Concurrent Sessions 1-19

Wednesday, 12:30-1:30

Session:  1   Title: Literacy and Learning in the 21st Century
Presenter(s):  David Warlick, The Landmark Project
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 1   Seats:  260   Featured Speaker
Being literate in the future will certainly involve the ability to read, write, and to perform basic math. However, the
information skills of our children's world will be far richer and more exciting than the 3 Rs of the Industrial Age. This
enlightening and thought-provoking featured address will describe how our notions of literacy must expand to
address a rapidly changing information environment where information is networked, digital, and overwhelming. Join
this 30-year educator as he answers questions like: What do you need to know when most of recorded knowledge
is a mouse-click away? How do you distinguish between good knowledge and bad knowledge? What does it do to
the value of information when everyone is a producer? How do we address ethics when we are empowering our
students with such prevailing skills?

Session:  2   Title:  Video Projects Across the Curriculum
Presenter(s):  Chris Curchy and Keith Kyker, SchoolTV.com
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30  Location:  Salon 2   Seats: 260  Featured Speaker
Used as a tool of student expression, video projects in the classroom can breathe new life into tired assignments.
Learn about projects your students can create with just five items of equipment. Curriculum integration, cooperative
learning, and alternative assessment techniques can all be explored using video projects. Be the hero of your school
(if you’re not already).

Session:  3 Title: There Was a Time When All I Needed Was a Textbook, Filmstrip, and Mimeographed Quiz!
Presenter(s):  Tony Brewer, Brewer Technology and Learning Center
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 3   Seats:  260   Featured Speaker
Using technology for technology's sake is akin to putting a milk bucket under a bull. If technology does not enhance
and accelerate the learning process, we may as well continue to use slide rules and blackboards, give a quiz every
Friday and spend our technology dollars on soon-to-be outdated textbooks. As educators in today's fast-paced
educational community, we must understand how technology is changing the way teachers teach and how students
learn. We must demonstrate best practices and provide the necessary supports to ensure the successful infusion
of technology as a curriculum-delivering vehicle. In this fun and entertaining session, we will take a closer look at
what you need to know to "make it happen" in your schools. We'll also explore a whole new generation of search
engines and discover some fun things to do with Microsoft Word and Google!

Session:  4   Title: Blogging 101: Digital Journaling and Group Projects
Presenter(s):  Patrick Crispen, California State University
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 4   Seats:  800   Featured Speaker
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 Blogging 101 comes in. In this presentation you’ll learn about online
journaling tools called “blogs,” tools that are rapidly approaching critical mass in higher education and are already
appearing in classrooms across the country. You’ll even learn how to make your own blog for free.

Session:  5   Title: Replace Textbooks with Laptops
Presenter(s):  Calvin Baker and Jeremy Gypton, Vail School District, Tucson, Arizona
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 5   Seats:  800   Leadership Speaker
You won't find any students at Empire High School lugging around backpacks full of textbooks. The students and
staff in this Arizona public school consider textbooks to be about as useful as those encyclopedia sets we all used
to own. Along with people in today's work world, the students collect and manage information on their laptops. The
superintendent and a teacher from the school will explain the processes, as well as the successes and struggles of
operating and teaching in a school without textbooks.
Electronic Handout - pdf file

Session: 6   Title:  Podcasting and the Digital School
Presenter(s): Tim Tyson, Mabry Middle School, Cobb County Schools
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 6   Seats: 260
What is podcasting and why should you care? This engaging session will showcase the emerging trend of
podcasting and its impact on education. Apple Distinguished Educator, Dr. Tim Tyson, principal of Mabry
Middle School in Cobb County, will be showcasing outstanding examples of educational podcasts along with
classroom integration strategies. Come see for yourself how easy it is to use podcasting to impact learning.
Find out how podcasting can help transform your school into a Digital of the session!  All participants who attend this session will be eligible for a drawing for an iPod at the end of the session.

Session:  7   Title:  Destination Reading
Presenter(s):  Ann Crawley, Riverdeep
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 7   Seats: 260   Vendor
Learn how Riverdeep's Destination Reading makes reading relevant and exciting by engaging students with
individualized, appropriate, and sound content. This K-8 series built on the latest research from the National Reading
Panel, The Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, and the Alliance for Excellent Education provides
teachers with instructional tools that work with students from emergent literacy through comprehension acquisition.
Through diverse texts, Destination Reading provides a comprehensive PK-8th grade reading program.

Session:  8   Title: Impact of Peer Coaching on Elementary Teachers'  Technology Integration
Presenter(s):  Frances Bryant, Mableton Elementary School, Cobb County Schools
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Salon 8   Seats:  260
This session will be a review of qualitative research findings from six elementary school teachers' reflections on
their experiences with peer coaching and technology integration. The teachers' technology skills spanned from very
basic to fluent abilities. All teachers reported this professional development opportunity was the most effective that
they had experienced in regards to technology integration.

Session:  9   Title: You've Got the Whole World... In Your Hands
Presenter(s):  Daniel Rivera, First District ETTC
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location: Swiss 1-2   Seats:  88
Every decade or so a software resource emerges that forever changes the way people interact with the world.
Google Earth is such a resource. Join us and learn how to manipulate a 3D globe using hi-res satellite images,
measure distance, get directions, record tours, and even create image overlays--all for FREE! If you teach history,
politics, geography, or simply want to incorporate global issues into your classroom, you must see this.

Session:  10   Title:  Technology-Based Remediation: Using Computers Constructively
Presenter(s):  John Edgar, Duluth High School, Gwinnett County Schools
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30Location:  Swiss 3-4   Seats:  88  
This session will describe how allowing students to use various software programs to design their own remediation
tools enhances the remediation process and brings it closer to constructivism.

Session:  11  Title:  Technology-Rich Fifth-Grade Instruction
Presenter(s):  Lisa Beasley, Winterville Elementary School, and Drew McNeely, Technology Services, Clarke County Schools
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Kenyan 1-2   Seats:  88
Presenters will provide an overview of a fifth-grade mathematics grant, including goals, equipment, and training. The
grant teacher will speak about how technology provided by the grant changed instruction and improved student
motivation. Student and teacher work samples will be included. The teacher will show how an interactive whiteboard
can be used to differentiate instruction across subject areas and improve teacher efficiency.
Electronic Handout - Link to Webpage

Session:  12  Title:  Revved-up Rubrics
Presenter(s):  Lynn Rogers and Aleph Fore, Heart of Georgia RESA ETTC
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30Location:  Kenyan 3-4   Seats:  88  
Attend this session if you want to learn about the functionality of rubrics and explore different types of assessment
tools. Discover on-line resources and software that can be used to create customized, professional-looking rubrics
for use in the classroom.

Session:  13   Title:  Online Instruction for Internet Search Training
Presenter(s):  Emily Dunsker, Chamblee Middle School, DeKalb County Schools
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:308   Location:  Italian 1-2   Seats:  8
Based on doctoral research (University of South Florida) and a sample of high achievement middle school students
from Chamblee Middle School, this session reports data from a 2004 study that compared two instructional strategies
for production of online courseware. Significant gains were found across two differing online modules, but students
performed equally well with a constructivist strategy compared to one that was more program controlled and
prescriptive. In addition to the report of the research, participants will receive a CD with the software used to
compare the two instructional approaches to online instructional design for Internet training.

Session:  14   Title:  Portable Keyboards in the Classroom
Presenter(s):  Diane Barfield, Colquitt County Schools
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30Location:  Italian 3-4   Seats:  88  
Find out just how useful and helpful portable, wireless keyboards can be in the elementary classroom. Activities for
all subject areas and grade levels will be shown, and participants will have hands-on practice with the keyboards.
Use of the keyboards for students with special needs will be addressed as well.

Session:  15   Title:  2005 Exemplary Library Media Programs
Presenter(s):  Judy Serritella and Mary Jane Davis, Carrollton Junior High; Andy Spinks, Georgia Department of Education
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  German 1-2   Seats:  88
Riverbend Elementary, Carrollton Junior High, and Wheeler High School media specialists will discuss how
they developed their exemplary library media programs. Nita Baker, Mary Jane Davis, Andy Spinks, and
Renee Marsala will present.

Session:  16   Title:  Title IID: eMath
Presenter(s):  Jane Henson, Georgia Department of Education
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30Location:  German 3-4   Seats:  88  
"eMath" is a four-year Ed Tech Competitive Grant designed to increase elementary students' achievement in math,
improve access to technology, and enhance educators' understanding of scientifically based research and
evaluation. The professional development is intended to deepen educators' knowledge of the new Georgia
Performance Standards math content, engaging, authentic instruction, and learning technologies. The independent
research evaluation using standardized interventions and assessments (BAMs, CRCT, and ITBS) is led by the
Learning and Performance Support Laboratory at University of Georgia.
Handout: PowerPoint file

Session:  17   Title:  Closing the Gap in Distance Learning
Presenter(s):  Russ Colbert, Polycom
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Spanish 1-2      Seats:  88   Vendor
Distance is becoming increasingly less of an obstacle to obtaining advanced degrees and providing access to
cutting-edge programs. Hear how the University of Notre Dame allows students from around the country to virtually
participate in both degree and non-degree classes, thereby increasing higher education enrollments. Learn how the
Texas Education Agency is leveraging interactive video conferencing technology to deliver cutting-edge programs,
making learning more exciting and ultimately providing new opportunities to sites that once had limitations.

Session:  18   Title: The Write Tools: Using Assistive Technology to Support
Presenter(s):  Sally Kemph, Georgia Project for Assistive Technology
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Spanish 3-4   Seats:  88
In this session, participants will learn about the range of assistive technology solutions available to support students
who are having difficulty completing classroom assignments due to writing difficulties. Participants will learn how to
select the most appropriate tools for various classroom tasks. Suggestions will be provided for using the tools in
typical classroom activities.
Electronic Handout - Link to Website (Click Resources, then AT Devices.)

Session:  19   Title:  Data Utilization Guide: Using Excel to Analyze Student Level
Presenter(s):  Amanda Ferster and Linda Calhoun, Georgia Department of Education
Time:  Wednesday, 12:30-1:30   Location:  Australian 3-4   Seats:  88
This session will review the Georgia Department of Education Data Utilization Guide: A Resource for Georgia
Educators. The Data Utilization Guide is a comprehensive handbook that includes introductory information on the
Georgia Assessments for Teachers new to Georgia as well as more advanced topics for technology specialists and
administrators. An overview of the guide will be presented as well as examples of how Excel can be used to
analyze assessment files.