-- Gary Ackerman, Ph.D.
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From: nelms@nelms.org
Date: February 28, 2013, 12:05:43 PM EST
To: "Dr. Gary L. Ackerman" <gary@hackscience.net>
Subject: We are extending Early Registration!
Reply-To: NELMS <nelms@nelms.org>
February 28, 2013-Early Reg Extended 32nd Annual Conference
April 4 & 5, 2013
Early Registration Period has been extended!!You can now get the early registration rate until March 18th! Come and join us!
A sneak peek at some of the titles for the concurrent workshop session!
- Student Led Conferencing: Putting Responsibility Where It Belongs
- Confronting Bullying Through Music, Theatre and Dance
- Digital Literacy and the Common Core
- Minimizing the Risk of School Violence
- STEM in Action: Robotics in the Classroom
- Using iPad Apps in YOUR Classroom
- STEM is Ecology! A Systems Based Approach to Education
- Standards-based Grading in a Traditional School
- Standards-based Grading: Making Students Accountable
- What Are You Doing in Advisory Today?
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For more information and registration form about this Annual Conference:
Prices for the 2013 Annual Conference
Same price as last year! Early Registration Rate EXTENDING to March 18, 2013!
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Birchland Park Middle Schook, East Longmeadow, MA
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