CILC E-News, October/November 2008 Issue

In This Issue

Videoconferencing on a Small Budget

Christy Hubley, New Hampshire, shares valuable, yet inexpensive ways to use videoconferencing. Perhaps they will work for you as well!
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News From CILC

Product Resource Center
Our newest vendor, The VideoConference Store, sells both new and pre-owned systems at great prices. See what they and our other vendors have to offer!
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The Professional Development Marketplace is Expanding!
Be Green, efficient AND effective! Bring Professional Development into your school/district via videoconferencing or webinar. Thirty-one (31) providers offer over 80 professional development sessions.
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Did you know?
CILC has added a new feature to the website especially for site schedulers and content providers!
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New Content Providers
Since our last E-News, three new providers have posted programs on www.cilc.org.
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CILC Symposium Corner

Learn how your colleagues continue to implement what they learned at the 2007 Symposium!
Meet Cathi Swan, Arkansas

Share your Story Here

The CILC E-News is a newsletter about you! Won’t you share your success stories with others?
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Writing Across Statelines with Technology

Through the magic of technology and good old fashioned pen to paper, students and teachers alike are improving their writing. See what two teachers are learning as they pair up students first as penpals and then as writing workshop peers.
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The Scavenger's Hunt

Each month this scavenger hunts through Cyberspace to find out what people are doing with and thinking about videoconferencing and other synchronous communication technologies. The links are here. The hunt is yours!
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Lessons Learned

Teachers Speak Out
Read the latest on what teachers have to say about the impact of videoconferencing on student learning and professional growth.
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Conference News

Up and Coming Conferences

E-Tech Ohio 2009
11th Annual Educational Technology Conference
February 2-4, 2009
Columbus, Ohio
This three day event includes:

• Daily keynote and featured speaker sessions
• Over 450 concurrent sessions
• Teacher and student displays
• Emerging and assistive technology areas
• Over 250 Exhibitors
• P-20 collaboration showcase sessions

Megaconference Jr.
6th Annual Conference
February 19, 2009
K-12 students around the world communicate, collaborate and contribute to each other's learning in real time, using advanced multi-point videoconferencing.  Presenters design and conduct presentations and activities focused on academics and cultural issues.
Presentation Deadline: November 30, 2008

TXDLA
April 6-9, 2009
Corpus Christi, TX
No Gas Required is the theme of this year's conference. Learn new green ideas.

NECC
June 28 - July 1, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Presenter Deadline:
Submissions for workshops and sessions are now open!
The more videoconferencing sessions we submit, the greater percentage we'll have at NECC 2009.

List your favorite instructional technology related conference here.

About CILC

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