The 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago will offer an exceptionally rich schedule of workshops, luncheons, receptions, and sessions for teachers and those with a special interest in teaching—featuring at least one activity in every time slot from Friday morning through Sunday. See our roundup below (click the titles to see participants and abstracts) and let us know in the comments what you are most interested in attending.

Workshops

Thursday, January 5

• Teaching Workshop: Recognizing Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
  8:55 a.m. –12:15 p.m.
  Sheraton, Michigan Room*
  *Please note this room change. Originally the workshop was planned to be held in Chicago Ballroom X.

Saturday, January 7

• Teachinghistory.org Workshop: Teaching the Past in a Digital World: New Perspectives for History Education
  9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
  Sheraton, Ballroom IV

Luncheons & Receptions

Friday, January 6

• Organization of History Teachers Luncheon
  12:15–1:45 p.m.
  Marriott, Sheffield Room
• Reception for Two–Year Faculty
  5:30–7:00 p.m.
  Sheraton, Missouri Room

Saturday, January 7

• College Board/Advanced Placement Luncheon: Approaches to Teaching the Revised AP World History Curriculum
  12:15–1:45 p.m.
  Marriott, Sheffield Room

Sessions

Friday, January 6

• The Texas Social Studies Standard Experience
  9:30–11:30 a.m.
  Sheraton, Sheraton Ballroom III
• Successfully Teaching in the Online Environment, Experiences, Tips, and Thoughts
  2:30–4:30 p.m.
  Sheraton, Chicago Ballroom IX
• Creating Creativity: A Discussion of Moving beyond Lecture in Today’s College Classroom
  2:30–4:30 p.m.
  Sheraton, Chicago Ballroom VIII
• EDSITEment Information Session
  4:45–6:00 p.m.
  Sheraton, Huron Room
• CLAH’s Teaching and Teaching Materials Committee
  5:00–7:00 p.m.
  Marriott, River North Room

Saturday, January 7

• Lighting up the Classroom? Then Talk to the Public! A Discussion
  9:00–11:00 a.m.
  Marriott, Clark Room
• Digital Technology and the Twenty-First-Century Classroom
  9:00–11:00 a.m.
  Sheraton, Chicago Ballroom VI
• Talk Data to Me: A Conversation with Historians about Using Large–Scale Digital Data in Research and Teaching
  11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
  Marriott, Armitage Room
• Creating a Blueprint for History and Social Science Education: Advancing Instruction, Assessment, Student Learning, and Engagement
  11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
  Marriott, Chicago Ballroom Salon F
• Teaching History in a Digital Age
  2:30–4:30 p.m.
  Sheraton, Sheraton Ballroom IV
• Teaching and Learning U.S. Social History with HERB
  2:30–4:30 p.m.
  Sheraton, Chicago Ballroom IX

Sunday, January 8

• The Digital History Seminar
  8:30–10:30 a.m.
  Sheraton, Sheraton Ballroom II 
• The Valley of the Shadow Project and Its Progeny after Twenty Years
  11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  Sheraton, Sheraton Ballroom V
• Whither the Future of the History Textbook
  11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  Sheraton, Chicago Ballroom VI
• Art and History Education: Using Visual Arts to Spark Engagement in History and Build Interpretive Skills
  11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
  Marriott, Los Angeles Room

This post first appeared on AHA Today.