The MLTI Student Conference Committee is issuing the call for student and educator team proposals for the 16th Annual MLTI Student Conference, to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at the University of Maine in Orono.
Two important notes:
- Proposals are due much earlier this year! This will allow us to have a session list finalized by the time conference registration opens.
- Ideally, all proposals will have some form of student leadership incorporated. This could mean students will lead the whole session (with some adult support), students will serve as guides/coaches during the activity portion, or something in between. Students can co-present with teachers or other educators (including from community or business organizations).
Sessions will be one-hour long, must involve some form of creating, making, and doing, and should leave participants excited about what they learned and eager to share their experiences with others.
Here’s the information you need to submit a proposal:
Conference Theme: Create for ME
Possible Topics: Proposals are not limited to the conference theme, and might include topics such as music, spoken word recording, coding, video production, graphic design, or writing and publishing your collection of short stories.
Device Requirements: The student conference supports all MLTI devices, regardless of platform and encourages “platform-agnostic” sessions.
A Proposal Submission must include:
- The name of your school
- The title of your session
- List of all presenters ($15 registration cost will be waived for up to two presenters per session)
- A description of your session:
- What skill will participants learn? How will you teach this?
- What activity will participants engage in – what will they create?
- What can participants expect to walk away knowing and being able to do?
- Materials to share in the conference registration form:
- Short video advertisement of the session (less than a minute)
- Short description of the session (less than 200 words)
- Student leadership information:
- How will student leaders be incorporated into the session?
- How will they be empowered to succeed during preparation and during the day of the conference?
- Session requirements:
- Level of expertise needed to participate fully (beginner, intermediate, expert)
- The maximum number of participants you can accommodate (room sizes vary from 30-100)
- Space set up requests (auditorium, tables/chairs, projector, speakers, etc.)
- Technology requirements:
- A list of which platforms can be used in the session: (MacBook, iPad, ProBook, ElitePad, Chromebook, other)
- Software and materials participants must have to participate (be specific)
- The name of the educator to be contacted about this proposal, and their email and phone number
Submit Proposals by 5 pm, Friday, March 15, 2019 to this online form or copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://bit.ly/MLTI-student-conference-proposals-2019. It is recommended that you type your answers in a separate document and then copy them into the form, so you can be sure to save your work.
General Timeline:
- Proposals due: 3/15
- Proposals selected: 3/22
- Registration open: 4/1
- Last day to register: 4/23
Spread the word – if you know of someone doing fantastic work involving technology with making, doing, or storytelling please encourage them to submit a proposal or send an email with suggestions to Amanda.Nguyen@maine.gov!
For more information or answers to questions, please visit the MLTI Student Conference page or contact Amanda Nguyen, Digital Learning Specialist at Amanda.Nguyen@maine.gov.