Field Trips: Events for Educators

June

Architecture on the Edge: AIA Convention 2006

Los Angeles, California, June 8-10

Seek out seminars such as "Innovative Learning Environments That Inspire."

Community Schools: Creating the Conditions for Learning

Baltimore, Maryland, June 14-16

Join the Coalition for Community Schools to discuss how community-integrated schools create an environment in which all children can learn and succeed.

Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation Annual Conference

Boston, Massachusetts, June 21-23

Come one, come all to a comprehensive international forum on the use of one-to-one computing in learning.

National PTA Annual Convention and Exhibition

Phoenix, Arizona, June 23-26

Attention, anyone set on bettering our kids' time in school: Get ready to share ideas about everything from fund raising to fitness. An impressive lineup of keynote speakers includes two stars from Sesame Street.

July

National Educational Computing Conference

San Diego, California, July 5-7

The biggie. Named Best Educational Conference in last issue's Readers' Survey, due to stellar content about tech for teachers. See you there.

2006 Institute for Middle-Level Leadership

Charleston, South Carolina, July 9-12

Midway, Utah, July 16-19

Learn to meet the challenges of NCLB, engage every student, and much more.