Thursday 11/6/08 |
131 - Keep Them Reading Over the Summer
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Room: Ballroom A |
Presenter: Libby Childers
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Description: This elementary school is in its second year of a successful summer reading program. Come and see how this school has pushed their focus on literacy to the forefront with a summer reading program. Students are involved with reading and school throughout the summer with literacy activities and an open media center.
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116 - Beep and Honk Your Way Into Learning - PreK-2
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Kendra Ericson
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Description: Experiment with activities that develop critical IT skills such as mouse control and keyboarding. We’ll look at activities for visual discrimination, letter learning, and phonics, a. Internet permitting, we’ll wrap up with a visit to Elementary Zone. Free software program (worth $69), plus a subscription to Elementary Zone.
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144 - 21st Century Teaching and Learning: What does that mean for me?
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Room: MR101 |
Presenter: Martha Alewine
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Description: Participants will learn about the new SC Internet Safety Standards and the SC K-12 ICT Scope and Sequence which scaffolds student learning from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Session participants will explore resources available and receive examples of classroom and media center activities for use in teaching information, media, and technology literacy within the classroom curriculum.
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30 - Using Databases to help Special Education Students Do Research
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Room: MR102/103 |
Presenter: Kendra Thacker
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Description: Special Education Students can use Data Bases such as Access to write important research findings, which then can be used to make presentations in PowerPoints. This can help cut down on cut and paste tendencies.
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47 - Ask us anything and we'll help
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Room: MR204 |
Presenter: Chris Craft
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Description: We are a group of educators who know about technology. Bring us your questions, your ideas, or your troubles, and we'll help you solve them, or figure out ways to implement them. From SMART to Skype, from Moodle to motherboards, we have experience in many different areas of technology.
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107 - An Augmented Reality Check
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
| Room: MR206 |
Presenter: Michael Edwards
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Description: Augmented Reality described in this session uses a mobile device equipped with GPS to track a student's movement and superimpose a layer of virtual information onto the physical location. When students reach a designated point, they can be automatically provided with computer-generated information including documents, images, sounds, and videos.
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110 - E-Rate in SC for 2010-11
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Sandra Wilkie
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Description: Discussion of the E-Rate program updates for 2010-11 applications and other E-Rate issues in SC.
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164 - Hands on with the South Carolina Virtual School Program
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR101 |
Presenter: Tracy Sanders
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Description: This hands-on workshop will look at the South Carolina Virtual School Program’s current status as well as future goals. Participants will access the SCVSP website and Virtual School Administrator (records and data information) to identify the role of the teacher, student, guardian, and counselor/sponsor. The workshop will cover: course offerings, registration, responsibilities of the online teacher, student, guardian, and counselor/sponsor. Bring your own laptop.
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88 - Create Video Tutorials for Students & Colleagues
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR102/103 |
Presenter: Dave Hamilton
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Description: ScreenCorder 5 captures and records all your desktop activity in minutes -ideal for creating training videos or powerful demonstrations! Enhance recordings by adding advanced features like PIP recordings, SCORM complaint quizzes, and many others easily accessed with our on-the-fly editing. Export to WMV, Flash® or AVI! FREE RAFFLE!
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53 - Creation Station
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR104/105 |
Presenter: Tim Sonefelt
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Description: a hilarious demonstration of an interactive school assembly program that encourages reading while exciting students about technology and inventors. Laugh out loud witnessing simple ways puppets, magic, storytelling, and humor can encourage elementary students to read for pleasure and excite them with cirriculum. You will laugh more than your students.
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85 - Website Buffet
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR106 |
Presenter: Steven Infinger
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Description: Grab a plate and take a hearty serving of some fun, interactive websites to use in the classroom or with your peers. These websites will help spice up your lesson or serve your learning community a collaborative, family-style portion of technology. Entrees geared toward classroom teachers and Technology Specialists.
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139 - Google Earth: Moving Beyond the Limits of Your Classroom to Traveling Around the World
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR107 |
Presenter: Julia Davis
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Description: You can use Google Earth in ANY subject! Learn how to find and/or create your own Google Earth Tour by using Google Lit Trips and other sites on the web. Participants will be shown math, science, history, and ELA possibilities in grades K-12.
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70 - Media Conversion for Digital Presentations
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR202 |
Presenter: Trish Masters
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Description: Learn how to use the latest Web 2.0 tools to convert media files for use in digital presentations. Bring a laptop to this hands-on session and you’ll leave knowing how to convert video, audio and picture files for use in digital presentations.
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148 - Get Inspired with Promethean's ActivInspire Software!
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR204 |
Presenter: Leo Gallant
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Description: Promethean's next generation of teaching and learning software has exploded onto the education scene. ActivInspire delivers amazing functionality and exciting new features, making learning journeys more fun than ever before. With ActivInspire, there's something for everyone: students get focused with fun, interactive lessons and engaged with interactive learning tools; teachers get results from immediate student responses, providing vital data for rapid and ongoing assessment. Join us to see this exciting next step in Interactive Teaching and experience these "Inspiring" features for yourself!
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109 - Building a Classroom without Walls
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR206 |
Presenter: MaryAnn Sansonetti
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Description: We will explore the concept of a classroom without walls and lean how begin to build the foundations for this classroom. You will learn how you can extend your knowledge by building a Personal Learning Network using tools such as Twitter and Facebook. We will explore online resources you can use in your classroom.
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134 - Cyber Savvy Students (Make Meaningful Connections with a Digital Generation)
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am |
| Room: MR208 |
Presenter: Lisa West
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Description: Walk in the footsteps of 21st century learners as we share ways in which our elementary students learn to discuss, collaborate, and create in the classroom setting and beyond. We will highlight the use of electronic agendas, handheld video cameras, blogs, multimedia SMART Board lessons and more.
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56 - "A Perfect 10"-Using Version 10 within the Elementary Classroom
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: Ballroom A |
Presenter: alyson fort
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Description: During this presentation, teachers will learn the ins and outs of the newest version of SmartBoard Software. Participants will be taken step by step through tool bars, applications and Gallery components of this software. A data disc will be given to all participants as well as handouts and other helpful resources that will enhance their own SmartBoard Lessons.
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120 - School Newspaper with Digital Cameras and Podcasting
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: Ballroom B |
Presenter: Kendra Ericson
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Description: Get great tips for taking better photographs. Explore sports mode and learn how to “stitch” together panoramas. Create a one-page newsletter. Develop the masthead, set up columns, add digital photos/advertisements. Translate your newsletter into a podcast. Free subscription to Elementary Zone and a 30-day trial of Tool Factory Workshop.
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111 - Internet Bandwidth Policy and Security for SC Schools
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Valarie Byrd
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Description: Discussion of the K-12 Technology Initiative Policy for Internet Bandwidth, Security requirements and changing federal law, and other K-12 network issues in SC.
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86 - Calling on the Community: A Capital Idea
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR102/103 |
Presenter: Madell Dobrushin
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Description: Our mission this year has been to provide resources to enable our community members and organizations to be vested members in our school community thereby contributing to improved student achievement. While many school districts have engaged their students in video conferencing activities between other schools and content providers, we began looking for ways to connect our students to our local community. This presentation will describe how we are connecting our students to our local community.
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54 - Basic Puppet Technique
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR104/105 |
Presenter: Tim Sonefelt
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Description: Puppets are an exciting, interactive way to reach grades K-5 (Yes even 5th graders). Puppets can help enhance tough-to-teach topics from the curriculum as well as motivate and encourage students to read more. Everyone can learn something about puppet technique from this full-time Professional School Presenter.
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76 - Just Another Pretty Face? Facebook as a Tool in University Courses
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR106 |
Presenter: Sherry Grosso
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Description: Facebook is currently the most popular social networking tool. Through this presentation, participants will learn how to implement Facebook in their classes and the advantages and limitations of using Facebook compared to Blackboard. The presentation will include classroom-tested examples of integrating Facebook into Economics and Management Science courses.
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6 - 50 Ways to Integrate Media into Your Classroom
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR205 |
Presenter: Mike Bryant
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Description: Finding and playing video segments are just one of many ways you can use the media library in StreamlineSC. Did you know you have an Interactive Atlas, dynamic Calendar, thousand of quiz question and tens of thousands of images, speeches, and sound effects? Come and learn how to integrate these tools in new and exciting ways that are perfect for reaching the 21st century student. Teacher and student examples will be examined.
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23 - Updates to the Technology Proficiency ePortfolio System for Administrators, Teachers, and Students
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR206 |
Presenter: Linda Hains
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Description: Proviso 1.25 was amended this year to include all K-12 certified staff. The No Child Left Behind Act also requires data on 8th grade technology proficiency. To meet these needs, the Office of eLearning updated the teacher ePortfolio System to be aligned with the 2008 ISTE-T Standards and 2009 ISTE-A Standards. The system contains: a technology proficiency exam; Technology professional development courses and resources; Eportfolios; and an acceptance system for accountability
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27 - 360 Degree Virtual Learning Experience: Collaborate, Create, Connect
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR207 |
Presenter: Arischa Conner
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Description: This session will show teachers, media specialists and technology specialists how they can collaborate to create a virtual learning experience that their students will never forget. We will present a virtual field trip created through collaboration, and give teachers tips and suggestions to create their own 360 degree learning experiences.
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115 - Wherefore Art Thou Podcast?
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Room: Ballroom B |
Presenter: Kendra Ericson
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Description: We’ll plan, write, and perform a theatrical podcast in one hour, so bring your dramatic flair! Create a historical re-enactment, radio show or drama. Plan the episodes and characters. Write and record the dialog. Add sound effects and publish. Receive a great manual, plus a subscription to Clip Art Station.
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104 - Financing Your Future® - A Personal Finance program on DVD for High School Students
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Lori Dickes
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Description: Financing Your Future is a complete personal finance program on DVD and this workshop will introduce you to video segments and lessons found in this activity-filled resource. Financing Your Future contains five videos that cover topics such as investing in one's human capital, developing a banking relationship, understanding credit and debt, and creating a budget. Each video is complemented with three standards-based classroom lesson plans that educators, parents, and mentors can use to reinforce the concepts demonstrated in the videos. The Council for Economic Education is pleased to make this offer to New York area educators through the generous support of the Citi Foundation. Materials will be distributed.
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58 - SMART Boards - Not Just for Breakfast Anymore!
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Room: MR104/105 |
Presenter: Jessica Donaldson
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Description: We all know that SMART Boards are great classroom tools for teachers, but how are the STUDENTS using them? This session will demonstrate ways that teachers are using SMART Boards to encourage learning and student-facilitated activities. Are you prepared to be the “guide on the side?”
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133 - Literacy + Technology = Media Center Fun
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Room: MR106 |
Presenter: CayLen Whitesides
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Description: Having trouble getting around to each student to help them find a book that would interest them? Use technology to encourage student reading and to reach more students. Make available software work for you in promoting literacy!
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71 - How do I know that you know? Assessment and Multi-Media
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Room: MR203 |
Presenter: Barbara Nesbitt
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Description: How can multi-media tools aid the teacher in formative assessment? How will you know that your students have mastered core skills and essential understanding with the aid of technology? Learn how in this hands-on session. Bring a laptop and at least one favorite unit of study.
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118 - Digital Claymation Creations
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
| Room: MR207 |
Presenter: Kendra Ericson
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Description: Using only a ball of clay and a digital camera, we’ll make a clay character come to life. Shoot a sequence of digital photos to create frames of a mini clay-animated sprite. Transfer photos and assemble them into a looping cartoon. Free Tool Factory Movie Maker (worth $70).
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178 - Telepresence and HD Video Communications: The things you should know when evaluating a solution for your organization
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: Ballroom A |
Presenter: David Kuklinski
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Description: Telepresence and high definition video communications are the latest buzz words to take the business world by storm as corporations are striving to do more with less. Interestingly enough the mass adoption of video conferencing is also impacting the education sector in that connecting students to teachers in a face to face experience from remote locations is also a wonderful reality with video technology. Imagine a virtual field trip for your students to see a museum tour in New York City then dial into NASA for a tour of the space center all in one day, connect research students and subject experts immediately in real time for collaboration or witness a teaching surgical procedure in real time without ever leaving the lecture hall ? high definition video conferencing technology makes it possible. If you are evaluating video technology or are curious in the possibilities video has in education, please join us for this informative session, where you?ll learn: The key drivers for video technology in education; The elements that should be considered when evaluating solutions for you and your organization; How to deliver the maximum return on your investment in high definition video; How LifeSize can best guide you on your evaluation of a solution and implementation
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106 - Cool Free Tech Tools For Teacher Use
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Michael Edwards
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Description: What can be better than free? Come learn about some cool free software tools to use in your classroom. Most tools will work well with interactive white boards. Several tools are designed for reviewing to keep students engaged. These work well with a large variety of grade levels and subjects. This is a repeat of a popular 2008 EdTech session.
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163 - Summer Academy 2009: Our Remediation Success Story
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: MR102/103 |
Presenter: Tammy Golden
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Description: Our goal: a summer academy for K-2 students to help with retention of reading and math skills. Our session focuses on one resource, Smart Tutor, a web-based reading and math solution and how it was used in our daily activities. Students were offered differentiated instruction which as assigned automatically based on their varying ability and aptitude levels. The presenter will focus on the data derived from this program, the details of implementation and more. Handouts will include sample reports.
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100 - TECHNOLOGY in Adult Education
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: MR104/105 |
Presenter: Janice Camp
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Description: Adult Education (AE) Programs integrates technology into the curriculum for both AE and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Adult Education students must be computer literate to compete with high school graduates in the 21st Century. During this session we will emphasize AE teaching programs such as Academy of Reading, ITI, Virtual Schools, HSAP Remediation, GED on Line and WorkKeys.
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87 - Mind Mapping: Building a Better Foundation for the Thinking Skills Process
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: MR106 |
Presenter: Dave Hamilton
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Description: Improve reading & writing skills by using MindView which creates MindMaps that increase retention, comprehension and organization of ideas. Tap into developing Advanced Communication & Research Skills, Creative Thinking & Problem Solving Skills and Higher Order Critical Thinking Skills. Include images, text, videos and hyperlinks. Export to Word, PowerPoint, HTML. FREE RAFFLE!
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162 - Know No Limit: AnyTime, AnyWhere PD
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: MR202 |
Presenter: Terri Ann Bennett
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Description: The Office of eLearning offers professional development opportunities for educators with a SC Teaching Certificate through Moodle. Participants can work at their own pace for renewal and graduate credit courses. Join us to learn more about the courses and if the Moodle Open Source Platform may benefit your school/district.
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136 - AT&T Cloud Based Internet Security Services
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Room: MR206 |
Presenter: Dean Hyatt
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Description: AT&T now offers a suite of “Cloud Based” Internet Security and Wi-Fi Services on the State of South Carolina term Internet contract. The Services include: Internet Protect® Service, AT&T Web Security Suite, AT&T Token Authentication Service, and Secure Email Gateway Service.
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23 - Updates to the Technology Proficiency ePortfolio System for Administrators, Teachers, and Students
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR206 |
Presenter: Linda Hains
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Description: Proviso 1.25 was amended this year to include all K-12 certified staff. The No Child Left Behind Act also requires data on 8th grade technology proficiency. To meet these needs, the Office of eLearning updated the teacher ePortfolio System to be aligned with the 2008 ISTE-T Standards and 2009 ISTE-A Standards. The system contains: a technology proficiency exam; Technology professional development courses and resources; Eportfolios; and an acceptance system for accountability
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18 - Video Conferencing using SmartBoard Technology
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Day:Thursday
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| Time: 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm |
| Room: MR204 |
Presenter: Eileen Fernandez-Parker
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Description: For under $100 you can have a famous person fly to your state
and arrive in your classroom! Video conferencing is more
affordable and easier than ever with SmartBoard technology.
Now your students can meet authors, scientists,
mathematicians, engineers, and even Nobel Prize winners!
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Friday 11/7/08 |
24 - PowerLink: Copying PowerSchool ORACLE data to SQL Server in "near" real time
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR205 |
Presenter: Neil Gilstrap
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Description: Microsoft SQL Server has been our standard database administration software for years. However, with PowerSchool utilizing an ORACLE back-end, this provided an interesting conundrum. PowerLink was developed as a solution to copy PowerSchool table structures and data off of the ORACLE back-end and onto a SQL Server in "near" real time.
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23 - Updates to the Technology Proficiency ePortfolio System for Administrators, Teachers, and Students
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR203 |
Presenter: Linda Hains
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Description: Proviso 1.25 was amended this year to include all K-12 certified staff. The No Child Left Behind Act also requires data on 8th grade technology proficiency. To meet these needs, the Office of eLearning updated the teacher ePortfolio System to be aligned with the 2008 ISTE-T Standards and 2009 ISTE-A Standards. The system contains: a technology proficiency exam; Technology professional development courses and resources; Eportfolios; and an acceptance system for accountability
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149 - The Promethean ActivClassroom for Special Needs Students
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Danielle Stengel
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Description: As the number of students who have sensory, cognitive, or physical disabilities increases in classrooms, educators must be able to access the tools to meet their many diverse needs and learning styles. This session will cover the use of ActivClassroom software and some engaging aspects, as well as the use of ActiVotes, ActivExpression, ActivWand, and ActivSound to meet these needs. Websites used by teachers with special needs students will also be discussed and explored.
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103 - Digital Media – Make YOUR Lessons POP
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR101 |
Presenter: Kari Stubbs
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Description: Use digital media to differentiate instruction, reach multiple learning styles, and ignite enthusiasm for learning! BrainPOP covers diverse topics including: science, social studies, English, reading, math, arts and music, technology, and health. Join this session to learn how to bring 21st century resources into your classroom.
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80 - Assistive Technology Devices to Support Instruction for Students with Disabilities in the General Education Environment
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR102/103 |
Presenter: Hollis Adair
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Description: We will be presenting various assistive technology devices and software programs used to assist students with disabilities in the general education environment. Our demonstration will include how to operate the devices and how to incorporate them in classroom. Our presentation will be in PowerPoint format with video clips of demonstrations.
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46 - Moodle - A Classroom Teacher's Experiences
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR106 |
Presenter: Chris Craft
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Description: Moodle is a virtual learning environment that is free and open source. Find out how I successfully use Moodle with my class of sixth graders and how you can too.
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26 - Nothing Could Be Finer… The New StudySC website for South Carolina Students
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR202 |
Presenter: Amanda Stone
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Description: The SC State Library introduces the new StudySC website, loaded with South Carolina-specific web resources for homework help, projects, and more. In a kid-friendly environment, students can find the information they need fast. StudySC also has lesson plans and other online resources for educators who are looking for ways to incorporate South Carolina-related topics into their classroom. From artist biographies to Native American tribes and Civil War timelines, get it all at StudySC.org!
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23 - Updates to the Technology Proficiency ePortfolio System for Administrators, Teachers, and Students
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR203 |
Presenter: Linda Hains
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Description: Proviso 1.25 was amended this year to include all K-12 certified staff. The No Child Left Behind Act also requires data on 8th grade technology proficiency. To meet these needs, the Office of eLearning updated the teacher ePortfolio System to be aligned with the 2008 ISTE-T Standards and 2009 ISTE-A Standards. The system contains: a technology proficiency exam; Technology professional development courses and resources; Eportfolios; and an acceptance system for accountability
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18 - Video Conferencing using SmartBoard Technology
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR204 |
Presenter: Eileen Fernandez-Parker
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Description: For under $100 you can have a famous person fly to your state
and arrive in your classroom! Video conferencing is more
affordable and easier than ever with SmartBoard technology.
Now your students can meet authors, scientists,
mathematicians, engineers, and even Nobel Prize winners!
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7 - Roundtrip Tickets Anywhere: Google Earth in Education
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR205 |
Presenter: Mike Bryant
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Description: Tools to use tomorrow! Make the real terrain of the earth an interactive tool. Curriculum examples wait for you on the web. Unlock near-magical layers with the click of a mouse. Find content and media created in their own geography! From the Internet or your own hard drive, use media resources to create fantastic trips through neighborhoods, history, science or literature. Insert student images into the landscape. Insert StreamlineSC media. Download placemarks and projects from other schools or agencies. Use the Ruler Tool to measure and compare. Create shareable projects. Use layers to track trends, patterns, in unsuspected ways. Cost of Google Earth: Free!
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13 - Kerpoof: Bring Student Creativity to Life With This Free Web 2.0 Tool
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am |
| Room: MR207 |
Presenter: Elizabeth Kohut
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Description: Bring your own laptop for a hands on look at
how Kerpoof can be used to create original art work, animated movies,
and stories. Take a look at some Kerpoof-based lesson plans, learn how
to setup teacher accounts, and see student work samples. **Logging in to
Kerpoof requires the latest update of Adobe Flash Payer so please update
prior to the session.
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60 - Picture This: Using Picassa and Animoto
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: Ballroom B |
Presenter: Vickie Norton
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Description: Liven up your blogs & webpages and showcase your student work through these simple and free tools. This session will teach you how to organize, edit and present images and videos in an appealing and eye-catching way.
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151 - Digital XPress: An Online Writing Environment
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Anna Baldwin
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Description: The Digital XPress offers simple, powerful, web-based software that provides schools with a safe collaborative student writing environment. This use of digital media and the authentic outside audience for student work made possible through the Digital Express increases motivation and cognitive engagement among learners.
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94 - THE DIGITAL TEACHER'
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR101 |
Presenter: BRENDA LYLES
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Description: Want to learn how teachers can exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society? Come explore your digital self as you learn to convey relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using digital-age media and formats.
This description will be used in the conference program book and will help guide participants in their
selection of sessions.
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140 - Using Movie Making to Support the Writing Process
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR102/103 |
Presenter: Max Monroe
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Description: Using movie making software such as Photostory and MovieMaker allow students to tell a visual story. The process used to create these stories parallels the writing process and can be used to strengthen the process by which student create written products. View student work and teacher suggestions.
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29 - Project STRAW: Stories Told, Researched, and Written
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR104/105 |
Presenter: Kendra Thacker
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Description: Students use a flip camera to interview a soldier, grandparent, or teacher. Students then edit videotape and research era and incorporate material into PhotoStory or Movie Maker for documentary.
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68 - Digital Media Literacy: What It Means for 21st Century Learning
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR106 |
Presenter: Frank Baker
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Description: The inclusion of Web 2.0 means digital "media literacy" is more important than ever. Join national media literacy consultant Frank Baker for an exploration of media literacy in the 21st century and what it means for your classroom instruction.
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14 - Discover the New Web on a SMART Board
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR202 |
Presenter: John Gaidies
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Description: Discover how dynamic and interactive your teaching can be! Best of all it's free. The new web offers teachers the ability to "interactivate" their curriculum. With a simple internet connection and a SMART board you can literally bring the world to your students' fingertips.
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25 - Create Video Tutorials—Capture the Perfect Moment in Time
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR204 |
Presenter: Stephen Anderson Sr.
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Description: Have you ever had a student come up and ask for “more on a topic,” and then you realize that MANY probably want it even if only one asked. Have you ever “aced a lecture/class” and wished you could capture and bottle it? Now it is easy to create and capture those moments, utilizing screen capture software which can easily capture ANY activity which can be created on a computer screen. Web tours, learning simulations, ink-based math/science learning modules, software demonstrations. ANYONE interested in creating learning modules needs to come to this session.
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24 - PowerLink: Copying PowerSchool ORACLE data to SQL Server in "near" real time
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR205 |
Presenter: Neil Gilstrap
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Description: Microsoft SQL Server has been our standard database administration software for years. However, with PowerSchool utilizing an ORACLE back-end, this provided an interesting conundrum. PowerLink was developed as a solution to copy PowerSchool table structures and data off of the ORACLE back-end and onto a SQL Server in "near" real time.
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16 - Blogging in the Elementary Classroom: A Technology Recipe for Student Success
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR206 |
Presenter: Angela Enlow
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Description: Ingredients: teachers, students, information technology specialist, coach, technology educator, blogs, videoconferencing equipment, the Big 6, Social studies content, ELA standards. recipe: Mix together all of the ingredients in an elementary school and watch a delicious Social Studies project rise!
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22 - Cutting Costs NOT Classroom Innovations
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
| Room: MR208 |
Presenter: Vyce Moses-Johnson
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Description: With the recent economic crisis, we find that we must find cost effective ways to enhance student learning. Many technology programs are free to download and can be integrated into the curriculum. Learn about a few of the things students are doing in my classroom.
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52 - No Educator Left Behind: Using Electronic Portfolios for Accountability
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: Ballroom A |
Presenter: Sandra McLendon
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Description: Caught up in this age of accountability! Feel like "The Educator Left Behind" when people talk about electronic portfolios! We will explore different avenues that allow you to give students the opportunity to shine as they display their work in electronic portfolios through PowerPoints and online.
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57 - Your Audience is Sleeping (PowerPoint Tips to Wake Them Up!)
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: Ballroom B |
Presenter: Jessica Donaldson
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Description: Microsoft PowerPoint is often used ineffectively. Whether sharing data with faculty, or a budget plan with your department, your presentation should be the catalyst driving the overall presentation home. This session provides tips and techniques for creating a presentation that gets the information out and keeps the audience awake!
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153 - Developing Key Performance Indicators for a School District
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: Ballroom C |
Presenter: Walter Fox
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Description: Technology leaders from school districts will learn how Richland County School District One’s Information Technology department developed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to accomplish its mission and support its customers. Presenters will show (need better word) leading KPIs and trailing KPIs. Presenters will also show a high level view of how projects are planned and managed and how annual planning is conducted. Attendees will be provided sample templates that they can use.
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40 - Inspiring Beyond the Limits: Flipchart Building with ActivInspire
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: MR104/105 |
Presenter: Beth Goff
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Description: Every feature of ActivStudio has been renovated in ActivInspire; they just have new locations. The new look and feel makes designing lessons a breeze helping teachers blow past the limits of lesson building. This session will stroll through where our most used features are now and explore the new ones.
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180 - Avaya Aura: Breakthrough Technology That Simplifies Multi-vendor, Multi-location Networks and Reduces Cost!
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: MR108 |
Presenter: Brian Hartsell
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Description: When you’re asked to deliver more to your users and cut costs at the same time – it’s refreshing to find an architecture that makes it easier for IT professionals. Avaya Aura is helping school districts make real strides in driving costs out of their schools, reducing admin complexity, and increasing utilization of existing investments.
- Use SIP trunking to centrally manage unified dial plans and reduce costs up to 40%
- Remove the constraints of multi-vendor communications to create one simply-managed network across disparate systems.
- Quickly and inexpensively extend unified communications to users at any location.
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45 - All a Twitter
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: MR204 |
Presenter: Chris Craft
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Description: Twitter seems to be all the rage lately. What is it? Who uses it? Is it safe? Find out all about Twitter and how to connect with other educators.
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154 - Move to a Virtual Concierge System from a Work Order System and Increase Customer Satisfaction
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: MR205 |
Presenter: Gregory Wood
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Description: Learn how Richland One is breaking down internal customer support silos by merging multiple work order systems and providing self-service using ICAN(Interactive Computer Assistance Network). ICAN uses Parature workflow to route requests and issues to IT, Maintenance and other departments. Customer Service is continuously improved based on data collected.
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172 - Securing and Managing Your School Network Amid IT Budget Cut-Backs
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Day:Friday
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| Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Room: MR208 |
Presenter: Al Rossi
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Description: School IT budgets are being cut. But security threats, regulations, and network usage are increasing. Discover proven methods for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of your network. And find out how you can overcome these challenges with Total Traffic Control, a single solution designed specifically for school networks.
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