It’s national and international conference season again for educators. Watch and listen for Tablet PCs, Tablet PC Guy, and digital ink compatible software at upcoming education conferences. Both presenters and exhibitors should have information at least in Q&A parts of sessions by this time about uses of digital in machines in classrooms. And, you can share what you know with them. (OK, that’s a bit pushy, but probably more accurate than not?) Bold dates indicate additions after the first publication of this list. Let me know what other conferences, etc. that should be on this list.
January 29–31, 2006 Educause/Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting 2006, San Diego, CA
Look for the presentation Enhancing Student Learning with Tablet PCs: Experiences from Five Universities January 31, 10-11AM, Plaza C Room. Varied Tablet PC deployments at five universities will be described, with an emphasis on the way these projects impact student learning both in and out of class.
February 06-10, 2006 Texas Computer Education Association Austin, TX
February 7–10, 2006 Northwest Council for Computer Education Annual Confernce, Portland, OR
The Tablet PC High School, by Mark Bach, Upper School Head, Eastside Preparatory School, February 9, 2006, 1PM
Uses for the Tablet PC in your Classroom, Scott Guthrie, Wilson High School, February 10, 2006, 9:45A
February 13-15, 2006 Ohio State Technology Conference: Bridging Learning, Technology, and Achievement, Columbus, OH
Look for Ken Collura’s presentation.
February 23-26, 2006 American Assoc. of School Administrators, San Diego, CA
March 1-5, 2006 ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) 2006, Houston, Texas
Microsoft Research will announce grant awardees of its Tablet PC Technology, Curriculum, and Higher Education 2005 Request for Proposals (RFP)
March 03-07, 2006 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) K-12 School Networking Conference, Arlington, VA
March 11- 13, 2006 Microcomputers in Education, Tempe, AZ
March 13-15, 2006 EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2006, Chicago, IL
March 22-24, 2006 Florida Educational Technology Conference, Orlando, FL
March 31-April 3, 2006 National Association of Elementary School Principals 85th Annual Convention and Exposition, San Antonio, TX
April 01-03, 2006 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference & Exhibit, Chicago, IL
April 05-08, 2006 Council for Exceptional Children, Salt Lake, UT
Aprl 06-07, 2006 First Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education, Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana
A wide variety of disciplines are embracing Tablet PC’s and similar pen-based devices as tools for the radical enhancement of teaching and learning. This conference is intended to leverage this shared passion and to identify best practices in the educational use of pen-based computing so that all educators may benefit from this next generation of technology. Looks like a great program. And, Ken Collura presents here, as does Joel Beckon!
April 07-11, 2006 American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA
April 08-11, 2006 Natioinal School Boards Association Conference 2006, Chicago, IL
April 18-21, 2006 National Catholic Educational Association Convention and Exposition, Atlanta, GA
April 26-27, 2006 Tablet PC User Conference, Pace University, NY, NY.
April 26-29, 2006 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Exposition, St. Louis, MO
April 27-30, 2006 National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Language (NCOLCTL), Madison, WI
April 30-May 4, 2006 International Reading Association (IRA) Annual Convention Chicago, IL,
June 11-16, 2006 Tech Ed Conference, Boston, MA
Especially for software and other product developers, but of possible interest to educators responsible for adapting existing and upcoming technical products to schooling.
July 05-07, 2006 National Educational Computing Conference, San Diego, CA
October 19-21, 2006 24th Annual Conference Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation, Minneapolis, MN
Please let me know of empirical study reports at conferences that describe the relative effectiveness and efficiency of Tablet PCs and other digital ink products compared with conventional classroom learning rates.
Thanks, Ken Collura, for your additions to this list. Your work with Tablet PCs at Bishop Hartley High School sets a useful pace for the rest of us teachers.
…and there are some of us trying to generate some interest in Tablet PCs here in the NW… (another conference)http://www.ncce.org/ncce2006/index.htm
Thanks, Scotty. I posted your conference and a note about your presentation. Best wishes.