Thursday, July 13, 2006
AERA SIG-Instructional Technology
Another message on behalf of another SIG, with timely information in it relevant to the Rural Education SIG as well (i.e., please note the information regarding the number of conference slots).
A message from Bill Kealy (wkealy@coedu.usf.edu ) to AERA_SIG_Instructional_Technology-Announce@listserv.aera.net
>>>> PLEASE DO NOT "REPLY" TO THIS E-MAIL <<<<<< href="mailto:wkealy@coedu.usf.edu" target="_blank">wkealy@coedu.usf.edu
Dear SIG-IT members:
At this time, many of you are busy preparing proposals for next year's AERA Annual Meeting. In that regard, please consider two requests:
1) Assist our efforts to increase SIG-IT membership, and
2) Submit your AERA conference proposals to SIG-Instructional Technology.
This year for the first time, both the size of a SIG and the number of proposal submissions it receives will determine the allocation of sessions (symposia, papers, roundtables, and posters) on the conference program. Therefore, by renewing your membership in SIG-IT and sending your proposal to it, you're helping the SIG warrant a greater number of opportunties to sponsor research presentations. Simply put, by helping your SIG, you help yourself.
With an active membership of 358, SIG-IT remains one of the largest Special Interest Groups in AERA (roughly seventh place out of 156 SIGs). Clearly, the possibility of being the largest SIG in AERA is well within our grasp. You can make a difference in giving SIG-IT national visibility. Many of our IT colleagues and professional associates would readily join SIG-IT...if they were just informed that such a group exists. If you know people in your workplace who are new to the IT field or have students in IT-related disciplines, please encourage them to join. Student membership in AERA is only $25 (remind them about the great Job Placement Center at the annual meeting!) and SIG-IT membership is only an additional $7.
You can now join AERA/SIG-IT or renew your membership online with a credit card.
If know people who are already members of AERA and want to join SIG-IT, tell them go to the Login page at https://www.aera.net/login.aspx?ReturnURL=/MemberNet/Default.aspx, click SIG Memberships, and then select Purchase Additional SIG Memberships. [NOTE THAT THE SAME PROCESS ALSO APPLIES TO THE RURAL EDUCATION SIG]
Once again, please consider sending your research proposals to SIG-IT. This is venue where you have the best chance of having your research understood and appreciated by reviewers who, like you, are instructional technology professionals.
Best wishes for your continued success,
Bill Kealy
Chair, SIG-Instructional Technology
Tags: AERA2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education
A message from Bill Kealy (wkealy@coedu.usf.edu ) to AERA_SIG_Instructional_Technology-Announce@listserv.aera.net
>>>> PLEASE DO NOT "REPLY" TO THIS E-MAIL <<<<<< href="mailto:wkealy@coedu.usf.edu" target="_blank">wkealy@coedu.usf.edu
Dear SIG-IT members:
At this time, many of you are busy preparing proposals for next year's AERA Annual Meeting. In that regard, please consider two requests:
1) Assist our efforts to increase SIG-IT membership, and
2) Submit your AERA conference proposals to SIG-Instructional Technology.
This year for the first time, both the size of a SIG and the number of proposal submissions it receives will determine the allocation of sessions (symposia, papers, roundtables, and posters) on the conference program. Therefore, by renewing your membership in SIG-IT and sending your proposal to it, you're helping the SIG warrant a greater number of opportunties to sponsor research presentations. Simply put, by helping your SIG, you help yourself.
With an active membership of 358, SIG-IT remains one of the largest Special Interest Groups in AERA (roughly seventh place out of 156 SIGs). Clearly, the possibility of being the largest SIG in AERA is well within our grasp. You can make a difference in giving SIG-IT national visibility. Many of our IT colleagues and professional associates would readily join SIG-IT...if they were just informed that such a group exists. If you know people in your workplace who are new to the IT field or have students in IT-related disciplines, please encourage them to join. Student membership in AERA is only $25 (remind them about the great Job Placement Center at the annual meeting!) and SIG-IT membership is only an additional $7.
You can now join AERA/SIG-IT or renew your membership online with a credit card.
If know people who are already members of AERA and want to join SIG-IT, tell them go to the Login page at https://www.aera.net/login.aspx?ReturnURL=/MemberNet/Default.aspx, click SIG Memberships, and then select Purchase Additional SIG Memberships. [NOTE THAT THE SAME PROCESS ALSO APPLIES TO THE RURAL EDUCATION SIG]
Once again, please consider sending your research proposals to SIG-IT. This is venue where you have the best chance of having your research understood and appreciated by reviewers who, like you, are instructional technology professionals.
Best wishes for your continued success,
Bill Kealy
Chair, SIG-Instructional Technology
Tags: AERA2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education
