FETC News

  • FETC explores a sea change in education
    Fri, Jan 30, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    At a conference where participants discussed the sea change occurring in today's schools and explored ways of using technology to meet the needs of a new generation of learners, perhaps it was only fitting that the opening keynote speaker was Philippe Cousteau, grandson of the famed ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who spoke of technology's power to reach students worldwide. Key Concepts: FETC, educational gaming, environment issues, interactive media [ Read More ]

  • How to use interactive media as teaching tools
    Thu, Jan 29, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Interactive media has changed the way students learn and will continue to change the way teachers teach, says Chris Dede, a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Key concepts: Chris Dede, FETC, interactive media [ Read More ]

  • Technology brings a rising tide of change
    Fri, Jan 23, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    It is up to educators to inspire their students to become environmental leaders and help restore and protect the world's oceans, said Philippe Cousteau, chief ocean correspondent for Animal Planet, at the opening general session of the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando. Key concepts: Philippe Cousteau, environment issues, FETC [ Read More ]

  • FETC 2009 kicks off Jan. 22
    Thu, Jan 08, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Thousands of educators from across the nation will convene in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 22-24 for the annual Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC)--and eSchool News will be there, too, providing daily conference updates from the convention center floor. Key concepts: FETC 2009, education conferences, Philippe Cousteau [ Read More ]

  • Educators glimpse the future of assessment
    Mon, Jan 28, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC , News & Notes
    A Jan. 25 presentation by Harvard University professor Chris Dede at the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando revealed a vision for assessment that is much richer and potentially more useful than what currently exists in schools. [ Read More ]

  • Today's reading programs also strong on science
    Fri, Jan 25, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    At the 2008 Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, Vanderbilt University professor Ted Hasselbring discussed what researchers have discovered about the science of learning--and how software providers are using this information to create reading programs that work. [ Read More ]

  • Corwin to educators: 'Empower young minds'
    Thu, Jan 24, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Technology can help bring the world to students' desktops, and it can empower whole communities to come together and make a difference: That was the key message of Emmy award-winner Jeff Corwin, who urged educators to use their position of influence to build students' sense of compassion and understanding of the world around them. [ Read More ]

  • FETC 2008: Educational innovation starts here
    Tue, Jan 15, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Don't miss the Florida Educational Technology Corporation (FETC) conference, one of the largest conferences in the United States devoted to educational technology, to be held January 22-25, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. FETC is designed for teachers, principals and deans, district administrators, curriculum designers, media specialists, technology directors and various other educators, and gives all attendees the opportunity to learn how to integrate different technologies across the curriculum--from kindergarten to college--while being exposed to the latest hardware, software, and successful strategies on student technology use. [ Read More ]

  • Change arrives at FETC 2007
    Thu, Mar 01, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Barely more than a week after business-to-business information company 1105 Media Inc. of Chatsworth, Calif., announced that it had acquired Florida Educational Technology Corp.--the long-time producer of the annual Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC)--this year's FETC kicked off at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando Jan. 24. [ Read More ]

  • News from the FETC exhibit hall
    Thu, Mar 01, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Instructional technology Apex Learning, known primarily as a publisher of online Advanced Placement courses for high schools, announced the expansion of its course catalog for the 2007-08 school year. Aiming to provide a full suite of internet resources for use in online and traditional brick-and-mortar schools, the company now will offer standards-based digital curricula for a range of disciplines, including math, science, English, social studies, and world languages. Apex says its new offerings will give the company a course selection capable of meeting the graduation requirements of most states. http://www.apexlearning.com [ Read More ]

  • Change arrives at FETC 2007
    Mon, Feb 05, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    For the teachers, administrators, and educational technology experts who attended this year's Florida Educational Technology Conference, change was a common theme that resonated throughout the three-day event: changing the world, changing technologies, and changing expectations for today's students. [ Read More ]

  • Business publisher takes over FETC
    Thu, Jan 18, 2007    Primary Topic Channel:  FETC
    Business publisher 1105 Media Inc. has acquired Florida Educational Technology Corp., the group responsible for producing the annual Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC). The news comes just a week before ed-tech advocates will begin heading to Orlando, Fla., for this year’s FETC, one of the nation’s largest educational technology trade shows. [ Read More ]