GaETC
2002 - CONCURRENT SESSION # 2 (12 - 22)
Tuesday,
4:00-5:00
Featured
Speaker
Patrick
Crispen
David Thornburg
Session
#: 12
Title: Computer Care
101: Keeping Your Computer Healthy
Presenters(s): Patrick Crispen
Room: Chatham BallRm
Strand: Featured Speaker
Is your computer really
as healthy as it could be? Oh, really!? So, you're protected
from the over 69+ known security holes in Microsoft Internet Explorer,
the 28+ known security holes in Netscape Navigator, and the 9+ known holes
in Microsoft Word? I didn't think so. This one hour session
shows you the field-tested tips and tricks to batten down your computer's
hatches from outside attack, protect your data from virus infestation,
keep your computer running in tip-top shape.
Session
#: 13
Title: The Future
of Work in the Telematic Age (Part 2 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 2 of a two-hour session)
Session
#: 14
Title:
The New State Technology Integration Plan
Presenters(s): Jo Williamson
Room: 100 - 101
Strand: Technology Planning
This session is for anyone
who is interested in hearing about the draft of the new State Plan.
School- and System-level media and technology committee members are especially
invited.
Session
#: 15
Title:
Create Online Needs Assessments and Surveys
Presenters(s): Jacqueline
McCann
Room: 102
Strand: Professional Development
Whether it is a faculty
survey, SACS survey, or area-wide needs assessment, learn how you can turn
your Website into a data-gathering headquarters and use the Internet to
gather, tally, and store your survey data.
Handout:
244 KB PowerPoint presentation
Session
#: 16
Title:
Eco-Connections - An Award Winning Distance Learning Environmental Project
Presenters(s): Sarah Crim,
Jane Yonts
Room: 103
Strand: Distance Learning
& Telecommunications
Eco-Connections is an environmental
education distance learning project involving teachers from Walker County,
Georgia and St. Petersburg, Russia. It is a national, award-winning
project.
Session
#: 17
Title:
Making Outlook Work for You -- Using All the Tools
Presenters(s): Patty Mallicote,
Pattie Wheeler, Kenny Wilder
Room: 104
Strand: Technical Support
Learn to use the tools of
Microsoft Outlook. Make your calendar, email, and tasks work
together as you unlock the power of the Outlook program.
Session
#: 18
Title:
Integrating Audio/Video into a Web-based Course
Presenters(s): Paulina Kuforiji,
Dutchie Riggsby, Tamara Jordan
Room: 105
Strand: Distance Learning
& Telecommunications
Through discussion, media
displays, demonstration, and questions and answers, session attendees
will be encouraged to participate actively in this presentation.
This presentation will address the following:
1 - Overview of audio/video
technology in a web-based course
2 - Basic equipment and
tools; supplementary equipment, accessories; their sources and approximate
current costs
3 - Ideas for using audio/video
technology in education
4 - Integration of audio/video
technology into a web-based course
Handout
on website (user name and password to be supplied by presenters)
Session
#: 19
Title:
Standardized Test Results at Your Teachers' Desktop
Presenters(s): John Wiggins,
Paul Bellamy, Leigh Funk
Room: 106
Strand: Assessment, Accountability,
& Standards
Teachers and principals
need easier access to standardized test results. This session will explore
two On-Line products designed to address educators' needs to understand
and use those results.
Session
#: 20
Title:
Video Production in the Classroom
Presenters(s): Sherie Green
Room: 200
Strand: Multimedia/Media
Production
Learn the basics of creating
videos and see examples of how video production can add student interest
and new depth to the cross curricular classroom.
Session
#: 21
Title:
Integrating PowerPoint into the Mathematics Classroom
Presenters(s): Jeannine
Crowe, Gail Sullivan
Room: 201
Strand: Classroom Integration
This presentation will model
many different ways to integrate PowerPoint into the mathematics classroom.
From student presentations to teacher lectures, attendees will learn how
math and PowerPoint can go together. Packets will be given.
Session
#: 22
Title:
Producing a Technology Fair
Presenters(s): Gayle Esposito,
Sherry Nix
Room: 202
Strand: Technology Planning
Showcase student projects
and increase student motivation with a local technology fair.
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