Announcing the 2016 Student Technology Conference

The second annual Student Technology Conference, a free one-day online event bringing together students, educators and innovators from around the world, will be held Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 9 Am to 9 Pm EST. We invite all to attend!

The Student Technology Conference provides an international forum for the presentation, discussion and sharing of educational technology in schools and other academic settings. This conference, by students in grades 6-12 as well as colleges and universities and for all, is committed to:

• Fostering a better understanding of how students use technology in education and to engage students, teachers and administrators in a conversation about technology.
• Assisting teachers and administrators in understanding how students use technology both in and out of the classroom.
• Strengthening the relationship between students, teachers and administrators about technology in the curriculum.

Last year’s conference featured more than twenty general sessions and four keynote addresses from all over the world with over 500 participants!

If you haven't joined us before, this is an amazing, engaging, collaborative, worldwide event that you will want to be a part of. You can join us for just for one session, or for every session! Even if you miss a session, they are all recorded so you can watch them later!


Attending: You can join us anywhere you have an Internet connection, and the schedule of sessions is published in each of the time zones in the world. Just find your time zone, find the sessions taking place, and click right into the ones you want to join. You can also import the entire calendar (Google) into your own calendar, or add selected sessions to your personal calendar to be sure that you don't miss them.

Presenting: For those interested in presenting (and we encourage students around the world to do so, even if for the first time), the call for proposals is now open! The final date to submit a proposal is Saturday, January 23, 2016. Click HERE for more information and to submit your proposal.

Volunteering: One of the best parts of this conference is the incredible volunteer effort to help new (and sometimes seasoned!) presenters. Volunteers gather throughout the whole conference in a special virtual lounge and work to make sure that presenters and attendees are given help whenever they need it. Our volunteers are an elite group of global helpers--come find out why they say being a volunteer moderator is the most fun you can have at the conference. More HERE.

The Community: A significant bonus to attending the Student Technology Conference is joining the conference community of students and educators from around the world.

Great Keynotes: Who better to keynote the Student Technology Conference than students. We have a great set of keynote speakers this year, including the Young Hackers of New York City and Coco Kaleel from veryhappyrobot.com. More keynotes will be announced after the holidays!

Sponsors: We've got a devoted and most-appreciated set of sponsors who make this conference possible (and keep it free!). Our special thanks to Marymounyt School of New York, University School of Milwaukee, Westhampton Middle School, Lauriston Girls’ School and others who support our conference. And there's still time to join this illustrious group and help support our event! Email steve@hargadon.com.

Help Promote the Conference: We can really use your help to share the conference with your colleagues, associates, friends, family (!), and the world.. Show your pride with a presenter, volunteer, sponsor, partner, or advisory board member badge.

Send a Tweet: “#stutechconf2016 is coming! Submit to present or register to attend, all free, all online, 6th year of this great event http://www.studenttechnologyconference.com”

We sure hope you will join us! See you online,

Ana Sophia, Gaby, Eunice, Anne, and Sydney
Conference Co-Coordinators (we're all students)
2016 Student Technology Conference

Thursday Webinar - Practical Learning Research for the Math Classroom

Join us on Thursday, December 3, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm US-EST, for a look at the latest research in learning science and why it matters to math teachers.

• How can we take the research about teaching and learning and translate it into practice?  
• What are: "framing," the "growth mindset," the “testing effect,” the “retrieval effect,” "spaced repetition," "chunking for memory," "deliberate practice," and “affirmative testing?” 
• Why should these and other learning behaviors be familiar to math teachers? 

Join Mathtoons CEO, Kristin Garn, and Mathematics Professor, Dr. Raymond Spiteri, as they outline their research looking at building math skills and greatly improving learning outcomes in the math classroom, discuss the best use of technology in the BYOD (bring your own device) math classroom, and demonstrate the use of Mathtoons Media tools.

There is no cost for this Webinar.  Sign up at http://learningresearch.eventbrite.com to attend live or to receive links to watch the Webinar recording later.

Special Note: you’re also encouraged to take part in the live learning analytics portion of the presentation by downloading their Practi mobile app before the webinar: Apple at http://itunes.com/apps/mathtoons/practi or Android at http://bitly.com/android_practi. Create a free Practi account and enter the webinar course code WDS5W to play along.

Mathtoons Media creates apps and software that leverage mobile devices and help students practice the foundational skills necessary for academic success. Funded by the Canadian National Research Council, and in partnerships with UBC, University of Saskatchewan and Athabasca University, Mathtoons has developed straightforward tools that help teachers easily create, trackm and optimize mobile content for student practice.

Kristin Garn founded Mathtoons Media, Inc. in 2011. Prior to this, she had over 20 years experience teaching high school mathematics and university calculus. She has assembled a highly talented development team to create technology that expands the field of learning science research.

Dr. Raymond Spiteri is a professor in the computer science department at University of Saskatchewan in Canada, a numerical analyst, and the President of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society.