Friday 12:45 - 1:45
Clickers - How did I ever teach without you?
Salon C
Dustin Frank, eInstruction
Do your students seem different than 20, 10 or even 5 years ago? Imagine a class where all students are actively engaged and enjoying learning. Experience how CPS is used to stimulate student involvement on daily formative assessments. CPS will collect and disaggregate data on district benchmark assessments in real time. Stop by and see why Nebraska schools are using CPS. Don't miss your chance to win your very own set to take home!
Using iPods in the Elementary Classroom
Palace C
Gregg Robke & Gail Froeschel , Educational Service Unit 4 Falls City Public Schools
iPods have been heavily researched on how they are used in the classroom. But, this session will focus on using the iPod in the elementary classroom. Specific examples will be given on how teachers use ipods to increase student learning. Come find out how you, too, can incorporate iPods into your elementary classroom.
Ten Free On-Line Resources Every Teacher Should Know About-Version 2008
Palace B
Neal Topp & Paul Clark Bob Goeman, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Teachers are always concerned with finding high quality websites that they can use to help students learn. This presentation will discuss ten on-line resources that are very valuable for teachers. Each website will be demonstrated and examples of teacher uses will be included. The presentation handout and website will contain more detailed information for each site.
Web Books - They're Easy and Fun to Make
Holiday A
Janet Caughlin, Douglas County West Public Schools
This session will show how easy it is for students to create web books using PowerPoint, WebBlender, and Word. Finished books created in schools across the country will be shown. Next the reasons for making them will be discussed (students do better work when they publish; it's easy for family to view the finished work; students are using an emerging technology). Finally, a demonstration will be given for creating the books in all three programs
Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
Omaha Room
Jeff Ochsner, Apple, Inc.
OS 10.5 - Leopard offers over 300 new features, building on the success of 10.4 - Tiger. This new operating system from Apple is leveraging many open source projects to deliver a world-class UNIX-based solution that's both affordable and easy to deploy and manage. This session will explore many of the new technologies in Leopard, with particular emphasis on education.
Technology Integration in the 6-Trait Writing Process
Palace A
Pam Krambeck, ESU3
During this fast paced sharing session, teachers will be immersed with ideas on using technology as a tool for writers. Teaching strategies, software ideas, web sites and more will be shared using the 6-Trait Writing Model as a framework. If you are looking for ideas on using technology for writing, this is the session for you!
Preparing your network for Distance Learning
Omaha Lobby
Brett Haffener, Educational Service Unit 10
Is your school network ready for the increased load that goes with Distance Learning classes? This technical session will discuss some tips on preparing your network for these classes. The main focus of this session will be deploying Quality of Service throughout your network.
To Be or Not to Be a Good Digital Citizen
Salon D
Graci Gillming, ESU#10
We’ve taught students about being good citizens in society, but what about their use of technology.
What is acceptable and non-acceptable behavior when using the Internet, cell phones, or other
forms of technology at home, at school, or when socializing? Let’s talk about what it takes to be or
not to be a good digital citizen.
Cool Stuff with Google Maps, Google Earth, GPS, and Geography
Palace G
Paul Clark & Mark Carnevalo , Univeristy of Nebraska at Omaha
Come and view a demonstration of ways to interact with Google Earth and Google Maps. See ways use WEB 2.0 Applications to integrate photographs from your digital camera as well as other digital files into Google Maps or load GPS data into Google Earth. Quickly and easily create KMZ files for Google Earth using your GPS. Learn about GEOCACHING and ways to use these new applications in your classroom.
eDiscovery and Email Archiving
Heartland A
Eric Lane, Gov Connection & Scott Fraser, Freedom9
A guide for organizations to understanding the role of the IT department in the management of electronic communication and email Archiving. We will also discuss how Internet Content Recording can assist in implementing policies based upon reasonable standards that create both integrity and reliability in organizations.
Integrated Classroom Projects with Photoshop Elements 6.0
Palace F
Sara Martin, Adobe Education Leader
Teaching and learning is fun again with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0. Come see how one middle
school teacher uses Photoshop Elements to integrate technology with middle school curriculum.
Specific lesson ideas, which can be modified for all grade levels, will be demonstrated and participants
will also receive a link to the presenter’s online training materials.
Beyond Remediation
Heartland B
Chandra Boyd, The Learning System
n this session we will discuss how to expand the use of e-learning solutions"beyond remediation within your school district. The district that will be assisting with the presentation currently uses The A+nywhere Learning System. Come find out how they use the software to provide another opportunity for learning!
Visual Literacy: Digital Tools For Digital Natives
Palace E
Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Digital Journey
How do we leverage the learning preferences of Digital Natives? What are the implications for teaching, learning and assessment in the new digital landscape? We all know the future will be greatly impacted by the development of new digital tools. But have we considered what the digital world is already doing to the students that enter our classrooms?
The Gift of Meaningful and Significant Contribution
Palace D
Dr. Tim Tyson,
This session emphasizes leveraging meaningfulness, significance, and the gift of contribution with the tools we now have available. This presentation reframes our conversation with student-made examples. They have designed their digital media to be deeply moving and to convey a substantive message in a compelling way that calls for thought and action from everyone. They beg us to rethink a mindset underestimating the capacity in our children!