Friday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session#: 217 Title: GALILEO in the Elementary School
Presented By: Karen
Minton - GALILEO-Georgia's Virtual Library, Katie Gohn - GALILEO-Georgia's
Virtual Library
Time: Fri.
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats:
40 Location:
Room 106 Strand:
Elem. Media
This presentation focuses on GALILEO resources for students in elementary school, including SIRS Discoverer, Kids Infobits, and Encyclopaedia Britannica School Edition.
Session#: 219 Title: Multimedia on a Shoestring Budget
Presented By: Neil Griffin - Bainbridge College, Caroline Griffin - Bainbridge College
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 40 Location: Room 303 Strand: ALL
Want to create educational projects with zing, but don't have a lot of money in your budget for expensive multimedia authoring software? In this workshop we will provide source information and demonstrate a variety of free and low-cost tools for creating multimedia content. We will discuss available software solutions for applications such as graphics and sound editing, screen recording, creating Flash files, and video editing and identify practical applications for the software presented. The intended audience is educators, technologists, and media specialists with an intermediate level of computing knowledge or higher. Presenters will bring to participants a balanced perspective of what software is available and how it can be used educationally. Come learn and take a valuable list of resources back to your school. Handouts will be provided and posted online after the conference.
Session#: 220 Title: Learning with Laptops: 6 Steps to Effective Classroom Management
Presented By: Lucy Long - Clarke County School District
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 230 Location: Room 306 Strand: ALL
Implementing one to one computing brings a whole new set of rules and management strategies along with it.
Engaged students are typically active students. Students frequently become more sophisticated technologically than their teachers, leaving the teacher in a position of no longer being the expert. In the transition towards facilitator and integrator of technology, teachers need strategies to contend with the actual set up, management and preparation for using the laptops in class. This presentation describes 6 steps and strategies for successfully and smoothly integrating laptops into the curriculum: initiate, orient, instruct, implement, manage, and integrate.
Session#: 221 Title: A Laptop Program: Essential Foundations
Presented By: Connie White - Lakeview Academy
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 120 Location: Room 308 Strand:
Lakeview Academy began a laptop program six years ago, and during that time we have learned much about the laptop strategies that work and those that don't. We will talk about the importance of getting teachers involved in the decision making processes and how to gain staff support. Of course, we will share the challenges and obstacles that have necessitated constant refocus and redirection. The foundational basics will also be highlighted which include infrastructure, staff development, support, vision and accountability. A handout of helpful information outlining the essential software utilized and our self-maintenance repair program will be distributed.
Session#: 222 Title: Mining GALILEO: Creating 'Express Links' to the Gems Your Students Use
Presented By: Andy Spinks - Wheeler High School
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 110 Location: Room 309 Strand: Tech. Media
The purpose of the session is to introduce Express Links, a feature of GALILEO that allows users to create hyperlinks to specific databases within GALILEO. Session attendees will learn how to create shortcuts to individual databases, how to create custom GALILEO home pages, and how to integrate Express Links into their media center webpage. Express Links allow teachers and media specialists to connect students directly to the databases they need, bypassing all the rest. Students will no longer get bogged down just trying to get to the appropriate databases. With Express Links they can be linked directly to the best of GALILEO.
Session#: 223 Title: Cross Curricular Collage of 6th Grade Technology Projects
Presented By: Nita Smith - Bibb County - Alex II, Phyllis Stokes - Bibb County - Alex II
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 50 Location: Room 310 Strand: Elem. Secon.
Examples of animated PowerPoint presentations created by the sixth graders at Alexander II in Social Studies
featuring geographical landforms will be shared. Excel graphs produced by sixth graders in math and science
classes will be presented. Using Word, clip art, photo images, and the Internet sixth graders designed brochures, flip-booklets, illustrated essays and poetry anthologies. Among items presented will be student samples and
assessment rubrics.
Session#: 224 Title: Using Microsoft FrontPage in the Science Classroom
Presented By: Erin Gawron - Heritage High School- Rockdale County, John Tincher - Heritage High School -
Rockdale County
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 50 Location: Room 312 Strand: Secon.
Websites can be useful communication tools for teachers. They allow teachers to communicate information to students and parents and help students communicate information to each other. Microsoft FrontPage can be very practical software for assisting teachers and students with creating websites easily. This presentation will show examples of teacher and student created websites for a high school chemistry classroom and explain how these were used to further science learning. A quick overview will address getting started with MS FrontPage and where to look for information on creating more complex websites.
Session#: 225 Title: Improving Writing through Digital Scrapbooking
Presented By: Donna Joseph - Rockdale County, Melinda Marlow - Rockdale County
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 55 Location: Room 313 Strand: Elem.
Improving student writing is an important goal at every grade level. One approach found to be effective in addressing this goal is digital scrapbooking. Using digital cameras, scanners, digital video cameras, the Internet, and standard software (Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration), students are completing projects that document classroom activities in all areas of the curriculum. Projects range from simple one-class period ideas to more complex long-term creations. Individual and entire classroom scrapbooks are being developed. Seamless integration of technology and language skills is evident. Growth in sentence structure, vocabulary, and descriptive language is being realized. This project is highly motivating for students and teachers and enhances communication between school and home. Scrapbook pages can be printed or burned to CDs. These ideas can be easily replicated in any school setting.
Session#: 226 Title: Promote Web Design at Work in a Project-Based Learning Classroom
Presented By: Melissa Barker - Bleckley County Middle School, Cathie Arnold - Bleckley County Middle School
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 55 Location: Room 324 Strand: ALL
Presenters will share a multitude of ways project-based learning can be used with technology in a classroom that includes students of varying ability levels and special education students. Presenters will share ideas for organizing the classroom, scheduling, grouping students, and facilitating concepts rather than using traditional teaching methods. Attendees will view works in progress as well as finished websites. Concepts used for teaching website design can also be adapted to various academic classroom situations. Presenters will share not only successful methods, but also moments of struggle. A short question and answer session will be included in the session.
Session#: 227 Title: Mathematical Minds
Presented By: Suzanne Evans - Columbus State University
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom A Strand: Elem. Secon.
Data is collected to identify student needs, goals, and progress made in the mathematics classroom as students are guided to be responsible, engaged learners. Teachers design study units integrated with technology and mathematics standards permeated with meaningful, authentic learning experiences planned to meet the specific needs of their students. Teachers are supported through instruction, collaborative learning, and onsite instructional visits to provide assistance in the goal of increased student achievement.
Session#: 228 Title: One on One Computing with a Handheld PC - Repeat
Presented By: Brent Williams - Featured Speaker
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom B Strand:
There is a lot of interest in putting computing power in the hands of students through one on one initiatives. Most initiatives focus on students and teachers having and using laptop or tablet PCs. Is there another alternative? Yes! Handheld PCs are less expensive, powerful, wireless, flexible, and have many of the capabilities of larger computers including web browser and office suite. In this session, the capabilities, advantages, and disadvantages of current and future handhelds will be explored and demonstrated. You can give each student a computer!
Session#: 229 Title: Extreme Thinking: Transforming Traditional Technology Projects into Effective Learning Environments
Presented By: Annette Lamb - Featured Speaker
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom C Strand:
From snowboarding to skysurfing, extreme sports have stretched people's ideas about sports. We need "extreme thinking" to take our technology rich student projects to the next level. It's time to rethink our assignments and redesign our assessments. Generative and interactive projects challenge students to seek out new ideas, build content connections, collaborate with others, and develop flexible communications. This session will provide practical ideas for "raising the bar" on student, technology rich projects as teachers and learners work together to transform the learning environment. We'll examine levels of complexity in student products and explore what's realistic in terms of matching standards and activities with time and resources. From Web projects to PowerPoint presentations, we'll discuss options for evaluating collaborative, interactive, and ongoing projects.
Session#: 230 Title: Powerful Phonics using PowerPoint
Presented By: Sue Ann Dixon - Ft. Benning Schools
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 130 Location: Ballroom D/E Strand: Elem. Special
The presenter has created PowerPoint slide shows in all areas of phonics instruction including beginning and ending consonant sounds, short and long vowels, rhyming words, dipthong phonograms, and more. The participants will leave the session with a CD of 'Dixon-created' phonics slideshows. The session includes information on how to create the slideshows using PowerPoint. Sources for clipart and animated graphics from Animation Factory will be shared.
Session#: 231 Title: What Hackers, Spammers, and ID Thieves Hope You Never Learn, Part 2
Presented By: Caylen Tichenor - Oconee RESA
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 75 Location: Suite A Strand: ALL
While this session deals generally with protecting computers against hackers and spammers, it also deals with a more serious issue -- how to avoid being a victim of identity theft. As ID thieves become more technologically advanced the rate of theft continues to climb with Georgia being in the top 15. Over 57% of all Georgians experienced some form of ID theft in 2003. This session offers tips and techniques to avoid becoming a victim. It talks about the new laws on the books aimed at preventing ID theft and previews some new technology, both simple and advanced, that will help potential victims. It will also show participants how to avoid potentially dangerous practices like writing checks with a regular ballpoint pen and mailing bills from the home. ID theft prevention tip sheets will also be available.
Session#: 232 Title: Creating Websites That Demonstrate and Extend Classroom Learning
Presented By: Wynelle Welsh - DoDEA (Dept. of Defense Educ. Activity), Mitch Finley - DoDEA (Dept. of Defense Educ. Activity)
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 75 Location: Suite B Strand: ALL
This session will address organization, planning, and implementation of website projects for students in the classroom. Presentation will discuss the use of student created educational websites. Topics include what the educator will need to know to get started and what the students will need to know from the academic and technological standpoints. Educators will also be shown examples of websites created by students, even very young ones, that have provided the opportunity for students to demonstrate and extend their classroom learning via creating content-based webpages.
Session#: 233 Title: Use a Computer to Make Internet Research Seamless and Essential
Presented By: Richard Williams - Milton High School
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 75 Location: Suite C Strand: Secon. Special Media
Using the Internet for research is both good news and bad news. The good news is that practically everything is available. The bad news is that practically everything is available. This session will show teachers how their students can use a computer to solve both problems. The presenter will show attendees how to create their own websites to help students record MLA/APA information, then effortlessly transform that information into a works cited page. How to use the same website for students to record their own ideas and begin the writing process for a paper will be demonstrated. Students can better manage information gained from the web. To discern which websites are valid and which are suspect, a rating system will be shared which helps the students differentiate the validity of the content on each website. This tool will help students become educated consumers of the information given, so they can better select the sites that are appropriate and avoid the sites that are spurious.
Session#: 234 Title: Crispen's Technology Primer - Repeat
Presented By: Patrick Crispen - Featured Speaker
Time: Fri. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Seats: 800 Location: Monument Strand:
The hardware side of technology can be intimidating, even to experts. This presentation helps you demystify some of the more common computer hardware you’ll find in some classrooms and in most big box retail stores. In particular, you’ll learn the difference between USB 1.1, 2.0, and Firewire; what Wi-Fi is and what’s next in the world of wireless Internet; what a megapixel is and how many you really need; why you don’t have a PVR at home but should; the difference between power surges and power spikes and how to protect your equipment from both; and much, much more. If you are overwhelmed by new technology, or if you are simply looking for an in-service that you can freely steal and present to your teachers back home, this workshop is for you.
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