Registration

Registration fees are as follows:

Members: $165 for one day / $250 for both days
Nonmembers: $250 for one day / $350 for both days
Any Registrations received after November 1: $300 per day
Pathfinder Dinner Reception: $25
Membership fee (new or renewal): $35

Preregistration ends on November 1, 2004. Preregistration fees apply to any registrations that ARRIVE by that date. Conference fees for any conference registrations received AFTER November 1 will be billed at $300/day.

- If registration is received by November 1, a confirmation/receipt will be mailed to you prior to the conference. Confirmations for registrations received after November 1 will be held at the conference registration desk. Registration is on a first-come, first served basis. If preregistrations reach the hotel capacity limit, we will have to limit the number of walk-in registrants. If your registration arrives after the hotel capacity limit has been reached, we will mail back your registration with your check or purchase order.

Payment
- You may register on our website only if you pay by credit card. We have a secure site, so you may submit your card number. If you would prefer, you may fill out the credit card information on the registration form and then fax or mail it to us.

- If you are paying by check or purchase order, print out the registration form on our web site and mail it in with the payment. Mail to MassCUE, Inc., P.O. Box 812188, Wellesley, MA 02482.

- Registration form may be faxed to 781-416-4002 ONLY if accompanied by a purchase order or credit card information. The fax machine will be turned off at 5 PM on Monday, November 1.

- Your confirmation/receipt will be mailed to you, NOT handed out at the conference.

- Walk-in registrants must have cash, a check, a purchase order, or a purchase order number plus the correct billing address. Anyone who registers at the door must register at the walk-in rate of $300 per day.

- ALL PURCHASE ORDERS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A REGISTRATION FORM FOR EACH PERSON LISTED

- Make sure the name of each person attending the conference appears on the purchase order.

- MassCUE has no institutional or school membership, however, if SIX or more teachers from one school/district are registered at the same time and covered by the same check or purchase order, they may all register at the member price. A separate registration form must be filled out for each of them. If they register separately, with individual checks or purchase orders, the discount does not apply.

Refund Policy
Written requests for refunds must be received by Wednesday, November 10. Any refund request received after November 10 will not be honored. Refunds will be issued AFTER the conference. If a purchase order is submitted, it will be invoiced at the full amount unless a written request for cancellation is received by WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.

MassCUE Membership
If you are not a MassCUE member but you register at the member rate, you or your school system will be billed for the difference. If you have a question about your membership, you may call 781-235-5332. Please leave your name, your question, and your telephone number. If possible, please leave an evening telephone number.

Pathfinder Dinner and Reception, November 17
Wednesday night's dinner and reception is a Pathfinder Awards celebration. The 2004 Pathfinder Awards will be presented at that time. The Pathfinder reception includes a dinner and cash bar, and the fee is $25.00. Dinner is roast salmon, beef (sirloin), or chicken cordon bleu. Please register for the dinner reception in advance. Don't forget to give us your entrée choice.

To Stay at the Hotel
If you would like to stay at the conference hotel, arrangements must be made directly with the Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference Center. Call 800-582-3232 for reservations. Rooms usually fill quickly. 

There are also many other wonderful accommodations in Sturbridge and more can be found at the Sturbridge, Mass. web site (www.sturbridge.com).

In Case of Emergency
If someone needs to reach you in the event of an emergency they can call the hotel desk (508-347-7393), and the hotel staff will notify MassCUE's conference personnel. We do not have the ability to have you paged in the presentation rooms, but we will attempt to find you.

Cancelled Workshops
Workshops are not often cancelled at the conference, but sometimes a presenter cannot fulfill her commitment due to circumstances beyond his/her control. To avoid the disappointment of finding your preferred presentation cancelled at the last minute:

Check the Conference Web Site or Conference Message Board: There will be a message board set up near the registration area. Check the board for any session cancellations or additions to the conference program. You will also find any cancellations listed on this web site.

Questions - www.masscue.org
For updated workshop information, go to our conference web site. If you have any questions about your conference registration, please leave your name, telephone number, and question on the MassCUE answering machine (781-235-5332). You may e-mail your questions to masscue@masscue.org. Remember, MassCUE members are volunteers who teach full time, and they do not have the registration records, so all questions must go to 781-235-5332 or masscue@masscue.org.

If you have not received a confirmation from MassCUE 10 days before the conference, please call 781-235-5332 or email masscue@masscue.org to verify that we have received your registration form from your school system.

Official Conference Badges are Required
MassCUE Conference badges must be worn at all times to gain admission to conference sessions, the Hawthorne Exhibit Hall, and conference meals. Anyone whose preregistration form and payment arrives by Monday, November 1 will receive a confirmation in the US mail. Confirmations for anyone whose registration arrives after the November 1 deadline will be held in the conference registration area at the hotel. All badges will be handed out at the conference.

Courtyard Demonstrations
Demonstrations and hands-on presentations will be held throughout the day in the Courtyard demonstration rooms by: Kurzweil Educational Systems, Merrimack Education Center, Microsoft, Pearson Digital Learning, Scholastic, and TENCorp.

Handouts on the Web
Presenter “hand-out” materials that are made available to us will be posted on the conference web site: www.masscue.org. In addition, each conference participant will receive a flash drive. The handouts received prior to the conference will be loaded on the computers in “CUE Central” where participants will be invited to download the files onto their flash drives to take home.

Commercial (Exhibitor) Workshops
The program committee has worked with exhibitors to make sure they've used teacher-presenters or have had teachers take part in the planning of their presentations. Therefore, we have discontinued using the “Commercial” designation in our program listing. Expect to learn how a product can be valuable to you in your classroom in all workshops you attend.

Featured Presentations
In addition to their keynote speeches, Kenneth Jones and Jennifer Corriero will each present 2 workshops.

Kathy Schrock, well known educator and web site author, will be presenting on Wednesday, November 17.

Pathfinder Awards
Each year MassCUE recognizes a number of educators and leaders from across the state who have demonstrated leadership in their ability to find an effective pathway for planning and integrating the uses of technologies in education. Join us on Wednesday evening as we present a dinner reception to honor this year's recipients.

Conference Website
Use the MassCUE Conference website to plan ahead by identifying workshops that meet your own criteria.

Parking Alert
Don't be late for your first session.
If the Sturbridge Host lot is full, don't park in the lots of any of the businesses that are adjacent to the Host. Your car will be towed. When the Host parking lot is filled, you will be directed to a satellite parking lot 2 miles away. Beginning before 8 AM, there will be shuttle buses to drive you from the satellite parking to the Host and back again when you're ready to leave.

Carpool if you can. Save a parking space! Most people arrive before 8 AM, so plan to arrive early in case you need to take the time to leave your car in the satellite parking lot.

Certificates of Attendance
The Massachusetts Department of Education has ruled that PDP Providers may not award PDPs for attendance at professional conferences. In order for a course to qualify, it would have to involve a minimum of 10 hours of instruction, and there would have to be an exam or a written project/product at the end. MassCUE will provide certificates of attendance. Participants may use the certificates of attendance to combine with other hours and follow-up activities to earn PDPs in their districts.