Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45

Session: 20 Title: Securing a School or Home Wireless Network
Presenter: Brent Williams, Kennesaw State University ETTC, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 1 Seats: 260
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Administrative
A wireless network that is not properly secured will expose systems and users to attack. Important data can be stolen, and legitimate users can be denied access to resources that they need. This session examines various methods that can be used by school or home wireless network managers to properly secure their networks. Attendees will walk away with steps they can take to properly secure their wireless networks

Session: 21 Title: Moving from Learning to Global Contribution: Leveraging the 21st Century Classroom
Presenter: Tim Tyson, Cobb County, Georgia Spotlight Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 2 Seats: 260
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
Educators from all over the world visit Mabry Middle School to see first hand the innovative ways technology is used not to just maximize student achievement but to afford children the capacity to make global contribution. A self-described geek, the presenter believes that technology is neither "the answer nor the magic bullet" but a tool that, when appropriately leveraged, brings people together so that they can collaboratively create and share with
unprecedented ease and facility in ways that can make our world a better place. His sessions around the country not only provide a philosophical framework but also some concrete examples of ways to leverage pervasive computing and connectivity to engage students in higher levels of academic performance and global contribution.

Session: 22 Title: Quick & Easy Computer Activities for Kids
Presenter: Tammy Worchester, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 3 Seats: 260
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
In this fast paced session, you'll discover many quick and easy to create projects that integrate technology into all areas of the elementary curriculum, using Microsoft Office and the Internet. Activities are aligned to the ISTE standards and to the Multiple Intelligences. You'll leave with dozens of clever ideas you can use tomorrow in your classroom!

Session: 23 Title: Google 201: Advanced Googology
Presenter: Patrick Crispen, California State University, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 4 Seats: 800
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
Ready to take your Googling to the next level? Beyond the world of plusses, minuses, and quotes lies a whole universe of secret Google tips, techniques, and tools. This session introduces you to little-known Google features like pipes, stop-word workarounds, full-word wildcards, and query modifiers: features that will instantly make you the envy of your friends and the center of attention at cocktail parties.

Session: 24 Title: 1:1 Wireless Classrooms: Lessons Learned
Presenters: Roberta Reasoner, Georgia Department of Education; Lynn Rogers; Monica Radcliff
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 5 Seats: 800
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Administrative
A team of presenters representing the Macon State College ETTC, the Heart of Georgia ETTC/RESA
and Georgia Department of Education staff will present reflections on the FY05 Title II-D
Wireless Computing Environment grant. The session will include thoughts on what went right during the year, what we learned from the grant participants, and how we are moving forward in FY06.

Session: 25 Title: Georgia Public Broadcasting: More Than You Can Imagine . . .
Presenters: Joy Jensen, Georgia Public Broadcasting; Patrice Weaver
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 6 Seats: 260
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-12
Georgia Public Broadcasting has a wealth of incredible resources available to Georgia educators for FREE. From Video Streaming to Georgia History, Spanish and Japanese language learning programs to elementary math resources, GPB has something for everyone. Discover the many treasures available through Georgia Public Broadcasting. It's more than you can imagine!

Session: 26 Title: Curriculum + Laptops = Technical Chemistry
Presenter: Brian Felker, National Science Center ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 7 Seats: 260
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
Adding curriculum and laptops together sometimes is not a marriage made in heaven. Multiply the right amount and type of Internet resources and voila! Technical chemistry! This session will enable participants to visit a plethora of Internet resources that are both interactive and supportive of the Georgia Performance Standards. Interactive websites for use with stand- alone systems as well as interactive whiteboards will be showcased and explored. Participants
will leave with Web resources for every content area and grade level, as well as an invitation to join a new listserv and curriculum project.

Session: 27 Title: Meeting the Needs of Level 1 Math Students Using iLearn Math
Presenter: Derek Fort, Rockdale County
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Salon 8 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
Are you interested in changing Level 1 students’ attitudes toward math? This session will focus on how a Title I school implemented a comprehensive math support class to meet the needs of Level 1 students. The support classes uses iLearn math to identify and target student weaknesses while providing differentiated and innovative instruction. Educators in these classrooms have become facilitators for learning and are able to meet the individual needs of
the learners. Consequently, after positive, successful experiences, students have become more confident and competent in their regular math classes.

Session: 28 Title: Enhancing History Education with Primary Source Materials through the Digital Library of Georgia
Presenter: Edward Johnson, Georgia HomePLACE
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Swiss 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Library/Media Audience: Instructional PK-12
In this session, the participants will learn about the primary sources available online through GALILEO’s Digital Library of Georgia that can enliven history lessons by conveying first-hand experiences of historic events. The presenter will provide an overview of the many sources available at the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), focusing on Dahlonega’s nineteenth -century gold rush and Brunswick’s Second World War ship-building as examples of primary sources that tell dramatic stories from Georgia’s long history.

Session: 29 Title: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Integrating STEM through Robotics
Presenter: Kristie Brown, LEGO Education, Vendor
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Swiss 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
Attendees will have the opportunity to work with the new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, which provides unprecedented learning opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With its powerful NXT brick, expanded sensor capabilities, wireless Bluetooth technology, programming software, and progressive curriculum activities, MINDSTORMS Education provides students with the right tools to put their knowledge into practice.

Session: 30 Title: Curing Your Student Email Headaches
Presenter: Brad Martin, Gaggle.Net Inc., Vendor
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Kenyan 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
This presentation will explore the facets of using student email in your school. Hear about liability issues schools face and how to cure your student email headaches. The presenter will discuss the pros and cons of student email, great lesson plan ideas for using email in the curriculum, the implications of CIPA, and new sources of funding for student email. Student email CAN be easily integrated into the existing curriculum.

Session: 31 Title: The Library of Congress Online: Bringing Primary Sources into the Classroom
Presenter: Anne Savage, Library of Congress
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Kenyan 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
Learn about the K-12 resources available on the website of the Library of Congress and how they can help you meet standards and increase student understanding in many subject areas. Millions of engaging primary source items are found on the Library of Congress website. In this session, you'll find out how to use them at any grade level. Learn how to zoom in on historic maps, watch Thomas Edison films, locate Dust Bowl photographs, and listen to former
slaves tell their stories. Find teacher-created lesson plans, online activities for students, and professional development opportunities. Learn how to participate in videoconference workshops with Library staff. The Library of Congress website is freely accessible to all, with no login and no subscription.

Session: 32 Title: Online CRCT Linked Benchmark Assessments
Presenter: Gary Field, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Vendor
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Italian 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Research/Assessment/Accountability Audience: Administrative
This session will provide a demonstration of Acuity/Georgia. Acuity is an online formative assessment system with pre-built assessments modeled after the CRCT and customized to the local district curriculum's scope and sequence. Participants will learn how to build and share custom assessments to pinpoint problems, develop remediation activities, construct scoring rubrics, and use district-level tools such as batch printing.

Session: 33 Title: Effective Technology Training: It's Easy as a WINK
Presenter: Warren Ellison, Floyd County
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Italian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-12
Participants in this session will learn about WINK, a free program that allows anyone to create professional, high-quality Flash tutorials. WINK is HTML based so the tutorials can be easily integrated into current classroom, school, or district websites. By posting WINK tutorials, districts can finally develop training materials that will not over-inflate their budgets.

Session: 34 Title: Fixing Windows XP: An introduction to Knoppix
Primary Presenter: Adrian Godwin, Albany State University ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: German 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Technical
Knopix is a Linux-based bootable CD or DVD that provides numerous tools for Windows XP system recovery and troubleshooting. The attendees will see how this tool has the ability to recover and modify important data, resize a partition, and more. The next time Windows XP “bugs” out, maintain your PC and your sanity with this gem of a lifesaver.

Session: 35 Title: PCGenesis: End to End Processing of State Health Benefit Plan Withholding and Reporting
Presenter: Todd Williams, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: German 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Professional Development Audience: Administrative
Learn the details of the new State Health Benefit plan reporting requirements from PCGenesis. PCGenesis now produces the new reports needed for each district to send to the State Health Benefit Plan. Learn how to set up the proper withholding deductions and codes in PCGenesis. Suggestions for reporting schedules and reporting processes will also be presented.

Session: 36 Title: Mathematics and Children's Literature Connections with Related Internet -Based Activities
Presenters: Deborah McAllister, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Shirley McDonald
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Spanish 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Internet Audience: Instructional PK-5
Participants will view websites that link mathematics activities and children’s literature for elementary grades. Links include authors’ sites, on-line stories and activities, lesson plans, and summaries. Activities are correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards, with each of the 10 curriculum standards represented by several books and websites.

Session: 37 Title: Active Directory Primer
Presenter: Van Montesclaros, Columbus State ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Spanish 3-4Seats: 88
Strand: Networking/Technical Support  Audience: Technical
We have a top-notch presenter this year, Mark Minasi, who basically wrote the book on Windows Server operating
systems and will be holding two sessions on Active Directory at this conference on November 17. So, before then, come to this session to get a primer on Active Directory, and learn the basics of Microsoft's version of directory services. There will be an overview of what Active Directory is and AD infrastructure, including definitions of and differences between Domains, Trees, and Forests. This presentation will also briefly cover user and group administration, touch on group policies and objects, and present a briefing on replication management.

Session: 38 Title: 2006 Data Utilization Guide and Using Excel to Analyze Student-Level Data
Presenters: Amanda Ferster, Georgia Department of Education; Joanna Vahlsing
Time: Wednesday, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Location: Australian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Research/Assessment/Accountability Audience: Administrative
This session will review the 2006-2007 Georgia Department of Education Data Utilization Guide: A Resource for Georgia Educators. The Data 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 as well as examples of how Excel can be used to analyze assessment files will be presented.