[Squeakland] SqueakFest '05: save the dates

[Wade Roberts]

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
wroberts at colum.edu

Kim Rose
Viewpoints Research Institute and HP Labs, the Hewlett Packard Company
kim.rose at squeakland.org