Here are some upcoming events that we think will be of interest to our readers. If you would like to submit an event to be listed here, please contact us.
The fourth annual Education Nation Summit will take place at the New York Public Library and will gather more than 300 of the country’s thought leaders in education, government, business, philanthropy and media. The Summit will focus on what it takes for students to really succeed, and will include the second annual Student Town Hall and fourth annual Teacher Town Hall. Learn more.
The National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS) brings together national leaders from educational associations, as well as editors of educational technology journals, directors of non-profit foundations, federal policy makers, and corporate representatives. Recommendations and guidelines emerging from the summit are published in a range of educational technology journals and are featured on the programs of educational conferences. The goal is to accelerate the meaningful impact of digital technologies in education for the 21st century. http://www.ntls.info/
The 25th annual EdNET event takes place this year in Denver, Colorado. This education industry event provides publishers, software developers, hardware manufactures, investors, industry analysts, and other professionals with the opportunity to network with other industry professionals, exchange ideas and discuss market trends, and forge new business relationships. Learn more about the conference at schooldata.com.
Attendees at the Serious Play Conference will hear the most successful design consultants, the leading developers and the top academic researchers and government consultants talk about what it takes to make effective games, sims and virtual worlds for education, corporate leadership development, non-profit organizations, health care and government/military training. Learn more.
EdmodoCon, an all-online festival of teachers who use Edmodo, allows teachers and all users to share share tips, ideas and practices. This free event presents an exciting professional development opportunity for teachers around the world to share how they use technology in the classroom. For more information, and to register, please visit the official site.
Games in Education is a multi-day symposium which focuses on the topic of using video games to supplement and inspire in-classroom education. Participants span early childhood through post secondary educators in New York’s Capital District and surrounding regions who are interested in finding ways to use video games and related technology to enrich and inspire interest by students in core curriculum topics. The symposium has run annually since 2007 and is free for educators to attend. Learn more.
The New Media Consortium Summer Conference focuses on the diverse uses of technology in education, from those that drive student engagement, to innovations in creating, sharing, and collaborating on information, to the devices and infrastructure that make it all possible. The conference invites faculty and teachers in new media disciplines, mid- to upper-management personnel, K-12 professionals, and senior technologists for a conversation to discuss the state of education and our roles as innovators. For more information, please visit the official…
INplay is Canada’s premiere kids content conference that focuses on interactive media created for kids from Pre-School through to Tween. From the video game business to the broadcast industry, from toys to toons, the INplay conference brings together leaders in the kids space to learn, network and be inspired by the future of kids interactive digital media. For more information, please visit the official site.
Hosted by the National Center for Family Literacy, this event invites literacy professionals, educators, policy makers, and philanthropists to discuss approaches, resources, and strategies in literacy and learning. This year the conference will invite writers of the new Common Core Standards to frame the conversations. For more information, please visit the official site.
Hosted by MIT, the Sandbox Summit examines how technology affects the ways kids play, learn, and connect. The conference invites industry and media leaders, analysts, journalists, analysts, educators, and parents to a discussion designed to help attendees innovate in this growing sphere. For more information, visit http://sandboxsummit.org/.
The Early Education and Technology for Children Conference invites researchers, policy makers, administrators, and educators together to discuss technology in early childhood education. The conference invites visitors to share research and best practices for how technology can influence early education. For more information, please visit the official site.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is one of the gaming industry's largest conferences. It is known worldwide as the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. This year's event features an Education Summit which will explore new approaches to teaching game design and creating game design curriculum.
