| Category |
Learning Experience |
Appropriate Content |
| Lecture |
Formal, one-hour presentations (unless otherwise specified), in lecture or demonstration format given to a seated audience; could include small group activities. |
Any successful implementation, strategy, or promising technology across all themes and strands; content should be of high interest and widely applicable to the broader NECC audience with a focus on evaluation and synthesis rather than the history/details of a specific project or initiative. Content should educate, inspire, challenge, and /or provide specific implementation ideas. |
| Panel |
Formal, one-hour presentations with a dedicated moderator host interacting with 2 to 4 co-presenter panelists. |
Content should lend itself to a variety of perspectives/settings with the moderator focused on creating a cohesive look at a topic from a variety of perspectives/levels or a variety of implementations. |
| Model Lesson |
One-hour sessions in which the first 20 attendees play role of students in a model classroom and are taught a model lesson/activity by the first presenter. A second presenter acts as emcee simultaneously explaining the lesson and the classroom management/instructional strategies being implemented to the remainder of the observers. (Note that the lesson length would need to be 30 to 45 minutes to allow for debrief and Q&A.) |
Standards-focused model lessons for any content area that incorporates technology and the latest learning theories such as project-based learning and differentiated instruction. |
| BYOL |
One-hour sessions in which attendees have hands-on experience with a Web-based application or commonly available software. |
Any hands-on exploration that can take place in one hour—explore a Web site(s), create a wiki, set up an audience response survey. |
| Open Source Lab |
One-hour sessions in which attendees are introduced to open source software. |
Hands-on experience with any open source software program. |
| IVC Showcase |
Formal 30-minute presentations given by leading K–12 IVC content providers and practitioners; must include a live videoconference connection to the presenters' home site. |
Any IVC programming content available for the K–12 audience, or exemplary models of individual/group expert IVC use or school-based IVC initiatives in the K–12 environment. |
| Poster |
Informal, two-hour presentations in one-on-one or small group demonstration format given in a stand-up, exhibit booth-style environment to passers-by. |
Any successful program, project, Web site, idea, or concept across all themes, strands, curriculums, and grade levels: particularly good for presenters wishing to engage their audience with hard media and/or electronic displays. |
| Global Gallery |
See Poster |
Any demonstrated use of ICT to teach students about issues, communities, and perspectives from around the world, projects that connect educators and students across borders and cultures, or education practice in another country. |
| Student Showcase |
See Poster |
Any program or activity that allows students to actively demonstrate how they use technology in their own classroom environment. |
| Workshop |
3-, 6-, and 12-hour hands-on or seminar/demo-style presentations designed to actively engage participants in concepts or skills being taught. |
Any program, project, concept, or skill-based training across all themes, strands, curriculums and grade levels that can be learned and replicated / applied at home for which one would normally expect to pay a fee. |
