Get Wired! Your Technology Makeover for the New Millennium July 17 - 19, 2000 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Outreach Center

What It's All About
This conference offers an extraordinary opportunity for teacher educators, teachers, and administrators to learn about and plan for effective technology integration in a systematic way. At this conference, you will learn about and have the opportunity to apply The NCREL & Metiri Group's Six Essential Conditions for Effective Technology Use:

1. Vision - Share or develop a vision for your class, school, or system that prepares students to live, learn and work successfully.

2. Learning Environments - Translate that vision into practice by combining effective, engaging, and challenging action with content goals and technology competencies.

3. Knowledge - Design technology-supported learning environments through discussions and hands-on workshops.

4. Equity - Plan learning opportunities and technology use so that students of all races, ethnicity, genders, and abilities will participate actively in and benefit from education.

5. Anytime, Anywhere - Ensure that resources, connectivity, technical support, etc., are in place to create learning environments where technology can be used "anytime, anywhere" to support learning.

6. Systems and Priorities - Develop a plan to that moves students from the information age to the knowledge age.

Agenda

Enrollment Information
Credit Options: You may enroll for 1-3 Undergraduate or Graduate credits through the University of WI - Milwaukee. Note: All students enrolling for credit will be expected to complete an individualized learning project and an e-mail assignment. Undergraduate and Graduate students taking the course for 2 or 3 credits will have additional assignments.

Non-Credit Option: Offers 5-18 Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. Equivalency Clock Hours or .5 -1.8 Continuing Education Units through UWM Outreach.

Registration Information
Registration Deadline: July 10, 2000
Fee: $125/person;$100/person if registering as two or more in a team. (Discounts are not available for those who cannot attend the full conference.)
Registration covers the reception on Sunday, continental breakfast, lunch, and sessions on Monday-Tuesday and sessions until 12:30 on Wednesday. There is an additional registration but no fee to attend the Wednesday afternoon session. (See www.vital.wisconsin.edu). The REGISTRATION FORM will provide you with additional information.

Travel Information
Air, ground, and hotel information will be provided in a confirmation packet when your registration information has been received.