A. Tech Tools for Teaching Writing
Steve Webster
This workshop will be a whirlwind tour of technology tools you can use to help students improve their writing, ranging from adding text and audio comments to Word documents, to graphic organizers, to digital storytelling, to on-line forums, to wikis, and more.~ This won’t be a “how-to” workshop that goes into depth on any topic, but hopefully you’ll walk away with ideas for projects you might do with your students.~
B. Make Reading Come Alive for Reluctant Readers in the Elementary Classroom
Cathy Farman
Join Cathy Farman as she demonstrates how she incorporates webcams, Smartboards, and story maps to help her students gain valuable skills in reading fluency and comprehension.~ See how technology is used to both enhance instruction and help students explore alternative learning methods to become better readers.
C. Video, Motion, and Mathematics
Marny Frantz
Using Video Analysis Software to Study the Mathematics of Motion
In this workshop we will use video analysis freeware, called Tracker, to look at the mathematics of motion. In particular, we will analyze a video clip that shows a ball being thrown: what can we say about the trajectory of the ball and its velocity and acceleration at any moment?
We will investigate effective ways to use this software in your mathematics classroom.
D. Information Literacy- Getting Students to Think About What the See, Read, and Hear
Ceil Hunt
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This session will give teachers an overview of the different Internet sites available to increase students' information literacy skills.~ We will~discuss questions like:
· Where do I find reliable information?
· How do I properly cite references and not break copyright law?~
Once~students have the information, what do~they do with it? How can we get our students to use higher order thinking skills~and become more media and tech savvy?
E. Web 2.0 and You!
Bill Romond
So the buzz is all about "Web 2.0" and you haven't even dealt with Web
1.0 yet! Worse (or better!) still is the fact that the pace of change is accelerating. What IS Web 2.0 and what are the implications for schools?
See some examples of Web 2.0 opportunities, share your own examples, and discuss with others what this phenomenon will mean for all of us.
F. The Data Driven Educator
Patricia Aigner
In this session we will examine some of the best concepts for data-driven decision-making or DDDM:
1. Identify potential measures and develop multifaceted listening systems for data collection both inside and outside the classroom
2. Consider the data from the simple act of looking at data through multiple lenses: data triangulation and graphic organizers to developing a data road map.
3. Are you just getting started or a seasoned DDDM? We will discuss the use of technology to access and analyze data at a classroom, school and district level.
4. What should teachers and administrators know about data?
5. Identify further reading and resources.
G. The Power of the Personal Interview: Integrating Technology and Creating Connections
Elisabeth Arnold-Siddle
How can we get students to be personally invested in their work and motivate them to truly care about the material they are learning? I have found that pairing technology integration with the community as a primary source of information has engaged a diverse group of students and lead them toward creating projects that the community, school, teachers and students can be proud of. These projects have shown a deeper level of detail, understanding and enthusiasm. In this workshop you will have the chance to view a variety of middle school projects- podcasts, digital photo stories, and videos- and learn the basic tools and elements that made them successful. You will see first hand, from both students and teachers, how interviews, authentic audiences, and public presentations (to the community and online) fosters student
motivation and creates meaningful and powerful connections.
H. Open Source and Public Education, It Just Makes Sense
Bob Sargent
Using open source software lets us teach with applications that are freely available to students when they are outside of school. This presentation will review technology integration projects that are easily accomplished using open source software. The projects will include webquests, analyzing data, processing images, creating slideshows, and collating survey results. Teaching these projects on open source software removes major obstacles to the students’ being free to use what they learn on their own.
It just makes sense.
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