Here is a press release about a neat conference coming to Columbus the first week in August.  I’m proud to be a part of it!

Learn about new technologies used in classrooms worldwide

William Kist, one of the internationally known keynote speakers scheduled to participate in the Innovative Learning Environments Conference on Aug. 1-5 in Hilliard, provides a preview of his Aug. 3 presentation in a podcast posted here. Kist, an education professor at Kent State University, is the author of The Socially Networked Classroom.

Each day’s conference program will feature expert keynote speakers as well as educators from as far away as Finland, South Australia and New Zealand presenting breakout sessions. Conference participants may choose to attend for $30 per day or $99 for the entire week. Teachers may apply for up to two stipends of $110 per day, which are made possible by Ohio’s Race to the Top funds. Contact hours and graduate credit options are available. The event is co-sponsored by ODE, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Hilliard City Schools and the Educational Service Center (ESC) of Central Ohio. Learn more about the conference and registration details here.