W11: Learn to Blog: Blog to
Learn
Presenter: Anne Davis
Affiliation: Georgia State University
Wednesday Afternoon, 1:00-4:00
Location: Australian 1-2 Seats: 24 Cost: $75 (Includes lunch)
If you are new to the world of blogging and want to learn how to use
blogs with your students in a safe and teacher-controlled environment, this
is the workshop for you. The process will be modeled by an experienced
teacher who has been blogging with students for five years. The focus will
be on the pedagogical application of blogs combined with instructional uses
and examples of Web 2.0 tools.
W12: Movie Maker – Making
Movies Fun and Easy
Presenter: Nisa Peek
Affiliation: Kennesaw State University ETTC
Wednesday Afternoon, 1:00-4:00
Location: Board Room 1 Seats: 20 Cost: $75 (Includes lunch)
Come learn how to make
show and tell cool again! Movie Maker makes you look like the professional.
Topics to be covered in this workshop include creating movies, editing
video, and adding music, backgrounds, photos, transitions and much more!
W13: Interactive Games Using
Microsoft Excel
Presenter: Kimberly Hayden
Affiliation: Manassas City Public Schools
Wednesday Afternoon, 1:00-4:00
Location: Board Room 2 Seats: 12 Cost: $75 (Includes lunch)
Learn to create engaging
games for any subject and any student using software you already have.
Differentiate for your wide variety of learners. Provide immediate feedback
for everyone. The possibilities are endless. Take away what you create.
(Bring your own flash drive.)
W14: Answers Revealed: Make
Kids Flip over InterACTIV Flipcharts
Presenter: Nita Rooney
Affiliation: Forsyth County Schools
Wednesday Afternoon, 1:00-4:00 (Includes lunch)
Location: Board Room 3 Seats: 12 Cost: $75
Use Promethean ActivStudio 3 to make self-checking
flipcharts that engage students through interactive learning with two
Forsyth County Instructional Technology Specialists as guides. Discover how
to make incorrect answers snap back from containers and create buttons that
reveal answers. Manipulate layers to create magic looking glasses and pull
objects out-of-the-world to expose answers. Try all of these effects and
more and go away with at least one flipchart that will WOW your students.