GaETC 2002
WORKSHOPS

Conference Workshops
Wednesday April 17

W13.  Technology & the Learning Continuum: A New Way of Thinking About Integration
Instructors: L. Schmertzing & D. Walsh, VSU
Wednesday 4/17      8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Cost $110
Seats: 20
Room: TC203
This workshop is designed to introduce teachers to creative ways of integrating technology at every level of learning. Participants will be provided with materials and guided through simple steps for creating learning units that aid in the accomplishment of objectives that are directly related to grade-specific standards.  The learning units follow a theoretical model that ties objectives, instructional strategies, technology, and assessment together to form activities that promote success for learners in every grade.
W14. Mobile Learning Tools and Resources for Teaching and Learning
Instructors: L. Dye, Cobb. County Public Schools
A. Caperton, Apple
Wednesday    4/17          8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: TC204
What happens in classrooms when laptop computers have no wires attached?  The whole dynamics of teaching and learning change.  Hear ideas from Lynn Dye who loves the flexibility of a wireless portable lab in her media center for student projects, teacher training, and parent orientation.  Participants in this workshop will be involved in small group research projects using exciting mobile learning tools like USB microscopes, probeware, and scanners to gather data.  Then each group will investigate iTools as an opportunity for publishing their research findings on the Web.
W15. Adding Flash to Your Website
Instructor:  J. Wright, KSU ETTC
Wednesday 4/17     8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: TC205
Flash is the industry standard for web animation.   During this 3 hour, hands-on class, the instructor will walk participants through the basics of creating animations appropriate for the web.
W16.  Assessing with “EXCEL”-lent Rubrics
Instructors:  P. Truett, Richmond Co. Schools
Wednesday    4/17          8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: Hyatt Regency Harbor Side East
An integral part of assessment is creating a well thought out evaluation tool that is functional and easy to use.  Instructional rubrics help teachers teach as well as evaluate student work.  In this hands-on session you learn the “why” and “how” of implementing rubrics.  We will take a look at free online rubric templates and will create an original rubric with MS Excel.
W17. Movie Making in the Classroom
Instructors:  B. Mathis & A. Scott, Clayton Co. Schools
Wednesday     4/17      8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: Hyatt Regency Harbor Side West
Participants will use i-Movie2 to edit captured digital video clips, arrange them in storylines and then add special effects for professional-looking videos.  They will enhance their movies by adding music, sound, and video effects and will then polish them off with titles and closing credits.  They will also receive instruction on how to publish them to the web and to save them to a VHS tape.
W18 Gaining Control with the Palm in Your Hand
Instructors: T. Suddreth, Weber Associates
Wednesday 4/17    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cost:  (a) $175 class only  (b) $425 class plus a Palm M125 to take home
Seats: 25
Room: Hyatt Regency Waterfront Meeting Room
Participants will learn the incredible ways that a PalmTM handheld computer can manage all the details of their busy lives.  This session will also teach the process of linking electronic and paper-based information.  Attendees who select Option A will receive the Lifetime Organizer for Palm workbook, Palm binder, and stylus pen.  Attendees who select Option B will receive all of these items and a Palm Model M125.
W19.  Lights!  Camera!  School!
Instructor: V. Jewell, Clarke Co. Schools
Wednesday   4/17    1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: TC204
This hands-on movie making experience will provide the model for teachers to replicate with their own students.  Participants will use iMovie to create a content rich classroom video from idea, through storyboard, to the finished product.  They will learn how to make storyboards, cast, make a set, shoot the movie, and edit and add transitions, extra sounds, and titles.
W20. The Big Picture
Instructors:  D. Hornsby & M. Lanier, FDRESA ETTC
Wednesday   4/17        1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost $55
Seats: 20
Room: TC205
Participants attending this session will learn how to locate, create, manipulate, store, and retrieve various kinds of electronic pictures.  Instructor’s emphasis will be on the designing of graphics for web pages.
W21.  Introduction to the NEW Boardmaker 5.0 for Windows
Instructor:  C. Campbell, AASU ETTC
Wednesday 4/17 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: Hyatt Regency Harbor Side East
This session is appropriate for teachers and related service providers working with students with communication or language impairments. Participants will learn how to create pre-made and customized overlays for communication devices, picture schedules, and other supplementary classroom materials.  New features including the draw window, tool palette, and symbol finder will be demonstrated.
W22. Mac OS X  Apple¹s New Operating System
 Instructors: M. Kole & K. Dunn, Apple
Wednesday 4/17 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost: $55
Seats: 20
Room: Hyatt Regency Harbor Side West
Come experience Apple¹s newest operating system  Mac OS X. Attendees with participate in hands-on instruction of what Mac OS X has to offer. From its stunning new graphical interface, to its underlying  industrial-strength, UNIX based core operating system, OS X is revolutionary. This is one session you won¹t want to miss.
W23.  Gaining Control with the Palm in Your Hand 
Instructors: T. Suddreth, Weber Associates
Wednesday 4/17    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost:  (a) $175 class only  (b) $425 class plus a Palm M125 to take home
Seats: 25
Room: Hyatt Regency Waterfront Meeting Room
Participants will learn the incredible ways that a PalmTM handheld computer can manage all the details of their busy lives.  This session will also teach the process of linking electronic and paper-based information.  Attendees who select Option A will receive the Lifetime Organizer for Palm workbook, Palm binder, and stylus pen.  Attendees who select Option B will receive all of these items and a Palm Model M125.
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