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Opening Keynote - Then and Now
Tony Vincent |
A lot has certainly changed in the last few
years in technology. Laptops used to cost big bucks, but today
ultra-portable and cheap laptops can be had for $200. Websites are
more interactive and fully encourage participation. There's little
need to know HTML as online services now allow easy and instant
publishing. Some software no longer has to be purchased and
installed because we can do the same tasks online for free. iPods
are physically smaller but storage capacity and capabilities have
greatly increased. The pace of change only seems to be
increasing. Let's examine changes in technology and society so that
we can leverage these exciting trends in education.
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Creating Audio Podcasts
Karen Fasimpaur
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Learn how to create and publish an audio
podcast for education. After exploring the use of podcasting for
administrators, teachers, and students, you'll create your own using
the free software Audacity. Come with ideas for a podcast and leave
with a finished product! You’ll also get a podcasting toolkit CD as
a part of this workshop. Bring a USB drive if you want to take your
work home with you at the end of the session.
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Instructional Strategies for using Response
Systems in the classroom
Jeff Forjan & Amber Deiter
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Ever wonder how you can get all of your
students to raise their hands and answer the questions in your
class? No, we aren’t talking about the old “thumbs up-thumbs down”
method. Interactive Response Systems are helping to engage students
in the classroom while providing teachers with valuable data. Join
us to see how this emerging technology can impact the way that you
teach.
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Google Webpages
Alison Dunn & Tara
Parsons
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Participants will be actively engaged in
creating a g-mail account which will lead into the creation of a
website to utilize with their students during the school year.
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Internet 2.0 and Video Conferencing
Jim White
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Reach beyond the physical barriers of your
room. Video conferencing opens up a new world of opportunities. Come
see resources and techniques for setting up a successful video
conference. Virtual field trips, class to class collaborations,
author chats and much more. See how you can take advantage of video
conferencing in the k-12 arena.
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Geocaching: Hide and Seek for 21st
Century
Chris Cuppett, Karen Apolenis, Patti Weeg |
Geocaching is an adventure awaiting
anyone having access to a gps unit. Participating in a cache hunt
is a great way for students to practice problem-solving, logical
thinking, and collaboration while learning how to use the features
of a gps unit. In this session, participants will hunt for hidden
caches that are tied to VSC objectives. Come participate in a 21st
century game of hide and seek!
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I Didn't Know You Could Do That with an iPod!
Tony Vincent
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iPods are showing up in classrooms as a
motivating learning tool. Besides learning about audio and video on
iPods, you'll learn about many other educational uses for iPods,
including viewing notes, recording voice memos, accessing news
feeds, creating interactive study aids, and much more.
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Blogs in the Secondary Classroom
Laure Karns |
Ahoy, me hearties! Board the USS Edublog
and Captain Blog (Karns) will help ye navigate the waters of
blogging with your scallywags.
Particularly in the digital world, social learning is becoming a
treasure map to success for technology integration. Get your
bearings as we map out the background
knowledge that will be sure to save your booty
when executing successful hands-on, minds-on lessons through
blogging. Then, follow Captain Blog on a voyage through
the process of setting up and maintaining
a blog and tips on swashbuckling in Edublog.
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Wow Them with Wikis!
Sharon Birch
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Have you ever wished that you could have all of
your teaching materials located in the same spot? Have you ever
wanted to be able to access a video, an audioclip, some pictures, a
vocabulary list, a homework assignment, makeup work, missed work,
extra credit AND be able to communicate with parents and students
all at the same time? If that answer is YES!, then come learn how a
wikispace can augment or even radically change your teaching style
and organization.
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Creating Video Podcasts
Karen Fasimpaur
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Learn how to
create and publish a video podcast for education. After exploring
the use of podcasting for administrators, teachers, and students,
you'll create your own using the free software Windows Movie Maker.
(This software can also be used to create mini-movies for use on
mobile devices.) Come with ideas for a podcast and leave with a
finished product! You’ll also get a podcasting toolkit CD as a part
of this workshop. If you like, you may bring your own photos, video,
PowerPoints, and digital cameras. (If not, don’t worry – we’ll
supply materials you can use.) Also, bring a USB drive if you want
to take your work home with you at the end of the session.
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Oh My Gosh! What Can I do with My ESOL
Students?
Teresa Parrott |
Are you looking for ways to not only infuse
technology into your classroom but to get your ESOL students
actively engaged too? If so, this session is for you. Technology
will be used to incorporate grammar lessons using the Interwrite/E-Beam
software. Participants are encouraged to bring their flash drive so
that they can leave with three ready-made lessons to take back to
their classroom.
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Interactive Lessons with InterWrite: It's
Like Magic!
Lori Menzel & Tammyu Adams |
Do you wish you could find a way to motivate
and engage your students in an interactive lesson while having the
ability to teach anywhere in your classroom? If so then this
session is for you. You will be able to experience this
revolutionary technology that allows your lessons to become
interactive. You will learn about Interwrite, the SchoolPad,
program features, and sample lessons. In addition to all of
Interwrites wonderful features we will also explain how you can
infuse Interwrite into other programs.
Please bring a pen drive if you
want to save your lesson that you create. |
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Delicious
Regina Royer
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Having trouble keeping track of all those great
websites? What to access bookmarks saved by other educators?
Delicious is an
online tool that engages in social bookmarking. Participants will
leave this session with an account and strategies for more
effectively searching the web for great resources. Never again lose
that wonderful web address.
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Doing It Without Software: Web Applications
Tony Vincent
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There are many tasks that used to require
software that you can now do from inside of your Web browser. Web
applications are great for students and teachers because they are
usually free and you won’t install software. Also, Web apps don't
require a specific operating system and so many of them work
perfectly fine on ultra-compact and inexpensive laptops like the Eee
PC. Because Web apps and their data are stored online, students and
teachers can access the apps and data from more than one computer.
They also tend to facilitate online sharing and collaboration. Learn
about creating jazzy slide shows, photoshopping images, animating
photos, and much more!
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More Handheld Applications For the Classroom
Chris Cuppett
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Year after year more handheld programs are
created that are wonderful for use in the classroom. Come and see
the latest applications that are out there for Palms. |
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Tech in the Media Center: Kerpoof
Traci Yerkes
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In this session
participants will learn how to utilize Kerpoof to motivate readers,
make movies, write stories, draw pictures, and even assess
students on reading skills and strategies. Join the fun and find
out how to utilize this new and exciting technology tool in your
classroom!
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Don’t Seek the Information, Let it Come to
You---- Using iGoogle to Harness the Web
Steve Garner
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Most Internet publications, including
newspapers and blogs, publish in an RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
format. These RSS feeds allow you to collect those daily articles
and blogs related to topics you select and bring them your desktop
for you. Using a simple tool like iGoogle to collect and organize
these FSS feeds will allow you to harness the Internet. Imagine
opening up an electronic newspaper each day filled only with
articles of interest to you. At the end of this session, all
participants will have an iGoogle account up and running.
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Day Two
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Keynote – Free Content + Open Tools +
Massive Collaboration = Learning for All!
Karen Fasimpaur |
Learning and
information should be free and accessible to everyone! This session
will discuss how the Open Educational Resources movement is
reshaping education by providing free, high quality learning
resources.
We’ll begin
with a brief overview of copyright and newly-created open licenses,
such as Creative Commons and GFDL. Then, Open Source tools for
education, such as wikis, blogs, course management systems, graphic
organizers, and productivity tools, will be discussed. We’ll wrap up
by looking at repositories of free clip art, photos, videos, music,
lesson plans, textbooks, and more.
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Makin it Happen with MovieMaker
Jim White & Courtney White
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Every Windows computer comes pre-installed with
a great resource for creating digital movies. It’s Movie Maker and
is a must know for every educator. Now’s your chance to gain some
hands-on experience creating your very own digital stories.
Attendees will leave with all of the tools and skills they will need
to create their own movies.
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Participatory Learning: Using the Power of
People
Todd Fishburn
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Giving learners choice, empowering them, and
connecting them with information, tools and others creates a
powerful learning experience. This session will explore how to tap
technology tools to get learners excited about knowledge
acquisition. Attendees will leave with a handful of ideas, tips and
resources.
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Rockin' Technology with the Primary Grades:
Jessica White & Sandy Bird
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Come see how you can use InterWrite, Photo
Story, some of our favorite websites, and much more with your little
ones! |
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Introduction to Google Earth
Steve Garner
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Google Earth is a free Google Tool that allows
students and teachers to interact with the “digital globe.” It can
be used for all content areas at any grade level. This session will
serve as a hands-on introduction to using this tool in the classroom
and is for the Google Earth novices.
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Doing It Without Software: Web Applications
(Repeat of day 1 workshop)
Tony Vincent
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There are many tasks that used to require
software that you can now do from inside of your Web browser. Web
applications are great for students and teachers because they are
usually free and you won’t install software. Also, Web apps don't
require a specific operating system and so many of them work
perfectly fine on ultra-compact and inexpensive laptops like the Eee
PC. Because Web apps and their data are stored online, students and
teachers can access the apps and data from more than one computer.
They also tend to facilitate online sharing and collaboration. Learn
about creating jazzy slide shows, photoshopping images, animating
photos, and much more!
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Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate
Instruction
Karen Fasimpaur
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Differentiating instruction is essential to
engaging our increasingly diverse student population, but it’s very
difficult to differentiate with only one of you and 30+ of them! And
textbooks are NOT the best tool for differentiating technology.
Fortunately, mobile technology provides a useful and relatively
inexpensive tool for differentiating instruction and increasing
achievement.
Come see how tools like handhelds, iPods,
mobile video players, desktop and laptop computers, and even cell
phones can be used to differentiate and enrich instruction. We’ll
share a variety of resources, such as ebooks, podcasts, audio books,
mini-movies, graphic organizers, assessment tools, and more, that
can be put to immediate use in the classroom. Find out how a variety
of devices, including cell phones, can be used for mobile blogging,
information access, and even instant response polls and quizzes.
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Bookbuilder
Diallo Sessoms |
This session will focus on a web-based tool
that builds literacy skills. Bookbuilder is a resource created by
the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) to help students
build reading and writing skills. Bookbuilder is based on the
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and employs avitars
along with hypertext to provide support for readers. Participants
will see examples of books made by students and begin the process of
creating their own digital books.
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Blazing New Trails with Elluminate, Live!
Paula Sandridge, Joe Carr, & Barbara Burns
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Carroll County Public Schools have been "Elluminated"
for a number of years. Experience Elluminate, Live! in a
hands-on presentation that will showcase the ways we have used
Elluminate, a web-conferencing tool, to deliver professional
development and hold virtual meetings. At the end of the session,
learn how you can get your own free vRoom!
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Using and Creating Open Educational
Resources
Karen Fasimpaur
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Learning and
information should be free and accessible to everyone! This session
will follow up on the information about the Open Educational
Resources movement presented in the keynote by providing hands on
experiences accessing and using these resources.
Open Source tools, like wikis, blogs, course
management systems, and productivity tools, are just the beginning.
In this workshop, you’ll get hands on experience with a variety of
repositories of free clip art, photos, videos, music, lesson plans,
textbooks, and other resources, including ones for literacy and
math. You’ll learn how to access these and use them to enrich your
own lessons.
You will learn how to edit wikis and contribute
your own resources so others can use them. We’ll practice by editing
a Wikipedia article, contributing to a wikibook (free open
textbooks), and helping build a free open kids’ dictionary.
You’ll leave this workshop with lots of great
ideas and free resources you can put to immediate use in your
school.
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Author’s Tea: Using Palms with Language
Arts
Carrie Lewis |
Author's Tea - a process writing that shows how
students can use their PALMs to type stories to create a book. There
are many other technologies that are used and will be shown. (Print
shop computer programs, binding machines, etc.) Examples will be
presented and many ideas on how you can implement this immediately
in your classrooms will be shown. Posting stories to the class wiki
is another great opportunity. It is a great way to get parents into
the classroom for a fun experience for the entire family.
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Googlepalooza
Chris Cuppett
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If you have access to the Internet, then you
can Google. This session will pack as many Google tools into 60
minutes as possible. iGoogle, Google Maps, Google Documents, Google
Earth, and many more will be shared.
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Google Earth: To Infinity and Beyond....
Karen Apolenis and Patti Weeg |
Want an out of this world lesson that will take
your students far beyond the walls of their classroom?!! Google
Earth allows you to fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery,
maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even sky galaxies. Participants will
"take off" with Google Earth tips and tricks, lesson ideas, and an
understanding how to search for and create .kmz files of their own."
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Education Image Sets for iPods and other
Mobile Devices
Tony Vincent
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iPods, mobile phones, and most handheld
computers can display pictures on their screens. Those images don't
have to be vacation photos--they can be slides exported from
PowerPoint. Come to this workshop to learn creative ways to use
PowerPoint to make flash cards, study aids, eBooks, and math tools.
You'll use PowerPoint to try your hand at some innovative techniques
for making a series of images suitable for use on mobile devices.
Leave with a set of JPEG images exported from PowerPoint for loading
on your favorite iPod or handheld.
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Capture Students with Digital Story Telling
Andrette Duncan |
Participants will learn to use
the tools and features of Microsoft Photo Story 3 to enhance
classroom instruction and enable students to engage with interactive
electronic content that incorporates all four components of language
instruction: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
ISTE Teacher Technology Standards Addressed:
II. Communication
C. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact
electronically.
D. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of
formats.
V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction
VII. Professional Growth
Using Microsoft’s Photo Story 3, a free tool, users import a
succession of photos that can be turned into an animated slideshow.
Users can arrange and edit them in a timeline, add narration, music,
motion animation and transitions, and then save and or share the
finished product. |
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Blogs in the Secondary Classroom Laure Karnes
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Ahoy, me hearties! Board the USS Edublog and
Captain Blog (Karns) will help ye navigate the waters of blogging
with your scallywags. Particularly in the
digital world, social learning is becoming a treasure map to success
for technology integration. Get your bearings as we map out
the background knowledge that will
be sure to save your booty when executing
successful hands-on, minds-on lessons through blogging. Then,
follow Captain Blog on a voyage through
the process of setting up and maintaining a blog and tips on
swashbuckling in Edublog.
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Voice Threads
Pam South
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Voice Thread - Looking
for an easy way to post pictures/video and audio online? Come to
this session and discover an easy to use web2.0 tool for students to
post, create and
collaborate
online. Voice Thread
provides free accounts for teachers.
All you need is a microphone to post
lessons for students or student projects online (these will be
available).
The presenter will demo the site and share student projects.
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