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- Identify interests.
- What aspects of the NECC program align with your interests? Visit the Program Overview to see all that NECC has to offer, and use the preselected searches to browse sessions by category. Or use the Program Search to find selections by theme and strand; see What's In It For Me? for program information based on your job function. The Schedule shows you how it all fits together.
- Are you part of a team? Work with your teammates to identify their audience areas as well.
- Clarify attendance goals.
- Strategize.
- Review each activity area in light of your goals.
- Get a conference overview at the ISTE Member Welcome and Conference Overview or the "Welcome to NECC" Orientation.
- Attending with a team? Work out coverage of relevant topics, levels, and activities, then schedule daily meetings in the Team Meeting Space and Hot Topic Lounges to discuss your findings.
- Use the Online Planner to figure out your schedule ahead of time, and use every moment onsite to best advantage.
- E-mail stations are available in the Level 5 Galleria (outside the Murphy Ballroom) and you can use the dedicated Planner Stations in the West Lobby (Street Level).
- Onsite, read all the materials in your Registration Bag and NECC's Daily Leader Newspaper to ensure you are up to speed on each day's happenings, schedule changes, announcements, and feature stories.
- Onsite, use your Takeaways Portfolio (in your registration bag) to record each session's resources, good ideas, and essential "takeaways." Use this record of your conference experience as a reminder throughout the next several months.
- Identify critical "extras."
- Dig deeper. All NECC sessions are searchable online by NETS, topic, level, audience, keyword, and more by using the Program Search.
- Add a workshop—but register early, because these high-quality experiences tend to sell out.
- Network with your peers from around the world.
- Investigate the latest from the corporate sector.
- NECC's exhibit hall offers the best, most complete venue of Ed Tech providers in the world. Stroll the aisles, attend demonstrations, take part in drawings for free products, and see firsthand what's hot. If you're part of a team, it gets even easier to "see it all"!
- Attend the Corporate CEO Spotlight sessions [posted as confirmed] offered by NECC's most active corporate partners, and check out the exhibitor-sponsored sessions offered during the conference program.
- Look for exhibitors with signs identifying themselves as members of the ISTE 100.
- Take action NOW!
- Register now. Remember that ticketed events sell out quickly; you can check availability online as part of your registration process.
- Make your hotel reservations early for best selection.
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Online Call for Participation
Opens September 6, 2006
Closes October 4, 2006
Housing Reservations
Opens November 2, 2006
Super Early-Bird Registration
Deadline: March 30, 2007
Early-Bird Registration
Deadline: April 27, 2007
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