summer conference

Registration for the 2011 NMC Summer Conference, hosted by the University of Wisconsin - Madison from June 14-18, opened last week and already the interest and activity is building at a frenzied pace. What is annually the NMC Community's biggest event is shaping up to be one of the most interesting, most relevant, and most anticipated weeks of the year.

Visit the Registration Page for information and links to all the details about the sessions, speakers, and themes for this year's NMC Summer Conference.

The NMC Voice: Episode Three is live on our YouTube Channel.

In this episode: the 2011 NMC Summer Conference, PENN State University's StudioLab, MIDEA iPad Seminar in San Antonio, and your last chance to register for the NMC Photo Safari at Jackson Hole.

To find out more about the NMC Voice, email us at
communications@nmc.org

The NMC Voice: Episode Two is live on our YouTube Channel.

In this episode: the 2011 NMC Summer Conference, the HP Catalyst Initiative at Northwestern University, and the first Connect@NMC Live with Lynda seminar featuring Michael Wesch of Kansas State University.

To find out more about the NMC Voice, email us at
communications@nmc.org

Since I work for NMC, my bias may be showing when I suggest that the NMC Summer Conference is one of the best conferences anywhere-- but I have been saying so since my first one back in 2002, years before I joined the NMC. But don't take my word, listen to how people describe their experience last year at Princeton.

In that spirit, I offer the following ten reasons (actually not in strict top 10 order) why you should do what you can to attend this year's conference in Monterey. After getting through all ten, make your way over to our online registration to sign up today.

The Call for Proposals is open for the 2009 NMC Summer Conference, to be held in Monterey, California and hosted by California State University, Monterey Bay.

For more information, or to submit a proposal, see the full Call for Proposals at http://www.nmc.org/2009-summer-conference/call

Proposals are being solicited through February 16, 2009.

At the 2008 NMC Summer Conference , the NMC today announced recipients of the 2008 NMC Center of Excellence Award. The award, the highest honor bestowed by the NMC, recognizes demonstrated excellence and outstanding achievement in the application of technology to learning or creative expression.

Symbolized by a specially struck medallion suspended in a translucent obelisk, the Center of Excellence Award has been designed purposefully to make it distinct from other award or recognition programs. Colleges do not compete for the award, nor is it granted within predefined categories. The selection process is based on the MacArthur Awards, and like that program, the nominators and others involved in the selection process remain anonymous as a core principle of the program. They are chosen from organizations both within and outside the NMC, and represent a considerable diversity of knowledge.