Ok, I don’t mean to suggest that you should throw TV’s out hotel windows or ask your principal to have a bowl of M&M’s (minus the brown ones) waiting for you in the teachers lounge when you arrive at school.
What I mean is that most of you reading this blog know a heck of alot more about technology than the average teacher. Trust me, if you read blogs actively, you’re ahead of the curve. So why not act like the expert you are and share your knowledge? Most states have their EdTech conferences during January, February and March and are accepting proposals now! Planning to attend NECC? Might as well present while you’re there!
I know what some of you are thinking. “But there’s already so many people who know this stuff and are already presenting.” That’s both true and totally untrue. While I’m sure there are people presenting about blogs, there may not be anybody who has the perspective of a middle school social studies teacher. I certainly don’t. Or how to use podcasting in a Kindergarten classroom. Or ways that RSS can be used to keep track of students’ research as they do their 8th grade term paper.
See what I mean? More than likely, you’ve got a different spin on things than anybody else. And I bet there’s people that would want to hear it. So don’t be shy, get out there and be a rock star!
I posted on the DEN blog links to some of the many state conferences, but if you happen to be local, here’s the 411 on presenting in Illinois:
IL-TCE 2007, “Think Outside the Box and Wires”, March 1-2, 2007.
The proposal submission site for general sessions will be open until Oct 1st at http://www.il-tce.org/proposals Presenters are encouraged to focus their session on the followingconference strands:
* Innovative Technologies
* Leadership and Management
* Online Learning
* Standards Aligned Lessons and Projects
* Strategies, Tools and Resources
* Technology Infrastructure and SupportWe are also interested in sessions that show how to differentiate and use universal access technologies as well as library media related content.
Enjoyed the blog post. I have been trying to talk our Tech Director into sending a group of our teachers to NECC, since it is in Atlanta (~5 hour road trip) this coming summer. Presenting a NECC would be really cool. Giving it some thought. Maybe IL-TCE too…
I wanted to add one more conference to your list Steve. In fact you will be speaking at it. The Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference is taking place this November 8th and 9th in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Science Center.
http://www.tretc.org
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