Students Involved with Technology Conference-Sat., Feb. 21

STUDENTS INVOLVED WITH TECHNOLOGY (SIT) CONFERENCE

The Annual Students Involved with Technology (SIT) Conference for students in grades 3-12 takes place Saturday, February 21 from 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Aptakisic Junior High School, 1231 Weiland Rd., Buffalo Grove, IL. SIT is a unique technology conference for students, by students. Students in grades 3-12 participate in this full day of technology workshops learning from their peers, technology guest speakers, technology educators and mentors.

About the Conference:

Students can choose from a wide variety of technology learning sessions and competitive activities throughout the conference day. Students decide which sessions to attend from topics they wish to learn more about that include 3D printing, coding, robotics, gaming, hardware , app development, YouTube channel creations, and much, much more. Students can also choose to be a SIT presenter and host a session teaching their peers. Presenters develop a 20-minute session on a technology topic of their choice; create a handout for their session, and field questions and answers at the end of their presentation.

SIT strives to replicate an industry-level conference experience for its attendees, complete with opening session keynote speaker, a selection of presentations and demonstrations, snack and lunch. The day concludes with a closing session with contest announcements, drawings and prizes.

Multiple Conference Sites throughout Illinois:

Each year the SIT Conference strives to expand its accessibility to regions across Illinois. This years’ SIT Conference will not only take place at Aptakisic Junior High School, it will be hosted simultaneously in other sites throughout the state of Illinois: Carbondale (Southern Illinois); DeKalb (Northern Illinois); East Moline (Western Illinois); Heartland Community College (Bloomington-Normal), and Downers Grove (South Chicago area). Anticipated student participation between all 6 sites will reach over 2000.

Conference Sponsorship:

The SIT Conference is sponsored through the Bloomington-Normal Education Alliance Technology Committee, with partners representing Illinois State University, Heartland Community College, Unit 5, District 87, Olympia Schools, Regional Office of Education, Bloomington Public Library and State Farm.

Volunteers Needed:

Adult volunteers are needed. Please register by visiting the conference website located at www.sitconference.org

For additional information about the SIT conference in Buffalo Grove, contact Amy Lamberti at amylynnlamberti@gmail.com or Charlene Chausis at cchausis@d102.org. For general SIT conference information, please email info@sitconference.org or visit the conference website located at www.sitconference.org

Note: Only SIT participants who pre-registered by the January 23, 2015 deadline date are admitted. No on-site registrations will be available at the door.