Friday, 9:45 - 10:45

Session: 210 Title: How to Design a School Website That People Will Actually Use
Presenter: Leslie Fisher, Featured Speaker
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 1 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Administrative
Did you or someone else design your school or district's website, only to have it left unused? Are you having trouble getting valuable content? Learn how to properly plan, design, and implement a school or district website. Solutions such as online forms, calendar systems, PDFs, and online databases will be demonstrated and discussed.

Session: 211 Title: A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything (Repeat)
Presenter: Will Richardson, Connective Learning, LLC, Featured Speaker
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 2 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
Having the world of information at our fingertips on the Web was in itself a powerful transformation, but being able to contribute our own knowledge and ideas and collaborate in the construction of content is even more powerful. What needs to change about our curriculum when our students have the ability to reach audiences far beyond our classroom walls? What changes must we make in our teaching as it becomes easier to bring primary sources to our students? How do we need to rethink our ideas of literacy when we must prepare our students to become not only readers and writers but editors and collaborators as well? How do we best put to use the reams and reams of “digital paper” that this new “writeable” Web provides?

Session: 212 Title: A Dance With the Butterflies: A UDL Showcase
Presenter: Susan Silverman, Featured Speaker
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 3 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
A lesson designed to meet the individual learning styles of all students is a recipe for success. This online Internet project showcases student projects that implement the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Participants will walk away with new ideas to use in their classrooms tomorrow! Click here for handouts.

Session: 213 Title: Designing Online Communities on a Shoestring
Presenter: Patrick Crispen, California State University, Featured Speaker
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 4 Seats: 800
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
Creating an online community of learners is pretty simple. Creating a GOOD online community, however, takes a little work. This presentation introduces you to existing online communities, teaches you how to create communities of your own, and shows you the rules and guidelines that will help you make great online learning communities.

Session: 214 Title: Securing Your Microsoft Network: A Dozen Tips
Presenter: Mark Minasi, Featured Speaker
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 5 Seats: 800
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Technical
Let's be clear: designing and implementing a good security system takes time and money, and it's a pretty good idea to invest that time and money. But if you're short on time, then this session is the next best thing. In just a few minutes, you'll learn a bunch of short tips which don't take much time to implement and can shore up your system's security. Windows 2000 and 2003 (and even NT 4) include a ton of security features--but unfortunately, they don't enable them by default. Join a network geek and writer in a series of quick and dirty suggestions that'll help you caulk over some of those security holes!

Session: 215 Title: Do-Anything Wireless Devices for Less Than $75
Presenter: David Millians, University of Georgia ETTC
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 6 Seats: 260
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Technical
Thanks to open source firmware, it's possible to convert consumer-level wireless access points into devices capable of doing just about anything with wireless. As a start, it's possible--and field-proven--to use it as a wireless, secure, bridge to connect trailers to the school LAN. It is also remotely manageable and configurable, capable of VPN and QOS, ready for IPV6, and upgradable for future wireless security. With some access points, it's even possible to create a NAS solution and web server.

Session: 216 Title: Lights, Camera, Action: Student-Produced Videos in Elementary School
Presenters: Rhonda Gulley, Thomaston-Upson; Amy Miller
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 7 Seats: 260
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-5
Classrooms at Upson-Lee South Elementary are using Microsoft Movie Maker to produce videos that correlate to the Georgia Performance Standards. Students in a variety of grades and ability levels have played active parts in producing videos for culminating activities. Making movies is bringing the content to life for the students.

Session: 217 Title: No More Interactive Lessons - Let's Have InterACTION Lessons
Presenter: Robin Sowell, Pierce County
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Salon 8 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional 6-8
Today many classes use interactive lessons, but few of them actually have interaction. Using all forms of technology in the classroom can have students improving content mastery, life skills, and skills working within groups. This presentation will show how to incorporate various technologies into lesson plans so the students master not only content but other life-long skills such as cooperation and team building skills. This presentation will use the Internet, interactive answering devices, Bluetooth input devices, and various other technologies. Participants will learn how to involve each student in his/her own learning.

Session: 218 Title: The Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
Presenter: Julie Hatcher, Gwinnett County
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Swiss 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Library/Media Audience: Instructional 9-12
The Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers is in its third year. Participants in this session will learn about the history of the award, how to promote this award in the media center or public library, and hear about this year's top 20 nominees.

Session: 219 Title: Podcasting: An Alternative Approach for Creating Engaging Student Presentations
Presenters: Joseph Baker, Cobb County; Jim Demmers
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Swiss 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional 6-8
This session will present our experiences in incorporating podcasting into the middle school science classroom as a tool to aid students in developing and sharing their ideas. PowerPoint has been the standard presentation tool, but students who are comfortable using the latest gaming platforms and media players find assembling a slide show pretty boring. Podcasting provides students with access to a broader medium for presenting their ideas and empowers them with a sense of ownership that is absent with more traditional tools. It also encourages them to work as part of a team that uses the skills of each individual in researching, scripting, and producing the podcast as a coherent presentation by the group.

Session: 220 Title: Communicating from One URL
Presenters: Davis Brock, Elmore County; Doris Moody
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Kenyan 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Internet Audience: Administrative
This session will provide an inside look on how to transform a website into a total communication portal for everyone in a school district. Participants will learn how a private area of the Elmore County website provides additional resources to teachers and administrators.

Session: 221 Title: Three Milestones for Integrating Online Technology into the Curriculum
Presenter: Scott Wilson, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Kenyan 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: eLearning Audience: Instructional PK-12
As educators confront the prospect of bringing online technology into the curriculum--into learning activities and performance assessments--many don’t know where to begin or feel overwhelmed before they start. This presentation focuses on three milestones that provide an easy step-by-step process for the transition from a “traditional” classroom into a “blended”
approach, using student-centered online activities. The milestones include creating a safe, online learning environment, creating a variety of online educational activities, and creating online educational modules or courses.

Session: 222 Title: Scavenger Hunts for Science and Social Studies GPS
Presenter: Donna Smith, Pioneer ETTC
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Italian 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Professional Development Audience: Instructional PK-5
Participants will investigate ideas to engage students in exploring the Internet through the use of scavenger hunts correlated to the Georgia Performance Standards. This session will focus on scavenger hunts for science and social studies in grades K-5, with follow-up activities that cover other areas of the curriculum.

Session: 223 Title: Teaching Thinking with Technology: Introduction to Free Workshop that Supports Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Presenter: Sharon Joiner, First District RESA ETTC
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Italian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Professional Development Audience: Instructional PK-12
This session presents an overview of the new free professional development offering, Intel Teach to the Future Workshop on Teaching Thinking with Technology. This session focuses on enhancing effective technology integration skills by using free online tools that engage students in higher-order thinking that helps them communicate their understanding of complex concepts.

Session: 224 Title: Effective School Communication through the D2L Platform
Presen ter: Michael Richards, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: German 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
In this session, learn how Georgia Virtual School uses the Desire2Learn learning management system to communicate with its teachers, facilitators, parents, and students. Discussion forums, resource and support centers, and training programs will be highlighted. In addition, tips and tricks for maintaining effective communication will be shared.

Session: 225 Title: Total Security for the K-12 Network
Presenter: Al Rossi, Lightspeed Systems, Inc., Vendor
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: German 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Technical  Audience: Technical
It's becoming increasingly clear that the current model for network security--defend the perimeter and patch, patch, patch--has some serious shortcomings. Layers of security are necessary to effectively secure the network and the users from the desktop all the way to the firewall.

Session: 226 Title: Keeping up with the Kids: Teaching Tips for Using Free Internet Tools
Presenter: Lorraine Schmertzing, Valdosta State University; Richard Schmertzing; Cliff Landis
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Spanish 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Internet Audience: Instructional PK-12
There is a wide variety of collaboration, communication, and research tools available to educators on the Internet. In this session, the presenter will demonstrate a tool, provide resource information (URL, purpose, strengths, weaknesses), and suggest instructional strategies that could make use of the tool. Some of the tools to be presented are Wikis (Wikipedia, TiddlyWiki, UrbanDictionary), citation/bookmarking tools (del.icio.us, ikeepbookmarks, CiteULike), Instant Messaging (AIM, Skype, GoogleTalk, Jabber), social networking (Yahoo Groups, Orkut, Friendster, WebCT, Facebook), photo sharing (Flickr, Photobucket, Webshots), and podcasting/vidcasting (Gcast, YouTube), blogs (Slashdot, LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress), and news feeds (RSS, Bloglines, Atom Feeds).

Session: 227 Title: Implementing a Wireless 1:1 Classroom
Presenter: Wendy Joiner, Bibb County
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Spanish 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional 6-8
Participants will learn how to implement a wireless 1:1 environment in their classrooms. The presentation will include grant writing tips, lesson plans, and classroom management techniques.

Session: 228 Title: Using the Georgia Online Assessment System To Increase Student Achievement
Presenter: Joe Blessing, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Friday, 9:45am - 10:45am Location: Australian 3-4
What is the best way to use the Georgia Online Assessment System to help students in your classroom, school, or system? How do I use the bank of reports that the OAS offers to monitor student learning? What are the new features of the OAS this year? This session helps answer these questions and will help Georgia educators use the system to assess their students for learning rather than just practicing for the test.