Registration Opens for ACU's 2011 Connected Summit Conference to Draw Cross-Section of Viewpoints

Dec. 28, 2010 - PRLog -- ABILENE, TEXAS  – Registration to attend Abilene Christian University’s (ACU) two-day Connected Summit conference Feb. 28 through March 1, 2011.  The cost is $585.

The 2011 Connected Summit offers a forum for educators, administrators, government policymakers and technologists to explore the opportunities and challenges facing education today, especially in mobile learning and the emerging role of digital books.

Registration is available at http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/conferences/summit/attend/register.html.

The theme will be “Turning the Page: The Next Chapter in Education.”  Track sessions include Research; Media & Mobility; The Future of Books; Infrastructure & Logistics; Student & Campus Services; Teaching & Learning; K-12 Education; and Leadership. The conference will include three sessions of Connected Talks – fashioned after the dynamic and insightful TED talks – each with a specific focus: Learning; Books; and Integration of Teaching and Books. For more information: http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/conferences/...

“ACU’s first Connected Summit in 2009 focused on mobile technology and its emergence as a force in education,” said George Saltsman, executive director of ACU’s Adams Center for Teaching and Learning. “The 2011 conference will expand that focus, incorporating a discussion of the emerging digital books and other tools, and their potential for improving 21st-century education.”

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and Karen Cator, director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education are slated for live keynote addresses at the conference, which will be held on the campus of ACU in Abilene, Texas. http://www.acu.edu/connected

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ABOUT ACU’S MOBILE-LEARNING INITIATIVE, CONNECTED
In a world of search engines, social networking, and mobile computers, students have access to more information than one could process in a lifetime. In 2008 Abilene Christian University launched a mobile-learning initiative, Connected, which trains students to not merely consume these vast amounts of information, but to assess information, to synthesize thoughts, to generate new ideas, and to contribute meaningfully to conversations of global importance. For educators and administrators to engage in dialogue, research and idea-sharing, ACU hosts live and online conferences. U.S. News & World Report named ACU one of “America’s Best Colleges” in 2011 ranking 19th overall. In 2010, Forbes rated ACU in the top seven percent of colleges and universities in the USA. Nearly 5,000 students attend ACU, including about 630 graduate students, from 49 states and provinces in the USA and about 40 nations.