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POSSCON 2011
02/22/2011 01:35 PM
POSSCON 2011 - Join your colleagues in
Columbia, South Carolina March 23-25 to
learn about open source software.
The Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management would like to encourage you to join your colleagues in Columbia March 23-25 to learn more about teaching and saving money with open source software.
Why?
1. Open Source software can be an excellent way to save money in the classroom and introduce students to Information Technology. With IT budgets shrinking and fewer kids going into IT, there has never been a time when
this was needed more.
2. More than 80% of all business and government organizations use open source software in some capacity. To be adequately prepared for the future, teachers need to be aware of the technologies their students will be
expected to know and work with. In addition, teachers need to know the best way to teach it.
3. It is a wonderful opportunity to network with your colleagues. In 2010 more than 350 people attended POSSCON from 14 states. In addition, more than 19 colleges and universities were represented as well as SC school districts.
4. It is a wonderful opportunity to expose your students to a world class IT conference without having to travel to the west coast or spend a ton of money. Students take field trips to zoos and theatres all the time. Why not bring them to an IT conference where they can learn more about cool technologies and future jobs?
5. POSSCON is the most affordable world class IT conference you will ever see. For teachers, professors, and administrators, the cost to register is $79 per person for all three days of content if you use the discount code
'CESM' when registering before March 1. The first 150 students are FREE. Comparable conferences cost anywhere between $500 and $1800.
Topics and sessions to be featured:
- Open Source 101 - What Does it Mean - How is it Different
- Open Source Resources for Teaching
- Open Source Curriculum for IT Teachers & Next Generation Developers
- Getting Kids & Students Involved in IT/Open Source
- Fun and Easy Programming for K-12
- Learning to Use the Sugar Platform
- Scratch
- Many more
POSSCON 2011 will take place March 23-25 (Wednesday - Friday) at the Columbia Convention Center in Columbia, SC. In 2010 more than 350 people from 14 states attended. In 2011, we expect more than 500.
For more information and to register go to www.posscon.org .
The Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management would like to encourage you to join your colleagues in Columbia March 23-25 to learn more about teaching and saving money with open source software.
Why?
1. Open Source software can be an excellent way to save money in the classroom and introduce students to Information Technology. With IT budgets shrinking and fewer kids going into IT, there has never been a time when
this was needed more.
2. More than 80% of all business and government organizations use open source software in some capacity. To be adequately prepared for the future, teachers need to be aware of the technologies their students will be
expected to know and work with. In addition, teachers need to know the best way to teach it.
3. It is a wonderful opportunity to network with your colleagues. In 2010 more than 350 people attended POSSCON from 14 states. In addition, more than 19 colleges and universities were represented as well as SC school districts.
4. It is a wonderful opportunity to expose your students to a world class IT conference without having to travel to the west coast or spend a ton of money. Students take field trips to zoos and theatres all the time. Why not bring them to an IT conference where they can learn more about cool technologies and future jobs?
5. POSSCON is the most affordable world class IT conference you will ever see. For teachers, professors, and administrators, the cost to register is $79 per person for all three days of content if you use the discount code
'CESM' when registering before March 1. The first 150 students are FREE. Comparable conferences cost anywhere between $500 and $1800.
Topics and sessions to be featured:
- Open Source 101 - What Does it Mean - How is it Different
- Open Source Resources for Teaching
- Open Source Curriculum for IT Teachers & Next Generation Developers
- Getting Kids & Students Involved in IT/Open Source
- Fun and Easy Programming for K-12
- Learning to Use the Sugar Platform
- Scratch
- Many more
POSSCON 2011 will take place March 23-25 (Wednesday - Friday) at the Columbia Convention Center in Columbia, SC. In 2010 more than 350 people from 14 states attended. In 2011, we expect more than 500.
For more information and to register go to www.posscon.org .