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The following events are included in your conference registration.

Concurrent Sessions
Formal, one-hour presentations occurring concurrently in separate rooms.

Keynote
General sessions occurring on Sunday evening, Tuesday morning, and Wednesday afternoon.

Lecture
One or more presenters, each addressing the audience independently.

Spotlight
Lecture Sessions featuring recognized leaders in Ed Tech. Hosted by ISTE's flagship publication, Learning & Leading with Technology.

Corporate CEO Spotlight
Lecture Sessions featuring CEOs and/or executive leadership of NECC's Tier One and Tier Two sponsoring companies.

Panel
Main presenter serving as moderator interacting with copresenter panelists.

New! Problem/Solution Panel

Moderator appointed by program committee interacting with independent panelists selected to present their successful solutions to a specific Ed Tech challenge.
       Problem/Solution Panel Session Evaluation

New! Model Lesson (in a Model Classroom)

Presenter assumes role of teacher giving lesson while audience assumes role of students or observers in a 21st-century model classroom. Limited seating. First-come, first serve.
       Model Lesson Session Evaluation

New! Hands-on BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop)

Presenters deliver content in a more interactive, hands-on environment where audience brings own laptops. Limited seating. First-come, first-serve.
       Hands-on BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) Session Evaluation

New! Hands-on Open Source Lab
Presenters teach, demonstrate, show open source software in a Linux-based, thin client environment. Limited seating. First-come, first-serve.

Posters
Informal, two-hour exhibit-style presentations occurring in an open, public environment.

Traditional
Focused on the sharing of curriculum, staff development, or administrative Ed Tech ideas.

Global Gallery
Focused on the sharing of international projects, curricula, and promising practices.

Student Showcase
Features students sharing their classroom projects and activities.

Research Papers
One-hour presentations featuring original research on the general theme of using technologies to enhance education.

Discussion
Multiple papers presented concurrently in an informal table discussion format in the same room.

Presentation
Two papers presented consecutively in a formal lecture format in the same room.

IVC Showcase
Half-hour presentations by interactive videoconferencing (IVC) leaders and innovators showcasing their programming content and classroom initiatives via videoconferencing from their home locations.

Playgrounds [posted as confirmed]
Informal, all-day exhibit-style presentations featuring interactive hands-on demonstrations of technologies and resources available for art, assistive technology, math/science, music, open source, Second Life and virtual worlds, and a new 21st-Century Media Center.

Birds-of-a-Feather
Informal, one and a half hour discussion format providing a special opportunity for like-minded educators to gather and network. Join the wiki to learn more about the topics and contribute to the discussions.

The following events may require invitation, pre-registration, and/or an additional fee (indicated by ). See individual listings for details.

Workshop Information

Forum
Institute
Symposium
Summit
Meeting/Focused Gathering
NETS Seal of Alignment Express
Field Trip

Social Events
Tours
Kids' Camp

Program Key

  Leadership Strand
Program content is part of the Leadership Strand for accelerating school improvement, and may be of particular interest to administrators and other self-identified leaders.

  Virtual Schooling Strand
Program content is part of the Virtual Schooling Strand supported by AT&T, NACOL, and SREB, and may be of particular interest to those wanting to learn about virtual schooling opportunities, teaching in a virtual environment, implementing a virtual school program, or what research has to say about virtual schooling.

  Global Collaboration
Program content involves some type of global collaboration between students and/or teachers, or the speaker is from outside the U.S.

  Corporate Partners
Identifies NECC presentations sponsored by ISTE 100 Members, select corporations that share and support ISTE's commitment to improving education by integrating appropriate technology and improving products and services available to educators worldwide. See www.iste.org/iste100/ for more details.

  Podcasts
Identifies sessions that will be archived for later on-demand listening. See Podcasting.

  Video-on-Demand
Identifies sessions that will be archived for later on-demand viewing See Video-on-Demand.

  Spotlight Sessions
Lecture Sessions, featuring recognized leaders in Ed Tech, are hosted by ISTE's flagship publication, Learning & Leading with Technology.