Wednesday, November 14: 3:15-4:15
Sessions 39-57
Session: 39 Title: Return of the
Gadgets
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Leslie Fisher, Fisher Technologies
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 1, Seats: 260
Are you a gadget head? Do you surf the net or listen closely to geeks
talking in hopes of hearing about a cool software product or gizmo? Leslie
Fisher (Gadget Freak) will show you some of her favorite hardware and
software gadgets that do everything from make your life easier to provide
piles of fun. Hardware, software, and even completely off-topic gadgets will
be discussed.
Session: 40 Title: Podcasts and Wikis and Blogs, Oh My! Online Learning Is
Not in Kansas Anymore
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Curtis Bonk, Indiana University
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 2, Seats: 260
It is time to be honest about online learning. The continued emergence of
online technologies has pushed us into strange lands not previously visited.
Unfortunately, we have not all landed in Emerald City. It is not just about
the pedagogy, nor is it about the technology. What matters is the thoughtful
integration of both. One need not be a scarecrow, however. This fun-packed
session will travel to Oz for a look at how online learning can be made
intellectually and pedagogically rich, highly collaborative, and engaging.
It will link emerging technologies such as podcasts and wikis and blogs to
dozens of pedagogical uses. After participants click their heels three
times, the session will provide many motivational, collaborative, and
interactive uses of these technologies. It will also provide ways to address
the learning preferences or styles of diverse learners, including millennial
and Generation X and Y learners as well as that of the munchkins. Bonk will
show participants the yellow brick road to follow in negotiating all the
emerging technologies and pedagogies. Then, if the Wicked Witches of the
East or the West do not interfere, he will turn these ideas into visions of
where we should go next—toward a community of innovative online teachers
and curriculum developers who seamlessly share their best online teaching
ideas and practices.
Session: 41 Title: Sharing Understandings: How Technology Impacts Learning
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Annette Lamb, Lamb Learning Group
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 3, Seats: 260
How can we draw upon the natural interests of young people to design
engaging learning environments where learners actively voice their
questions, organize their thinking, and share their understandings? How can
we effectively and efficiently collect and track evidence of student
learning? Let's create virtual workspaces for students to record their
thoughts, ideas, and understandings. In this session, you'll apply
technology tools you already have in your classroom, such as PowerPoint, and
easy-to-use, open-source software, such as Audacity, to create powerful
project starters for your students.
Session: 42 Title: Screencast Smackdown: Camtasia vs. Captivate
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Patrick Crispen, California State University
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 4, Seats: 400
You've probably heard of screenshots—pictures of a user's computer screen.
Well, screencasts are movies of a user's computer screen, providing you and
your students a simple way to create compelling training, demonstration, and
presentation videos, using nothing more than a classroom PC and a
microphone. In this one-hour, no-holds-barred, steel-cage grudge match,
we'll fire up the two leading Windows screencast programs, TechSmith's
Camtasia and Adobe's Captivate, and show you the ins and outs of both. Two
will enter. Only one will emerge victorious
.
Session: 43 Title: Develop a Vision for Instructional Technology!
Presenter(s): Jo Williamson and Traci Redish, Kennesaw State University
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 5, Seats: 400
For technology to have the maximum impact on learning, it must be used to
support student understanding, retention, and transfer of knowledge as
represented in the new Georgia Performance Standards. However, a recent
GaDOE statewide study suggests that these types of technology uses are the
least prevalent in Georgia schools. How can technology leaders help other
educators capture a vision of technology use that will best support the
implementation of Georgia's new curriculum? This interactive session will
model how instructors in Kennesaw State University's graduate technology
leadership programs help teachers and aspiring principals develop a vision
for technology use that makes a significant difference in student learning.
Participants will receive ideas and tools for fostering a vision for
effective technology use in their own schools.
Session: 44 Title: Copyright, Copywrong!
GEORGIA SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Mike Dishman and Dan Murphy, Kennesaw State University
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 6, Seats: 260
This session will discuss the intricacies of copyright law, focusing
particularly on copying, using, and retaining electronic images and
documents. The session will feature a fun-and-exciting quiz through which
participants will learn whether they are complying with federal copyright
law (including the much misapplied Fair Use Doctrine), or whether they are
undertaking a course of action that might ultimately culminate in their
living under a bridge while the Disney Corporation moves Goofy into their
home. The presenters are practicing school law attorneys, and what says
"room full of fun" like attorneys talking about a complicated and scary
federal law?
Session: 45 Title: Spyware 101
Presenter(s): Jonathan Smith, Harris County Schools
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 7, Seats: 260
Has your computer become sluggish? Are you constantly hit with a barrage of
pop-up ads? Is your web browser suddenly redirected to strange websites?
Does your web browser have new toolbars that you don't remember installing?
If any of these are true, your computer is probably infested with spyware.
This session will take a non-technical look at spyware. What is spyware? How
does a computer get spyware? How do I know if my computer has spyware? How
do I get rid of spyware? How do I prevent spyware? You will learn that you
can keep your computer spyware-free without spending a dime.
Session: 46 Title: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting: Tools of the
21st Century Classroom
Presenter(s): Tony Brewer, Brewer Technology and Learning
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Salon 8, Seats: 260
There are many ways that the Internet has changed how we do things. Of all
aspects of life, how we communicate has had the most profound impact. Since
schools first started installing 2400 baud modems and connecting computers
to the principals' phone lines, online collaboration has played a vital role
in how we use these new technologies to help students learn. This
presentation with author Tony Brewer is designed to acquaint educators with
the latest in online collaborative tools, including blogs, wikis, and
especially podcasting, using Audacity. These new publishing and
collaboration tools are just beginning to enter our classrooms, but the
instructional applications are multiplying. Learn how teachers are already
integrating these technologies to engage students through collaboration.
Session: 47 Title: Reading, Writing, and SOLO: Adapting the
Curriculum for Everyone
Presenter(s): Velita Cochran, Betsy Rohrbaugh, and Jo Wells, Fulton County
Schools
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Swiss 1-2, Seats: 88
In this session, the presenters will demonstrate how to use the SOLO program
to adapt projects from the general education curriculum to support special
education students performing below grade level. The presenters piloted a
connections course to train students how to use programs such as SOLO to
access the curriculum in the general education setting. Examples of student
projects will be displayed to show the progress that students have made
using this technology. You will be amazed by the projects that below-level
students were able to create independently using the supports provided by
technology. The results not only benefitted their academic performance, but
also improved their self-confidence in the classroom. (SOLO consists of
Write:Outloud, Read:Outloud, Co:Writer, and Draft:Builder, developed by Don
Johnston, Inc.)
Session: 48 Title: Electronic Records Management
LEADERSHIP SESSION
Presenter(s): Sue Derison, Forsyth County Schools
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Swiss 3-4, Seats: 88
FCS has implemented student and business records management using an
electronic records management program. This session will describe the
process and possibilities of such a program.
Session: 49 Title: Enhancing Literacy Development with
Digital Storytelling
BYOL SESSION
Presenter(s): Bonita Friend-Williams and Paulina Kuforiji, Columbus State
University
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Kenyan 1-2, Seats: 88
This presentation will highlight ways in which digital storytelling can be
used to expand the literacy experiences of students of all ages. Extending
the writing process beyond the print publication stage, digital storytelling
adds voice and visuals to make a story come alive for writer and audience.
Presenters will share plans and resources used in a variety of classroom
settings. Elementary, middle, and high school teachers, reading coaches, and
school librarians as well as teacher educators would benefit from the
information disseminated in this session.
Session: 50 Title: Adobe Digital School Collection
Presenter(s): Ron Richard, Adobe Systems
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Kenyan 3-4, Seats: 88
Join Adobe for a session that will explore exciting ways in which educators
can use the Adobe Digital School Collection to inspire students. Learn how
to engage students in learning through multimedia projects that use Adobe
Photoshop Elements software for digital imaging and Adobe Premiere and
Elements software for producing digital video. Learn how Adobe Acrobat
software empowers educators to communicate and collaborate more easily and
securely. And learn how Adobe Contribute provides the ideal solution for
easily updating websites and blogs.
Session: 51 Title: Battling Obesity with Technology
Presenter(s): Susan Miller, Catoosa County Schools, McDonald, Tennessee
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Italian 1-2, Seats: 88
Reporting 61 percent of Georgia's adult population as overweight, our
current state statistics reflect alarming national and global trends. This
session offers suggestions for concerned teachers who are attempting to
encourage the development of healthy habits among their students. Coupling
online health education with technology skills creates a unique health
curriculum for our technology-savvy youth. Students are captivated by the
multimedia presentations; teachers will enjoy the ease of preparation and
delivery. Activities include locating content-rich health websites, creating
"Healthy Heart" bookmarkers (Word), building interactive "Health Puzzles"
(Excel) , and producing "Doctor Your Diagnosis" slide show presentations
(PowerPoint). Handouts include full instructions for projects and the
websites that support students who are gathering vital health information.
Session: 52 Title: Session
Title: Active Directory Deployment Success Stories 
Presenter(s): William Sperin, White County Schools; John
Anderson, Stephens County Schools; John Call, Gilmer County Schools
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Italian 3-4, Seats: 88
This session will review how three counties in North Georgia deployed and
implemented Microsoft’s Active Directory. Topics will include AD
integration, Group Policies, restriction of students' and teachers’ access,
centralized management of all machines on the network, and network security.
If you are planning to implement Active Directory in your school system, you
will not want to miss this session. There will be ample time for questions
and answers.
Session: 53 Title: Building an Open Source Media
Distribution System
Presenter(s): Alan Gayton, Dalton State College ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: German 1-2, Seats: 88
Is it possible to create a media distribution system from open source
software that can function as well as the proprietary systems and be easy to
use? This session will demonstrate a prototype system built from open source
software that does just that. Learn how your school might set up a system
that can allow teachers to schedule, record, and playback television from a
central server, watch live television with DVR capabilities, and retrieve
digital copies of DVDs and other video from the server. The system is based
on home theater software, which gives it an easy to use interface.
Session: 54 Title: Untangle Your Connection to the Internet
Presenter(s): Edward Gowen and Cindy Bird, Macon State College ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: German 3-4, Seats: 88
Untangle is an open-source collection of integrated tools designed to
protect your network from the spam, viruses, and other bad stuff so
prevalent on today's Internet. Untangle is easy to install and use. It runs
on modest hardware and provides excellent reports to enable you to manage
your network and its pathway to the outside world. An Untangle CD will be
presented to the first 30 attendees at this session.
Session: 55 Title: Budget Crunch? Free Tools for Securing
and Improving the Network
Presenter(s): Ernest Staats, Georgia Cumberland Academy
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Australian 3-4, Seats: 88
Do you need some free tools for testing and securing your network? These
tools are easy to use and will help you avoid becoming front page news. A
live demonstration of the tools on two laptops will increase your
understanding. If you support computers, come to this session to learn about
some excellent tools for securing the school's network
.
Session: 56 Title: Pet Exchange Project
Presenter(s): Millicent Johnson and Melanie Holbrook, Rockdale County
Schools
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Spanish 1-2, Seats: 88
Are you looking for a fun and engaging method that helps elementary students
to integrate technology, creative writing, social studies (geography) and
science skills? Want to assist your students in forming lasting friendships
and pen pals in a safe and well-supervised environment? The Pet Exchange
Project is the answer. The Pet Exchange Project involves exchanging a
stuffed animal (the pet) with a same-grade-level class in another city or
state. Not only do students learn subject content, but they also learn
valuable technology skills such as the use of digital photography,
PowerPoint, word processing, graphic organizers, desktop publishing, and
email.
Session: 57 Title: Slices and Shadows: Transformations and
Cross-Sections Using Sketchup
Presenter(s): Jerry Bunch, Macon State College ETTC
Time: Wednesday, 3:15 - 4:15, Location: Spanish 3-4, Seats: 88
This session demonstrates how to use Google Sketchup, software free for
downloading, to differentiate the instruction of seventh-grade math. The
training will include basic techniques for teachers and will show how
students can use Sketchup to construct and present their own transformations
and cross-sections.
