Thursday, 4:30 - 5:30

Session: 172 Title: Wireless Networks Weaknesses Exposed (Repeat)
Presenter: Brent Williams, Kennesaw State University ETTC, Featured Speaker
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 1 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Technical
Wireless networks are everywhere--and unless they are set up correctly, they can expose systems and users to attack. This session examines current wireless attack methods and, by discussion and demonstration, shows how they are carried out. Attendees will walk away with a new awareness of how careful they must be in setting up and maintaining school and home networks.

Session: 173 Title: From Information Literacy to Information Leadership
Presenter: Will Richardson, Connective Learning, LLC, Featured Speaker
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 2 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Administrative
Assessing the relevance and reliability of information is a crucial skill for all educators to master and model. But that type of information literacy is only the beginning. With the explosion of information coming online, school leaders need to employ successful strategies for finding, managing and communicating what’s significant for their own practice and for that of their constituents. This workshop will cover the tools that information leaders are using and the strategies to use them well.

Session: 174 Title: Kidspired Collaborations
Presenter: Susan Silverman, Featured Speaker
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 3 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-5
Many hands make light work. Participants in this session will share the presenter's treasure chest of teacher-created, literature-based Kidspiration activities that will enhance their balanced literacy programs. See the power of collaborative projects in action. Click here for handouts.

Session: 175 Title: Blogging 101: Digital Journaling and Group Projects
Presenter: Patrick Crispen, California State University, Featured Speaker
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 4 Seats: 800
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
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, participants will learn about online journaling tools called "blogs," tools that have reached a critical mass in higher education and are rapidly appearing in more and more K-12 classrooms across the country. You'll even learn how to make your own blog for free.

Session: 176 Title: Georgia Department of Education Instructional Technology Update
Presenters:  Peggy Norman, Georgia Department of Education; Bill Gambill
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 5 Seats: 800
Strand: Leadership/Organization/Policy Audience: Administrative
In this session, attendees will hear the annual Instructional Technology Update from the Georgia Department of Education.

Session: 177 Title: Bringing Mathematics Education into the 21st Century with the Promethean Activboard
Presenter: Jeff Giddens, Gwinnett County
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 6 Seats: 260
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional 9-12
Participants in this session will see a demonstration of the various capabilities of the Promethean Activboard in the mathematics classroom. The presenter will show the classroom teachers how flipcharts are created and how student interest can be peaked by interactive technology.

Session: 178 Title: Digital Storytelling in the Public Schools
Presenters: Lewis Gambill, Texas A & M; Doug Hanna
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 7 Seats: 260
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-12
This session will provide attendees with an awareness of the software currently available for the creation of digital stories and other projects. Attendees will learn to integrate digital storytelling into instruction and will receive copies of the software, workshop handouts, and tutorials.
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Session: 179 Title: Kids and Databases: A Natural Match 
Presenter: Janet Caughlin, Douglas County, Elkkhorn, Nebraska
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 8 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
Standards tell us to use databases with our students. How do we do accomplish that in the classroom--particularly with elementary students? Attendees will explore a variety of databases created in AppleWorks, Excel, Access, MaxData (the new database module of Scholastic Keys), and InspireData. Database subjects include rocks, recipes, animals, books, elections, bibliography, geography, dictionary, word use, student interests, digestive system, vacation plans, planets, presidents, automobile costs, and entertainment costs.

Session: 180 Title: Georgia Children's Books Meet Technology
Presenters: Jaye Masters, Rabun County; Virginia Harrell
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Swiss 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Library/Media Audience: Instructional PK-5
The Georgia Children's Book Award nominees have met technology! Come join us as we integrate literature and technology and excite children about reading. Students can enhance their technology skills and take books one step further in their quest for adventure. A variety of software and Internet sites will be demonstrated.

Session: 181 Title: Using Technology-Rich, Project-Based Learning in the Mathematics Classroom
Presenter: Faith Pack, Shelby County
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Swiss 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional 9-12
With the emphasis on high-stakes testing, teachers are faced with the challenge of helping students develop the higher-order thinking skills they need to succeed in the 21st Century. In this session, participants will learn how to use project-based learning and essential questions to promote higher-order thinking skills in the mathematics classroom.

Session: 182 Title: Lessons Learned Implementing a Statewide 21st Century Learning Environments Program
Presenter: Chris Thompson, Georgia Tech
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Kenyan 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
The Georgia Department of Education Technology Division, Georgia Leadership Institute (GLISI), and Georgia Tech CEISMC have partnered to conduct a 21st Century Learning Environments research program in 12 schools across the state. The program was designed to collect tangible evidence of the impact of 21st century learning environments on instructional practice, student learning, and student achievement on standardized testing in the state. Significant changes that have ocurred will be discussed along with a review of the plan for the upcoming year.

Session: 183 Title: Get Plugged in to Music Technology
Presenter: Gincy Moon, Rockdale County
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Kenyan 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-5
Participants will discover ways to enhance the music curriculum through the use of technology. From simple directions on using an iPod to information on using a MIDI keyboard to produce student compositions, this session will equip the music teacher with several tools for integrating technology on any budget. Teachers will leave this presentation with several easy-to-integrate lesson plans, student samples, and Internet resources for the classroom.

Session: 184 Title: Television Production: A Classroom Approach
Presenter: Mamie Ruth Crawford, Butts County
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Italian 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional 6-8
Participants in this session will learn how to set up a television production lab and produce a daily school news broadcast. They will learn how to integrate the classroom curriculum, including school events and activities, sports events, clubs and organizations, guest speakers, and special celebrations, into the broadcast.

Session: 185 Title: EZ Technology Projects for the Classroom
Presenters: LaQuita Hutchinson, Savannah-Chatham County; Teresa Fuller
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Italian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-5
Are you looking for a way to “spice up” those classroom activities? Participants will learn easy, creative ways to integrate technology into their existing lesson plans. This session will demonstrate ideas, suggestions, and examples of ways in which students are able to be engaged in the learning process using such software as Inspiration, Kidspix, Word, PowerPoint, and Photostory.  Handout (ppt file)

Session: 186 Title: Do You Maintain a Website? Start Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Stop Wasting Time!
Presenter: Stephen McNutt, Rockdale County
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: German 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Professional Development Audience: Technical
Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), you can set and edit, from one centralized document, site-wide properties like font, text size, text color, line spacing, background color or image, text wrapping, roll-over behavior, margins, borders, and much more. It's like putting these properties on remote control. You can also target changes in the properties of specified items on specified pages of your site.

Session: 187 Title: Router/Firewall/Wireless AP Controller Do It Yourself - Cheap
Presenters: Edward Gowen, Macon State College ETTC; Cindy Bird
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: German 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Technical
In this session, participants will be provided information on installing, configuring, and monitoring a basic router using a modest desktop computer and the Linux-based Mikrotik software package. Attendees will receive a CD containing the current version of the Router OS that can be used without cost in a limited role. Router installation, configuration, and monitoring will be demonstrated and discussed. It is possible to convert a modest PC with two or more network interfaces into a router/firewall/Access Point controller using Mikrotik software at a very reasonable price, and it's not quite "Rocket Science."

Session: 188 Title: Exploring Open Source Programs: Free Software for the Classroom
Presenter: Carl Dekker, Columbus State University ETTC
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Spanish 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Internet Audience: Instructional PK-12
Explore a wide selection of real-world programs and games available on the Internet through open source and freeware resources. Participants in this workshop will learn how open source programs such as Open Office, Audacity, GIMP, NVU, and others can close the gap on accessibility by reducing initial costs.

Session: 189 Title: Using an Integrated Learning System to Fill in Educational Cracks in High School Math
Presenters: Kathleen Patten, Ware County; Lars Leader
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Spanish 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: eLearning Audience: Instructional 9-12
Are you seeking an alternative educational path to assist those students who too often fall through the cracks? If so, this session will provide you with useful information on how an integrated learning system (ILS) is being used by one rural high school in southeast Georgia. Ware County sought an alternative path for its "at risk" students in order to better foster student academic success and ultimately improve graduation rates. Action research was conducted to determine the effect of the ILS, NovaNet, on student achievement in math, while at the same time assessing student, teacher, and paraprofessional attitudes toward the ILS method of learning. How the use of NovaNet may be related to students' locus of control was also examined.

Session: 190 Title: Reviving Your Older Technology Using Linux Thin Client Software
Presenter: Daniel Howard, Georgia Open Source Education Foundation
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Australian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Technical
Learn how older computers can be set up as high-performance, virus-free thin client workstations using the K12LTSP Free Open Source Software package (FOSS). The package includes the Linux operating system and dozens of software applications ranging from kindergarten to high school years and beyond, with an emphasis on math, science, and reading. Participants will learn how to freely obtain and install the software, configure their older school PCs as thin clients, and explore the new educational software applications included in the package. Participants will be given a set of installation disks at the end of the workshop, as well as a CD ROM they can use on their own computers that demonstrates how easy Linux and the new educational software applications are to use.