As you may know, I attended last year at K12 Open Minds Conference that was held in Indianapolis. I was one of the many international guests, with various people from Norway, France, Germany and Spain.
This year, I've been invited to work on the planning committee, and I can assure you we are going to have a wonderful conference. We will have different tracks, mainly teaching, leadership and technical tracks. Lots of interesting people to meet, and the targeted audience is large, from tech people to teachers.
Here is the official invitation. Hope to see you there !
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Dear
Colleague:
Schools
around the United States and the world are discovering the benefits
of Open-Source Software. In Indiana alone, over 150,000 students use
Open-Source Software every day. Not only does Open-Source Software
save money, it allows schools to extend essential educational
software to students’ home and into after-school programs,
providing extended learning opportunities at no cost.
Are
you looking for ways to provide more technology with less money?
Could
your teachers benefit from a Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle)?
Do
you want an solution for all of your students to access their
school work from home?
Is
your school community looking for ways to increase student
engagement and learning?
Have
you thought about developing a transition program to Open-Source
Software?
Join
us September 25-27, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana for the K-12
Open Minds Conference! This is an unparalleled opportunity to
talk with teachers, administrators and technology staff from around
the U.S. and the world. We expect more than 600 attendees, from the
US, Europe, Asia and North and South America. Dozens of sessions that
address teaching and learning, leadership and technical issues
related to open technologies make this conference a “must
attend” event.
Teaching
and Learning
sessions will feature experienced teachers from around the country
demonstrating successful strategies and techniques. Technology and Infrastructure
sessions
will feature experts from around the world on issues such as:
connecting to your local Windows or Mac authentication server,
managing large and small network deployments, and using
Interactive whiteboards in classrooms in Linux and open-source
environments, and more! Additional sessions designed for
Leadership and Policy
will demonstrate how policy initiatives and effective strategies for
using Open Source Software help to meet your educational objectives.
Keynote
Speakers include:
Donna Benjamin – Executive Director
of Creative Contingencies and board member of Open Source Industry
Australia;
Alex
Inman -- Director of Technology at Whitfield
School, St. Louis, MO - an Essential School using open source;
Chris
Lehman -- Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in
Philadelphia, PA, and;
Dr.
David Thornburg – Director of Global Operations for the
Thornburg Center and author of several books including, When the
Best is Free.
Be
sure to register soon at http://k12openminds.org
!
A
special conference hotel rate of $97 is available at the Indianapolis
Downtown Marriott through Monday, August 25,
2008. After that, rates will be higher.
For
more information and to register go to: http://k12openminds.org
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