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Opening Session

8:00 to 9:00am

Session A:  June 12, 9:15am to 12:15pm

Using SmartBoard -
Basics

Jean Tulin

How does a SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard change your class? How does it work? How does your current software work on it? Learn the basics of the Notebook software and how to use the Essentials for Educators Gallery to enhance student learning.

Google Communications

Shawn Hickey

Interested in using technology to improve your communication with parents and students? Interested in offering on-line homework, discussions, and assessments for students? Google could be your answer! By using three Google applications: G-mail, Groups, and Blogger, you can communicate better with students and parents, as well as offer on-line assessments. Google provides a communication line that can be used between students outside of school.

Podcasting in Education

Cindy Arthur

This hands-on class is a crash course on the latest and greatest technology craze focusing on wikis and podcasting. Using Audacity and Photo Story along with microphones, digital recorders, digital cameras and recorders, we'll join a wiki site and create a page that will contain a podcast, a slideshow with pictures, music and narration.

Shoestring Budget?
Open Office is for You

Debbie Danner

Funding Low? Need an answer to the high cost of constantly updating software? Come find out what the FREE OpenOffice has to offer for you or your school district. Learn some fun features of Writer and Impress -- and see just how similar they are to Microsoft Office Word and PowerPoint. Free doesn't mean inferior, free means a smart budget choice!
Audience: K-12 Educators, Administrators, Tech Coordinators
Skill Level: Novice, Intermediate

WebQuests: A Strategy that Inspires and Engages Students

Roger Hampton

A WebQuest is an incredible teaching strategy that prompts students to ask questions, focuses on utilizing current information rather than searching for it, and analizes material critically.  This time-efficient approach to integrating the WWW into the classroom is a scaffolded learning structure that incorporates links to valuable Internet resources and is an authentic task that motivates students. 

In this session we will explore ways to build a WebQuest learning environment - including using existing internet resources and adapting and modifying currently found WebQuests.  In addition, you will examine instructional and classroom strategies for successfully integrating WebQuests in the K-12 classroom.

Session B:  June 12, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
 

Anytime, Anywhere Professional Development: STAR-Online

Ledith Whitehall

This hands-on session will give participants the opportunity to become familiar with the Star-online professional development program. Participants will be able to work on a module to expand their use of technology in the classroom.

Using SmartBoard -
Advanced

Jean Tulin

Now that you know the basics, what else can the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard allow you to do? Music, links, video, importing graphics, importing files, dual screen, enhanced text... too many to list. Get you questions answered! Come prepared to learn and share!

Using Blogs and Wikis

Paul Schuytema

We have always had the need to create up to date information that others can easily access, from documentation to op-ed pieces, from study materials to journal entries. The Web.20 technlogies of Blogs and Wikis are the dynamic tools anyone can now utilize to create and share this information on the Internet. These technologies make it fast and easy to create and share information while at the same time fostering environments of collaboration and lively discourse. This presentation will introduce these information tools and provide a brief overview of how they work, where to find them and how to utilize them to empower your communicate and documentation.

Technology
Tips and Tricks

CSC IT Team

Remember when you first brought your computer home, how nice it was to have a fast computer fresh out of the box. Your computer started up quick and your programs started quickly.  Only that as time went on... it felt that it started to slow down, now taking forever to boot up, and you could now have time to "get a cup of coffee" while waiting for things to happen on your computer.  We are going to show you how you can bring speed back to your computer with some basic maintenance tips and with the help of some freeware programs.  We will also show how to combat spy ware and pop-ups.  

Now that you have your computer up and running at optimal performance, we will show you how to convert some of your old pictures, videos and music into digital format and preserve them for life. You can use your computer to store some of your old educational presentation materials and use them over and over again.

Got "Word"? Applications for Teachers and Students

Roger Hampton

Microsoft Word is a technological tool that is often overlooked by educators for its educational value.

Session C:  June 13, 8:45am to 11:45am

Network Management

Brian E. Adams

Network Management - What it is, why you need it and where to start! Examining the Major Tenets of Network Management. Matching Solutions to Problems & Focus Areas. Getting Started in Your Own District

Teacher Showcase - Best Teaching Practices

Sheryl Hinman

Workshop members will view websites used to support language arts and social studies skill development. The material is appropriate for upper elementary and high school age students.

Internet Communications: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Marisa Beard

Social Networking (facebook, myspace, xanga, etc.) is getting a bad name at school and at home. Come learn how your students are communicating online? We will have a frank discussion on how and what students are communicating with and about each other. We will also share how to work with your students so they can use social networking tools to benefit rather than hurt. By understanding the process of social networking, we can stop cyberbully and inappropriate uses of social networking sites. 

Technology for Students with Disabilities

Becca Knaack

Do you need ideas on how to use technology to help students with disabilities in your classroom? This session will explore how to adapt different kinds of technology to fit the individual needs of the student in a number of aspects of the school day. It will also include ideas for resources and funding for technology.

Tapping Into Multiple Intelligences (MI)

Roger Hampton

The Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory is based on the belief that we all possess at least eight unique intelligences through which we are able to teach and learn new information.  Following Howard Gardner's theory of MI, teachers can encourage development by providing enrichment opportunities in each of the areas of the intellect.

This workshop will examine the importance of reaching learners by appealing to their multiple intelligences.

Session D:  June 13, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

SecuringWireless Networks

Brian Adams

Overview of Traditional Wireless LANs
Wireless LAN Security Models (Encryption and Authentication)
Controller-Based Wireless Networks
Overview & How To: Cisco's Wireless Strategy & WLAN Controllers
Cisco Wireless Control Service & Location Services
Getting Started in Your Own District

Learning the Ins and Outs of Creating Your Own Face book Account

Danielle Brush

Students are connecting and communicating through this popular social networking tool, but should they be doing it alone?  Teachers should be embracing its potential and guiding appropriate use of this multi-layered tool.  Create a Facebook account in this session and learn how to use it to connect and communicate with your students. 

Technology
Tips and Tricks

CSC IT Team

Remember when you first brought your computer home, how nice it was to have a fast computer fresh out of the box. Your computer started up quick and your programs started quickly.  Only that as time went on... it felt that it started to slow down, now taking forever to boot up, and you could now have time to "get a cup of coffee" while waiting for things to happen on your computer.  We are going to show you how you can bring speed back to your computer with some basic maintenance tips and with the help of some freeware programs.  We will also show how to combat spy ware and pop-ups.  

Now that you have your computer up and running at optimal performance, we will show you how to convert some of your old pictures, videos and music into digital format and preserve them for life. You can use your computer to store some of your old educational presentation materials and use them over and over again.

Navigating through
"Second Life"

Leaunda Hemphill

How can Second Life create a richer learning environment for K12 teachers and their students? Experience for yourself this virtual world including how to navigate around in it, what educational opportunities are available, and how to collaborate and build things. Try out in-world teaching tools and strategies. Discuss the strengths and challenges of using virtual worlds in a classroom setting.

Incorporating the Internet
into your Curriculum

Roger Hampton

The Internet must serve as a vehicle to help teachers deliver a variety of learning opportunities to students in many disciplines and curriculum areas.

Effectively guiding our students in the reality of the information age is dependent on adequate and appropriate infusion of technology into the educational arena.