SLATE Conference 2010 - Get Connected!

In only a few short weeks, nearly 200 individuals representing over 50 institutions will converge on the University of Chicago for the 8th Annual SLATE Conference. The SLATE Conference is an annual event presented by the Midwest Blackboard Users Group and hosted by the University of Chicago. This conference invites all faculty, system administrators, CIO's, Web developers, instructional designers, librarians, students, and user support staff from institutions that are deploying and/or currently using any Web-based tools, applications or programs, in their teaching and learning. One of the many goals of this conference is to provide a forum where all participants are able to connect, gather ideas, and find opportunities for future collaboration.

Before, during, and after the conference, there are many ways to connect! We're created a few social networking opportunities using some of the most popular social networking tools. Feel free to begin connecting now using any of the following tools:

• Facebook: Join the SLATE '10 group in Facebook to connect with other conference attendees, share photos, videos, and links to resources shared during the conference.
  
  
• Twitter: Tag all your conference-related tweets using the hashtag #slate10 to add your tweets to the conference-related conversations via Twitter. Also, follow @slategroup on Twitter for conference news and updates as well as monthly SLATE Group meeting notices and notes.
  
  
• Twubs: Twitter group built around content aggregated from the conference hashtag, #slate10, is available at http://twubs.com/slate10. Those tweeting during the conference, please also join the conference Twub! Members can easily tweet conference-related photos, videos, and links that will automatically be tagged with the conference hashtag and aggregated with other conference-specific social media.
  
  
• SlideShare: Are you a conference presenter or vendor? Upload you presentation to SlideShare and then add it to the SLATE '10 event on SlideShare to share with attendees
  
  
• Diigo: If you are using a social bookmarking tool like Diigo to keep track of resources during the conference, join the SLATE '10 Diigo group at http://groups.diigo.com/group/slate10 and share your conference-related bookmarks with the group!

• Other social networking tools: Use the tag slate10 whenever posting to other online social networking tools. If you have other tools that you recommend for the SLATE Conference, leave a comment here with your suggestions!

Let's get connected! We look forward to seeing you at the conference and to connecting online.