Wednesday, 4:30-5:30

Session: 58 Title: Wireless Network Weaknesses Exposed
Presenter: Brent Williams, Kennesaw State University, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 1 Seats: 260
Strand: Networking/Technical Support 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: 59 Title: Digital Storytelling: Empowering The Student Writing Process
Presenter: Tonya Witherspoon, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 2 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
Educators at all levels can use digital storytelling in many ways, from introducing new material to helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of information, and gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools. Digital storytelling can also help students organize ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience and present their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative, and voice together, giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. During this session examples of digital stories made for a variety of audiences will be shared, how this medium can be used in the classroom to meet curricular objectives will be discussed, and different software and hardware that can be used to create digital stories will be explored.

Session: 60 Title: The Future Just Ain't What it Used to Be!
Presenter: Tony Brewer, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 3 Seats: 260
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
These silly words, as made famous by Yogi Berra, have never rung truer than they do now. We can no longer take what we learned during our pre-service training for granted as the way classrooms will continue to operate. We are preparing our students for their future, not our past. To do so, we must employ the tools they understand and want to use. Join in on the fun
as the presenter demonstrates how using digital images and Photo Story software can be one way to leap the digital divide, help teachers feel more comfortable with technology, and truly engage students. Upon returning to their schools, participants will be able to clear a whole new path for those who have resisted the use of technology because of its complexity.

Session: 61 Title: Now That I Know PowerPoint, How Can I Use It to Teach?
Presenter: Patrick Crispen, California State University, Featured Speaker
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 4 Seats: 800
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
At least thirty million PowerPoint presentations are made each day, and there are over 1,000 PowerPoint books currently in print. PowerPoint is the defacto standard for on-screen presentations in practically every school and training center in the world. Unfortunately, while millions of educators and trainers know how to use PowerPoint, few know how to use
PowerPoint to teach well. This session combines current learning theory and research, usability studies, and practical experience to show participants how to effectively use PowerPoint to teach in any environment: the K-16 classroom, a corporate training center, a community meeting . . . anywhere.

Session: 62 Title: Emerging Technologies: What’s New and Cool for Your School?
Presenter: Justin Rogers, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 5 Seats: 800
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
Technology is rapidly advancing every day. Trying to keep up with new technologies and what our students use is very challenging. Come learn how emerging technologies are transforming classroom instruction, including using cell phones, MP3 players, instructional video games, blogging, podcasting, multimedia resources, and learning object repositories to engage students, make learning more relevant, and achieve success.

Session: 63 Title: Troubleshooting Windows Movie Maker: Ten Common Errors, Ten Effective Solutions
Presenter: Andrew Smith, Georgia State University
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 6 Seats: 260
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-12
This presentation will focus on 10 common errors made by students and faculty working with Windows Movie Maker. The presenter will identify the most common mistakes, highlighting not just the errors themselves, but the problems these create throughout the learning process. The presentation will also discuss some solution strategies that have proved effective in
minimizing these errors, so that students can spend more time focusing on content, rather than on the functionality of the product. Finally, the presentation will offer suggestions for introducing Windows MovieMaker software as a useful tool to both students and faculty.

Session: 64 Title: E-Rate 2007: What Can We Expect?
Presenter: Harry Cook, BellSouth
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 7 Seats: 260
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Administrative
Audits, site visits, gold-plating, Red-Light rules, COMADs, Red F, and demand letters--new terms that will become daily expressions. This presentation is designed to explore these changes and how they might impact school funding and will also cover the establishment of a School District Compliance program, which will seek to minimize these risks and also explore some of the changes we expect to see in the 2007 program year.

Session: 65 Title: System Website Management Strategies
Presenter: Craig Liggett, DeKalb County
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Salon 8 Seats: 260
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Administrative
Managing a school district website requires more than just website design skills. Implementation of good practices in website management can save a lot of time and worry when things don't go quite according to plan. Learn what works and what needs improvement and obtain useful feedback that should make your job less hard work and more rewarding. This session will give you the chance to investigate new technologies that take your fancy.

Session: 66 Title: Different Districts, Different Approaches: All for Children's Success
Presenter: Melanie Cardell, Douglas County
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Swiss 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Library/Media Audience: Instructional PK-12
Three media professionals will present their districts' initiatives in integrating information literacy skills into the new GPS standards. Participants will learn how these districts are approaching the challenge of documenting the collaboration between the classroom teachers and the media professionals to engender student success.

Session: 67 Title: Using the Proven Strategies of Visual Learning to Meet Standards across the Curriculum
Presenter: Crystal Miller, Inspiration Software Inc., Vendor
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Swiss 3-4 Seats: 8 8
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional 6-8
Using visual learning tools from Inspiration Software, teachers can tap into the visual nature of today’s students and support their achievement across the curriculum. In this session, teachers will learn how to use Inspiration and InspireData to help students clarify their thoughts, analyze information, and form conclusions--fundamental skills essential to student
success. The presenter will demonstrate how students use Inspiration to create graphic organizers to brainstorm ideas, gather research, develop ideas, and improve their writing skills and will also introduce InspireData, a new tool for data analysis, and show how students can create multiple plot types to explore and analyze data. This powerful integration
of visual learning tools helps students stay engaged while developing their thinking and learning skills, improving their data literacy, and gaining a deeper understanding of any subject matter.

Session: 68 Title: The Classroom of the Future
Presenter: Jeff Mayfield, Computrac Interactive Solutions, Vendor
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Kenyan 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Administrative
The presenter will explain how educators can use technology to deliver content that meets state standards. Technology mediums used during this presentation include a GTCO Interactive Whiteboard, GTCO SchoolPad, GTCO PRS RF student response system, DLP projector, LightSPEED infrared wireless microphone system, and various free educational resources available on the Web.

Session: 69 Title: The Teacher's 21st Century Toolkit
Presenter: Jill Pless, Pioneer RESA ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Kenyan 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: 21st Century Learning Environments Audience: Instructional PK-12
A toolkit for 21st Century Teachers and solutions for seamless integration of technology into today's engaging classroom will be discussed during this session. These tools will help teachers provide an engaging learning environment that encourages student participation and discovery. Topics will include interactive whiteboards, classroom voting systems, technology
skills and standards, professional development, blogging, podcasting, open source software, and free online tools.

Session: 70 Title: Graphing Calculators and Their Effect on Students' Understanding of Functions
Presenters: Dolores Williams, Newton County; Lars Leader
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Italian 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Research/Assessment/Accountability Audience: Instructional 9-12
In this session, participants will learn about action research with high-school Algebra I students who used graphing calculators. This study confirmed improvement in graphing and understanding linear equations as well as positive attitudes.

Session: 71 Title: Clay Animation: A Hands-On Approach to Meeting Georgia Performance Standards
Presenter: Dale von Kohr, University of West Georgia
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Italian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Multimedia Audience: Instructional PK-12
Students learn best when they take ownership of their learning. Come to this session to learn how clay animation can be used to meet state and national standards. Clay animation involves students in writing, designing, organizing, cooperative learning, creative and high-order thinking, and planning and implementing an original project. The students not only research or create the content, but must analyze how best to apply their knowledge and creativity to share the concepts and information with their audiences.

Session: 72 Title: Portable Applications: Your Office on a Thumb Drive
Presenter: David Rogers, Heart of Georgia RESA ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: German 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Professional Development Audience: Instructional PK-12
With today's active educator, the ability to work anywhere, anytime, is important. This session overviews portable applications that can be used on any Windows-based computer with USB ports. No installation necessary. Just plug a portable drive in and access applications and documents anywhere. The presenter will review productivity software, website creation
software, graphics manipulation software, browsers, virus software, file transfer programs, and others. These applications are easy to use, full-featured, require no installation, and are free.

Session: 73 Title: Great Tools for Securing and Testing your Network and PC's
Presenter: Ernest Staats, Georgia Cumberland Academy
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: German 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Networking/Technical Support Audience: Technical
Looking for some tools to secure and test your network? If you support computers, come to this session to learn about some excellent tools for securing and recovering data. Examples of tools the presenter will discuss: the Google Hacking Database (GHDB), SuperScan, Cain and Able (the Swiss Army knife), NMap, Nessus, Ethereal, Metasploit, HTTrack, CommView, Link Ferret, Net Stumbler, Spy Dynamics Web Inspect, and QualysGuard.

Session: 74 Title: Science-N-Technology
Presenter: Julia Fuller, Rockdale County
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Spanish 1-2 Seats: 88
Strand: Internet Audience: Instructional PK-5
The participants will learn about digitizing science lessons by integrating technology and using research-based practices while increasing interest and achievement. The presenter will share many websites to use with students for the extension of scientific concepts as well as several teaching resources for locating the best science lessons the Web has to offer. The
participants will also learn how to plan a WebQuest, which promotes development of research skills. All attendees will receive a packet that includes information about the Science-N-Technology website as well as links organized according to the National Science Education Standards.

Session: 75 Title: Learn More, Do More, Be More
Presenter: Luba Lewytzkyj, Atomic Learning, Vendor
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Spanish 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Professional Development Audience: Instructional PK-12
Need to know how to produce an outline in Word, create a webpage using Dreamweaver, or use transitions in PowerPoint? Atomic Learning has the answers! Atomic Learning uses a Web-based show-and-tell approach to answer the common questions people have when learning software--just-in-time, just-enough. Atomic Learning's library includes project-based lesson plans and more than 20,000 tutorials on over 100 software applications that students and educators use everyday. The tutorials work great as an integral part of a staff development program and as a curriculum supplement. Learn how Atomic Learning can help educators enhance student and parent technology literacy while supporting school improvement goals.

Session: 76 Title: Using the GSO Builder to Construct Instructional Units Aligned to the GPS
Presenter: Kathy Politis, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Wednesday, 4:30pm - 5:30pm Location: Australian 3-4 Seats: 88
Strand: Best Practices Audience: Instructional PK-12
Participants in this hands-on presentation will search and find the Georgia Performance Standards along with instructional units and educational resources aligned to the standards. In addition, the participants will test drive the new GSO Unit Builder. Using a backwards design concept, the GSO Unit Builder coaches a classroom instructor through the design and
development of a GPS-aligned unit framework, teaching activity, learning activity, and balanced and/or performance-based assessment.