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School Improvement addresses development and articulation of a vision for the role of technology in school improvement, and includes such strands as:
- 21st-Century School Design
- Advocacy
- Assessing Technology Integration Programs
- Educational Visions/Planning
- Funding
- One-to-One Initiatives
- Rural Issues
- Urban Issues
Ethics & Equity addresses the ethical issues and necessary curriculum, guidelines, and policies involved in using technology and/or the equity issues/challenges involved in achieving equal access and reaching underserved populations, and includes such strands as:
- Access Issues
- Ethical Problems
- Gender, Race, Socioeconomic Issues
Technology Infrastructure focuses on the technology, resources, and policies necessary to build the technology infrastructure for effective teaching, learning, and administration, and includes such strands as:
- Computer Networking, Systems, & Related Issues
- Emerging Technologies
- Integrated Data Systems
- Library/Media Centers
- Open Source
- Safety & Security Issues
- Support & Maintenance
- Web Development & Applications
Professional Learning focuses on the development of leaders and the education and accountability of teachers, administrators, and other educators, and includes strands such as:
- Instructional & Administrative Productivity Tools/Resources
- Online Professional Development
- Professional Development
- Student, Teacher, and/or Administrative Leader Preparation
- Teacher Education (Preservice & Advanced)
21st Century Teaching & Learning covers all aspects of technology use in the learning environment, and includes strands such as:
- All Curriculum Areas
- Innovative Learning Technologies
- Instructional Strategies & Classroom Management
- Laptop Learning
- Learning with Handhelds
- Literacies for the Information/Creativity Age
- Multimedia/Video/Virtual Reality
- One-to-One Curriculum
- Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
- Project-Based & Problem-Based Curricula
- Student Assessment of Content Standards
- Student Assessment of Technology Standards
- Technology Integration
- Videoconferencing
- Web/Internet
Virtual Schooling/E-learning covers all aspects of designing, choosing and evaluating, and implementing online courses and e-learning experiences for students and includes strands such as:
- Developing/Locating Digital Content/Learning Objects
- Effective Teaching Practices
- Evaluating Online Courses
- Instructional Design
- Standards, including SCORM
- Student Assessment
- Virtual Learning Technologies
- Virtual School Programs
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A New, More Interactive NECC
This year's NECC is the most hands-on and interactive ever! New program offerings include: Model Lesson sessions presented in a fish-bowl style model classroom featuring 21st-century technologies—attendees participate as students or observers.
Hands-on "BYOL" (Bring Your Own Laptop) session presenters actively engage attendees in discovery during the session itself.
The Bloggers' Café features active and participatory blogging events and activities.
Moderated Problem/ Solution Panels focus on successful solutions to commonly faced challenges with interactive dialogue between audience and panelists.
And, back by popular demand, the Hands-On Open Source Lab will once again enable participants to explore popular open source applications and resources.
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