As part of our 30th Anniversary, we are taking a look back at the evolution of MEC over the years. Below are two gems dug up from the MEC archives!
Check back often to see more MEC memorabilia!
ERIC (the Educational/Recycling Information Center) will be making an appearance at MEC 2010! ERIC will be on site on Tuesday, March 16.
The City of Tempe was awarded a grant from Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for the development of a mobile recycling education center. The project was partially funded by ADEQ’s Waste Reduction Initiative Through Education grant, for projects that educate Arizona citizens about waste reduction, recycling and how to properly dispose of waste.
To view the development of ERIC, click on the web link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEkjrIOUQI
If you have any old, unwearable shoes, bring them to MEC on Tuesday, March 16. ERIC will take them off your hands and put them to good use!
The Presentation Schedule for MEC 2010 is now available!
http://mec.asu.edu/presenters/2010-presentation-directory/
The directory is sorted by the presenter’s last name. For your convenience, you can now export the schedule as an Excel document and sort it any way you see fit. For example, sort it by Date and Time to help you put together your personal schedule for MEC 2010.
Check back regularly for updates as we approach March 15!
Grab a camera and tell us a story about Arizona.
The iCademy Program offers a unique project-based learning experience for Arizona students and teachers. The goal of the program is to encourage diverse groups of students to enter into a statewide multimedia dialogue about Arizona. Working individually (photographic essay) or in teams of two to five (Digital Story), students in third grade through high school have the opportunity to capture the stories of Arizona’s people and places.
Join us on Monday March 15th from 2:45 to 3:45 in Coor 174 for the iCademy presentation and award ceremony. See highlights from the films that were submitted and interact with the young film makers. Join in a discussion about the direction of iCademy and future themes. With Arizona’s Centennial celebration on the horizon we would like to identify a better way to collect stories and projects about Arizona. There will be snacks and a chance to win an iPod Touch.
For more information visit http://icademy.asu.edu/
Congratulations to those who were accepted to present at MEC 2010! We have a wide variety of presentation topics this year, ranging from innovative uses of emerging technologies to Web 2.0 applications to administrative-level planning.
The Presentation Directory for MEC 2010 is now available online. Click Here to view the presentations and workshops that will be available to all Attendees at MEC 2010.
The scheduled times for each presentation will be posted in January.
Name: BERT Workshop @ MEC
Date: March 17, 2009 from 9 AM to 4 PM at ASU Tempe.
Title: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for the Classroom
Description:
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports for the Classroom will provide teachers with evidence-based strategies to improve classroom behavior management using positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS). The first part of the workshop will assist teachers in designing a classroom environment that prevents problem behaviors from occurring and encourages appropriate behavior in the classroom. Teachers will assess their classroom to identify areas of strength and areas in need of improvement. The second part will focus on Tier 2 interventions and practical strategies for responding to students with challenging behavior problems. Teachers will develop an action plan for their classroom, integrating information that they have learned throughout the workshop. Finally technology for sustaining professional development and professional learning networks will be presented. Learning will be facilitated through videos, websites, case studies, and discussions.
The MEC Team is excited to offer this workshop as part of the MEC 2010 experience. You may sign up for this workshop when you register for MEC 2010 at http://mec.asu.edu. If you have already registered, you can sign into your account here and edit your agenda to include the workshop. Attendees of this workshop will receive six hours of certified professional development training.
The MEC Team is proud to announce Steve Dembo from Discovery Education as the Keynote Speaker for MEC 2010!
Steve Dembo – Discovery Education
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 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.
