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The Center for Teaching and Technology is a unit in the College of Education at Michigan State University. The Center provides support forfaculty, staff and students in their effort to use technology to enhance their teaching and learning, and conducts research about the use of technology in education. On this web site you will find information about the services and resources we provide and activities we are engaged in.

The 25th Annual Technology Conference

Registration for the 25th Annual College of Education Technology Conference is now open. It will be held on Saturday, September 27th, 2008. Mark you calendars for a day filled with sessions with practioners using technology in their classrooms and hands-on workshops to learn new technology skills to take back to your own classroom.

The price for the morning is $7 for students, interns and alumni and $21 for all others and the afternoon workshops are $9 for students, interns and alumni and $25 for all others.

Our keynote address, titled "Geek Your Teaching" will be given by Marilyn Western, the 2008 MACUL Technology Teacher of the Year. Marilyn works at McGuire Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant Public Schools and has her own website Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers at www.edzone.net/~mwestern.

For more informaion, please visit the Technology Conference website.

http://ott.educ.msu.edu/ctt/techconf/default.asp

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