I can’t tell you how many people I speak to that have a ton of great information to share, but come up with one excuse or another not to bother submitting any proposals to the various state conferences. Well, let me tell you something… You’ve got experience, you’ve got ideas, and you’ve got knowledge that would be valuable to other people. Why not take the next step and share it with other educators?As I do every year, I’ve aggregated together a list of state conferences along with when their proposal dates open and/or close. I didn’t realize just how late in the year I was doing it this year and a few of them have closed already. So don’t waste any time! If you’d like to participate in any of these conferences, JUMP at the opportunities and apply immediately (if not sooner).One thing to remember, particularly if you’re an East coast resident. You aren’t restricted to just your state. Apply to present in a neighboring state and see how they run things across the border! More thank likely, there’s several conferences within driving distance that you could be presenting at. Why not apply to them all and see what happens!
- Florida Educational Technology Coorporation, January 21-24, 2009. Deadline is past, but you can still volunteer to support the conference.
- Northwest Council for Computer Education, Portland, Oregon, February 17-20, 2009. Deadline is October 3
- South Carolina EdTech 2008, November 5-7, 2008. Call for proposals is past.
- Arizona Technology in Education Alliance, November 8 2008, January 31 2009, and May 2 2009. Call for proposals open now.
- Georgia Educational Technology Conference , November 5-7, 2008. Call for proposals is open now, deadline is Sept. 7th.
- Massachusetts Computer Using Educators, November 19-20, 2008.
- New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education Conference, November 23-25, 2008.
- North Carolina’s 18th AnnualTechnology Conference, December 1-4, 2008. Call for proposals is open now, deadline is September 27.
- Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, New England, December 2-4, 2008. Deadline is passed, but proposals are still being accepted for Thursday Share-A-Thon
- Tennessee Education TechnologyConference, December 10-12, 2008. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 16.
- Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educator’sConference December 3-5, 2008. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 1.
- Virginia’s Educational Technology Leadership Conference, December 10-12, 2008. Deadline not posted.
- Midwest Education Technology Conference, Missouri, January 26-28, 2009.
- Indiana Computer Using Educators, January 27-29, 2009. Call for proposals not open yet.
- eTech Ohio Educational Technology Conference, February 2-4, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 8.
- Texas Computer Education Association Conference, February 2-6, 2009
- Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference, February 8-11, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Sept.30
- Virginia Society for Technology in Education, February 22-24, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 1 .
- Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, February 26 -29, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Oct 1 .
- Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning, March 18-20, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Sept 29
- Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference, March 4-6, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is October 31st.
- Wisconsin Technology Education Association, March 5-6, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Dec 23 .
- California Computer Using Educators, March 5-7, 2009. Call for proposals is open, deadline is Sept 12.
- Delaware Instructional Technology Conference, April 22-23, 2009
- Alabama Educational Technology Conference, June 9-12, 2009.
And of course the big momma, which happens to be in Washington DC next year…
- National Educational Computer Conference, June 28-July 1, 2009. Call for proposals is open now, deadline is Oct 8.
Did I miss any? If so, leave a comment with the info!
As program chair of the ICE (Illinois conference) we’d love to get proposals from all over that highlight how you are “Connecting to the World of Tomorrow”. Thanks Steve for putting out our link. General sessions are due Oct 1st, but if you are would prefer to do a poster session, those aren’t due until Nov 1st.
For the Virginia Ed Tech Leadership Conference…Conference proposals must be submitted by Friday, September 12, 2008 and must be submitted online only at: http://scholardesk.com/abstracts/VT/welcome.
The 11th annual Ohio Technology Conference will be held February 2-4, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Deadline for proposals is October 8, 2008.
WEMTA – Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association 2009 SPRING CONFERENCE Sun, March 22nd – Tues, March 24th at Monona Terrace Madison, Wisconsin
http://wemtaonline.org/
Please do not forget to list that Hall Davidson will be coming to Kansas to be the Keynote speaker at the March MACE Conference in Manhattan on March 5th, 2009. Also, Justin Karkow will be providing a “Day of Discover” along with other DE folks from Kansas on March 4th, 2009 as a pre-conference event.