Breakout Sessions
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| Live From Walnut Creek: WCELTV | Margie O'Brien & Laurie Little , Walnut Creek Elementary Walnut Creek Elementary | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Does your school have a closed circuit cable network? Are you interested in producing and broadcasting a live daily announcement program in an elementary school? This session will give you the tools you'd need to implement your own broadcast. This program is a lot of fun for the whole school and it ties in with our school improvement goals to improve student reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. | Palace C | Educator |
| Migration, Exploration, and Meteorology - Projects with Animation | Melinda Kolk & Doug Lyon , Tech4Learning, Inc. | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Animation is an engaging way for students to explore the curriculum. Come see student-created multimedia projects on topics such as animal migration, exploration, weather, storytelling, and more. From animated original art to static animated GIF files, to path-based animations that involve layering, explore processes, lesson ideas, and strategies so you too can have your student animate their way to understanding. | Salon D | Exhibitor |
| Video Production- Get your Students Involved using Video! | Brent May, McCook High School | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Help students learn the electoral process by having a Mock Election. The final product is a student made video that has an election speech and a political commercial. This project has provided students an opportunity to create a project beyond paper and pencil. This session will show how students shoot, edit, and create video using both I-Movie and Windows Movie Maker. This session is for anyone wanting to see how easy video production is! | Palace D | Educator |
| Online vs. Traditional Education for Health Professions Students | Toby Schonfeld & Hugh Stoddard , University of Nebraska College of Medicine University of Nebraska College of Medicine | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
This session will present a research study that was conducted to compare students in an online (BlackBoard) ethics course with students enrolled in a classroom course. Students completed a Technology survey and a Richness of Experience survey that were used along with course grades to compare the groups. Although the results of this study are preliminary, the possibilities for expanding distance delivery of health care education remain viable. | Salon C | Educator |
| Podcasting: What is it, how do teachers use it and getting started? | Kelly Gatewood & Ann Feldman , Peru State College Bellevue Public Schools | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
In this session we will define podcasting. Descriptions and examples of how teachers use podcasting are given. Podcasts are a great professional development tools that teachers can use to stay current. Examples of different podcasts will be demonstrated. The session ends with how to get started using podcasts with students and/or as a professional development tool. | Palace B | Educator |
| Leopard: Mac OX 10.5 | Jeff Ochsner, Apple Computer Inc. Apple Computer | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
OS 10.5 - Leopard offers new features that build on the success of 10.4 - Tiger. Apple's new operating system is leveraging many open source projects to deliver a world-class UNIX-based solution that's both affordable & easy to deploy & manage. This session will explore new enhancements to Leopard, such as Time Machine, Spaces, iChat, Boot Camp, etc. We will look at many of the new technologies in Leopard, with particular emphasis on education. | Palace E | Exhibitor |
| Technology Integration Grades 3-8 | Jim Aitken & Catherine Glaser-Carnley , Aitken Educational Specialties Goldenrod Research Corp. | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Strategies for technology integration utilitizing the YouthTouch system including robotics and fluid power for the elementary and middle school level. Information about the companies Matching Grant Program will also be shared with participants. | Tower A | Exhibitor |
| Electronic Portfolio 101 | Bob Goeman, UNO | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
An overview of the basics of electronic portfolios through research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Come and learn the all of the ins and outs of implementing Electronic Portfolios from K-12 Schools to Higher Education Institutions. Different types portfolios will be demonstrated. | Palace A | Educator |
| Gadgets! | Leslie Fisher, | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Are you a gadget head? Do you surf the net or listen closely to geeks talking in hopes of hearing about a cool software product or gizmo? Leslie Fisher (Gadget Freak) will show you some of her favorite hardware and software gadgets that do everything from make your life easier to provide piles of fun. Hardware, software and even completely off topic gadgets will be discussed. | Palace G | Educator |
| I Didn't Know You Could Do That with an iPod | Tony Vincent, | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Go beyond simple audio and video and use iPods as motivating learning tools. Learn about interactive texts, RSS feeds, flash cards, quizzes and more! | Palace F | Educator |
| Windows User Group | Donald Erickson & Brian Garey , Educational Service Unit 10 | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
Donald Erickson & Brian Garey from ESU10 will facilitate this Windows User Group meeting. | Omaha Lobby | Educator |
| Macintosh User Group | Trent Kelley, Hastings Public Schools | Thursday 11:30 - 12:30 |
A Macintosh User Group will meet at this time. The session will be facilitated by Trent Kelley from Hastings Public Schools. | Omaha | Educator |