Welcome to MEC 2010
For 30 years, The Microcomputers in Education Conference has been a pioneer in providing a forum for discussion among educators, administrators, researchers, instructional designers and technology leaders. Since 1980, MEC has provided a rich and diverse learning experience through workshops, hands-on presentations, and exhibitors showcasing the newest technologies; equipping educators and students, industry leaders and administrators, publishers and product designers with the skills and knowledge they need to become innovators in the classroom, at home, and throughout the community. At MEC, we foster the spirit and determination, the promise and potential, of educators gathering to ‘network’ toward advancing education through technology.
- New and emerging equipment and resources
- Technology-enabled learning environments and Educational Gaming
- Universal Access
- Advancing collaboration and communication
- Effective instructional strategies and learning approaches
- Professional development opportunities
- Innovative and effective classroom assessment strategies
- Grant and funding workshops
- Local engagement and Global collaboration
More than 1200 K-12 teachers, higher education faculty, school administrators and technology coordinators are expected to attend MEC 2010.
Join us this Spring as we together explore educational opportunities and challenges at MEC 2010!
MEC 2010 Keynote Address
Steve Dembo - Discovery Education
The MEC Team is proud to announce Steve Dembo from Discovery Education as the Keynote Speaker for MEC 2010!
A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery
Education’s Online Community Manager Steve Dembo is a pioneer in the field
of educational social networking. Among the first educators to realize the
power of blogging, podcasting, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 technologies to
connect educators to one another and create professional learning
communities, Dembo has been instrumental in the explosive growth of the
Discovery Educator Network and its online presence at
http://community.discoveryeducation.com/.
In 2006, Dembo was named one of the Top 100 EduBloggers by the Online
Education Database. That same year, the Discovery Educator Network website,
which was created and is managed by Dembo, was honored with an Award of
Excellence from Technology and Learning magazine.
Dembo’s continued excellence in developing the online presence of the
Discovery Educator Network was honored again in 2007 with a Distinguished
Achievement Award for Instructional Website from the Association of
Educational Publishers, and again in 2008 with a BESSIE Award for Best
Professional Development Website. In 2009 the Discovery Educator Network
was the recipient of the inaugural Best in Tech award for Professional
Development and Resource Solutions by Scholastic Administrator magazine.
In addition to demonstrating continued innovation in serving Discovery
Education’s online community, Dembo continues to be a prolific blogger
whose personal blog and companion podcast, Teach42, continues to serve as
inspiration for tens of thousands of educators around the world. In 2009
his blog was recognized as one of 20 Must-Read Education Technology blogs
by ACE Online Schools and was nominated for Best Individual Blog and Best
EdTechSupport Blog at the Edublog Awards. In addition, Dembo has been
recognized as one of the top 50 educational bloggers by Social Media
Explorer.
Dembo is also a dynamic speaker on the capabilities of social networking,
the power of educational technologies and Web 2.0 tools, and the ability of
digital content to empower teachers to improve student achievement. He has
delivered keynote presentations at PETE&C, TRETC, the Maryland K12
Libraries Conference and the Connecting & Learning Conference, and has been
a featured speaker at GaETC, MACUL, METC, FETC, and Tech Forum. He has
conducted hundreds of virtual presentations and regularly hosts the
Discovery Educator Network’s EdTechConnect and Discovery Connect monthly
webinar series. Dembo also participated in the 2008 Nokia Open Labs as an
expert on mobile phone integration in education.
