Workshops - Thursday

9:00-12:00

W13
Presenter: Brent Williams, Kennesaw State ETTC
Title: Hands-on: Securing a School Wireless Network
Cost: $95 (includes a textbook)  Location:  Australian 1-2
Description: Wireless networks are rapidly growing in popularity as their speed and versatility continues to grow. Unfortunately, wireless networks are inherently open and can expose important data, school servers, and other network infrastructure to attack. Wireless networks can be secured! In this session, we will examine solutions for wireless networks of all sizes, focusing on WPA for smaller environments and the new 802.11i standard for larger networks. Topics will include security options, client setup, access point configuration, RADIUS server management, and more. You will walk away with solid knowledge that you can apply. A guidebook will be provided. Due to the hands-on nature of this workshop, experience with Windows XP is required and experience with Windows Server 2003 is preferred.

W14
Presenter: Nisa Peek, Kennesaw State ETTC
Title: Windows Movie Maker
Cost: $55  Location:  Board 1
Description: In this class students will learn how to create movies with ease. Topics will include importing pictures, adding video effects, transitions, voice-overs, inserting audio clips, and publishing to CD. Participants will walk through creating a movie from start to finish and leave with it on a CD. Windows Movie Maker is a FREE program that comes with Windows XP.

W15
Presenter: Judy McEntyre, Georgia Highlands ETTC
Title: Save a tree! Go Paperless with Acrobat!
Cost: $55  Location:  Board 2
Description: This workshop is designed to be hands-on as participants learn the scope of what can be accomplished with the Adobe Acrobat program. Create documents in MS Word or Publisher and turn them into editable forms. Learn to create forms from scratch, send the forms, then take the returned data and export it into an Excel spreadsheet. Learn how easy it is to share the documents for revision. Finally learn how to create digital signatures.

W16
Presenter: Linda Trawick, Cobb County Schools
Title: Creating Lively Performance Tasks
Cost: $55  Location:  Board 3
Description: Discover how students can prove what they know by constructing lively performance tasks using Apple's iLife suite of multimedia applications: iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie. The possibilities of using video, audio, and still images to demonstrate mastery are practically limitless. This workshop will present iLife potential across grade levels and curriculum areas, demonstrating how multimedia can empower students to prove what they have learned. Participants will have a hands-on opportunity to create their own “performance task”.

1:00-4:00

W17
Presenter: Jill Allen, netTrekker
Title: Differentiate Instruction with Standards-Based Online Resources!
Cost: $55  Location:  Australian 1-2
Description: Learn how netTrekker, the academic search engine that’s safe, fast and easy to use, provides powerful learning results for every search, every school day. See how netTrekker supports differentiated instruction for individualized learning with over 180,000 educator-selected resources that support the K-12 curriculum. Resources are pre-screened for readability level, curriculum relevance and quality and align with the Georgia Performance Standards and QCC. Participate in a hands-on discussion about implementation and use.