Breakout Sessions
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| Alexandria--The Gateway to your library | Mike Voseipka, Alexandria/Big6 Turbo Tools | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Discover how lexile levels, Web-based catalog, reading program support, netTrekker integration, federated searching and other features provide easy, effective access to your library's resources. | Tower A | Exhibitor |
| Getting the most out of your digital camera. | Rick Williams, Educational Service Unit 2 | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Wondering what all those dials and buttons do on your SLR (single lens reflex) camera? Have a point and shoot camera that you want to know how to set it to get the best pictures? If you have an adjustable SLR, you will learn how to balance shutter speed, aperture, flash, exposure compensation and ISO to achieve your best picture. Even in a high school gym shooting action pictures. | Palace C | Educator |
| Podcasting to Enhance Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum | Michelle Sutter & Brenda Klawonn Pam Emahizer, Aurora Public Schools | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
We will be promoting I-pods and podcasting to provide a unique teaching strategy to engage all learners while also incorporating the Marzano strategies to increase student achievement. Personal experiences from 4th grade, High School Social Studies and Special Education classrooms will be the focus. | Palace B | Educator |
| Reading & PowerPoint Together Seemlessly | Eric Bell, Lexington Public Schools | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
What makes a good presentation? What makes a good reader? Both require that students are able to understand the facts of what they are studying. Learn how you can integrate the use of PowerPoint to reinforce reading skills in the content area while maximizing your use of technology in the classroom. Also, we will discuss ways to expand the presentations for higher levels of thinking and exploration. | Palace A | Educator |
| PowerSchool Best Practices | Todd Deterding, Pearson School Systems | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Learn how other districts perform and support PowerSchool allowing the PowerSchool application to do the heavy lifting. PowerSchool has a powerful feature set and sometimes we just need a little tip to help save hours of time while moving our business practices into a direction that helps us be more efficient instead of doing it the same way we always have. Come prepared to see IN ACTION a lot of tips for all levels. | Holiday A | Exhibitor |
| Fun for You and Students, Too! | Nicki Noordhoek & Nancy Pietzyk , Waverly Middle School | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Our session will focus on technology resources we've found to ENGAGE students in their learning. Some resources showcased include iPods, clickers, mark/read scanners, Smartboard, and web resources. The tools we've found have not only impacted the students' learning, but energized us as teachers! “The key to getting today's kids more involved in their schoolwork is not curriculum, certification, or testing, but rather engagement.”(Mark Prensky) | Palace D | Educator |
| Pedophiles Online: What every teacher/parent/student must know! | Chuck Favata, Council Rock School District | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Through a simulation of internet activity, participants will become aware of the tactics and tools pedophiles use to search and elicit from on-line conversations or postings to entrap prospective targets. Knowing these tactics will enable participants to better understand the dangers faced by students while on-line. | Palace G | Educator |
| David Pogue presents: i-Movie in Real Time | David Pogue, | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Armed with a camcorder and laptop, David Pogue will attempt a complete digital movie, using good-natured audience members as actors. In the process, you'll learn the essentials of digital moviemaking. This session will focus not just on iMovie and your camcorder, but the techniques that separate amateur production from professional efforts. Be prepared to be educated, entertained--and filmed. | Palace F | Educator |
| Concerns of Instructors Delivering Internet-based Instruction | Amjad Abuloum, The Hashemite University | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
The purpose of this study was to quantify the concerns of instructors who have developed and are currently teaching Internet-based courses at a Jordanian university. The study surveyed 39 instructors from different disciplines (humanity, social science, science/technology, and business). | Salon C | Educator |
| Bring Learning to Life with i-Life | Janet Hill, Apple Computer Inc. Apple Computer | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Bring the sights and sounds that excite and inspire students to your classroom with iLife. Teachers are using Apple's award-winning iLife to enliven lessons, meet instructional standards & guide students toward more productive futures. Whether students are making visual records of science experiments or recording foreign language podcasts, every subject comes to life. You won't want to miss this session. | Palace E | Exhibitor |
| Implementing a Secure 1:1 Wireless Infrastructure | Donald Erickson & Brian Garey , Educational Service Unit 10 | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
We'll discuss the secure wireless network infrastructure that was installed at Hershey Public Schools to support laptops for each high school teacher and student. We'll also talk about how the network was integrated into a Windows Active Directory environment. | Omaha Lobby | Educator |
| Running Windows on a Mac with Parallels | Leonard Kwapnioski, Columbus Public Schools | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Columbus Public Schools staff members will be sharing how they have installed and implemented Parallels software, enabling staff members to run Windows applications on a Macintosh. | Omaha | Educator |
| What's New with SMART Technologies Sponsor: CCS Presentation Systems | Chris Klein, Smart Technologies | Thursday 12:45 - 1:45 |
Chris Klein, SMART's Educational Consultant and Mac Specialist will be discussing the latest in SMART Board technology and new ways to improve learning outcomes and increasing student engagement in the classroom. Chris will also be presenting the Senteo Interactive Student Response Systems and how they can improve the teaching results between student and teacher. Educators will not want to miss this presentation!! | Salon D | Exhibitor |