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SuccessLink Technology Initiatives

6th Annual Technology Innovations Conference July 17-18, 2008

The SuccessLink Technology Innovations Conference will take place July 17th & 18th at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, MO.  Educators will learn how technology in the classroom can be utilized to improve student learning as well as assisting with multiple administrative tasks and responsibilities.  Participants will meet other teachers from around the state implementing various forms of technology in their classrooms.Each session will be a “hands-on” experience.  There will be sessions for beginner, intermediate and advanced users.  We will be highlighting sessions on blogging, handhelds, webquests, and podcasting to name a few.

To view conference sessions and descriptions please click here.

The conference is open to all school administrators, teachers and school technology coordinators.Our Keynote Speaker - Deneen Frazier Bowmen presents - The Natives Are Restless - Take a uniquely entertaining and enlightening journey into the minds and hearts of today''s digital natives.  Using recent research, Deneen Frazier Bowen portrays a riveting cast of characters to reveal the students'' struggle to connect what they do in school with what they do in the world.  Deneen—originator of the National Educational Computing Conference’s Student Technology Leader Awards and co-author of The Internet for Your Kids—invites you to witness and connect to both the hope and discontent felt by these restless natives.  Discover how to engage and leverage the digital mindset and creative energy of your own students to support the co-creation of a new future for your school.For more than a decade, Deneen has been applying her acting, teaching and technology experience to help teachers and schools expand students’ learning opportunities through harnessing new technologies.  She has traveled the country consulting with and speaking to schools, school districts, foundations and organizations.  Deneen is the founder and director of ActWith, offering uniquely live interactive learning experiences by creating characters that engage audiences in exploring the possibilities within and around them.ScheduleJuly 17th

8:00 - 10:00    Registration10:00 - 12:00  Keynote Speaker12:00 - 1:00    Lunch1:00 - 2:30      Break-out 12:45 - 4:15      Break-out 2July 18th

7:00 - 8:00      Breakfast8:00 - 9:30      Break-out 39:45 - 11:15    Break-out 411:30 - 12:30  Lunch12:45 - 2:15    Break-out 5 2:30 -3:00      Closing SessionConference fee:  $275

***SuccessLink is offering a team discount for the Technology and Science Conferences being held in July, 2008:

 

Register three teachers at the regular fee and the fourth teacher will receive $100.00 off the registration price.  All four teachers must register at the same time, for the same conference, and be listed on the same