Save the dates! January 31 to February 3, 2011
INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE 2011 WHERE
Orlando Doubletree Resort To reserve your room at the special INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS rate of $89.00 per night, call: 800-327-0363.
WHAT
Monday: Registration and Opening Event Tuesday: Focus on Pastoral and Faith-Based Educational Technology Wednesday-Thursday: Visit the Florida Educational Technology Conference at the Orlando Convention Center. Stimulate your imagination with a choice of 200 sessions and more than 500 exhibiting technology vendors. Enjoy networking opportunities with colleagues from nearby and around the world. Other pre- and post-conference events include FETC hands-on workshops and other options soon to be announced.
I believe that we as religious educators must engage the youth where they are. At the present time, our children and youth are digital natives and so we must find ways to use the technology in assisting the youth as they develop spiritually. Although the technology may seem very foreign to us, I believe we must find ways to incorporate the technology in our religious education programs to make it innovative and appealing. — Brian R. Merry, Director of Religious Education, Installation Chaplain Office, Fort Sam Houston TX
Attending FETC alone would not have been as effective as being with the Interactive Connections group. Having the opportunity at night to pray and compare notes with the other participants helped me to process a great deal of information and plan how to best spend my time at the conference. It also gave me great hope in the future of using technology in spreading the Gospel. — Shannon Loughlin, Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry, Diocese of Rochester
Who came in 2010? Ministries represented at the 2010 conference included school superintendents, diocesan educational technology specialists, parish DREs, directors of young adult and campus ministry, university faculty, diocesan program coordinators, catechists, and many others involved in ministry at all levels. These pioneers came to Orlando from numerous U.S. cities and two other continents.
IC Updates
Join INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS Membership in the NEW INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS organization brings benefits and opportunities: • I NTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER (Quarterly digital edition) • IC Updates (monthly e-newsletter beginning September 2010) • Special interest groups (Digital Storytelling, Online Formation, Web 2.0 Tools, Digital Catechesis, Global Social Networking Projects, and you tell us what else!) • Member prices on IC books and webinars (scheduled for January 2012) • INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS Annual Conference and Exposition discount • Voting privileges • Awards and recognition opportunities • INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS social networking opportunities (Including Nings, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the blog) • Volunteer leadership (local to international) • Professional development, including white papers, training, and access to high quality webinars (scheduled for January 2012)
Member Prices
Special Interest Groups
Social Networking
Professional Development
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I am interested in Special Interest Groups:
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Enclose check for first-year dues of $50 (payable to INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank) Mail your application to: INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS, 557 Dove Terrace West, Oldsmar, FL 34677. Questions? Call Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF, president and founder of INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS, 727-744-4684.