Midwest Education Technology Conference 2010 theme: "REACHING BEYOND THE CLOUD" ...

[Rebecca Morrison]

Call for 2010 presenters will be up on the website in early May 2009! Take a look at the list below to see what our topic strands are for the upcoming conference.

METC 2010 Subcommittees and Topic Strands

1:1 Initiatives
a. Planning & Implementation
b. Curriculum
c. Technical support

21st Century Skills
a. Learning & Innovative skills
b. Literacy (Information & Media)
c. Life and Career skills

Curriculum & Instruction based on Data & Assessment
d. Tech tools for formative & summative assessment
e. Technology used with Marzano’s nine instructional strategies
f. 21st century skills (see above)
g. Data driven decision making

Differentiated Instruction
a. Gifted
b. Special Ed
c. Special Needs
d. Assistive technology
e. ELL
f. ESL
g. RTI

Digital Media
a. Storytelling
b. Digital Camera
c. Digital Video, iMovie
d. Music, Art
e. Multimedia
f. Animation

Distance Learning
a. Online Learning
b. Webinars
c. Web Conferencing
d. Videoconferencing
e. Course management systems (Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT)

Instructional Integration Strategies
a. Elementary
b. Secondary
c. Math & Sciences
d. History & Arts
e. Inquiry-Based Learning / WebQuests
f. Interactive Whiteboards

Leadership
a. Assessment
b. Professional Development
c. School Improvement & Instructional Technology
d. Professional Learning Networks
e. School Safety

Library Integration
a. Media Literacy
b. Copyright
c. Electronic Communities
d. Library & classroom collaboration

Technical & Networking
a. Wireless networking
b. Security
c. Staffing & Support
d. CIPA – filtering
e. Open Source

Technology 101
a. Intro / Beginner / Basic tech integration
b. Classroom management
c. One computer classroom

Read/Write Web 2.0
a. Podcasting
b. Wikis
c. Blogs
d. RSS feeds
e. Twitter
f. Mashup
g. Social Networking