About the 4T Conference
The 4T Virtual Conference began as a grassroots effort in 2011 as an opportunity for educators from across the globe to connect, network, and learn from each other about issues in technology education. About 700 K-16 educators from across the globe sign up each year to attend the conference! The conference is hosted by the faculty at the University of Michigan School of Education and School of Information. We are proud to partner with Oakland County Schools, the Washtenaw Intermedia School District, and Livingston LESA in Michigan.
The conference is FREE and OPEN to all educators. The sessions target K-12 practicing and preservice teachers. The conference is held virtually—no plane tickets, no hotel fees! Links to the virtual rooms are found on the conference schedule page. The 4T conference is unique from other virtual conferences because all the lead presenters (all K-12 teachers) go through 12 to 14 hours of professional development training on how to instructionally design an interactive and engaging virtual classroom (eg...webinar)! There are no other conferences that train their presenters like this! As a result, you can expect ALL our sessions to be interactive, engaging and informative. This year the conference sessions will begin on Saturday May 16th at 9:00am EST. The opening keynote will begin on Sunday, May 17th at 8:00 p.m. EST and the conference will continue through 10:00 p.m. on Monday, May 18th. See our schedule for further details of sessions. All sessions will be live and archived. K-16 educator are encouraged to apply to present at this international conference. A select group of K-12 educators will be selected to participate in our PD workshops on developing an online webinar (see details and application here). Another select group of K-16 educators will be presenting in our lightning sessions (application for the lightning sessions). The conference is run by instructors from the teacher education and library science programs at the University of Michigan School. While the conference is free and open, registration is required to attend sessions as well as receive the archived recordings. In addition, interested educators can get continuing education credit’s by attending the virtual conference. |
May 16th-18th 2015
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