GaETC 2002 - CONCURRENT SESSIONS # 1 (1-11)
Tuesday, 2:30-3:30

Featured Speakers
Patrick Crispen
David Thornburg


Session #: 1
Title: The Internet Tourbus Guide to the Most Useful Sites in the World
Presenters(s):  Patrick Crispen
Room: Chatham BallRm B
Strand: Featured Speaker
What is the BEST site for online weather maps (Intellicast)?  Where can you go to learn how to protect your children online (GetNetWise)?  What's the BEST family-friendly search engine for pictures (Ditto)?  For the past six years, Patrick Crispen has co-authored a newsletter devoted to finding the best sites on the Net.  Join Crispen as he introduces you to dozens of exceptional Web sites that you can use in the classroom every day.

Session #: 2
Title:  The Future of Work in the Telematic Age (Part 1 of 2)
Presenter(s) :  David Thornburg
Room: Auditorium
Strand: Featured Speaker
The telematic era that has used the technologies of computers and telecommunications to spawn a truly global economy has transformed the nature of work, both for today and especially for the future.  For our young people to thrive once they leave school, they must develop the skills needed in the workplace -- skills that are different from those needed just a generation ago.  Based on extensive research conducted by the presenter -- a premier futurist in the field of educational technology, this presentation highlights the technical and soft skills needed for the world of work in the coming years, and explores the steps schools need to take to insure that every learner leaves school equipped for success in this new century.  (Part 1 of a two-hour session)

Session #: 3
Title: District Level Technology Plan Training
Presenters(s): Jo Williamson
Room: 100 - 101
Strand: Technology Planning
This session is for Technology Coordinators, Media Coordinators, Consolidated Application Coordinators,  and other personnel with responsibility for submitting a School System Technology Integration Plan.  All school systems must complete this E-Rate and Lottery Grant requirement as a part of the Consolidated Application Process this year.

Session #: 4
Title: Beyond InTech: What's Next?
Presenters(s): Elizabeth Holmes, Sue Aiken
Room: 102
Strand: Professional Development
Georgia's thirteen Educational Technology Training Centers piloting Phase Two and Phase Three professional development opportunities! This session snapshots the advanced phases of Georgia's Framework for INtegrating TECHnology.

Session #: 5
Title: Elementary School Student Technology Team
Presenters(s): Rita Thomas, Annie Parker
Room: 103
Strand: Classroom Integration
Train fifth grade students to become technology experts to assist teachers and other students in using technology.

Session #: 6
Title: Middle School In-Tech:  A Media Specialist's Perspective
Presenters(s): Kathy Douglas
Room: 104
Strand: Library/Media
This session will provide tips on planning, promoting and perpetuating Middle School InTech.  (Sharing of ideas will be encouraged.)

Session #: 7 (v)
Title: Involve, Interact, and Inspire - Using LearnStar for Stanford 9 study!
Presenters(s): Allister Yarbrough
Room: 105
Strand: Emerging Technologies
Have fun using a wireless, interactive teaching tool that empowers teachers and actively engages students in a competive format.  Learn how to use our editing feature to create your own competitions that wrap around your instruction.  See how using whole class instruction gets results!

Session #: 8
Title: Top 10 Reasons to Use Computers to Improve Writing Assessment Scores
Presenters(s): Diane Rankin, Joan Burger, Melissa Hale
Room: 106
Strand: Assessment, Accountability, & Standards
Are your writing standards in a slump? Beyond making a final draft "look
good," technology can help your students become better writers.
Handout: PP presentation (1.1 MB); Handout will be posted 4/19 on presenter's website.

Session #: 9
Title: Getting Started in Desktop Video
Presenters(s): Michael Perry
Room: 200
Strand: Multimedia/Media Production
Beginning to intermediate skills in desktop video for the PC will be covered in this session.  Learn to use the tools and create instructional material for your students.  Description of basic equipment and software will be covered along with storyboarding and scriptwriting.  Use the information to develop student-created videos or instructor-created videos.
Handout on Pendragon Productions website

Session #: 10
Title: Algebra for the MTV Generation
Presenters(s): Virginia Jewell
Room: 201
Strand: Classroom Integration
Trying to figure out how to make Algebra appropriate for your digital students?  This session will document a 3-year project which utilizes television, the web, and laptop computers to make Algebra I not just engaging, but successful for today's students.

Session #: 11
Title: Latest Technology in CCTV (Close Circuit TV) Surveillance
Presenters(s): G. Scott Bentley
Room: 202
Strand: Administration
We will demonstrate digital & analog security camera systems that include offsite capture of audio & video for school.

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