2013 MSU College of Education Technology Conference

Overview

The 30th Annual MSU College of Education Technology conference will be held on Saturday, November 16th, 2013 on the beautiful campus of Michigan State University in Erickson Hall from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. The theme of this year's conference is online and mobile education. Through a continued collaboration between the College of Education, the MSU College of Education Alumni Association and the Master of Arts in Educational Technology Program, this year's conference will be FREE OF CHARGE to all attendees. Light breakfast items will be available as well as coffee, tea, and juice.

Featured Presenter

The featured presentation at 9 a.m. will be given by Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Shelly is an education thought-provoker, teacher trainer, author, and international speaker. She is the host of American TESOL’s Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E. She has co-founded and organized the acclaimed educational projects, Edchat, the ELTON nominated ELTChat,The Reform Symposium E-Conference and the ELTON nominated Virtual Round Table language and technology conference. Her prolific presence in the educator community through social media has been recognized by several notable entities, such as The New York Times, Microsoft’s Heroes for Education, and The Bammy Awards. She has also traveled to over 15 countries worldwide to train teachers and consult with organizations such as UNESCO Bangkok, The European Union aPLaNet Project, Cultura Iglesa of Brazil, the British Council in Tel Aviv, IATEFL Slovenia, HUPE Croatia, and the British Council in South East Asia. Visit her education blog, Teacher Reboot Camp, to find free resources about the effective integration of technology with learners. Keep an eye out for her book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators published by Eye on Education. Participate with nearly 10000 other educators worldwide in the online completion of these goals. Find her on Twitter, @ShellTerrell.

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Types of Conference Sessions

The conference offers concurrent sessions in the morning immediately after the Featured Presentation at 10:15 a.m and workshops in the afternoon after a lunch break. During concurrent sessions, experienced educators or trainers present a topic and discuss its relevance and applicability to the K-12 classroom and learning experiences as a pre-service or in-service educator. Workshops offer an opportunity for hands-on instruction in an hour and a half block of time.

Registration is now open.

For a complete list of morning sessions and afternoon workshops, please visit the 2013 MSU College of Education Technology Conference website.

Or view the conference agenda, complete with session and workshop descriptions.

Thank you for your interested in the 2013 MSU College of Education Technology Conference!