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The Educational Technology Action Network will be in the Advocacy Lounge. Make your voice heard by stopping by the ETAN booth to send an e-mail letter to your members of Congress. The Congressional funding process will be in full swing and it will be a good time for your voice to make an impact. Find out how your direct action can make a difference in affecting ed tech funding.
Ideas for Types of Sessions:
- SS: "Success Stories." Bring your success stories to these sessions, for both showcase and discussion. 30-minute discussions of what has worked, around specific advocacy efforts that paid off.
Add your ideas for types of sessions here
ETAN Booth: Share your experiences running an ETAN booth at a conference.
Advocacy Questions: How do I get started and take the first steps in advocacy?
Ed Tech Funding: What's the funding outlook for the coming year?
Presidential Campaign: Raising Ed Tech profile in the campaign discourse
Advocacy Awards: Leverage state affiliate advocacy awards
NCLB Reauthorization: What's the latest with NCLB?
State Advocacy: State Strategies that work
Schedule: Please schedule events in the grid below. Please note that on Sunday the Opening Keynote will be simulcast into the lounges, and the lounges will be locations for some of the Opening Reception festivities.
Monday, June 30
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Event
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7:30 am
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8:00 am
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8:30 - 9:30 am
[Concurrent Session 1]
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9:30 am
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10:00 am
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10:30 am
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11:00 am - 12:00 noon
[Concurrent Session 2]
Steve Glyer, CUE Board Member
Advocacy Awards: Learn how to leverage awards to impact legislation
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Advocacy Awards
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12:00 noon
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12:30 - 1:30pm
[Concurrent Session 3]
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1:00 pm
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1:30 pm
Chris Johnson, AzTEA
Learn several strategies that AzTEA has successfully used to promote ETAN activities at our three state conferences.
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Promoting ETAN at your Conference
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2:00 - 3:00 pm
[Concurrent Session 4]
Hilary Goldmann, ISTE's Director of Government Affairs
Ed Tech Funding: What's the funding outlook for the coming year?
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Ed Tech Funding
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3:00 pm
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3:30 - 4:30 pm
[Concurrent Session 5]
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4:00 pm
Mary Wegner, ETAN Booth @ Your State Conferenece
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ETAN Booth
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4:30 pm
[Birds of a Feather Sessions Starting]
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5:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
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6:30 pm CONFERENCE CENTER CLOSES.
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Tuesday, July 1
Time
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Event
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7:30 am
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8:00 am
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8:30 am
[Keynote starts and is simulcast into the lounges.]
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10:00 am
Chris Johnson, AzTEA
Learn how to use the Virtual World Second Life to advance your advocacy activities
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Using Second Life for Advocacy
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10:30 am
Jon Bernstein, ISTE's Washington Lobbyist,
Where Do The Presidential Nominees Stand on Ed Tech?
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The Presidential Race
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11:00 am -
Hilary Goldmann, ISTE Director of Government Affairs
NCLB Reauthorization - Update and How to Get Involved with ISTE NCLB Efforts!
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NCLB Reauthorization
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12:00 noon
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12:30 - 1:30 pm
[Concurrent Session 7]
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1:00 pm
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1:30 pm
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2:00 - 3:00 pm
William Morrison, LACUE
State Advocacy Strategies that work! Learn how LA Affiliate was successful in
securing millions in state ed tech funding
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State Advocacy Strategies
that Work!
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3:00 pm
Jon Bernstein, ISTE's Washington Lobbyist,
The Latest on the E-Rate and Internet Safety Legislation
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E-Rate/Internet Safety
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3:30
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4:00 pm
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4:30 pm
[Birds of a Feather Sessions Starting]
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5:00 pm
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5:30 pm
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6:00 pm
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6:30 pm CONFERENCE CENTER CLOSES.
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Wednesday, July 2
Time
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Event
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7:30 am
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8:00 am
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8:30 - 9:30 am
[Concurrent Session 10]
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9:30 am
ISTE NCLB Reauthorization Advisory Group
Join ISTE's Group to develop recommendations for NCLB Reauthorization!
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NCLB
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10:00 am
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10:30 - 11:30 am
[Concurrent Session 11]
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11:30 am
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
[Concurrent Session 12]
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1:00 pm-Kathy Sanders-WEMTA Ed Tech Advocacy Update
National and State Level Advocacy -Reaching Out on Both Fronts
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State Level Advocacy
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1:30 - 2:30 pm
[Concurrent Session 13]
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2:30 pm
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2:45 pm
[Closing Keynote]
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