7th National CEIT Student Congress Held at BAU

The 7th National CEIT (Computer Education and Instructional Technology) Student Congress was held on 4-5 May 2013, hosted by Bahçeşehir University. Beginning with opening speeches by Ömer Balıbey, Director General of Teacher Training and Development, Prof. Dr. Yaşar Özden, one of the founders and a Board Member of our Association and Dean of the METU Faculty of Education, and Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın, the congress brought together many CEIT students and academics.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT

The Computer Education and Instructional Technology Student Congress is a professional and social meeting organized each year by the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology and the related club of a different university, with the aim of increasing interaction and communication among the department's students while contributing to their professional and personal development, identifying the country's trends in educational technologies and informatics and supporting development in this field, and enabling students to make plans for their future, discuss their problems and set their goals by having the chance to connect with industry representatives and academics. Each year, the National CEIT Student Council, made up of university representatives, determines by vote which candidate university will host the congress the following year. The organizational structure and activities are implemented by the organizing committee of the host university. Although the Computer Education and Instructional Technology Student Congress is held by students of Computer Education and Instructional Technology departments, participants may come from any department related to computer science and information technologies. In addition to official representatives from the relevant department of each university within the quota, students, academics, industry representatives and graduates of the relevant departments may attend the congress.