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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 07:30:04 EDT
From: James Mitchell <jmitchel@inet.ed.gov>
Subject: Dept. of Education (ED) Technology Conference


 LINKING EDUCATORS TO THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY IS FOCUS OF
     SECRETARY'S CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
         STATE SUPERINTENDENTS ASKED TO SEND STATE TEAMS

     Finding the educational on-ramp for teachers to get on the
Information Superhighway will be the focus of a national
conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education next
month.  Teachers, technical experts and policymakers have been
invited by Education Secretary Richard W. Riley to come to
Washington, D.C., May 8-10 to learn how electronic networking can
be used as a valuable tool for teachers in the classrooms of
today and tomorrow.

     Riley has asked state school superintendents to assemble
statewide teams of educators, policymakers, and technology
experts to attend the conference where they will learn how to
link their states to the emerging Information Superhighway.

     Experts will discuss how to develop, manage and sustain
electronic networks that provide resources for teaching and for
improving teachers' skills and knowledge, and also can expand the
frontiers for children's learning.  The teams will become state
resources on teacher networking and will be expected to promote
development of electronic networking in their state and districts
through workshops, in-service and day-to-day peer interaction.

     Participants will share knowledge, ideas and experiences at
the national, state and local level.  State teams will use and
evaluate state-of-the-art networking applications such as on-line
services (proprietary and state networks, listservs and
freenets), mine the Internet, and use information retrieval tools
such as Gopher, WAIS and Mosaic.

     About 350 teachers, administrators, technology experts,
teacher educators, state education officials, private sector or
non-profit partners, and state or local policymakers are expected
to attend the conference at the Washington Hilton.

     For further information, please contact Thelma Leenhouts at
(202) 219-1569 or via the Internet at MayConference@inet.ed.gov.


James A. Mitchell "Mitch"
Office of the Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Education (ED)
400 Maryland Ave., SW #4019
Washington, DC 20202
voice mail: 202-401-1444
fax: 202-401-3093
email: jmitchel@inet.ed.gov

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