Media Advisory

TO                         EDUCATION REPORTERS, PSA DIRECTORS

FROM                     Alaska Society for Technology in Education

SUBJECT                "Vehicles of Change," 1998 ASTE Conference

LOCATION              William E. Egan Civic and Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska

DATE & TIME          April 5-7, 1998

The Alaska Society for Technology in Education is hosting a trade show and conference on global community and technology implementation in the classroom April 5-7 at the William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage. The keynote speaker for the conference is Bellevue, Wash. teacher and Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award-recipient Chris Held. His presentation "This We Know: All Things are Connected," will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday April 5 at the Egan Center and is free and open to the public.

Hands-on workshops throughout the conference include topics such as web publishing for the classroom and multimedia for primary classrooms.

For more information or to register, contact UAF's Conferences and Special Events at (907) 474-7800, or visit the ASTE web page at: http://transition.alaska.edu/aste

CONTACT: UAF Conferences and Special Events (907) 474-7800

IS/DPD/3-30-98/98-046