Field Trips: Events for Educators
Places to go, people to see, things to do.
by Edutopia Staff
March 9, 2007
March
National Conference on Family Literacy [1]
4-6, Orlando, Florida
All the latest on literacy for educators, administrators, and policy makers. Find out how to better serve your students and their families through comprehensive reading-education strategies, community events, and much more.
Celebration of Teaching & Learning [2]
23-24, New York, New York
Join Al Gore and other big thinkers in the Big Apple for the largest NYC education conference in nearly a decade. This year's theme: "Science and Global Awareness."
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference [3]
26-30, San Antonio, Texas
Learn how to prepare tomorrow's teachers to use technology in the classroom -- from computer simulations to Web communities -- at this international gathering of education experts.
National Science Teachers Association Conference [4]
29-April 1, St. Louis, Missouri
One of the biggest science-education conferences around, this year's national meeting convenes to celebrate "Science: A River of Connections."
April
National School Boards Association Conference [5]
14-17, San Francisco, California
Discover cutting-edge tools and strategies to raise student achievement, improve school policy, and more through workshops, discussions, clinics, and lectures.
Center for Summer Learning National Conference [6]
19-20, Atlanta, Georgia
Learning doesn't end in June; at this annual forum, teachers, researchers, and policy makers build skills and collect resources for designing and implementing high-quality summer programs.
Massachusetts Initiative for International Studies Conference [7]
25, Boston, Massachusetts
"Teachers Leading the Way: Global Education for the 21st Century" brings educators and other concerned parties together to showcase and discuss international education in U.S. schools.
May
Smaller Learning Communities Design Studio [8]
2-4, North Berwick, Maine
Join the students and staff at Noble High School to observe and workshop the designs and strategies they've implemented that support student achievement.
Wireless Community & Mobile User Conference [9]
30-June 1, Monterey, California, and Cleveland, Ohio
Welcome to the twenty-first-century conference: Live, interactive simulcasts enable leaders in the wireless world to discuss, in two places at once, uses of broadband technologies in areas such as health, economic development, and education.
Links:
[1] http://www.famlit.org
[2] http://www.thirteencelebration.org
[3] http://www.aace.org/conf/site/
[4] http://www.nsta.org/conferences
[5] http://www.nsba.org/conference
[6] http://www.summerlearning.org/
[7] http://www.massinitiative.org/miisconf_5.php
[8] http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sslc/dstudio/noble6.shtml
[9] http://wetec.csumb.edu