Friday, 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Session#: 181 Title: Using GALILEO and Internet Resources for Science Fair
Presented By: Katie Gohn - GALILEO-Georgia's Virtual Library
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 40 Location: Room 106 Strand: Secon. Media
This session is designed to provide instructors, media specialists, public librarians, and other interested parties with an understanding of how GALILEO can be utilized to brainstorm, research, and create successful science fair projects.
Session#: 183 Title: I Know It Is Out There, But How Do I Find It? - Search Site Showdown
Presented By: Larry Bedenbaugh - Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence Center
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 40 Location: Room 303 Strand: ALL
The American Library Association defines Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. The first standard states that the Information Literate student should be able to access information efficiently and effectively. Today, most students turn first to the Internet rather than the library when doing research. Unfortunately, their searching skills are underdeveloped. In a school setting, online time is usually limited. Students (and teachers) need effective techniques to quickly find information. Although most students choose from only a handful of search sites, there are literally thousands to assist them with their searches. This session will focus on three main questions. Out of the thousands of possibilities, which search sites are most appropriate to find the desired information? How does a student use a particular search site most efficiently? How does a student write queries that will most quickly pinpoint information? Additionally, background will be provided to differentiate between search engines and directories (indices), plus describe the meta-search sites. Participants will be provided with hard and soft copy of the resources discussed.
Session#: 184 Title: Receptive Teaching - Embracing 21st Century Learning
Presented By: Gary Stager - Thornburg Center/Pepperdine University
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Room 306 Strand: ALL
Ever wonder why some teachers find project ideas everywhere and others don't? This eye-opening presentation will help teachers identify the opportunities for technology-enhanced project-based learning around them. This goal is best achieved by shifting the focus away from teaching and learning toward an emphasis on doing. Great educators intuitively seize upon opportunities to connect the world around them-- the needs, interests, and experiences of individual children and traditional curricula. A series of imaginative on and off-computer exercises will help teachers develop the capacity to embrace the learning invitations around them. The ability to identify resources and make learning more natural for students will pay huge dividends. Participants will increase their confidence as imaginative computer-using teachers and become more capable of creating productive learning environments for 21st century learners.
Session#: 185 Title: Getting More from Your Digital Photos
Presented By: Ellen Wiley - Valdosta State University
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 120 Location: Room 308 Strand: ALL
Making the most of digital photos in the classroom begins with taking the right picture. A picture may be worth a thousand words but the right picture is priceless. The digital camera can serve as an instructional tool in the classroom. Preparing tutorials, documenting an inquiry process, or telling a story can easily be enhanced by incorporating digital photos. Knowing how to take the right picture for different instructional purposes is the key to success. This session will present tips and techniques for taking digital photos to meet a variety of instructional purposes. Participants will learn how the angle of the camera, the perspective, or the type of shot can contribute to taking the right picture. Ideas for using pictures as instructional tools will be discussed along with examples of how digital photos have been used by students. This session will help participants add instructional value by using digital photos in their classrooms.
Session#: 186 Title: Blognology 101
Presented By: Jeff Giddens - First District RESA ETTC, Aleph Fore - Heart of GA RESA ETTC
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 110 Location: Room 309 Strand: ALL
Blogging? If you don't know what this term means, you should! Industry, news, politics, the arts, technology, higher education, and world culture as we know it are all being shaped by blogs and blog-related technology. The very students you teach are blogging. Suddenly feel as though you are a little late to the party? If you are interested in learning where education, technology, and the future of the Internet are headed then join Aleph and Jeff as they discuss and explore the pitfalls, pleasures, and possibilities of blogging. Participants will learn need-to-know vocabulary, concepts, skills, and where to find free (yes, we said free) resources associated with blogging. Why not take the plunge and finally become the blogger you never knew you could be?
Session#: 187 Title: Research Papers: A Thing of the Past
Presented By: Virginia Wilcox - Wesleyan College
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 50 Location: Room 310 Strand: ALL
In this session several ideas facilitated within the undergraduate classes at Wesleyan College will be presented. All activities revolve around the goal to decrease the amount of paper students turn in when completing research projects. Computerized final exams, culminating projects, research presentations, and more will be demonstrated, discussed, modeled, and explained.
Session#: 188 Title: 21st Century Scrapbooks
Presented By: Gretchen Thomas - University of Georgia, Julie Moore - University of Georgia
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 50 Location: Room 312 Strand: ALL
Participants will learn how to develop a standards-based electronic portfolio to showcase teaching accomplishments. Organizational systems and software will be highlighted. The session presenters work with undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Georgia in electronic portfolio development and have many ideas to share. Information gleaned from the session is also applicable to electronic portfolio development for K-12 students. The session will describe several organizational tools from boxes and folders to Inspiration 7.5. Tools for developing electronic portfolios will also be shared from PowerPoint to Dreamweaver MX 2004. Participants will gain skills for getting started on their own electronic portfolios.
Session#: 189 Title: HOT! HOT! HOT! Online Projects to Enhance Elementary Instruction
Presented By: David Buddenbaum - Rockdale County - Honeycreek Elementary, Sandi Dennis - Rockdale County - Sims Elementary, Jane VanHeest
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 55 Location: Room 313 Strand: Elem. Special Media
Presenters will answer all of your burning questions about online projects. Why should students participate in online projects? Where can you locate great online projects that fit into existing curriculum and schedules? How can individual projects be created and publicized? Join two Rockdale County technology specialists and a classroom teacher for a session packed with ideas you can use today in your school.
Session#: 190 Title: EdGate: Curriculum and Collaboration Made Easy
Presented By: Melissa Barker - Bleckley County Middle School
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 55 Location: Room 324 Strand: ALL
Keeping students, parents, faculty, and the community informed of everything going on in class and everywhere else can be difficult. This session will focus on a potential solution to that problem. EdGate offers parents and students a place to check for homework assignments, meetings, special practices, projects, and more. It also provides a gateway for teachers to narrow the search for new ways of teaching those same old lessons by using lessons correlated to the Georgia curriculum. Come discover what you have been missing and make your workload lighter while increasing communication flow!
Session#: 191 Title: Realizing Opportunities in Mathematics
Presented By: Monica Radcliff - Macon State College
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom A Strand:
ROM is a pilot program developed as a collaborative project by the Educational Technology Training Centers of Columbus State University and Macon State College. The goal of the program is to increase mathematics student achievement scores through the support of the mathematics classroom teacher. The program is designed around Four Domains: Data-driven Decisions in the classroom, Collaborative Learning Communities, Engaged Learning Environments, and Content Growth for Teachers. During the field-test stages, participating schools are showing growth in student achievement in mathematics.
Session#: 192 Title: Windows OS Update - Implications for K-12 Technical Managers and Users
Presented By: Brent Williams - Featured Speaker
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom B Strand: Tech.
This session will provide a look at the latest features, updates, and service packs related to Windows Server and Workstation OS's and their impact on K 12 operations. Windows OS features of particular interest to the K 12 community will be demonstrated and discussed. We will also examine near future OS changes expected from Microsoft and their potential implications for managers and users.
Session#: 193 Title: Avoiding Déjà Vu: A Diet of Technology Trends that Work
Presented By: Annette Lamb - Featured Speaker
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom C Strand: ALL
Haven't we done this before? Technologies, innovations, standards, and educational strategies... we're constantly bombarded by new and recycled information and opportunities. We can't do everything. Like finding the right diet, we need to make good choices that will have a lasting, positive impact on teaching and learning. Rather than filling up on "junk food" technology, let's make fundamental changes in how we view technology in the learning environment. This session will provide specific strategies for matching the best of traditional approaches with innovations that work.
Session#: 194 Title: Data Collection with FrontPage Forms
Presented By: Jim Wright - Kennesaw State University
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 130 Location: Ballroom D/E Strand: ALL
Creating interactivity on the web is easier than you think. Using Microsoft FrontPage, interactive forms can be developed to collect data from the web. Come and learn some simple steps to build and collect data in a webpage.
Session#: 195 Title: How to Start and Maintain a Student-Managed Online Help
Presented By: Ernest Staats - Georgia Cumberland Academy
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 75 Location: Suite A Strand: Admin. Tech. Secon.
This session will address important issues involved in setting up and maintaining a student-managed online Help Desk. Rationale, scope, staffing, training, expected benefits, trouble-shooting, and online ethics will be among the topics explored in the session.
Session#: 196 Title: Brown Bag Ideas: Ready to Use Lessons for the Elementary Classroom
Presented By: Lori Miller - Wacona Elementary School, Ware County Schools
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 75 Location: Suite B Strand: Elem.
Do you have trouble coming up with ways to spice up lessons that you teach year after year? Are you tired of hearing students groan when you tell them to get out their social studies books to learn about explorers or World War I, again? Simple but effective lessons utilizing various technologies and computer applications give your old curriculum a new flavor that students will love! The session includes ideas for the youngest kindergartners to the more savvy fifth-graders.
Session#: 197 Title: Enhancing Educational Web Sites with JAVA Scripts
Presented By: Donna Herring - Jacksonville State University, Judy McEntyre - Floyd ETTC, Charles Notar
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 75 Location: Suite C Strand: ALL
JAVA scripts are a free and easy way to enhance a webpage with minimum effort. Learn just enough HTML to copy, paste and edit a JAVA script for use in your web pages. Lots of free scripts will be demonstrated plus the best websites for finding great tools for the educational environment.
Session#: 198 Title: Home Computer Security and Privacy: Firewalls and Exploit Management - Repeat
Presented By: Patrick Crispen - Featured Speaker
Time: Fri. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 800 Location: Monument Strand: ALL
When you connect your home computer to the Internet, the Internet connects to your home computer. And with that comes a whole bunch of nasty stuff like viruses, exploits, and crackers. In this first of two presentations taken directly from the pages of the Internet Tourbus, you will be introduced to the concept of home computer security and privacy, teaching you everything you need to know about exploit management and even showing you, in English, why your home computer needs both a hardware AND a software firewall.
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