MECA Mississippi Educational Computing Association

image image
Call for Proposals open!

Call for Proposals now open! Click on the logo to be taken to the proposal submission page.
Read the Full Story
New Board Members
Marsha Ramia, Melanie Jennings, and Justin Sutton were elected to the MECA Executive Board during the 2010 conference.
Read the Full Story

2011 Attendee Information

attendees

2011 Presenter Information

2011 Exhibitor Information

exhibitor

From the President

Written by Sean Owen
From the President:
  • Exhibitor Registration
  • Conference News
  • Contests
  • Alternative Lodging
  • Early Bird Registration Continues
EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION

Exhibitor registration is really picking up speed for the conference. Most of the spots have filled with a projection for all the spots to be filled before year's end. We have a great group of exhibitors already signed up, which should be great for conference attendees wanting to see what new products and services are available for educators in the upcoming year. If you have any companies you would like to see present at the conference, please let us know and we will do our best to contact them while space is still available. The exhibitor home page can be accessed here:

http://www.ms-meca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=37&Itemid=34

For a map of where exhibitors will be present at the Marriott and what vendors have already signed up, you can browse here:

http://www.ms-meca.org/files/index.html

CONFERENCE NEWS

MECA has finalized speakers for the 2009 Conference. The keynote speaker for this year is Will Richardson. Will be speaking at the general session as well as presenting a couple of concurrent sessions. Will Richardson is known internationally for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies and, more specifically, the tools of the Read/Write Web into their schools, classrooms and communities. A former public school educator for 22 years, Will's own Weblog (Weblogg-ed.com <http://www.weblogg-ed.com/>) is a leading resource for the creation and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies on the K-12 level, and his is a leading voice for school reform in the context of the fundamental changes these new technologies
are bringing to all aspects of life.The closing session speaker for this year is Mike Mulvihill, Interim Associate State Superintendent. Mike is going to provide us all important updates to Mississippi's important
initiative, Redesigning Education for the 21st Century Workforce in
Mississippi.

New this year to the conference will be roundtable discussions relative to the conference theme, "Bridging the Digital Divide". More information about the topics and moderators will come out in the next update.

CONTESTS

MECA contests provide ways for you to showcase innovative classroom practices, apply for funding to further enhance those innovative classroom practices, and to highlight the outstanding efforts of teachers, administrators, computer technicians, and other people whose visions of technology in the classroom surpass our wildest imaginations. Please take a moment to browse through the different contests that are offered at www.ms-meca.org., and click on the Documents and Forms link on the menu on the right-side of this page. You must then click on each of the contest links to access the directions for application for each of the contests. Each contest offers participants and nominees chances to be rewarded with prizes and even cash. We look forward to all of you entering the contests for MECA 2009!

LODGING FOR MECA 2009
The Marriott Jackson is the site of the conference year and is the primary conference hotel. THE MARRIOTT IS NOW SOLD OUT AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2008. However, there are other alternatives for lodging for the conference that have rooms blocked for MECA. Consider the following located in this pdf.

http://www.ms-meca.org/files/2009_MECA_Lodging_Information.pdf

A map is located at the MECA site with a rundown of pricing for your alternate lodging choices.

http://www.ms-meca.org/files/meca09_lodging.html

SAVE ON MECA 2009 REGISTRATION

Even if you missed out on getting free registration by presenting at the conference, you still can save money. Early Bird Registration ($80.00) for MECA 2009, February 17-19, 2009, continues until midnight November 14, 2008. Please make sure to register before the deadline comes and goes... If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me or any of the other board members or liaisons.

Sean M. Owen, PhD
2009 MECA President

2009 MECA Conference CEU/SEMI Update

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 10:52 Written by Sean Owen

MECA is pleased to announce they will be offering CEU credits or SEMI credits to attendees that choose to take advantage of these offerings. The breakdown of CEU/SEMI credits are as follows:

CEU Credits

  • Concurrent Sessions are worth 0.1 CEUs each.
  • Hands-On Sessions are worth 0.2 CEUs each.
  • The maximum number of CEU credits an individual could obtain is 1.4 CEUs. An individual would have to Hands-on Session Slot 1, Hands-on Session Slot 2, and all 10 Concurrent Sessions time slots offered.

NOTE: MDE does not recognize certificates less than 0.5 CEUs; therefore, MECA will not process and mail certificates whose value would be less than 0.5 CEUs.
If you want to receive a CEU certificate from MECA, you must attend and get your badge scanned in enough general and hands-on sessions
(denoted as CEU-granting), to obtain at least 0.5 CEUs.

SEMI Credits

  • Concurrent Sessions are worth 1.6 SEMIs each.
  • Hands-On Sessions are worth 3.2 SEMIs each.
  • The maximum number of SEMI credits an individual could obtain is 10 SEMIs (6.25 seat hours). SEMI Credits are awarded in increments of 6.25 hours. Therefore, an individual would need 6.25 seat hours for 10 SEMIs and 12.5 seat hours for 20 SEMIs.
NOTE: MDE does not recognize certificates less than 10 SEMIs (6.25 seat hours); therefore, MECA will not process and mail certificates whose value would be less than 6.25 SEMIs. If you want to receive a SEMI certificate from MECA, you must attend and get your badge scanned in enough concurrent and hands-on sessions (denoted as SEMI-granting), to obtain at least 10 SEMIs.

2009 MECA Conference Keynote Speaker - Will Richardson

Last Updated on Sunday, 06 July 2008 22:45 Written by Sean Owen

Will Richardson has been selected as the keynote speaker for the 2009 MECAwill-color-photo_72_dpi.gif Conference that will be held February 17-19, 2008 at the Marriott Downtown in Jackson, MS. Will Richardson is known internationally for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies and, more specifically, the tools of the Read/Write Web into their schools, classrooms and communities. A former public school educator for 22 years, Will’s own Weblog (Weblogg-ed.com) is a leading resource for the creation and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies on the K-12 level, and his is a leading voice for school reform in the context of the fundamental changes these new technologies are bringing to all aspects of life.

His critically acclaimed, best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms (March 2006, Corwin Press) is already being used by tens of thousands of teachers to reinvent their practice, and his keynotes, presentations and workshops to audiences around the world communicate a fresh and inspiring vision of what schools can and must become. Through the Powerful Learning Practice Network which he co-founded with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, he works with schools and teachers around the world to re-envision their learning cultures and communities

He is also a national advisory board member for the George Lucas Education Foundation, an adjunct instructor at Seton Hall University, and a columnist for District Administration Magazine.

Will lives along the Delaware River in beautiful Western New Jersey with his wife Wendy and his children Tess and Tucker, all of whom are bloggers.

More Articles...

Page 4 of 8

Start
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Next
End

Twitter feed