Nat'l Professional Development & Technology Integration

[Catherine Brentani]

Conference
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National professional development and technology integration conference 
coming to Atlanta

On May 1-2, 2003, educators and students will be attending and presenting 
at the Co-necting to Kids and Kids Who Know and Do conference at the Hyatt 
Regency in Atlanta. 

The Co-necting to Kids conference offers much for the technology 
coordinator:

 *      over 100 dynamic sessions on best practice and research in 
innovative teaching and learning strategies,  including the following 
sessions: Construct Your Own Sims, Robots, and Multimedia Projects in One 
Environment; Barbie to Bio-Med: Elements of Gender Equity in the Use of 
Tech in the Classroom; The Technology Thinking Classroom; Young Children 
and Technology: Projects Lead the Way; Why Is This So Difficult?  Removing 
Institutional Barriers to Technology Integration; and Seeing Reason: 
Web-Based Visual Mapping of Cause and Effect.

 *      powerful keynote speakers, such as Alan November, who will discuss 
how to create school environments that maximize the effectiveness of 
technology for learning. 

 *      pre-conference computer labs and workshops that elucidate digital 
storytelling, handheld computers in the classroom, Web-based multimedia 
resources, and MS Office to enhance classroom instruction.
 
 *      and a network of educators interested in technology integration as 
well as a framework that supports it.

Co-necting to Kids, featuring Kids Who Know and Do will take place May 
1-2, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, Georgia.  Pre-conference 
computer lab sessions and workshops will be held April 30, 2003.  For more 
information about the conference, please go to the website: 
www.co-nectingtokids.net 
<http://www.co-nectingtokids.net> , call: 617-995-3222, or email: pbl at co-nect.net <mailto:pbl at co-nect.net>. Pay on-line by March 14 and receive a free gift.

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Catherine Brentani
Phone:  617-995-3171 

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