Columbia College Chicago is delighted to announce the dates for
SqueakFest ’05: Wednesday, August 10, through Saturday, August 13, 2005.
SqueakFest expands this year to include an additional day. Wednesday
will be devoted entirely to hands-on workshops, while Thursday through
mid-day Saturday will be dedicated to panels, presentations, and
additional workshops. Participants will be able to register for all four
days (including the Wednesday workshops) or for the main three-day
conference.
Dr. Alan Kay will kick off the main conference with a keynote address
Thursday morning, August 11. Kay will previously receive an honorary
Doctorate of Letters at the Columbia College Chicago School of Media
Arts Commencement on June 5, 2005.
In addition to the hands-on workshops, and panels and presentations
about Squeak, Etoys, Tweak, Croquet, classroom experiences, and
project-based curriculum development, there will be plenty of time to
socialize, share, and engage in small-group discussions.
Details will follow soon about accommodations, on-line registration, and
the tentative conference schedule. The home for SqueakFest ’05 will be
the University Center, the site of last year’s conference.
Please feel free to circulate this announcement to interested parties,
such as public school teachers, college teacher educators, programmers,
and researchers. Professional development credits will again be
available for K-12 educators
SqueakFest ’05 is sponsored by the Interactive Multimedia and Early
Childhood Education Programs and Schools of Media Arts and Liberal Arts
and Sciences at Columbia College Chicago, and by Viewpoints Research
Institute.
Columbia College Chicago is an undergraduate and graduate college, with
an enrollment of more than 10,000, which offers degrees in the visual,
performing, media and communication arts. By mission, it is
open-admissions at the undergraduate level, with a commitment to
extending higher education to those with an affinity for the disciplines
that the College encompasses. Columbia College Chicago is located in
Chicago’s South Loop, across from Grant Park and on the shores of Lake
Michigan.
Suggestions about workshops, panels, papers, and presentations are
welcome as we begin to develop the schedule.
Wade Roberts
Director, Interactive Multimedia Program
Columbia College Chicago
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Kim Rose
Viewpoints Research Institute and HP Labs, the Hewlett Packard Company
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