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DigitalStream Conference March 17-19, 2008
Post-Conference Workshop March 19

Join Education's DigitalStream
California State University Monterey Bay announces the 10th Annual DigitalStream Conference. Each year, the DigitalStream Conference attracts more than 300 attendees from California, across the country and overseas to share their interest in the study of foreign languages and the best uses of technology in the language classroom.

The conference provides a unique forum of scheduled presentations, panel discussions, hands-on workshops and technology exhibitions where language teachers, technologists, administrators and vendors can share useful and cutting-edge information and learn from one another.
Online Registration is now closed. Onsite registration begins Sunday March 16, at 2pm, at the University Center on 6th Avenue.


Banquet
The Tuesday evening Banquet will be held at the Portola Hotel & Spa in downtown Monterey.The menu is tempting, so bring a friend!
The Banquet features a dinner speaker, cultural entertainment by local performers and dancers, and more! The best deal for the banquet is to register for the 'package' rate. See the registration rates page for details!

2008 Post Conference Event
Technology Tour of Monterey: Visit cutting edge language technology resources in this area!

2008 Theme
The Next Decade—Vision and Transformation


Keynote Speakers

Rebecca Oxford,
University of Maryland

Barbara Sawhill,
Oberlin College

Rebecca Oxford  photo
Barbara Sawhill photo

Banquet Speaker

Louis F. Provenzano, Jr.
President & Chief Operating Officer
Language Line Services

 

Rebecca Oxford  photo
 

 


Location
The DigitalStream Conference is headquartered on the CSUMB campus in the University Center Building on Sixth Avenue. Please see the Directions page for driving directions and a campus map. Park in Lots 28 or 29.

Vendor Expo
Several vendors willl be onsite to exhibit and present their company's products and services which demonstrate best practices in the use of technology for enhancing the teaching of languages and cultures.


Technology
Attendees will have access to Wireless Networking during the conference in most conference locations. Please see http://it.csumb.edu/services/wireless/authentication.html for information on authenticating on our network. This FAQ has much more detail on Wireless at CSUMB.

Twitter
Attendees can 'Twitter' at each other here. Barbara Sawhill's keynote will feature this technology and you can follow it here! And you can follow tweme users at http://twemes.com/ds2008! Insert #ds2008 to contribute.

     

     
     
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