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Early registration deadline: January 21

March 3-7, 2008 * Las Vegas, Nevada
Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center

      

 

SITE 2008 is the 19th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

SITE is unique as the only organization which has as its sole focus the integration of instructional technologies into teacher education programs. SITE promotes the development and dissemination of theoretical knowledge, conceptual research, and professional practice knowledge through conferences, books, projects, and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).

You are invited to attend and participate in this annual international forum which offer numerous opportunities to share your ideas, explore the research, development, and applications, and to network with the leaders in this important field of teacher education and technology. 

There are over 1,500 presentations in 
25 major topic areas!

The Conference Review Policy requires that each proposal will be peer- reviewed by three reviewers for inclusion in the conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually attracts more than 1,200 leaders in the field from over 50 countries. 

The SITE Conference is designed for:

  • Teacher educators in ALL disciplines

  • Computer technology coordinators

  • K-12 administrators

  • Teachers

  • Curriculum developers

  • Principals

  • All interested in improving education through technology

Scope

The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on all topics related to:

(1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and
(2) instruction about information technology in

  • Preservice

  • Inservice

  • Graduate Teacher Education

  • Faculty & Staff Development

Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as describe innovative projects are encouraged.

Presentation Categories

The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. 

  • Keynote Speakers

  • Invited Panels/Speakers

  • Papers

  • Symposia

  • Posters/Demonstrations

  • Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations

  • Tutorials/Workshops

  • Roundtables

For Presentation Category descriptions, and information about what to submit with your proposal, click here.

Topics

Presentations are invited from participants with interest in Information Technology and Teacher Education and areas.  See: Topics list.

 

Corporate Participation

 

A variety of opportunities are available to present research-oriented papers, or to showcase and market your products and services. For information about Corporate Showcases (30 minutes) and Corporate Demonstrations (2-hours, scheduled with the Poster/Demos), click here.

Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Technology and Teacher Education Annual series. Books in this series serve as major source documents indicating the current state of teacher education and information technology. The contents of the Annuals will be internationally available and distributed via the online EdITLib--Education & Information Technology Library, sponsored by AACE.  

The Annuals also will be available as a searchable electronic book on CD-ROM (Macintosh, IBM, and ISO 9660 formats) and included in each conference registrant's packet.  And the Annual may be purchased in hard copy book form prior to the conference.  First and second paper authors are limited to two papers published in the Annual.

Paper Awards

All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within several categories. Award winning papers may be invited for publication in the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) or Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education (CITE), and will be highlighted in the AACE online periodical the AACE Journal. See previous SITE award papers.

Background

SITE conferences have been held in Greenville, NC (1990); Greenville, NC (1991); Houston, TX (1992); Orlando, USA (1993); Washington, DC (1994); San Antonio, TX (1995); Phoenix, AZ (1996); Orlando, FL (1997); Washington, DC (1998), San Antonio, TX (1999), San Diego, CA (2000), Orlando, FL (2001), Nashville, TN (2002), Albuquerque, NM (2003), Atlanta, GA (2004), Phoenix, AZ (2005), Orlando, FL (2006), and San Antonio, TX (2007). SITE 2008 is the 19th in this series of internationally respected meetings.

Proposal Submission Guide & Form

Co-sponsored by the 
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)
CITE--Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education

JTATE Journal of Technology and Teacher Education   CITE - Contemporary

To request further information and keep informed about SITE, click here.

If you have a question about the SITE conference, please send an e-mail to AACE Conference Services, or call 757-366-5606, or fax 703-997-8760.

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