The 2010 Annual Convention, "Teachers and Students Together: Living Literate Lives" will be held on November 18 through the 21st in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort.
The post convention workshops are held November 22nd and 23rd.
Their goal is "to foster more open and democratic teaching practices". They want intergrated cirricula and they want to address how the things we ask students to do affect the, psychologically.
This fits the NETS Standard:
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
| a. | participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. This convention would be participating in a local learning community. |
| d. | contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. |
One of there goals is self-renewal and they are addressing the effectiveness of practices already in place.
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