March 17-19, 1996
Sheraton National Hotel
Arlington, Virginia
First Annual Conference
Sponsored by Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
with AT&T, American Federation of Teachers, Compaq Computer, Houghton
Mifflin Company, NYNEX, National Education Association, Scholastic, Inc.,
Simon & Schuster Education Group, Software Publishers Association
The first policy conference to broadly explore current initiatives to promote
educational applications on the information superhighway!
Three days of powerful programs focusing on:
* Community Networks: Examples of Success
* Cyberporn: Addressing Concerns
* Convincing Your Community to Invest in School Networking
* Donations: Managing Hidden Costs
* Falling Through the Net: Underserved Populations
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Vice President Al Gore*
The Honorable Reed E. Hundt, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Secretary Richard Riley, US Department of Education
Luncheon speaker John Perry Barlow, cofounder and Vice Chairman,
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Considered one of the "Fathers of the
Internet," a respected voice in cyberspace, and a lyricist for the
Grateful Dead.
EXPERT SPEAKERS
Pru Adler, Association of Research Libraries
Louis Gomez, Northwestern University
Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE)*
Prof. Peter Jaszi, The American University
Congressman Bill Orten (D-UT)*
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)*
*Invited
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
District Technology Coordinators, District Superintendents & Administrators,
School Board Members, Media Directors & School Librarians, State Technology
Directors, State Education Network Directors, Governors' Education &
Technology Staffs, Deans & Faculty of Teaching Colleges, Congressional and
White House Officials, State and National Education Associations, Heads of
Foundations and Nonprofit Organizations, Businesses Interested in School
Networking
Endorsed by Alliance for Community Media, American Association of
Colleges for Teacher Education, American Association of School Librarians, A
Division of American Library Association, Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development,Council for American Private Educators, Council of
Chief State School Officers, National School Boards Association, National
Association of Secondary School Principals, Organizations Concerned About
Rural Education, Public Broadcasting Service
Pre-Conference Workshops
Sunday, March 17
9:00 am-12 noon: Internet 101
1:00 pm-4:00 pm: Successful Web Sites, Today and Tomorrow
Conference
Monday, March 18
8:30 am-5:00 pm: Sessions
Tuesday, March 19
8:30 am-5:00 pm: Sessions
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Early Registration by January 31, 1996
Save $50 off regular registration fees
VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION VIA INTERNET
For those who wish to attend the conference but cannot due to time or other
constraints, CoSN is pleased to offer an Internet Virtual K-12 School
Networking Conference that will run concurrently with the main conference.
Virtual Conference participants will receive all of the conference materials
before the conference via electronic mail or fax, and will be able to become
involved with our conference through live transcripts of the proceedings and
on-line discussions with other Virtual Conference participants. For more
information, please email virtual@cosn.org.
TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTER
Send an e-mail to <conference@cosn.org> and an electronic version of the
complete conference brochure will be sent to you. If you have additional
questions, call (202) 466-6296 ext. 56.
Keith R. Krueger
1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. #200
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel - (202) 462-9600 ext. 18
FAX - (202) 462-9043
Message forwarded to EDTECH by:
Ann Ward
award@nsba.org