Thursday 10:15 - 11:15
I can't believe this was done in GarageBand!
Palace C
Mike Peterson & Jordan Peterson , O'Neill High School. Don't think music created in GarageBand can sound professional? Think again as you listen to O'Neill High School student and 3-time Digie Award winner, Jordan Peterson. Jordan's Dad, Mike, teaches technology at O'Neill High School and will be "along for the ride as Jordan demonstrates the ins and outs of GarageBand and how to create professional sounding music. He will answer questions related to how he uses GarageBand in student projects.
24/7 Teachers: the usefulness of digital tutorials in & out of the classroom
Omaha Lobby
Marcia Dority Baker & Dr. Becky Pasco , University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies University of Nebraska at Omaha. This session will showcase several digital tutorials on various topics and will demonstrate how "best practice can be infused into multimedia. IMovie and Windows Movie Maker will be demonstrated and content addressed for elementary, secondary and higher education participants.
Webquests, Podcasts, and Video: Bringing a WW II unit to life
Palace B
Brian Vance & Brian Vance Mary D'Angelo, Westside Community Schools Westside Career Center. Tteachers create a WW II webquest where students research and develop scripts as if they were 1940's reporters embedded with the troops. Using GarageBand or iMovie to create audio podcasts or develop their video, these students worked in small groups to create authentic radio broadcasts or television reports of the era. Hear how these teachers motivated their students with technology. Presented as a Learning Web project.
Engaging Students: Let the Games Begin
Heartland A
Zach Lancaster, FTC Publishing. Electrify your students with interactive games customized to your curriculum! Learn how to create several different games in a matter of minutes that will make learning any subject an interactive experience. These games are perfect for chapter review, test preparation, or topic reinforcement. Several teacher and student created games will be explored, and all participants will receive a game template for use in their classroom. Let the games begin!
What's New with Apple
Palace G
Mark Billington , Apple, Inc. What are the new and emerging technologies for education?... Come and See the technology highlights and explore the Hottest Topics in the Mac Market. Don't miss this special presentation of the newest and greatest technologies from Apple Computer. This session will focus the latest hardware, the new advanced Mac Operating System, and superior software... You won't want to miss this!!
Have you used "Clickers Yet???
Palace D
Mary Moser & Kirsten Smith Joan Christen, Pawnee City Public School Pound Middle School. We would like to present how versatile the Classroom Performance System is and how it can be adapted to any classroom. We will present how easy the CPS system can be used in the classroom to access everyday learning. The CPS can also be used to do summative assessment directed toward standard tracking, unit tests with Exam View Pro and how to use the CPS for Power Point to integrate questions right into your existing power points.
Find The Funds Workshop
Salon C
Tim Christensen & Scott Gottlieb , Pearson Digital Curriculum. This workshop can help you identify potential funding sources and assist in creatively finding resources to fund technology. Topics include; The Changing Landscape (NCLB reauthorizations and how they affect school funding), Funding Road Map (Identifying possible funding sources) and Starting the Journey (Building a project proposal). This workshop will focus on Early Learners, ELL, Meeting AYP, Remediation, RTI and Students with disabilities.
Leveling the Playing Field for Special Ed Students with iPods
Palace A
Lanita Recob & Misty Beair, Rose Brewer, ESU 1 Wayne High School. Three Special Ed Coordinators and teacher will share how they use iPods to enhance their student's learning. Follow their easy and quick steps to put test on iPods, record and log student speech/reading entries and the steps they too to purchase iPods for their schools.
The Future Is Now!
Salon D
Therese Laux, Omaha North High Magnet School. The future belongs to the 'creative innovators,' so, which education strategies develop the right brain qualities our students need to compete in our global society? Using technology instruction in a creative fashion is one way. This session will present an overview of learning strategies for today's millennial students, share lesson plans with proven success, and offer hands-on technology participation to attendees.
Apex Learning's Digital Curriculum
Heartland B
Brian Whiteaker, Apex Learning. Web-based comprehensive curriculum designed to target specific segments of students, including dropouts, credit recovery, those performing below basic proficiency, students identified as at-risk and transitional students.
Server Virtualization
Omaha Lobby
Bryan Williams, Ravenna Public Schools. This session provides an introduction to server virtualization and how it can help you streamline your school's server infrastructure buy having multiple virtual servers running on one physical server that are all independent of each other. Topics that will be addressed include server virtualization products, server consolidation, virtual appliances, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and more.
It's Different! Learning through Networked Communities
Palace E
Cheryl Lemke, Metiri Group. Learning is highly personal, but research shows that collaborative/social learning is more effective than competitive or individual learning for critical thinking. High tech tools serve as an extension to the student's thinking -- a place to explore ideas, research questions, test hypotheses, compose thoughts, and come to conclusions - in other words, to learn. Social networking and authenticity are two highly effective accelerators to learning.
A Web of Connections: Continuing the Conversation
Palace F
Will Richardson, Connective Learning, LLC Continue the conversation about the ideas and questions sparked in the keynote with Will Richardson, who will facilitate a discussion around whatever topics participants choose.