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Join us in Washington, D.C. the week of June 28th attending the National Education Computing Conference (NECC). Find us contributing to the discussion at many of the Web 2.0 related sessions and the discussion on Twitter.  Scheduled to attend this year are Steve Burt, Julia Fischer, and Thor Prichard.  As has been common practice in years past, we'll post updates about our experiences on the staff blog.

With an increasing demand on educational institutions to improve student achievement, more and more foundations and government grants are requiring partnerships and collaborations with third-party organizations that can add expertise and enhance the effectiveness of an initative or program funded by grants. Recognizing this need, we've published information about how Clarity Innovations can be your effective partner.

If you're attending Innotech Oregon, let us know and we'll make it a point to meet up and say hello. Now in its sixth year, Innotech Oregon brings together nearly 2,000 business and technology professionals to share ideas, strategies, trends and analysis. This year, Malcolm Heath will be onsite for the NW ISSA Security Conference taking place in conjunction with Innotech Oregon. The event is April 23, 2009 at the Oregon Convention Center.

In the last ten years, we've come to amass a collection of useful references for developing new curriculum, evaluating technologies and making recommendations to clients.  Here's a list of the popular resources in our bibliography.

Look for the gang at WebVisions, a conference that explores the future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy. We'll be there to uncover trends and agents of change that force everyone to rethink their assumptions about the Web. While there, we'll be hosting an informal meetup of educational technology enthusiasts to discuss how the ideas presented apply to K12 education (details to follow). WebVisions takes place May 21-22, 2009 at the Oregon Convention Center and is generally considered by locals as "the creative conference for the Web."

Every so often, the team at Clarity Innovations invites our extended network folks in the neighborhood of Portland, Oregon to come join us for an afternoon beer at the end of the week to wax philosophical about topics relevant to education and technology.  The next opportunity to join us will be Friday, April 3rd at the Produce Row Café.  We'll start gathering around 4:30pm.  We hope to see you there!