Thursday, November 15:
12:30-1:30
Sessions 115-133
Session: 115 Title: It's Decision
Time!
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Brent Williams, Kennesaw State University ETTC
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 1, Seats: 260
Novell Netware has been a rock solid performer that has been the mainstay of
many school systems for years. Sadly, Netware is fading and school systems
now face important questions: What will our network environment look like in
three years? Should we begin a transition to Windows Server or go Linux?
What about Apple? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each path?
This session will examine those questions and more. Strategic thinking
available here!
Session: 116 Title: If a Picture Says a Thousand Words, STOP
TALKING!
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Meg Ormiston, Tec Teachers
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 2, Seats: 260
Let the power of multimedia images increase comprehension. Infuse your
classroom with still images, moving pictures, music, and primary source
documents. Vary your lesson planning to include these elements that reach
the 21st century brains. Experience powerful examples of ways you can engage
the minds and increase comprehension. This session will help you put your
hands on multimedia examples for your classroom.
Session: 117 Title: Think, Plan, Share Your Story: Digital
Storytelling in the Elementary Years
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Gail Lovely, Gail Lovely Consulting
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 3, Seats: 260
What is the buzz about "digital storytelling"? What is it? How will it help
me and my students? How does it fit into my curriculum? What tools do I need
to have? How can I manage this? These tips and ideas and some moving
examples will be shared in this session, which will inspire you to let loose
the stories in your students' hearts and heads and gather amazing "lessons
learned."
Session: 118 Title: Blackboard 201: Little Known Tips,
Tricks, and Hidden Pitfalls
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Patrick Crispen, California State University
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 4, Seats: 400
This session is designed for educators who use Blackboard, a popular
learning management system used by many school districts and universities.
This fast-paced, one-hour presentation will introduce you to some of
Blackboard's best practices, often-overlooked features, and even common
pitfalls you need to avoid. Come with some questions of your own—this
session will have a question and answer period at the end.
Session: 119 Title: Command Microsoft Windows from C: Level
and Get Ready for Server Core, Part 1 of 2
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Mark Minasi
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 5, Seats: 400
Still doing administration from the GUI? Well, that works, of course, but
while GUIs are nice for now-and-then tasks, you can get a lot more done from
the command line and, even better, you can stuff your favorite command lines
into Notepad to create the world's simplest administration tool. But there
are many more reasons to learn the command line. For one thing, text-based
command interfaces like telnet, ssh, and the like run on virtually no
bandwidth, which can be perfect in some remote-control situations. And then
there's the reliable, largely unchanging nature of command-inline tools: ask
any Windows veteran how he got past having to learn the new Vista GUI to
change an IP address, create a user or change a password, and you're likely
to hear that he just opened up a command prompt, and used many of the same
net commands he'd been using since 1985. Perhaps the strongest argument for
the command line, however, isn't the past—it's the future. Windows Server
2007/8, formerly codenamed Longhorn, offers a sleeker, easier-to-control
version of itself called Server Core. It runs on less RAM and disk, but
lacks a GUI. Once Longhorn ships, it'll be hip to be a command line square!
The hard part, of course, is getting started, and who better to help you
than Mark Minasi, whose 100+ This Old Resource Kit and Windows Power Tools
columns have discovered and explained the best Microsoft command-line
administration tools for the past nine years. While the high-level nature of
GUIs are nice, really getting the job done in the least amount of time needs
a more down-to-earth, C:\>.level approach. Join Mark when he covers over 50
Windows command-line tools and see how to command Windows to do your
bidding.
Session: 120 Title: Easy Digital Photography and Video
Editing
FEATURED SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Leslie Fisher, Fisher Technologies
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 6, Seats: 260
Would you like to be able to put together a quick movie or slide show in
your class easily? Leslie Fisher will show you some of her favorite
techniques for basic, yet effective photo editing and video creation. Photo
organization, photo editing, video creation, video editing, and video
exporting will be discussed and demonstrated.
Session: 121 Title: ACTIVely Engaging Your K-2 Students
Presenter(s): Heather Borowski, Nayadin Persaud, and Anne Moore, Decatur
City Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 7, Seats: 260
In this session, classroom teachers from City Schools of Decatur will model
lessons and strategies for using an interactive whiteboard and assessment
devices with K-2 students. We will invite audience members to actively
participate using the Activboard and Activotes.
Session: 122 Title: Birds of a Feather: Library Media
Specialists
LEADERSHIP SESSION
Presenter(s): Judy Serritella, Robbie Reasoner, Georgia Department of
Education; and Cawood Cornelius, Gordon County Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Salon 8, Seats: 260
This GaDOE session will focus on common issues among library media
specialists. It is a chance to collaborate and network with colleagues.
Session: 123 Title: Literary Trips Using Google Earth
Presenter(s): Susan Walraven, Coweta County Schools, and Dale von Kohr, West
Georgia RESA ETTC
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Swiss 1-2, Seats: 88
Looking for an innovative approach to making your literature units come
alive? Literary Road Trips is an exciting technology resource that can be
generated using Google Earth. This instructional tool is not just limited to
literature but can also be integrated into other curriculum areas as well.
Session: 124 Title: Maximize the Effectiveness of Study
Island to Improve CRCT Scores
Presenter(s): Robin Morrow, Jennifer Martel, and Laura Adams Bartow County
Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Swiss 3-4, Seats: 88
Come see how Study Island has made a difference at our school. The
presenters have used Study Island and have seen significant gains in
achievement. Leave with tips for management, ideas for implementation, and
strategies for motivating students to succeed on the CRCT in grades two
through eight. This session will be useful for schools who have Study Island
AND schools looking for ways to improve CRCT achievement.
Session: 125 Title: The Top FREE Web 2.0 Resources You Can't
Live Without
BYOL SESSION
Presenter(s): Kim Britton, Huntsville City Schools,; Suzanne Canup,
Tuscumbia City Schools; and Amy Willingham, Muscle Shoals City Schools,
Alabama
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Kenyan 1-2, Seats: 88
As educators, we must incorporate technology into the classroom in order to
collaborate and share ideas to enhance classroom instruction. Teachers can
use free Web 2.0 resources to communicate with students, parents, and the
community. Emphasis will be placed on tools to help engage, communicate, and
collaborate. Participants will experience firsthand resources such as
wikispaces and edublogs in a stress-free environment. We will also
brainstorm ways of implementing these technologies for enhanced student
achievement.
Session: 126 Title: A.S.P.I.R.E. Institute
Presenter(s): Aleph Fore, Heart of Georgia RESA ETTC
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Kenyan 3-4, Seats: 88
Do you A.S.P.I.R.E. to improve your schools achievement? If so, you will
want to attend this session and learn about Heart of Georgia RESA's School
Improvement Initiative. This training, presented in partnership with the
Educational Technology Training Center, equips system/school teams with the
skills, knowledge, and tools needed to guide school improvement efforts
through aligning teams, surveying data, planning action, implementing
strategies, reviewing/refining, and evaluating progress.
Session: 127 Title: Project-Based Learning Infused with
Technology
Presenter(s): Lynn Bigbie and Natalie Muthersbaugh, Savannah-Chatham County
Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Italian 1-2, Seats: 88
With the implementation of No Child Left Behind, students are supposed to be
technologically literate by the eighth grade. Students need to have repeated
exposure to an idea to become familiar with the idea. Students should be
afforded opportunities to use and become familiar with technological devices
even at the elementary level. From developing a website related to cultural
differences between two countries, to interviewing school workers and
creating a PowerPoint presentation, to creating an informational piece about
firefighters, students let the creative juices flow. With teacher guidance
and their creative ideas, you have a winning situation. Could an infusion of
technology into project-based learning be used in a second-grade classroom?
The answer is unanimously YES!
Session: 128 Title: Intervention Strategies with Technology
in Summer Math Recovery
Presenter(s): Connie Kitchens and Paul West, Fulton County Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Italian 3-4, Seats: 88
This summer my middle school students came into my summer school school
class struggling with the basics of algebra and pre-algebra. I used
technology as the basis of my Summer School Math Recovery Program. In this
session we will look at integrated instructional methods that emphasize many
approaches to understanding some of the basic concepts of middle school
mathematics. We will combine technology and research-based instructional
strategies. Participants in this session will receive a CD along with lesson
outlines of some of the materials that were used in my class.
Session: 129 Title: Keys to Quality and Other School
Improvement Resources
GaDOE SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER
Presenter(s): Barbara Lunsford, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: German 1-2, Seats: 88
The Georgia Department of Education Division of School and Leader Quality
focuses on continuous school improvement in all Georgia schools. The Keys to
Quality include the School Keys, GAPSS Analysis, and Implementation
Resource. Learn how the Keys to Quality have successfully helped schools
meet AYP and get removed from the Needs Improvement List. Find out how you
can implement the Keys to Quality in your school. Attendees will also learn
about the wealth of resources on the School Improvement Services webpages.
Session: 130 Title: PCGenesis Support or PCGenesis Is Easier
to Support than You Think!
Presenter(s): Alan Rees, Georgia Department of Education
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: German 3-4, Seats: 88
This session is intended for anyone responsible for the hardware and network
support for PCGenesis and will answer all your questions regarding
installation and support. The following topics will be covered: server
configuration and setup, workstation configuration and setup, printer setup,
disk cleanup, backup options without tape, archiving history files, disaster
recovery, using Terminal Server, and troubleshooting.
Session: 131 Title: Knock Knock, It's Your Firewall
Presenter(s): Karl McElwain, Banks County Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Australian 3-4, Seats: 88
This session will overview past, present, and future with respect to
configuring your firewall. We will hit topics such as (1) allow all traffic,
(2) deny all traffic, (3) how to stop SPAM using your firewall, and (4) log
files, reporting "how do I know if I'm being attacked." In addition, we will
overview simple rules that will ensure that your school system is not
contributing to the problem of SPAM.
Session: 132 Title: Birds of a Feather: Online Professional
Development Here in Georgia
Presenter(s): Beverly Addison and Lynn Kimberlin, Cobb County Schools
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Spanish 1-2, Seats: 88
Calling all interested people who are involved in online professional
development! Having attended a very worthwhile and informative eEducator
Conference in Florida for Online Professional Development, we are interested
in starting something similar here in Georgia. Plan to attend this
roundtable session; let's find out who we are, how we can collaborate and
support each other, what the successes and pitfalls of OPD are, and where to
go next. Bring your ideas, needs, and business cards. Let's take OPD into
the 21st century!
Session: 133 Title: 21st Century Skills: netTrekker Helps
Integrate into Your Curricula!
Presenter(s): Doug Doherty, netTrekker d.i.
Time: Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, Location: Spanish 3-4, Seats: 88
How can you help your students develop the 21st century skills they will
need to succeed? You can provide tools that support the development of these
skills. netTrekker d.i., America's #1 educational search engine, delivers
standards-based resources organized by grade and readability level to help
your students acquire the knowledge and skills required for success.
netTrekker d.i., developed specifically for K-12 students, teachers,
librarians, and parents, connects you and your students to more than 180,000
educator-approved sites, aligned with YOUR state standards. Learn how
netTrekker d.i. can help you and your students understand 21st century
skills, why they are important, and how they can be learned in the context
of the K-12 curricula.
