Social Technology and Education

There are a couple of upcoming events scheduled for August 14/15th in Boston which some members of the core Elgg team will be attending.

Firstly, Elgg is one of the sponsors of the Social Technology and Education conference being held at Harvard University, Cambridge. The conference has the following themes and is looking for speakers:

• A Survey of Social Tools and How They Work (Facebook, Twitter, Ning, Flickr, Elgg, etc)
• Case Studies: Social Networks in Schools
• Behavior Management Issues: acceptable use policies, privacy, vandalism, appropriate content, security and more
• Panel: "Co-opt or Compete?" Should schools embrace commercial tools or build their own infrastructure?
• Creating Communities of Learning: How to use tools to advance educational goals
• Technology for Teachers: A session explaining the basic technology terms that will help teachers who want to set up social tools without calling in computer support

Then, on the back of this conference, there is going to be an ElggCamp Boston, so, if you are interested in Elgg, please sign up and come along.