Mid-America Association for Computers in Education - MACE

A Conference for Educators by Educators...

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Spring MACE - 2012

The Mid-America Association for Computers in Education will be hosting their annual education technology conference in Manhattan.

MACE is always striving to be the best educational conference it can be, and meet the needs of its attendees. We believe our conference sessions will stimulate new ideas for teaching and learning in today's classrooms.

We not only pride ourselves in providing educators with "just in time" learning in the spirit of work, we also believe in food, fun, and giveaways!

This is a wonderful learning and networking opportunity for educators, and a great low-cost option for school districts to support technological staff development.

Date: March 1 & 2, 2012
Exhibitor Display: Thursday, March 1 (one day only)
Location: Alumni Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan

Time: Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. & Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Registration: Table opens at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday

Conference Fee:

• $120 online registration on or before December 23, 2011
• $175 online registration after December 23, 2011
• $200 walk-up registration

Attendees

• Attendee Information - important, please read
• Attendee Registration - open
• Attain college credit from Emporia State University
• View the Grid of scheduled presentations
• View Vendors & Exhibitors for the 2012 Conference

Presenters

• Want to be a Presenter? Check out the details and rewards!
• Submit a Session Proposal - closed, thanks to all who submitted.

Exhibitors

• Exhibitor Information - important, please read
• Exhibitor Registration - open
• Submit an Exhibitor Session Proposal - open

• Directions to the KSU Alumni Center
• Floor Plan and other information about the Alumni Center
• Floor Plan and other information about the KSU Student Union
• KSU Information for Visitors & Guests - Internet Access - please read
• KSU Information for Visitors & Guests - Campus Information
• Manhattan Motels and other Visitor Information

• Conference, contact Co-Chair Tom Sextro
• Conference, contact Co-Chair Rhonda Gierhan
• Registrations for Attendees, contact Registrar Ellen Underhill
• All things for Exhibitors, contact Cindy Montgomery

Keynote Speaker 2012 - Annette Lamb
Dr. Annette Lamb has been a school library media specialist, computer teacher, and professor of education and library science. She is currently teaching online graduate courses for librarians and educators as a professor at Indiana University - Indianapolis (IUPUI). In addition to online teaching, she writes, speaks, and conducts professional development workshops, presentations, and keynotes throughout North America and is well-known for her realistic approaches to technology integration and information inquiry.
In addition to working on state and national-level grant projects, she enjoys spending time with administrators, teachers, and individual school districts, universities, and museums focusing on practical, technology-rich approaches to teaching and learning. Annette received her Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Iowa State University. Her roots in library, media, and technology are reflected in her passion for interdisciplinary approaches, reading and writing across the curriculum, and using a variety of resources from books to the Internet. Annette's numerous articles and over a dozen books are valuable resources for educators. Her popular website, Eduscapes.com, includes a wide range of award-winning, free resources for educators including 42explore, Teacher Tap, Literature Ladders, Activate, Naturescapes, Multimedia Seeds and escrapbooking.com. Her latest book co-authored with Danny Callison is titled Graphic Inquiry. She's currently working on a book titled Fluid Learning Environments. She loves to share her ideas with others. All of her sessions and workshops are available at http://eduscapes.com.
Keynote Address - Fluid Environments for Teaching, Learning & Technology
Help students shift from being passive receivers to active readers, evaluators, thinkers, and innovators. Explore the potential of emerging cross-genre, multi-platform, transmedia resources as tools for motivation, differentiation, collaboration, and connections across the curriculum. Help students construct knowledge and convey complex messages through meaningful, technology-enhanced experiences. Visit Annette's web page on Fluid Environments.
Spotlight Speaker 2012 - Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
Cyndi is a faculty member and the Education Technology Integration Coordinator for the Kansas State University College of Education. She is an educational futurist who works to leverage technology for the benefit of learners. She is an educator, digital storyteller, blogger and digital change agent, artist and friend.
Cyndi addresses a range of topics related to technology integration, distance learning, education, business and twenty-first century literacy. She is a catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning. Additionally, she is an experienced graphic designer, website designer, author and technology consultant. She has written and facilitated over $850,000 in technology grants in Kansas. Cyndi says, "Bear in mind, I am not a geek/techie. I know many geek/techies, and I am absolutely NOT one of them. Geek/Techies are excited by creating the technology. I am excited by what that technology can do and about discovering the possibilities. Technology is changing the way we do business, teach, and learn, in the 21st century, I am a part of that change." Cyndi can be found online at... CDK's Education Technology Place Technology Bits Bytes & Nibbles

Thank you

A very big thank you to all the vendors, presenters, and participants. We want to thank our friends at the KSU Alumni Center and KSU Union. Without the efforts of many people this conference would not exist. This is truly a conference of, by, and for technology-using educators.