Wednesday, November 14:
1:45-2:45
Sessions 20-38
Session: 20 Title: Five Technologies
for the Next Five Years
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): David Pogue, New York Times
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 1, Seats: 260
As a journalist on the cutting edge of personal technology, David Pogue of
the New York Times displays, discusses, and demonstrates the five
technological advances—out of the hundreds introduced each year—that will
have the most impact on the audience in the next few years. Which five?
They're constantly evolving, of course. But in recent versions of this talk,
David has featured Voice Over IP (free phone calls over the Internet), the
online video revolution (like YouTube), radio iPod tags, personal
videoconferencing, HDTV, and other goodies.
Session: 21 Title: From R2D2 to the Matrix: A Galaxy of
Online Learning Style, Motivational, and Blended Learning Examples
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Curtis Bonk, Indiana University
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 2, Seats: 260
Retention is a key issue in online learning. Another is developing
interactive and collaborative activities and environments. Creating a
motivational and interactive online environment can enhance student
retention, completion, and overall enthusiasm for this new type of learning
arena. In this session, the presenter will provide dozens of pedagogical
ideas and solutions that motivate students in the online learning
environments. He will provide Best Practices in online teaching, based on
research, that creatively engage students into deeper and better learning.
He will walk the audience through his TEC-VARIETY model for online
motivation. And later, using his R2D2 (Read-Reflect-Display-Do) learning
style framework for online instructional design, he will also present
engaging strategies that relate to different student learning strategies or
preferences. He will also discuss how the R2D2 method can be expanded or
altered to fit your particular needs. He will end with his latest online
learning style model called the MATRIX. No matter what galaxy or planet you
are on, these ideas and techniques can be linked to student motivation,
collaboration, interaction, and general engagement in the learning process.
Bonk will offer many such linkages. More important, specific steps will be
provided for each technique described in this entertaining and informative
talk. As a result, this session will include many practical strategies that
can be incorporated directly into one's virtual classes, events, or
programs.
Session: 22 Title: Integrating the Best of Web 2.0 in the School Library
Media Program
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Annette Lamb, Lamb Learning Group
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 3, Seats: 260
From blogs and podcasts to wikis and virtual worlds, everyone's talking
about the dynamic technology tools and resources available to educators and
students. Let's separate the hype from what's realistic, relevant, and
practical for your library media program. What's effective, efficient, and
appealing? What's just a fad? How do these technologies mesh with
information and content standards? This session explores the possibilities
and potential for using social, collaborative, and interactive technologies
across the curriculum. From online book clubs and virtual literature circles
to local history wikis and personal, information inquiry blogs, you'll find
dozens of practical ideas to enrich your school library media program.
Session: 23 Title: What's New and What's Different in Office
2007?
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Patrick Crispen, California State University
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 4, Seats: 400
Microsoft recently released a brand new version of Microsoft Office that is
arguably the most significant update in Office's history. Join Patrick
Crispen as he introduces you to the new Microsoft Office user interface and
shows you what's new and what's different in Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft
PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007, and much, much more.
Session: 24 Title: Development and Research of Interactive
and Virtual Experiences
LEADERSHIP SESSION
Presenter(s): Jill Hobson, Bailey Mitchell, and Steve Mashburn, Forsyth
County Schools
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 5, Seats: 400
Forsyth County is committed to the development and research of interactive and
virtual experiences for teaching and learning in our district. The system
has committed numerous resources to researching future trends in technology
and determining the applicability for educational settings and student
achievement through actual implementation of advanced technology and
progressive teaching and learning strategies. Participants will learn more
about progress to date on this project.
Session: 25 Title: Thinking Big as the World Gets Small
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Hall Davidson, Discovery Educator Network
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 6, Seats: 260
The cameras in student cell phones make them citizen journalists. The Web is
their personal library and media center. They communicate in real time with
the ends of the earth. The challenge is getting school to let them learn
with such powerful tools. Beyond the "wow," technology provides nearly
limitless potential for connectivity and education. See examples from
corporations and classrooms of how today's technologies—from iPods to the
Web to video-on-demand—can (and should) engage and teach a new generation
of students.
Session: 26 Title: Learn about the Latest Student Response System!
Presenter(s): Greg Glenn, Perfect Solutions
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 7, Seats: 260
MagiClass is an interactive learning system (SRS) that engages all students
throughout the learning process, even in a lecture hall. Using the latest
wireless RF technology, up to 1600 clickers can operate from a distance of
300 feet. The removable personal ID card integrates into the clicker. One
MagiClass kit can be used for different classes, without losing the ID of
each participant. The questions are presented in PowerPoint and receive an
immediate response from each student. After all responses are received, a
graph displays the answers, enabling the teacher to assess the level of
understanding. The system creates a table of each lesson's results, which
displays the answer of each student to each question in each session. No
other SRS allows for such individuality and power! This session will present
hands-on use of the system.
Session: 27 Title: Integrating Classroom Resources and
Interactive Boards
Presenter(s): Deana Spacek, Macon State College ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Salon 8, Seats: 260
In today's classroom, teachers are still looking for the perfect balance
between their classroom resources and using interactive boards. During this
session, we will take a look at how to integrate all those classroom
resources that are available on our interactive boards. Then, we will look
at few strategies to make these resources more interactive for students.
Session: 28 Title: SEBD Students Experience Success with
Technology
Presenter(s): Natalie Muthersbaugh, Carl Muthersbaugh, and Lynn Bigbie,
Savannah-Chatham County Schools
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Swiss 1-2, Seats: 88
Students with severe emotional disorders are quite often unsuccessful in the
academic setting. Research has shown that technology has the ability to help
students with disabilities uncover and release an intellectual potential
that has been buried under layers of frustration and emotional conflict.
Would the integration of technology into the curriculum of a SEBD (severe
emotional and behavior disorder) middle school classroom result in increased
reading scores and increased behavior and pro-social scores? The answer is
YES! This session will share the results of the integration of technology
into the curriculum of a SEBD classroom, as well as numerous ideas and
modifications that can be taken back to the classroom to help SEBD and other
special needs students benefit from the regular curriculum.
Session: 29 Title: Get Smart about Cyber Safety
Presenter(s): Janet Corder, Carroll Independent Schools, and Joan Gore, Lewisville Independent
Schools, Roanoke, Texas
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Swiss 3-4, Seats: 88 ,
Do you know whom your students are talking to online? This session will
provide you with information and resources that will enable you to educate
your faculty, parents, and students. Learn what other school districts are
doing to coordinate efforts to educate students, parents, and faculty about
Internet safety. Receive valuable resources, including curriculum ideas,
which can be used in your district. Find out about popular networking sites
such as MySpace, Facebook, and Xanga.
Session: 30 Title: Experience Differentiated Instruction and
Adapt It to Your Students
BYOL SESSION
Presenter(s): Claudia Huff, Georgia Tech Research Institute, and Michael
Elias, UFT Teacher Center NYC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Kenyan 1-2, Seats:
88
In this lively session you'll experience differentiated instruction
first-hand using web-based resources and then discuss the experience and how
the approach can be adapted for your students, regardless of skill level.
Using Robert Frost's poetry as an example, the presenters will demonstrate
that successful differentiated learning activities can be designed using
web-based resources, and attendees will be the learners. You will experience
the same content being delivered visually, aurally, and in printed form.
Attendees will be divided into groups that experience the three formats in
various sequences. Following this demonstration, guided small group
discussions will address the impact of this approach on the learner, as well
as the potential applications in your discipline, in your classroom.
Session: 31 Title: Viva Video Conferencing!
Presenter(s): John Wiggins, Julie Davis, and Emily Hodge, University of
Georgia ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Kenyan 3-4, Seats: 88
In this session, participants will experience the use of video conferencing
for instruction and hear from ETTC instructors who have taught professional
development sessions via video conferencing. Benefits, strategies, tips, and
lessons learned will be shared.
Session: 32 concurrent Title: I Got It! Intervention
Strategies Help Math Students through Technology
Presenter(s): Rudy Neufeld, Thames Schools/Neufeld Learning, Thames Schools,
London, Ontario; Connie Kitchens, Fulton County Schools, and Paul West
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Italian 1-2, Seats: 88
Our students must understand how to work with whole numbers and fractions.
In this session we will look at an integrated instructional method that
emphasizes many approaches to understanding the concepts. We will combine
technology and research-based strategies. Participants will receive a CD and
lesson outlines that can be used in a variety of learning environments.
Session: 33 Title: Enhancing Teaching and Curriculum
Management Using Blackboard
Presenter(s): Richard Blackburn and Darryl Warren, Blackboard
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Italian 3-4, Seats: 88
Come find out why Blackboard has truly become the recognized standard for
delivering the most effective and efficient e-Learning solutions to the K-12
community. Tried and proven, Blackboard provides a central online hub that
unifies four key pillars of teaching and learning: (1) Instructional
Delivery and Curriculum Management, Greater Student Engagement: Deliver
distance, blended, or supplemental instruction with a forum for content and
collaboration. (2) Professional Development Improved Instruction: Offer
anywhere, anytime access to professional development opportunities with
coursework, communities of practice, and professional resources in one
central location. (3) Communication and Community Boundless Collaboration:
Keep students and parents plugged in to their studies by integrating
collaborative technologies into the classroom. (4) Evaluation and
Assessment-Informed Progress: Choose the most appropriate learning content
for students and apply differentiated instruction.
Session: 34 Title: Integrating Telecommunications into the
IT Environment
LEADERSHIP SESSION
Presenter(s): Wallace Reeves, Houston County Schools
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: German 1-2, Seats: 88
Voice over IP, cellular PDA, Blackberry, and other modern telecommunication
resources have thrust the IT leader into the role of telecommunication
manager. What resources are available to help seamlessly integrate and
manage these tools in the overall technology infrastructure? This session
will address the growing demand on IT leadership to deliver more
telecommunications resources and how to best address such requirements.
Session: 35 Title: Open Technologies in the Education
Enterprise
GaDOE SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Jim Klein, Saugus Union School District, Santa Clarita,
California
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: German 3-4, Seats: 88
Open-source software, open standards, and open content have been described
as "the most disruptive technologies of the 21st century." Unfortunately,
much of the focus has been on the "costs" as Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
studies stating cases both for and against abound in the media, professional
reports, and public presentations. The mentality of "doing the same for
less" has sadly overlooked the true benefit of open technologies: value. The
potential of open technologies is not merely cost savings but a fundamental
transformation of the way education technology leaders drive innovation. In
this session attendees will not only learn about open technologies but also
about their potential to change a school's approach to teaching and
learning.
Session: 36 Title: FUNky FUNctions TI-10 and TI-15
Calculators
Presenter(s): Susan Watkins, National Science Center ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Australian 3-4, Seats: 88
This session is specifically designed for elementary school teachers. The
use of TI-10 and the TI-15 technology allows students to explore and use
higher levels of mathematics than they would normally achieve in activities
that both engage and challenge young minds. Learn the unique functions of
these calculators and explore activities that support higher-level thinking.
Session: 37 Title: Integrate Technology with Britannica
Online
Presenter(s): Hilit Kravitz, Encyclopaedia Britannica
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Spanish 1-2, Seats: 88
Need help doing special projects with your students? Looking for ways to
integrate technology into your classroom? Want to show students how to get
answers to their questions, whether at school or at home? Come join us for a
session on Britannica Online School Edition, organized specially for
teachers and library media specialists. This workshop will explore
Britannica's collection of encyclopedias, images, multimedia and video
clips, recommended Internet sites, current magazine articles, primary source
documents, and Spanish-language resources. Britannica also includes student
activities for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and teacher
resources.
Session: 38 Title: NETS for Students - The Next Generation - Georgia
Performance Standards
Presenter(s): Lisa Burkhalter, First District RESA ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 1:45 - 2:45, Location: Spanish 3-4, Seats: 88
The National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S) have
been revised to reflect what students should know and be able to do to learn
effectively in a digital world. This presentation will introduce the revised
standards and reveal how many of those standards complement the Georgia
Performance Standards (GPS). Participants will receive specific ideas and
examples of how technology can be incorporated into the different subject
areas and grade levels based on the NETS*S and GPS.
