Browsing all posts in "education conference".

Crowdsourcing: Reflections on the Final Phase of Our Experiment

In his book, The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki discusses four key qualities that make a crowd of people “smart”. The crowd must be diverse, decentralized, independent, and it needs a way of summarizing people’s opinions into one collective verdict. In ISTE’s first fully crowdsourced keynote, we’ve done our best to tap into the wisdom [...]

Join New Ning for ISTE 2010 Conference & Expo

Our past conference Nings have been very popular and a great way for educators to build their networks, learn about sessions, and get started discussing conference-related topics before the event. We’ve just migrated last year’s conference Ning over to the new ISTE 2010 Ning, so please join us now!

Crowdsourcing or Loudsourcing?

Applause to my friends at ISTE for having the gumption to create a massive experiment in crowdsourcing with their ISTE 2010 keynote crowdsourcing forum.  As I’ve put in my own suggestions and thoughts and sat back to watch the forum evolve since it was posted, a few things about crowds have come to mind as [...]

Schooling Together

Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That’s why we’re asking you to help choose one of our keynote speakers for the ISTE 2010 conference in Denver…and why we’re asking you to do it together in ISTE’s first ever fully crowdsourced keynote project.
Starting today, you can log on to http://iste2010.uservoice.com/ to [...]

Register Now for ISTE 2010 in Denver, Colorado, June 27–30

Excitement is building for our 31st annual conference in the breathtaking city of Denver! We’ve set our sights even higher this year, building off our amazing conference in Washington, DC, in June 2009.
Plan now to keep ISTE 2010 in your sights and budget. ARRA/stimulus monies, including formula and competitive grant monies, can be used to [...]

Tips For Writing A “GREAT ISTE 2010″ Proposal

I have reviewed conference submissions for a number of years and it amazes me how many of the proposals need a lot of work to be considered for a slot in the conference.
I am going to give you several tips on how to make sure your proposals “Stand Out” and have a better chance of [...]