2009 Conference Speakers
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Hall Davidson
Keynote Speaker
Director: Discovery Educator Network
Hall taught middle and high school English, mathematics, Spanish, and bilingual mathematics. He left the classroom to teach math on television in Los Angeles on an Emmy-winning program and spent 20 years at PBS stations teaching and leading staff developments in person and on-air. While producing television series on education and technology, he led a media consortium serving 17 districts and 200,000 students. He frequently contributes articles to national educational publications. With a team he founded Kitzu.org, a resource of free online kits to encourage project-based learning with media. He served on the board of Computer-Using Educators for six years and consulted for media corporations and professional organizations. For a dozen years he coordinated the nation’s oldest student media festival, the California Student Media. He joined Discovery Education in 2005 where he blogs, creates webinars, and works in educational partnerships as a director of the Discovery Educator Network, connecting thousands of teachers nationwide. He has spoken about technology and education to audiences around the world. Check out his Media Matters blog at http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/media_matters/
Stephanie Hamilton
Keynote Speaker
Learning in the 21st century: the world has changed. This presentation will discuss how technology, the learner and the world have changed, creating a sense of urgency for education to change and adapt. This presentation will discuss the learning trends and research that indicate a need for change.
Building Innovative Learning Environments for the 21st Century. Once one understands the challenges to education caused by the changes around us: changing technology, changing learner, and the changing world, the question arises as to how do I create a meaningful 21st century learning environment? Stephanie Hamilton will share her experiences from 31 years in US education and 8 years at Apple. Inc, supporting international education examining the lessons learned in creating innovative learning environments.
References from Stephanie Hamilton's Keynote: (343KB PDF)
Tammy Worcester
Featured Speaker
Distinguished Educator, Author, and Presenter
Tammy Worcester has nearly twenty-five years of educational experience. She began her career in the classroom, teaching various grades from kindergarten to middle school. While teaching, Tammy also served as the technology coordinator for her K-8 school.
For the past twelve years, Tammy has worked for ESSDACK, an educational service center, as an Instructional Technology Specialist, providing staff development and training in the area of technology integration.
Her website, “Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers” (www.tammyworcester.com) is a popular online resource for teachers around the world. Tammy has developed several software applications for teachers and is the author of several best-selling technology resource books that are published and marketed nationally.
Tammy is extremely innovative and resourceful and specializes in finding unique and creative ways to use traditional computer tools in the classroom. She enjoys sharing her ideas with teachers throughout the nation and has a presentation style that can be described as inspiring.
Tammy’s experiences as a parent, a teacher, a technology director, and a training specialist have allowed her to develop a strong sense of best educational practices. Those skills, coupled with her technology expertise, enable her to collaborate with other educators to build models of effective technology implementation that will have the potential to truly transform schools.
Corinne Hoisington
Featured Speaker
Corinne Hoisington is a full-time Professor of Information Systems Technology at Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg, VA with over 20+ years of teaching experience. Corinne also travels over 150,000 miles a year speaking to college & university professors and K12 venues in over 50 cities this year for such customers as the Microsoft Corporation, Cengage Learning, and many other universities and businesses. Professor Hoisington is the 2004 recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Computer Programming. She also serves on the editorial board for the International Merlot Online Project in education. Corinne recently authored a book with Gary Shelly titled Visual Basic 2008 and also authored the video projects "The Guided Tour of Office 2007" , "The Guided Tour of Vista", and "The Guided Tour of Expression Web".
Her newest project just came out in the Spring of 2009 called "The Guided Tour of Hot Technologies".
Dave Edyburn
Featured Speaker
Dave L. Edyburn, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Exceptional Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Edyburn’s teaching and research interests focus on the use of technology to enhance teaching, learning, and performance. He has authored over 150 articles and book chapters on the use of technology in special education. He is President-elect of the Special Education Technology Special Interest Group (SETSIG) in the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) as well as a past president of the Technology and Media (TAM) Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). He is a frequent conference presenter and national workshop leader. (Additional information may be found at: http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/index.html)
Justin Karkow
Featured Speaker
Justin Karkow began his educational career as a first grade teacher in Raleigh, North Carolina. An adventurer to the core, Justin begged, borrowed and scraped together enough resources for each of his students to be able to benefit from technology on a daily basis. He then assumed the role of an instructional technology facilitator in Wake County, NC where he modeled effective use of technology to teachers and students. Before joining Discovery, Justin traveled the country presenting to thousands of teachers on how to integrate technology into the classroom for the SAS Institute. Justin joined Discovery in 2008 as a Field Manager and now serves as the Discovery Educator Network Account Manager for the Central Region.
Justin has presented at NECC, MEC, and the DEN National and Regional Institutes. He has also provided professional development on technology integration. Justin currently lives in Charlotte, NC area with his wife Pam and sons Jonah and Carson.
Featured Speaker Sessions
Tammy Worcester
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Tammy's Favorite Technology Tips, Tricks, and Tools - Th 11:30
In this all new session, Tammy will share her favorite tips, tricks, and tools for teachers and students. Participants will learn a variety of simple, yet effective ways to use their computers more efficiently and effectively and will explore some cool resources that will enhance teaching and learning.
Quick & Easy Computer Activities for Kids - Thursday 12:30
In this fast-paced session, you'll discover many quick and easy-to-create projects that integrate technology into all areas of the elementary curriculum, using Microsoft Office and the Internet. Activities are aligned to the ISTE standards and to the Multiple Intelligences. You'll leave with dozens of clever ideas you can use tomorrow in your classroom!
Rev Up Your Reading and Writing Classrooms with Technology - Thursday 1:30
Want some clever ideas for using computers in your reading and writing classrooms? This session will feature dozens of quick and easy tools and activities that you can use immediately! We will explore a series of innovative activities through which you will learn how to use the Internet and other electronic tools to support literacy, word processing, and the publishing of students' work.
Tammy's Favorite Technology Tips, Tricks, and Tools - Friday 11:30
In this all new session, Tammy will share her favorite tips, tricks, and tools for teachers and students. Participants will learn a variety of simple, yet effective ways to use their computers more efficiently and effectively and will explore some cool resources that will enhance teaching and learning.
Math + Technology = Learning - Friday 12:30
Learn how to use common computer programs in clever ways for teaching and learning mathematics. See how to enliven, enhance, and update math lessons and learning through the integration of resources and tools found on the Internet and on the classroom computer. Explore some fascinating ideas and resources that inspire both teachers and students. You’re guaranteed to go away with many ideas you can implement tomorrow with your students!
Cool Computer Activities for Science and Social Studies - Friday 1:30
Are you looking for new and creative ways to use the computer in your science or social studies classroom? This session is packed full of clever ideas for quick and easy-to-create projects that are aligned with national standards. You'll be amazed at how these simple activities will excite your students while taking their learning and thinking to a new level.
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Dave Edyburn Ph.D.
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Textbooks, the Students Who Can't Read Them, and What To Do About It - Thursday 11:30
Whereas, learning to read is the predominant focus of instruction in grades 1-3, grade 4 and beyond focuses on reading to learn. However, what happens when a child with a disability cannot read at grade level? This session will provide tools, resources, and strategies for making text accessible for students who do not read at grade level.
Technology Tools for Student Researchers - Thursday 12:30
Many students struggle with the range of tasks associated with research and report writing. This session will outline the student research process and illustrate how an array of tools can be implemented as assistive technology for an individual student or universal design for learning to benefit all students.
Ten Tools for Struggling Students in Every Classroom - Thursday 1:30
No Child Left Behind has helped educators understand that there are struggling students in every classroom. The purpose of this session is to discuss and demonstrate the concept of a technology toolkit (e.g., web tools and free software products) and to highlight selected tools that should be available in every classroom to support the academic performance of struggling students.
Designing Learning Activities to Support Diverse Learners - Thursday 2:30
This session will provide a brief introduction to universal design for learning and offer easy-to-implement resources for using technology to create engaging learning activities for diverse learners.
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Corinne Hoisington
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Fine Technology Coming in 2009 - Friday 11:30
Warning: Only engaging and exciting instructors need to attend this high energy presentation. Check out what's happening in every corner of technology! First let's check out the new world of web design with topics like Silverlight, XAML, and the new Microsoft Expression Studio which replaces FrontPage. And have you seen the new Tafiti search engine WOW! Check out what Vista can do with voice recognition. Together we will stay on the cutting edge.
PhotoStory + MovieMaker = Great Presentations! - Friday 12:30
Photo Story shines in many ways and can do things that programs like Windows MovieMaker cannot. Movie Maker and Photo Story 3 are very complementary programs. Using either one alone yields a great result. Use them together, and you have something phenomenal! Learn how to create professional-looking effects with PhotoStory and leverage Movie Maker's abilities along with Photo Story to make a truly great presentation.
Integrating Technology Across All Disciplines - Friday 1:30
Check out this engaging, fun session that will kick some enthusiasm into your courses. Together we will see some easy-to-use web sites that will make your class the place to be! Have you seen the new Merlot sites for every subject area, News Museum, ChaCha, PollEverywhere, You Send It, and many more? Have your class use the great tool of the Internet to complete daily assignments.
Vista with Vitality - Friday 2:30
Get a front row seat to see what is happening with the new operating system called Vista. Vista has some amazing tools like Vista Movie Maker, Snip, and many other tools that really spice up your class materials. Vista's speech recognition program allows you to dictate in Office 2007, play games, surf the web, and control Window's operations. Vista makes finding files quicker and easier and allows you to really have some fun with gadgets too!