Thursday, 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Session#: 73 Title: Centralized Automation for School Districts
Presented By: David Burns - The Library Corporation, James Ryan - The Library Corporation
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 40 Location: Room 106 Strand: Media
The Library Corporation presenter will discuss the planning and migration process for moving to a centralized library automation system. The benefits of using a centralized system will be outlined. School districts are moving to centralized automation to improve student access to information, enable district-wide statistical reporting, decrease the technical services workload of media specialists, and improve the materials acquisitions process. Participants will learn what to expect from an automation vendor and how to select a product based on its ability to achieve district goals. Centralized library automation can help school districts become more efficient and eliminate the maintenance frustrations of stand-alone systems. While many of the largest school districts have converted to centralized systems, centralization helps school districts of all sizes. The concept of centralization achieves one of the primary goals of technology in the workplace--to free library staff for the important tasks of working with students and teachers. The right system can help staff become more productive while improving access to resources.
Session#: 74 Title: Education: It's More than Educators and StudentsPresented By: Beth Odom - Richmond Hill Middle School, Bryan County School System, Sibyl Finnegan - Richmond Hill Middle School, Bryan County School System
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 40 Location: Room 107 Strand: Admin. Elem. Secon.
For education to be effective today, a partnership among educators, students, and parents must exist. 'Parents Back to School Night' is one way to involve parents in the education of their children. Using the computer lab, the parents get to experience a day in the life of 'our' students. Parents become familiar with some of the wonderful software that is available. They also receive helpful guides to success in school and numerous websites that they may use at home with their children. Our presentation was designed for a 'Math Back to School Night' for parents, but can easily be adapted for any curriculum area. Attendees of this session will receive a complete packet of all of the materials we used from the invitation for the parents to the homework pass for the student whose parent(s) attended. They will leave the conference ready, willing, and able to host a 'Parents Back to School Night' of their own.
Session#: 75 Title: Teaching as You Learn: The Education of Teacher EducatorsPresented By: Peggy Lumpkin - Georgia State University
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 40 Location: Room 303 Strand: ALL
The presenter will share observations and successes of teaching technology education to preservice teachers while serving as a graduate teaching assistant. Participants will take a look at instructional design techniques as they apply to creating instruction for preservice teachers learning technology integration. Strategies such as modeling, scaffolding, case studies and others will be discussed.
Session#: 76 Title: Linking Active Learners with Interactive PowerPoints
Presented By: Debbie Valdez - Buford City Schools
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Room 306 Strand: ALL
What if educators had the ability to create individualized, interactive, and engaging lessons for their students? Research tells us that active learners are better learners. What better way to get students active than to use the technology so many of us already have? This demonstration style session is ideal for taking teachers beyond using PowerPoint to simply display text and images. Educators attending this session will have the chance to observe demonstrations of the many uses of links in PowerPoint and see first hand how to create lessons that can engage the learners in ways that are limited only by one's imagination. Demonstrations include using links in PowerPoint to quiz students' prior knowledge, create review games, offer feedback, supply a hint, or to take students to a predetermined website where students can access a wealth of materials. Whether classrooms have one computer or thirty, these skills can help to enrich student learning in all academic areas.
Session#: 77 Title: Adobe GoLive Tips to make that website SING!!Presented By: Cathy Toth - AASU/ETTC
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 120 Location: Room 308 Strand: ALL
In this class students will work with Adobe GoLive and Adobe Photoshop to improve creativity and flow within their websites. They will create a website from a template. They will be instructed in making menus drop down and roll over, using Photoshop to light up designs with illuminated text, optimizing the workflow between Photoshop and GoLive, creating floating boxes that allow animation, changing background color, downloading the latest brushes, and utilizing custom shapes, patterns and styles.
Session#: 78 Title: Creating Interactive Projects Using Windows Movie Maker 2.0Presented By: Helena Fountain - DeKalb County School System, Buddy Quirouet - DeKalb County School System, Helen McGrady
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 110 Location: Room 309 Strand: ALL
From PowerPoint to iMovies, Windows Movie Maker 2.0 can offer students and teachers of varying levels a range of features to create interactive video projects. Movie Maker 2.0 is by far the easiest video editor available today. The editing environment is laid out logically and follows the standard Windows way of doing things. Microsoft's video editor puts home-movie making into the hands of PC users, and as a Windows based program, Movie Maker 2.0 is accessible to a larger audience. Movie Maker 2.0 is available as a free download and only works under Windows XP. Presenters will demonstrate how to use Movie Maker 2.0 to create a video slide show presentation with titles, transitions, effects, and sound. Participants will also see clips of video presentations.
Session#: 79 Title: Project Ignite: Defining Technology in Support of Academic Objectives
Presented By: Robin Wheeler - Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, William Harris - Savannah-Chatham
County Public Schools, Susan Sanfillipo
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 50 Location: Room 310 Strand: ALL
Project Ignite began as a grant submission to test the application of technology to support science instruction in four Title I schools. There were two basic components. The hardware component included an electronic white board and digital projector. The second component was professional development. The project objective was to achieve a two-point improvement in the annual State CRCT in Science. The district was awarded the grant in February of 2003 and renewed in 2004. The grant is our first attempt to identify and validate the components of technology support models for education using a research-based methodology. Through a partnership between Academic Services, Assessment, and Instructional Technology, we have modified the grant to identify the components thought to provide a benefit to the students and teachers. The methodology used is a prototype that will be improved as it is applied to this and other projects. Our end-game, however, is to use testing to create models of effective technology usage in our organization that can be replicated across the district.
Session#: 80 Title: Blackboard Tips and TricksPresented By: Donna Herring - Jacksonville State University, Charles Notar - Jacksonville State University
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 50 Location: Room 312 Strand: Admin. Secon.
Online courses are very popular at the university level as well as in the secondary environment. Courses can be developed as totally online or as a supplement to a face-to-face class. This session will demonstrate tips for developing a successful online course or supplement. Ideas can be used with most software packages used to deliver online classes; however, Blackboard will be demonstrated in this session.
Session#: 81 Title: GALAXY Classroom: FREE Language Arts and Technology for Elementary SchoolsPresented By: Christine Kane Perez - GALAXY Classroom
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 55 Location: Room 313 Strand: Elem.
People are more than they appear to be. Try telling that to Carl, the new kid at The House (GALAXY Classroom's grades 3-5 language arts program). Teachers are always looking for exciting ways to get their students reading and writing and here it is! Rich literature, authentic audiences and compelling social themes drive this curriculum to exciting highs that you and your students will enjoy. GALAXY Classroom programs combine many best practices in teaching and learning with an extensive array of multimedia technologies and literacy strategies to support real-world learning. The GALAXY Classroom offers five, year-long curricula, standards-based video, hands-on and web-based student interactivity and teacher resources. GALAXY Classroom is truly a national classroom that empowers all students to be part of this learning network of active hands-on scientists, curious readers, imaginative writers, and outstanding problem solvers. GALAXY expands teaching and learning experiences like no other curriculum has before! Since 1996, through the generous support of the Georgia State Legislature, GALAXY is currently being used by 650 Georgia Elementary Schools. Site licensing, professional development and literature book sets are all part of the state buy and free to GALAXY Classrooms. All GALAXY curricula are correlated to the new Performance Based Standards.
Session#: 82 Title: Get "ACTIVe" with Language Arts!Presented By: Julie English - Upson-Lee South Elementary, Rhonda Gulley - Upson-Lee South Elementary
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 55 Location: Room 324 Strand: Elem. Special
This "ACTIVe" multimedia presentation will provide engaging activities for elementary classrooms. The activities will utilize technology to spotlight the world of language and captivate students. Templates and activities will focus on elementary language and reading skills making the most of learning through ACTIVstudio 2, Microsoft, the Internet, ACTIVote, and ACTIVslate. The activities are designed to help promote excitement in learning language and to allow students to be an active part of the process. As the title states, the activities promote active learning.
Session#: 83 Title: Web Wonders: Web Sites that are Time-Saving Tools for Elementary TeachersPresented By: Gail Lovely - Featured Speaker
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom A Strand: ALL
This session will share Web sites which are great tools for elementary teachers. Rubric makers, organizing tools, planning tools, printed teaching materials, and teaching ideas will be shared. Everyone will leave with practical Web sites to make their teaching life easier.
Session#: 84 Title: The Indispensable LibrarianPresented By: Doug Johnson - Featured Speaker
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom B Strand: Media
This presentation examines the implications to school media specialists of the shift from print to digital information formats. Will librarians go the way of the slide rule and buggy whip or become the most important people on the planet? The current roles as outlined in Information Power are reinterpreted, and some additional, proactive roles are suggested. A discussion of specific media competencies, retraining opportunities, and job security strategies follow.
Session#: 85 Title: Inspiration and Kidspiration in the ClassroomPresented By: Tammy Worcester - Featured Speaker
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 230 Location: Ballroom C Strand: ALL
This session will show participants how Kidspiration and Inspiration can create graphic organizers that support improved achievement for students in all grades. Inspiration strengthens critical thinking, comprehension, and writing across the curriculum, in language arts, science, social studies and anytime students need to structure research or thought processes. Using the proven principles of visual learning, young readers and writers build confidence in organizing information, understanding concepts, and expressing their thoughts.
Session#: 86 Title: Using Geometer's Sketchpad for Math - Elementary through High SchoolPresented By: Jane Henson - Georgia Department of Education
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 130 Location: Ballroom D/E Strand: Admin. Elem. Secon.
With the roll out of the new Georgia Performance Standards, many geometry and other higher level math concepts will be taught in the elementary and middle school grades. Geometer's Sketchpad can be very helpful to elementary and middle school teachers as they begin to teach the new standards. High school teachers have used Geometer's Sketchpad to teach geometry for years, but other math courses can benefit from it as well. A dynamic program, like Geometer's Sketchpad, can be used to teach math concepts across the curriculum. There are several ways Sketchpad can be utilized in the classroom. This session will demonstrate how the program can enhance a whole class lesson environment, complete verification or encourage exploration in an interactive computer lab lesson, and take learning math to a higher level of thinking across the math curriculum.
Session#: 87 Title: Acquire, Edit, Display for Less than $2KPresented By: Anthony Bush - Georgia Perimeter College, Patricia Early - Georgia State University
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 75 Location: Suite A Strand: ALL
The session covers all equipment needed to produce quality video for education and instruction use. Digital recording, editing, and analog/digital playback will be discussed. Both Windows and Macintosh platforms will be discussed for users that have never worked in video. Intermediate users can find ways to outfit multiple sites on a budget.
Session#: 88 Title: Using Technology to Beam Aboard Reluctant WritersPresented By: Arnie Uretsky - Visions Technology/Mythic Wave
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 75 Location: Suite B Strand: ALL
This presentation will cover Internet and software resources that can help engage reluctant writers. Why are some students reluctant to write? It's more than just motivation. Yes, multimedia does have the power to engage students; however, often the students who show the most reluctance have a disorganized approach to the writing process. Computers can be an important asset in the arsenal when it comes to motivating and organizing students. Research tells us that children write longer documents and edit more when they use computers to write. Practical experience tells us that kids prefer to write using computers. Care must be taken in choosing the programs and Internet resources we use with students. This presentation will explore what research and practical experience tells us about using computers with reluctant writers. Quality commercial and free resources will be explored and evaluated.
Session#: 89 Title: One Potato, Two Potato, Free Hot Potato, and MorePresented By: Keri Duncan - Gwinnett County Public Schools /Lilburn ES, Jane Evans - Gwinnett County Public Schools/Lilburn ES
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 75 Location: Suite C Strand: ALL
During this session, educators will learn how to use Hot Potatoes, a free-to-educators software program, to create a variety of web-based activities for students. The types of activities include crossword puzzles, short answer, multiple choice, true/false, and cloze. Activities can be as simple or complex as desired and may include graphics, sound files, or video files to accompany the exercises. Hot Potatoes creates independent activities that can be used in an intranet situation or on the Internet. This is a great session for someone wanting to add a new dimension to web experiences for students or for one who is just beginning to use the web or web based activities.
Session#: 90 Title: Blogs and Wikis 101 - Repeat
Presented By: Patrick Crispen - Featured Speaker
Time: Thurs. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Seats: 800 Location: Monument Strand: ALL
One of the promises of classroom technology was that it would enable students to express themselves online. Neat idea, but not really practical. That’s where Blogs and Wikis 101 come in. In the first half of this presentation you’ll learn about online journaling tools called “blogs,” tools that are rapidly approaching critical mass in higher education and may soon be trickling down into your classroom. In the second half of this presentation you’ll learn about wikis, online tools that let your students collaborate and edit a classroom or group project website without having to know HTML.