GEN: Don't Miss CoSN K-12 School Networking Conference!!! (fwd)

[Mike Eisenberg <mike@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

** SPECIAL ONLINE OFFER -- REGISTER BY FEBRUARY 23 FOR ONLY $345 **

YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THE K-12 SCHOOL NETWORKING ON THE
EMERGING INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY CONFERENCE!!

At the Second Annual K-12 School Networking on the Emerging
Information Superhighway Conference, the emphasis will be on
developing practical plans for bringing networking to America's
classrooms.  Conference sessions will focus on new and existing
education technology initiatives and will identify the
opportunities and impediments that exist for schools in the digital
future.  The exhibit hall will include leading businesses, trade
associations, school districts and public agencies - the
information you find here and the contacts you make can help you
form critical alliances, evaluate new products and plan your
school's ramp onto the Information Superhighway

1997 CONFERENCE FOCUSES:

     - Affordable Connectivity
     - Quality Content
     - Adequate Funding
     - Effective Professional Development
     - Technical Issues



DYNAMIC PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Workshop A:  "Teaching Teachers to Use Telecomputing Tools"
Learn what methods and models are most successful in helping
teachers to be competent and comfortable in cyberspace?  Content,
structure, audience, and support issues will be explored. Various
small-group and large-group experiences will be coordinated so that
participants' learning is as active and interactive as possible.

Workshop B: "Executive Seminar on Internet Access for Educators"
With the continually increasing complexity of products and issues
surrounding Local Area Networking, network management,
district-wide intranets and safe Internet access, this workshop
helps educators gain the knowledge and resources to make the right
decisions.



CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY AGENDA

SUNDAY, MARCH 16

9:00 am - 3:00pm
Pre-conference Workshops
     A. Teaching Teachers to Use Telecomputing
     B. Executive Seminar on Internet Access for Educators

3:30pm - 4:30pm
CoSN Annual Meeting

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Plenary I:  "What Net Days Mean for K-12 Networking"
John Gage, Sun Microsystems and Founder, Net Day

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Welcome Reception/Exhibit Hall Open


MONDAY, MARCH 17

9:00am - 12noon
     Plenary II: Address by The Honorable Richard W. Riley,
     US Secretary of Education

     Plenary III: "Dilemma of Technology & School Reform"
     Jan Hawkins, Education Development Center for Children &
     Technology

     Presentation: Student winners of the 1996 ThinkQuest contest
     to create innovative web sites

12noon - 2:00pm
Lunch in Exhibit Hall

2:00pm - 3:15pm
     Breakout #1: Using the Internet for K-12 Mathematics & Science
     Instruction

     Breakout #2: Working With Volunteers in Your Community

     Breakout #3: Effective Models for Internet Staff Development

     Breakout #4: Wireless: Inside or Outside, Both or Neither?

3:45pm - 5:00 pm
     Breakout #1 Innovative State Leadership on Educational
     Statewide Networks

     Breakout #2: Adventures in Learning on the Net for the K-12
     Community

     Breakout #3: Effective Public/Private Partnerships

     Breakout #4: Technology Infusion: Working Across the Entire
     School

     Breakout #5: The Future of the Internet

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Reception in Exhibit Hall/ Exhibit Hall Open

6:30pm - 9:00pm
Banquet: "Schools and Communities"
Howard Rheingold, Author


TUESDAY, MARCH 18

8:45am - 10:00am
     Breakout #1: Working With State Regulators to Gain Affordable
     Access

     Breakout #2: Using the Resources of Federal Agencies in Your
     Classroom

     Breakout #3: Copyright Restrictions in a Networked Classroom

     Breakout #4: State Models for Professional Development

     Breakout #5: Killer Applications: Browsers & Searchers on the
     WWW

10:00am - 2:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open

10:30am - 12noon
     Breakout #1:  The Technology Rich School: Systems & Cost

     Breakout #2: Legal & Technical Issues Around Cyberporn

     Breakout #3: Content 'R Us: Meeting the Challenge of Online
     Curriculum Resources

     Breakout #4: Using the Internet for arts and Humanities
     Instruction

12noon - 2:00pm
Lunch & Learn Sponsor Workshops
Exhibit Hall Open

2:00pm - 4:00pm
     Closing Address by The Honorable Reed Hundt, Chairman, Federal
     Communications Commission

     Closing Plenary: "Civilizing Cyberspace"
     Steven E. Miller, Executive Director, Mass Networks Education
     Partnership, Inc.


FOR MORE INFORMATION

Request e-mail registration information from conference@cosn.org

Questions?! Call 202/466-6296 or Fax 202/462-9043
Keith R. Krueger
1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. #200
Washington, D.C.  20036

Tel - (202) 462-9600 ext. 18
FAX - (202) 462-9043