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2006 National Educational Computing ConferenceSan Diego, CA •
July 5–7, 2006 http://iste-listserver.iste.org/t/5779/379675/1/0/
Dear NECC 2006 Attendee:
Congratulations on having joined nearly 17,000 fellow educators and exhibitors in San Diego! The gathering of so many diverse yet equally passionate educators is what makes NECC such a success. The time and energy you invested in your professional development will provide dividends throughout the school year.
Following is a list of postconference resources you can use to extend your conference experience into the new academic year or share with colleagues who were unable to attend. Click on the titles for more information.
NECC 2006 Conference Evaluation
You have through Monday, July 31, to complete the online conference evaluation. Give us your input about activities for next year’s conference in Atlanta as well as what we’ve done well and what you’d like to see strengthened. As a thank-you for taking the time to give us your feedback, we will enter you into a drawing for one of four 30 GB Video iPods.------------------------------------
Dear NECC 2006 Attendee:
Congratulations on having joined nearly 17,000 fellow educators and exhibitors in San Diego! The gathering of so many diverse yet equally passionate educators is what makes NECC such a success. The time and energy you invested in your professional development will provide dividends throughout the school year.
Following is a list of postconference resources you can use to extend your conference experience into the new academic year or share with colleagues who were unable to attend. Click on the titles for more information.
NECC 2006 Conference Evaluation
You have through Monday, July 31, to complete the online conference evaluation. Give us your input about activities for next year’s conference in Atlanta as well as what we’ve done well and what you’d like to see strengthened. As a thank-you for taking the time to give us your feedback, we will enter you into a drawing for one of four 30 GB Video iPods.------------------------------------
Take the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Online Customer Survey!
The Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education encouraged NECC participants to share their experiences and opinions through focus groups, interviews, and an online survey. The online survey will close on Thursday, August 3. Don’t miss this opportunity to help shape future federal educational technology activities! ------------------------------------
Presenter Handouts & Research Papers
More than 330 presenters submitted handouts for their workshops and sessions, including Research Papers. Here you’ll find details on how to use the Program Search to find handouts of particular interest to you.------------------------------------
Video-on-Demand Sessions at NECC
Fourteen sessions were videotaped at NECC, as well as eleven interviews, including Keynote Nicholas Negroponte. All 25 videos are available for one year, through June 24, 2007, thanks to a partnership with KZO Webcasting.------------------------------------
Podcast Sessions at NECC
Eighteen sessions were podcast with production support from the team of Apple Distinguished Educators, and are available through the iTunes Education directory.
In addition, the NECC 2006 Poster Session Co-chairs, Kurt Larsen and Pamela Redmond, recorded a number of poster sessions and have made them available at
http://iste-listserver.iste.org/t/5779/379675/300/0/.------------------------------------
Conference Database of Events
Our online searchable conference database will remain archived at this site for one year; combined with the above resources, it provides you the proceedings of the conference and a year-round resource to tap into.------------------------------------
eSchool News Conference Information Center
Your fellow attendees submitted session reviews to the eSchool News Conference Information Center; you can access these reviews for one full year following the conference.------------------------------------
Blogging NECC
Even if you didn’t keep up with the blogosphere during the conference, it’s not too late to check out what some of your fellow educators had to say about their NECC experiences.------------------------------------
NECC Daily Leader Newsletter
PDFs are available of each day’s NECC Daily Leader, the newsletter distributed onsite at NECC.------------------------------------
Welcome, New ISTE Members!
If you decided to extend your NECC experience year-round by becoming an ISTE member, thank you and welcome! In the coming weeks, you’ll receive a new member welcome letter in the mail that includes a summary of your benefits as well as your member number. Your member periodical(s) will be mailed to you when the next issue is published: look for the Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) around the end of August; Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L) will arrive around September 1. For more information about how to make the most of your ISTE membership, visit For New Members on the ISTE Web site.------------------------------------
Submit a Proposal for NECC 2007
Plan now to join us in Atlanta, June 24–27, for NECC 2007—Learning and Leading with Technology. Make it the best NECC yet—submit a proposal! We’re specifically interested in technology’s role in developing 21st Century learners. The online submission form will go live Tuesday, September 6, 2006; the firm deadline for proposal submissions is Wednesday, October 4.
We were pleased to meet so many of you in San Diego, and look forward to continuing the Ed Tech conversation in Atlanta!
Leslie S. Conery, PhDNECC 2006 Conference Chair
Donella EvoniukNECC Conference Director
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