We are proud to announce that we will be hosting the inaugural Tri-State Educational Technology Conference (website coming soon) this October at New Milford High School in New Milford, New Jersey.

Date:

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Time:

9am-4pm

Location:

New Milford High School

New Milford, New Jersey (10 minutes West of the George Washington Bridge)

How did TSETC come to be?

You can never stop learning. With today’s use of the Internet and social media it makes it even easier to learn and connect with one another. Our system is devoted to improving communication and collaboration inside and outside of the classroom. We not only make it happen through our learning management system, but feel that it is extremely important to create this relationship with educators. Being huge advocates of enhancing the digital learning space, we wanted to hear from those educators that are EdTech role models. I started a series dedicated to those wonderful EduBloggers with our “Behind the Blog: EduBlogger Series“. I had the opportunity to chat with a bunch of these tech savvy educators, and in the process was able to learn what realistically was going on in the school systems.

One of the best places to find these schooling gems is on Twitter. I had been following Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal), principal of New Milford High School for some time and knew he would be a perfect profile for our series. I could not have been more right. Beyond being a pleasure to talk with, I had never spoke to a principal with such excitement and willingness to help out his school. As I learned more about the great technology advancements happening at New Milford High School I knew there was a definite need for collaboration in the future. Since Schoology is based in New York City, it made perfect sense for them to join together with their neighbors over the bridge, Eric and New Milford High School, to form a day modeled after professional education conferences that would bring educators from the Tri-State area together for a day of learning.

And so the Tri-State Educational Technology Conference was formed with the focus to explore the latest developments and best practices for preparing students for a technology-driven future.

Why is TSETC a big deal?

Well for starters, it is free and it’s open to all educators. Our goal is to host an event unlike anything you have ever experienced with a full day of learning that will include:

• Keynote Speaker (To Be Announced Soon)
• Virtual Leraning Lab
• Bloggers Cafe
• Hands-on Workshops
• Presentations
• Raffles
• Giveaways
• And much, much, more

Presentations and workshops will take a deeper look into:

• Addressing developments and articulation of a vision for the role of technology in school improvement
• Digital Age Learning Experiences covering all aspects of technology use in the learning environment
• Professional Growth and Leadership Best Practices focusing on the development of leaders and the education and accountability of teachers, administrators, and other educators
• Technical Support and Infrastructure focusing on the technology, resources, and policies necessary to build the technology infrastructure for effective teaching, learning, and administration

Things to look forward to?

• Building your Personal Learning Network (PLN)
• Discovering new ways to integrate technology into your teaching
• Exploring what other school districts are doing in their schools
• Free Breakfast & Lunch
• Listening to remarkable speakers
• Testing out new web 2.0 tools
• And, much,much, more

Attend, Present, Sponsor, BE A PART OF CHANGE

We currently are in the early development stages and will soon have a website dedicated to the Tri-State Educational Technology Conference and will be open for registration. Until then, if you have interest in presenting or sponsoring this ground breaking event please contact Crystal Grandison at crystal@schoology.com. We appreciate your patience and could not be more excited about putting together this day devoted to educational technology. If you are interested in attending make sure you keep Saturday, October 2nd open!

To keep up to date on TSETC, follow these people on Twitter:

Schoology: @Schoology

Crystal Grandison, Community Manager: @crystalmgrand

Eric Sheninger, Principal of New Milford High Sschool: @NMHS_Principal

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