June 2, 2009
For Immediate Release

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UVU to Host Fifth Annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange

Three keynote speakers with extensive expertise in the importance of social media in education highlight the fifth annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange (TTIX) to be held on the Utah Valley University campus June 4-5.

"We want professors from not just UVU, but those from around the state and the country to leverage their teaching by using technology," said Jared Stein, UVU’s director of instructional design & development.

University of British Columbia experts Brian Lamb, manager of emerging technologies and digital content, and Scott Leslie, manager of shareable online learning resources, as well as Chris Lott, a disruptive technologist at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks will lead participants in the two-day conference on how to effectively use technology such as blogging, Twitter, Flickr and other social media for educational purposes.

"They are high-energy people and they are on the cutting edge of using social media in education," Stein said.

The pre-conference workshop, entitled "Grow Your Personal Learning Environment with Web 2.0" and taught by Stein, will be held 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, in the Library, room 206.

The main conference begins 9 a.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Lakeview Room in the Library. Sessions will run concurrently each hour throughout the day. Keynote speakers and workshops continue Friday, June 5, (again, starting at 9 a.m.) in the Lakeview Room.

Admission to TTIX 2009 is free, but there is a small fee for the pre-conference workshop.

More information, including a session schedule and registration, for the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange and the pre-conference workshop can be found at www.ttix.org.

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