Greetings!
Mark your calendar for the 2009 Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC), January 26-28 at the St. Charles Convention Center. The METC 2009 program features 13 topic strands that will pique the interest of all educators and administrators interested in technology tools to help engage students to question, think and achieve at a higher understanding. Also, these tools will help teachers adapt and transform teaching practices to best convey complex ideas and boost student's thinking power.
Topics strands are:
- 1:1 Initiatives (One laptop/handheld/desktop per student) NEW strand
- Curriculum & Instruction based on Assessment and Data
- Differentiated Instruction
- Digital Media
- Distance Learning
- Instructional Technology Integration
- Library Technology Integration
- Mobile Technology (Palm, MP3 Player, Cell Phone) NEW strand
- Open Source NEW strand
- Technology Integration 101 - a primer on basic tech integration
NEW strand
- Technology Leadership
- Technical & Networking
- Web 2.0 (Read / Write Web)
Join 1,500 like-minded, technology-oriented educators at METC 2009 to discover new and exciting tech tools that reach and teach your students.
Bring more ideas back to your school or district!
Send a team of teachers and administrators, attend breakout sessions that meet your tech interests and then debrief with the team--sharing what was most beneficial for you.
METC offers a discount of 10% to groups of
five (5) or more from a school or district.
Or, bring your administrator for free with
five (5) regular registrations.
METC 2009 Keynote speakers
Will Richardson is known for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies and, more specifically, the tools of the Read/Write Web into their schools, classrooms and communities. In addition to Tuesday's keynote address and breakout sessions, Richardson conducts a full-day preconference workshop on Monday, January 26.
Deneen Frazier-Bowen applies her acting, teaching and technology experience to help teachers and schools expand students' learning opportunities through harnessing new technologies as they energize and motivate us. Hear from our students why they are not engaged in our classrooms. In her keynote address, Frazier-Bowen portrays student characters and reveals the students disconnect of what they 'learn' in the classroom to how it applies in the real world.
Featured speaker Howard Pitler will conduct a full-day workshop - Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works that discusses ways to use technology with Marzano's nine instructional strategies.
· Submit a presentation proposal by August 11, 2008 to share your best practices and/or technical knowledge with METC attendees.
· Stay updated on conference featured speakers.
· Register online beginning October 1, 2008. Take advantage of the super early-bird fee. Contact Joan Forrest 314.692.1259 or jforrest@csd.org with registration questions.
See you there!
Nancy George
Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc.
METC Manager |
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