[simlulposted at the DEN National Blog]

I can’t tell you how many people I speak to that have a ton of great information to share, but come up with one excuse or another not to bother submitting any proposals to the various state conferences. Well, let me tell you something… You’ve got experience, you’ve got ideas, and you’ve got knowledge that would be valuable to other people. Why not take the next step and share it with other educators?

As I do every year, I’ve aggregated together a list of state conferences along with when their proposal dates open and/or close. I didn’t realize just how late in the year I was doing it this year and a few of them have closed already. So don’t waste any time! If you’d like to participate in any of these conferences, JUMP at the opportunities and apply immediately (if not sooner).

One thing to remember, particularly if you’re an East coast resident… You aren’t restricted to just your state. Apply to present in a neighboring state and see how they run things across the border! More thank likely, there’s several conferences within driving distance that you could be presenting at. Why not apply to them all and see what happens!

• Florida Educational Technology Coorporation, January 21-24, 2009. Deadline is past, but you can still volunteer to support the conference.
• Northwest Council for Computer Education, Portland, Oregon, February 17-20, 2009. Deadline is October 3
• South Carolina EdTech 2008, November 5-7, 2008. Call for proposals is past.
• Arizona Technology in Education Alliance, November 8 2008, January 31 2009, and May 2 2009. Call for proposals open now.
• Georgia Educational Technology Conference , November 5-7, 2008. Call for proposals is open now, deadline is Sept. 7th.
• Massachusetts Computer Using Educators, November 19-20, 2008.
• New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education Conference, November 23-25, 2008.
• North Carolina’s 18th Annual
  Technology Conference, December 1-4, 2008. Call for proposals is open now, deadline is September 27.
• Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, New England, December 2-4, 2008. Deadline is passed, but proposals are still being accepted for Thursday Share-A-Thon
• Tennessee Education Technology
  Conference, December 10-12, 2008. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 16.
• Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educator’s
  Conference December 3-5, 2008. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 1.
• Virginia’s Educational Technology Leadership Conference, December 10-12, 2008. Deadline not posted.
• Midwest Education Technology Conference, Missouri, January 26-28, 2009.
• Indiana Computer Using Educators, January 27-29, 2009. Call for proposals not open yet.
• eTech Ohio Educational Technology Conference, February 2-4, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 8.
• Texas Computer Education Association Conference, February 2-6, 2009
• Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference, February 8-11, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Sept.30
• Virginia Society for Technology in Education, February 22-24, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 1 .
• Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, February 26 -29, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 1 .
• Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning, March 18-20, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Sept 29
• Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference, March 4-6, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is October 31st.
• Wisconsin Technology Education Association, March 5-6, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Dec 23 .
• California Computer Using Educators, March 5-7, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Sept 12.
• Delaware Instructional Technology Conference, April 22-23, 2009
• Alabama Educational Technology Conference, June 9-12, 2009.

And of course the big momma, which happens to be in Washington DC next year…

• National Educational Computer Conference, June 28-July 1, 2009. Call for proposals is open now, deadline is Oct 8.

Did I miss any? If so, leave a comment with the info!

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You know you’re a rock star… Now prove it!
9/2/2008

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sylvia martinez
9/2/2008

And bring your students to really walk the talk!

PS – I wrote a “how to” guide on bringing students to ed conferences – tips for submitting sessions, planning, prep, and logistics.

http://genyes.org/freeresources/#whitepapers

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Lori
9/2/2008

As program chair of the ICE (Illinois conference) we’d love to get proposals from all over that highlight how you are “Connecting to the World of Tomorrow”. Thanks Steve for putting out our link. General sessions are due Oct 1st, but if you are would prefer to do a poster session, those aren’t due until Nov 1st.

JenW
9/2/2008

Thanks for the list, Steve.

Lots of possibilities to think about!!

Jen

Mark Coleman
9/2/2008

There is also the Alabama Conference, AETC
http://www.aetc.cc/

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Keith Schroeder
9/6/2008

WEMTA Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association March 22 – March 24th 2009 http://wemtaonline.org deadline is September 15th.

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Green Day
6/8/2009

I live on the west coast… Even worse, I live and teach in the Los Angeles County where the budget for education is suffering. They don’t care to hear any of our ideas here, they’re not even interested in saving our jobs as educators. So I agree, if you have the opportunity to be heard and to share your great ideas, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!

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