Field Trips: Events for Educators
Places to go, people to see, things to do.
by Edutopia Staff
October 18, 2006
June
Architecture on the Edge: AIA Convention 2006 [1]
Los Angeles, California, June 8-10
Seek out seminars such as "Innovative Learning Environments That Inspire."
Community Schools: Creating the Conditions for Learning [2]
Baltimore, Maryland, June 14-16
Join the Coalition for Community Schools to discuss how community-integrated schools create an environment in which all children can learn and succeed.
Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation Annual Conference [3]
Boston, Massachusetts, June 21-23
Come one, come all to a comprehensive international forum on the use of one-to-one computing in learning.
National PTA Annual Convention and Exhibition [4]
Phoenix, Arizona, June 23-26
Attention, anyone set on bettering our kids' time in school: Get ready to share ideas about everything from fund raising to fitness. An impressive lineup of keynote speakers includes two stars from Sesame Street.
July
National Educational Computing Conference [5]
San Diego, California, July 5-7
The biggie. Named Best Educational Conference in last issue's Readers' Survey, due to stellar content about tech for teachers. See you there.
2006 Institute for Middle-Level Leadership [6]
Charleston, South Carolina, July 9-12
Midway, Utah, July 16-19
Learn to meet the challenges of NCLB, engage every student, and much more.
Links:
[1] http://www.aiaconvention.com/aia_splash/2006/index.html
[2] http://www.communityschools.org/
[3] http://www.aalf.org/Events/cf_main.aspx
[4] http://www.pta.org/ne_conference_details_1116942630843.html
[5] http://web.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2006
[6] http://www.nmsa.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/ConferencesWorkshops/LeadershipInstitutes/tabid/372/Default.aspx