

Historically, our tours focused on how Minnetonka uses technology as an accelerator of learning. Back in 2003, visitors came to see SMARTBoards and sound fields and a learning management system implemented in K-12. In 2011 visitors came to see iPads used in learning in a 1:1 environment. With the advent of our Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework the 2016 tour focus shifted from technology to the eight dimensions of the Framework and how they are embedded in our programming, our instructional platform, and our culture.

Visitors can choose to start your visit at an elementary school, middle school or our high school. Specialty programs include Navigators and high potential programs, VANTAGE, Minnetonka Research, Chinese and Spanish language immersion, Tonka Online, athletics and the arts. After your tours at a school, you will transition to our District Service Center for lunch and breakout sessions of your choice. Choose from a wide variety of sessions led by Minnetonka staff to learn how things work behind the scenes. Sessions include innovation, the Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework, coding, Design for Learning, assessment, the curriculum review process, gifted and talented programming, student support services, personalized learning, 1:1 iPads and more. Discover best practices for implementing meaningful instruction that will accelerate learning, have time to ask questions and head back to your own school full of ideas! Additional details about possible sessions to choose from can be found here. Availability is limited in order to keep sessions small. Lunch is provided. Complete your registration by October 5, 2019 to take advantage of our Early Bird pricing. Lunch is provided. Register Today! 

Learn more about Minnetonka Schools and Technology Integration:

• Minnetonka Teaching and Learning Framework

• Minnetonka Language Chinese and Spanish Immersion Program

• Minnetonka Research: An In Depth, Highly Advanced High School Research Program

• Tonka Online High School Starting Year Five with 40+ Courses & 1200+ Students

• Why Teach Coding? Same Reasons to Teach Writing Even When Not All Students Will Be Writers

• Minnetonka Top 100+ Ideas for 1:1 Integration in 5th grade, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language

• Minnetonka Schools: Innovation is Now Our Strategic Plan

• An Easy Way to Weekly Inform Teachers & Parents of Great Technology Integration

• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in Science

• Pear Deck in Minnetonka Classrooms- Engaging, Interactive Lessons with Realtime Feedback

• Quizlet Live: Collaborative Team Quizzes Loved by Teachers & Students

• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in World Language Classes

• 40+ Elementary iPad Integration Examples

• Harnessing the Power of Technology in Physical Education

• A New Twist on a Band Playing Test: Solo Trios with GarageBand

• Six Years with Schoology: Setting Expectations for the Future

• Tonka Teacher Talks at ETT San Diego iPad Summit 2015

• Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning

• Free iBook about Minnetonka's 1:1 iPad Apple Distinguished Program: Four+ Years Transforming Learning

• Grade 11 Students Create Amazing Graphic Novels with iPads, Book Creator & Notability

• Students Explain Everything and Increase Test Scores

• Mt. Rushmore 2- Beyond Four Presidents

• App Smashed Presidential Rock Bands as Alternative Assessments in US History

• One Year Later, Green Screens Are Everywhere in Minnetonka Schools

• Minnetonka Students Create Green Screen Videos with Do Ink

• Math: An Overlooked Subject in Non-Tablet 1:1 Programs 

• Students Learn to Visualize a Process: A Valuable Life Skill for Everyone

• Technology Speed Dating Professional Development

• My Christmas Ed Tech Moonshot Wish: A Marriage Between Apple & Google

• Bigger, Better, Faster: New iPads Coming for Year Six in Minnetonka's 1:1 Program; First Devices Cost $0.38/school day 

• School's (Almost) Out, So Keep Your iPad for the Summer

• More Than an Hour of Code: Tonka Coding & Computer Science Programs Now in Year Three

Save the Dates! Upcoming Annual Minnetonka Site Visits Oct. 24, 2019 & April 9, 2020

For the past 15 years, thousands of educators have visited Minnetonka Public Schools, including the National School Boards Association which held two visits to Minnetonka. Come see learning in action, witness proven programs and gather innovative ideas which you can take back to your school! This year's visits are on Thursday, October 24, 2019 and Thursday, April 9, 2020. Register Today!

Historically, our tours focused on how Minnetonka uses technology as an accelerator of learning. Back in 2003, visitors came to see SMARTBoards and sound fields and a learning management system implemented in K-12. In 2011 visitors came to see iPads used in learning in a 1:1 environment. With the advent of our Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework the 2016 tour focus shifted from technology to the eight dimensions of the Framework and how they are embedded in our programming, our instructional platform, and our culture.

Visitors can choose to start your visit at an elementary school, middle school or our high school. Specialty programs include Navigators and high potential programs, VANTAGE, Minnetonka Research, Chinese and Spanish language immersion, Tonka Online, athletics and the arts. After your tours at a school, you will transition to our District Service Center for lunch and breakout sessions of your choice. Choose from a wide variety of sessions led by Minnetonka staff to learn how things work behind the scenes. Sessions include innovation, the Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework, coding, Design for Learning, assessment, the curriculum review process, gifted and talented programming, student support services, personalized learning, 1:1 iPads and more. Discover best practices for implementing meaningful instruction that will accelerate learning, have time to ask questions and head back to your own school full of ideas! Additional details about possible sessions to choose from can be found here. Availability is limited in order to keep sessions small. Lunch is provided. Complete your registration by October 5, 2019 to take advantage of our Early Bird pricing. Lunch is provided. Register Today! 

Learn more about Minnetonka Schools and Technology Integration:

• Minnetonka Teaching and Learning Framework

• Minnetonka Language Chinese and Spanish Immersion Program

• Minnetonka Research: An In Depth, Highly Advanced High School Research Program

• Tonka Online High School Starting Year Five with 40+ Courses & 1200+ Students

• Why Teach Coding? Same Reasons to Teach Writing Even When Not All Students Will Be Writers

• Minnetonka Top 100+ Ideas for 1:1 Integration in 5th grade, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language

• Minnetonka Schools: Innovation is Now Our Strategic Plan

• An Easy Way to Weekly Inform Teachers & Parents of Great Technology Integration

• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in Science

• Pear Deck in Minnetonka Classrooms- Engaging, Interactive Lessons with Realtime Feedback

• Quizlet Live: Collaborative Team Quizzes Loved by Teachers & Students

• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in World Language Classes

• 40+ Elementary iPad Integration Examples

• Harnessing the Power of Technology in Physical Education

• A New Twist on a Band Playing Test: Solo Trios with GarageBand

• Six Years with Schoology: Setting Expectations for the Future

• Tonka Teacher Talks at ETT San Diego iPad Summit 2015

• Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning

• Free iBook about Minnetonka's 1:1 iPad Apple Distinguished Program: Four+ Years Transforming Learning

• Grade 11 Students Create Amazing Graphic Novels with iPads, Book Creator & Notability

• Students Explain Everything and Increase Test Scores

• Mt. Rushmore 2- Beyond Four Presidents

• App Smashed Presidential Rock Bands as Alternative Assessments in US History

• One Year Later, Green Screens Are Everywhere in Minnetonka Schools

• Minnetonka Students Create Green Screen Videos with Do Ink

• Math: An Overlooked Subject in Non-Tablet 1:1 Programs 

• Students Learn to Visualize a Process: A Valuable Life Skill for Everyone

• Technology Speed Dating Professional Development

• My Christmas Ed Tech Moonshot Wish: A Marriage Between Apple & Google

• Bigger, Better, Faster: New iPads Coming for Year Six in Minnetonka's 1:1 Program; First Devices Cost $0.38/school day 

• School's (Almost) Out, So Keep Your iPad for the Summer

• More Than an Hour of Code: Tonka Coding & Computer Science Programs Now in Year Three

Join us for the Minnetonka Educator Site Visit April 4, 2019!

Register today for the Annual Minnetonka Educator Site Visit on Thursday, April 4, 2019. For the past 15 years, thousands of educators have visited Minnetonka, including the National School Boards Association, which hosted its second visit to Minnetonka in 2014. Our fall visit earlier this year was October 25, 2018. Come see learning in action, witness proven programs and gather innovative ideas which you can take back to your school! 

Historically, our tours focused on how Minnetonka uses technology as an accelerator of learning. Back in 2003, visitors came to see SMARTBoards and sound fields and a learning management system implemented in K-12. In 2011 visitors came to see iPads used in learning in a 1:1 environment. With the advent of our Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework the 2016 tour focus shifted from technology to the eight dimensions of the Framework and how they are embedded in our programming, our instructional platform, and our culture.

You can choose to start your visit at an elementary school, middle school or our high school. Specialty programs include Navigators and high potential programs, VANTAGE, Minnetonka Research, Chinese and Spanish language immersion, Tonka Online, athletics and the arts. After your tours at a school, you will transition to our District Service Center for lunch and breakout sessions of your choice. Choose from a wide variety of sessions led by Minnetonka staff to learn how things work behind the scenes. Sessions include innovation, the Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework, coding, Design for Learning, assessment, the curriculum review process, gifted and talented programming, student support services, personalized learning, 1:1 iPads and more. Discover best practices for implementing meaningful instruction that will accelerate learning, have time to ask questions and head back to your own school full of ideas! Availability is limited in order to keep sessions small. Lunch is provided. Register today!

Learn more about Minnetonka Schools and Technology Integration:

• Minnetonka Teaching and Learning Framework

• Minnetonka Language Chinese and Spanish Immersion Program

• Minnetonka Research: An In Depth, Highly Advanced High School Research Program

• Tonka Online High School Starting Year Five with 40+ Courses & 1200+ Students

• Why Teach Coding? Same Reasons to Teach Writing Even When Not All Students Will Be Writers

• Minnetonka Top 100+ Ideas for 1:1 Integration in 5th grade, English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language

• Minnetonka Schools: Innovation is Now Our Strategic Plan

• An Easy Way to Weekly Inform Teachers & Parents of Great Technology Integration

• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in Science

• Pear Deck in Minnetonka Classrooms- Engaging, Interactive Lessons with Realtime Feedback

• Quizlet Live: Collaborative Team Quizzes Loved by Teachers & Students

• Immersive Technology Accelerates Learning in World Language Classes

• 40+ Elementary iPad Integration Examples

• Harnessing the Power of Technology in Physical Education

• A New Twist on a Band Playing Test: Solo Trios with GarageBand

• Six Years with Schoology: Setting Expectations for the Future

• Tonka Teacher Talks at ETT San Diego iPad Summit 2015

• Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning

• Free iBook about Minnetonka's 1:1 iPad Apple Distinguished Program: Four+ Years Transforming Learning

• Grade 11 Students Create Amazing Graphic Novels with iPads, Book Creator & Notability

• Students Explain Everything and Increase Test Scores

• Mt. Rushmore 2- Beyond Four Presidents

• App Smashed Presidential Rock Bands as Alternative Assessments in US History

• One Year Later, Green Screens Are Everywhere in Minnetonka Schools

• Minnetonka Students Create Green Screen Videos with Do Ink

• Math: An Overlooked Subject in Non-Tablet 1:1 Programs 

• Students Learn to Visualize a Process: A Valuable Life Skill for Everyone

• Technology Speed Dating Professional Development

• My Christmas Ed Tech Moonshot Wish: A Marriage Between Apple & Google

• Bigger, Better, Faster: New iPads Coming for Year Six in Minnetonka's 1:1 Program; First Devices Cost $0.38/school day 

• School's (Almost) Out, So Keep Your iPad for the Summer

• More Than an Hour of Code: Tonka Coding & Computer Science Programs Now in Year Three