NWMET 2010 SPRING CONFERENCE

Theme: What would Google do (WWGD)?

Wednesday, April 7, 1:00 p.m., through Friday, April 9, 1:30 pm.

Bring your boots, hat, best poker face and be ready to enjoy a western setting including cowboy poetry in Boise, ID (http://www.boguscreek.com)

  • Registration: $200 , includes $35 for 2010-2011 membership dues
  • Keynote presentation by Google
  • Keynote from Harvey Hughett
  • Location and Lodging:
    • Meeting sessions will take place at Spring Hill Suites Marriott www.marriott.com/boidt   424 E. ParcCenter Blvd. Boise, ID (1-208-342-1044)
      • Free Wi-Fi
      • Complimentary Boise hotel parking and shuttle from/to Boise Airport (call to arrange pick-up and drop-off)
      • Complimentary Breakfast buffet
    • Hotel Reservation $85 + tax per night: (click on the link to reserve the room)
  • Guest/Spouse Dining: 
    • Leku Ona Dinner: $25 per Guest/Spouse
    • Bogus Creek w/Dinner: $25 per Guest/Spouse
  • Coordinators: Blake Beck, beckblak@isu.edu

Registration Application

Call for Proposals - deadline: Feb 19, 2010  Proposal Extended: Please email beckblak@isu.edu for further info.

Draft Outline of Program:

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Clearwater Room- I, II, III (1st Floor)
Clearwater IV & V
Room 3
11:00
Registration


12:00 - 12:45 pm
Opening Session: Welcome and Introductions


12:45 - 1:15 pm
Bus and travel to Boise State University (BSU)

1:00 - 2:30 pm
Vendor Show - ILC 313
Bill Cottle- Team Spot- ILC 315 (1:30- 2:20 pm)
Eric Orton - 3D Visualization
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Vendor Show -  ILC 313
Keynote Address- Google - SM 210
Keynote Address - Google - SM 210
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Vendor Show - ILC 313
Bill Cottle - Team Spot - ILC 315 (4:00 - 4:50 pm)
Eric Orton - 3D Visualization Lab - ILC 213
5:30 - 6:00 pm
Travel to Basque Museum


6:00 - 6:45 pm
Tour Museum


6:45 - 8:00 pm
Dinner at Basque Restaurant


8:00 - 8:30 pm
 Travel to Hotel


8:30 pm
State Caucus Meetings






Thursday, April 8, 2010

Clearwater Room- I, II, III (1st Floor) Clearwater IV & V
Room 3
9:00 - 9:50 am
Ed Sargeant - Using Web 2.0 to Integrate Your Library Services
Ben Hambleton - Virtual Advisory Boards

10:00 - 10:50 am
Eric Orton - Collaborative Learning with Google Sites
Randy Stamm - Blended Learning

11:00 - 11:50 am
Media Dave - Googling Your Classroom
Maria Thompson - Excellent Customer Service

12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch provided
Lunch

1:45 - 2:35 pm
Kees Hof - Gadgets, Gadgets and more Gadgets
Ana Thompson- Kultura- Open Source Multimedia Content Management

2:45 - 3:35 pm
Monica Martinez-Gallagher - Being Socrates, or in Five Places at Once (Google Docs + Second Life)
Doug McCartney - Journey to Echo 360

3:45 - 4:35 pm
Ed Bachmann and Cable Green- eLearning, th eConomy and the Open Course Library Project
John Pyktel- eInstruction- Interactive Technologies in the Classroom

5:00 - 5:45 pm
Travel to Bogus Creek


5:30 - 8:30 pm
Bogus Creek Ranch - Dinner, Cowboy Poetry & Texas Hold'em


8:30 - 9:00 pm
Travel back to Hotel


9:00 pm
NWMET Board Meeting- Hotel Dining Area



 

Friday, April 9, 2010

Clearwater Room- I, II, III (1st Floor) Clearwater IV & V
Room 3
9:00 - 9:50 am
Monica Morillas and Brian Meyers - How PSU Implemented Extron Global Viewer
Michael Spall  Homegrown Video Capture and Posting at ISU

10:00 - 10:50 am
PDoug McCartney - Campus Wide Event Support At PSU
Monica Martinez-Gallagher - A Game Plan for Systematic Media Captioning to Meet 508 Requirements w/ Google Docs

11:00-11:50 am
Harvey Hewett - Keynote Address


12:00 - 1:30 pm
Working lunch and NWMET Business Meeting

 

We look forward to seeing you on April 7!

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