Breakout Sessions
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| Tweaking the Trojan | Gladys Jones & Michele Tiller , South Sarpy District 46 South Sarpy District 46 | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
We have developed an online research review unit called TrojanHORSEpower. HORSE is an acronym for Help Organizing Research Skill Effectively. We presented as part of a Learning Web Team in 2006 and would like to show how we have tweaked it to suit student needs. | Palace B | Educator |
| Jabber - Real-Time Communication | Mitzi Luedtke & Dan Ellsworth , Humphrey Public Schools ESU7 | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
This will be a discussion about Jabber - the real-time communication and how it works. We will discuss many different possibilities in how to use it in a school setting. We will touch on setting it up. | Palace C | Educator |
| NVU: Teaching Web Page Design | Dawn Prescott, Schuyler Grade School | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
NVU is an open source (it's free!) web page editing tool for teaching web page design, including CSS! See how it is used in a middle school classroom to design and maintain school web pages. | Palace D | Educator |
| Cutting-Edge Web-based Keyboarding (Grades 1-6 through College) | Barbara Ellsworth, Mesa Community College/Ellsworth Publishing Company | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
NO papers to grade, handle, or turn in due to an outstanding Teacher Manager. Software prevents students from taking their eyes off the textbook to look at hands or screen. Courses are self-paced; students can work from school or home. Individualize to Special Needs students. NO EPC software to install or maintain. Automatically calculates mid-term and final grades. Progress and Grade Reports viewed online. Formatting textbooks FREE. | Salon D | Educator Exhibitor |
| Going 1-2-1: The Cambridge Project | Doug Nibbe & Karen Gottsch Genny Sides, Cambridge Public School | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Presentation discussing the process of going to a one-to-one environment in a D-1 school. Success of the project and how the infusion of Apple Laptops and SMART Technologies have impacted our students and their learning enviroment. | Palace A | Educator |
| Math Intervention Using Multiple Instructional Modalities | Marsha Krabbenhoft & Scott Miller , Great Source Great Source | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Focused intervention individualizes instruction bringing students quickly up to grade level. Experience interactive tutorials, group instruction, concept-building activities, and diagnostic assessments that promote mastery and a successful transition to the mainstream classroom. Participants will receive samples for classroom use. | Holiday A | Exhibitor |
| Engaging Your Students: PowerPoint NOT Playstation | Zach Lancaster, FTC Publishing | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Electrify your students with interactive PowerPoint presentations and games. Learn how to create several different games in a matter of minutes that will make learning any subject an interactive experience. Tell your students to turn off the PlayStation and turn on PowerPoint! | Tower A | Exhibitor |
| Renovo Scheduling Event Clearinghouse and Device Control System | Gordon Roethemeyer, Distance Education Council | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
The Distance Education Council was form in the summer of 2006 to over see distance education in Nebraska. One of their duties is to provide statewide scheduling services for education. Get a preview of the Renovo scheduling system that was chosen for this purpose. | Salon C | Educator |
| You Can Do That?! - Creative Tools for Teaching and Learning | Dan Schmit, UNL - College of Education and Human Sciences | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Looking for some new tools to spice up the learning environment in your classroom? This session will introduce you to a number of free and low cost software applications that allow your students to get creative and constructive with technology by building virtual worlds, producing videos, writing collaboratively, and much more. | Palace F | Educator |
| MP3 | Leslie Fisher, | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Been wanting to dive into the world of MP3 or currently have some MP3s and you want to learn more about player, software or how to use them in the classroom? This session will provide a bottom to top overview of what is MP3, how to get them, how to play them on a computer, CD or MP3 player and how to make sure you are downloading MP3s legally and safely. | Palace G | Educator |
| Podcasting in Education (repeat) | Janet Hill, Apple Computer Inc. Apple Computer | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Imagine being able to listen to or view lectures and lessons on demand? Podcasts can deliver educational content for listening or viewing on your computer and iPod, freeing learning from constraints of the classroom and its clock. Podcasts can be distributed over the Internet or within your schools network and accessed with an iPod, laptop, or desktop computer. This session will share examples created by educators and teach you how to podcast. | Palace E | Exhibitor |
| Keeping Your Data Safe | Gary Needham, Kearney Public Schools | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
Backup solutions used to consist almost entirely of tape drives and commercial solutions that used them. With growing volumes of data, 24/7 databases, use of laptops, RAID, live off-site options, data security concerns and commercial & open-source software, the options can become complicated. This session will wade through the issues and present some viable solutions for single and cross-platform environments. | Omaha Lobby | Educator |
| Leopard: Mac OX 10.5 | Jeff Ochsner, Apple Computer Inc. Apple Computer | Friday 2:00 - 3:00 |
OS 10.5 - Leopard offers new features that build on the success of 10.4 - Tiger. Come take a look at what is going to be new with client and server. | Omaha | Exhibitor |