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Vermont ‘Fest 2007 – Workshops At-A-Glance - Friday
Special Closing Session

Oscar Wilde II & III
2:20 – 3:00

Begin the Conversation: A Dialogue on 21st Century Skills and Web 2.0 in the Classroom

Bill Romond & Peter Drescher,
&
Awarding of
Door Prizes
Must be present to win



Workshop Choices


Room


8:30 – 9:30


9:40 – 10:40


10:50 – 11:50


1:10 – 2:10


Workshop # A

High School Integration


Gateway 1



The Tablet PC: Kiss your Chalkboard Goodbye!

Steven Davis


 Photo Story. Digital stories in the High School Class

Gardner & Minelli


Technology Helps Keep Vermont’s Past Alive

Hathorn



Riding the Wiki Wave

Hennessey



Workshop # B

Tools for Teachers



Northstar 1



Communication: A Two Way Street!

Thompson


MOODLE from a Student Perspective

Warne


GE Whiz, The Fuss Over FOSS

Sargent


Going Google

Cassavant


Workshop # C

Vendor



Escapade 2



VCAT - Pushing the Data Envelope

Peery



Talk with the Experts about First Class Software . Panel discussion

Walker & Manders,


To Save or Not to Save; That is the Question: First Class Archiving Services

Walker & Manders,


Data Tools That Work!

Northwest Evaluation Associates



Workshop # D

New & Interesting


Northstar 2



Using Audience Response Keypads in Science Class

Rosenberg


Authentic Assessments using Geographic Information Systems

Burris


Second Life – Virtual Professional Development

Wells


Geocaching, A High Tech Scavenger Hunt

Porter


Workshop # E

Special Projects


Gateway 2



Using Digital Images to Enhance your Curriculum.

Wilde


New Literacy with Digital Storytelling

Lathem & Thompson


Updating the Essay: Creating Multimedia Digital Stories

Waggett


Securing, Managing ...Grant Resources Waterman & Goldsworthy



Workshop # F

Vendor



Escapade 1



Using Lexia's Web-Enabled, Reading Skills Software

Somoza & Dawson



Bring Learning to Life with Adobe Products

Nico Juber



Teaching Science with iTunes and iPods

Jerome & Sherman



Designing an Evaluation and Assessment Plan

for Educational Technology

Sun Associates,


Workshop # G

Technology & Leadership


Roundabout



TGEs: One  Schools' Journey

Gervais, Lussier, Grady


Informing Instruction... Data and Databases

Jarrett & Perry


Riverdeep Learning Village Rollout...

Bruccoli & Romond


Doing the Data Dance

Walz