Education World® Brings The Technology Learning Center to The NMSA Convention! Education World(R) is proud to be "Launching Into The Millenium" with the National Middle School Association's (NMSA) annual convention in Orlando, Florida. (October 27, 1999) In celebration of the National Middle School Association's annual conference, Launching into the Millenium, the Education World staff is looking forward to an exciting few days in Orlando. If you're there, be sure to come up and introduce yourself! Convention attendees can join classes, workshops and computer labs, all offered to provide participants with practical applications for better use of technology in the classroom. In addition to daily educational programs, visitors can relax in the lounge, speak with industry experts, surf the web or just check their email. Look below for the Technology Learning Center's agenda of programs. Agenda October 28 -30, 1999 NMSA Technology Learning Center -- "Tools You Can Use" Brought to you by EDUCATION WORLD Technology Learning Center hours: Thursday, October 28 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday, October 29 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 30 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:00 pm -- Open Lab 1:00 pm -- PBS (Joe Hammond) - "More Than Television: PBS TeacherSource in Today's Classroom." 2:00 pm -- MainXchange, Inc. (Jeanne Moellendick) - "Teaching Stock Market Savvy in Your Classroom" 3:00 pm -- SMART Technologies Inc. (Richard Schlinkert) - Interactive Computer-Based Learning with SMART Roomware™ 4:00 pm -- Cisco Systems (Steve Sandis)- "E-Learning: Education in the Internet Generation" 5:00 pm -- Lab Closed Friday, October 29, 1999 9:00 am -- Open Lab 10:00 am -- Cable in the Classroom's Professional Development Institute (David Debs) - "Surfing for Educational Resources" 11:00 am -- Education World (Gary Hopkins) Practical usage of the Internet in the classroom 12:00 pm -- Open Lab 1:00 pm -- USA TODAY Education (Diane Harris) - "Real News - Real Life - Real World Applications" 2:00 pm -- Cisco Systems (Steve Sandis) - "E-Learning: Education in the Internet Generation" 3:00 pm -- Copernicus (Mary Cullinane) - "Harnessing the Internet for the K-12 World" 4:00 pm -- Teachers Teaching With Technology (Chris Ruda) - "Calculate Success!" integrating calculators across the curriculum to enhance mathematics 5:00 -- Lab Closed Saturday, October 30, 1999 9:00 am -- Education World (Gary Hopkins) - Practical usage of the Internet in the classroom 10:00 am -- Cable in the Classroom's Professional Development Institute (David Debs) - "Surfing for Educational Resources" 11:00 am -- CIDCO (Jeff Edman) - "MailStation™: E-mail Made Easy" 12:00 pm -- Copernicus (Mary Cullinane) - "Harnessing the Internet for the K-12 World" 1:00 pm -- Open Lab - announce EdWorld Jacket Winner 1:30 pm -- Lab Closed Technology Learning Center is provided in cooperation with: Cable in the Classrom, CIDCO, Cisco Systems, Copernicus, MainXchange, Inc., SMART Technologies Inc., Texas Instruments, and USA Today Education