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Opening Day Sessions, November 5
36 - Elvis Found Hiding in a MegaCache!
Date: November 5
Time: 8:30-10:45
Presenter: Kevin Merritt
Description: You never know what you might find when you go Geocaching! Come learn the basics of Geocaching as Kevin Merritt returns to offer additional sessions after last year's wildly popular event. Go with Kevin to actually LOCATE a Geocache near the Conference Center.
Fee: Free
150 - ICTs in the Classroom: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Date: November 5
Time: 8:30-12:00
Presenter: Martha Alewine
Description: Join us for a hands-on session exploring ICTs (Information Communication Technologies) in your curriculum and get lesson plans you can use now. We will work with the ICT Scope and Sequence that scaffolds student learning and mastery of the revised NETS for Students and the Standards for 21st Century Learners.
Fee: Free
District Technology Services Workshop
Date: November 5
Time: 8:30-12:00
Presenter: Leon Nelson
Description: District Technology Services will conduct a pre-conference workshop that will cover information and updates on technical services provided to South Carolina school districts. Information will be presented on Online Transcript Exchange, Data Quality, State Data Manager, the ID Manager, and the Data Warehouse.
Fee: Free
196 - Beginning School of Photography: Photography Basics and Building Projects
Date: November 5
Time: 8:30-12:00
Presenter: Heather Chirtea
Each attendee receives an Olympus FE series camera, 7.0 megapixel digital camera ($250) a digital photography manual, and a free copy of Tool Factory Workshop ($199). Learn to take photos for yearbooks, newspapers, flyers, lab reports, worksheets, presentations, bulletin boards, and much more! Come prepared to experiment!
Fee: $499.00
229 - Why 2.0? Why Not? Cultivating a Personal Learning Network
Date: November 5
Time: 8:30-10:45
Presenter: Catherine Nelson
Description: As 2.0 tools become more mainstream, educators are missing out on opportunities to streamline their own professional development and home their skills in educating today’s youth. No longer is it acceptable to ignore the role that technology plays in education. By harnessing the power of the read/write web, educators can streamline their own professional development, gain savvy technology skills, and transform their teaching style to engage our learners of the 21st Century. SCETV is providing a limited number of laptops (first come first serve basis) but it is recommended participants bring their own.
Fee: Free
33 - When to Wiki and When to Blog
Date: November 5
Time: 9:45-10:45
Presenter: JoNelle Gardner
Description: Learn more about Wikispaces and Blogger.com - which to use and when. Take the guess work out of the differences and even how to start. These free and safe tools connect students and support educators in teamwork. Create collaborative activities inside of your school and across the globe.
Fee: Free
132 - ‘Tis Better to give AND Receive: Organizing a Teacher User’s Group
Date: November 5
Time: 9:45-10:45
Presenter: Steven Infinger
Description: You spend so much time working on technology related materials. Why not bring a group together to share ready made lessons, best practices with technology and creative tricks? We will give you ideas on how to organize a user’s group in your school, cohorts or district.
Fee: Free
24 - Creating a Telepresence Amusement Park Ride to Inspire Students towards Engineering, Math and Science
Date: November 5
Time: 9:45-10:45
Presenter: Martin Cwiakala
Description: Students in the Engineering Design and Development class have created an amusement park ride using telepresence technology, which allows a person to feel like they are on a ride without being there. Using this technology, students can create virtual rides that they can share with other students and the community.
Fee: Free
49 - Thematic Units and Multimedia
Date: November 5
Time: 9:45-10:45
Presenter: Nikki Godfrey-Hill
Description: This workshop will show you how to incorporate PowerPoint Presentations, Webquests, and other forms of multimedia into your thematic units. It is designed to use with 6,th - 8,th grade special education students. Units included are Jungle, Weather, and Wolves. A demonstration CD will be given to each participant.
Fee: Free
105 - Cool Tools for the Classroom!
Date: November 5
Time: 11:00-12:00
Presenter: Jeff McCoy
Description: Finding quality classroom tools to enhance the curriculum is always a challenge. Teachers don't have the time to search out all the tools available. We'll explore some of the tools available to teachers, tools that for the most part are free or can be obtained low cost. We'll explore classroom project ideas as well as best practice for implementing technology projects.
Fee: Free
93 - iPod, uPod, we all Pod
Date: November 5
Time: 11:00-12:00
Presenter: Kenna Cox
Description: Participants will learn to create cross curricular content for iPods. They will also learn how to take existing content and use it with iPods. Participants will be guided through a step by step process to sync content related material. Participants will be exposed to numerous ideas for using iPods with students.
Fee: Free
101 - The “Power” in PowerPoint: A Twist on an Old Favorite
Date: November 5
Time: 11:00-12:00
Presenter: Latasha Smart
Description: Looking for innovative ways for students to use PowerPoint? This session offers unique ways of using PowerPoint. Learn how to create flippers, mini-books, flash cards, pyramid reports, paper chains, and learning journals using PowerPoint. Participants will leave with new project ideas to take back to their classrooms.
Fee: Free
28 - Digital Storytelling
Date: November 5
Time: 11:00-12:00
Presenter: Lorie Cafarella
Description: Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way to engage students, teachers and just about anyone else who has ever wanted to be the next Ken Burns or Steven Spielberg. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, Digital Pictures and Web publishing.
Fee: Free
135 - Does Web 2.0 Have a Place in Elementary Schools? Of Course!!
Date: November 5
Time: 11:00-12:00
Presenter: Anne-Marie Wilcox
Description: Do blogs and podcasts have a place in the elementary setting? Find out as Anne-Marie Wilcox shares lessons that integrate Web Poster Wizard, Blogging, and Podcasting applications in the elementary curriculum. This session is designed for elementary school teachers and administrators.
Fee: Free
School Cyberlaw: Student Speech, Safety, and Supervision
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-3:15
Presenter: David Hostetler
Description: Technology in schools offers wonderful learning and management opportunities but also imposes many new and significant legal risks and challenges. When can you discipline students for content on their personal web pages? What are the requirements and limits of monitoring student electronic communications and files? How should you deal with cell phones and other personal electronic devices? How do you limit and respond to Cyberbullying? These and other questions along with practical tips for dealing with supervising and securing students in the Internet age will be addressed in this two-hour session.
This session will be led by David Hostetler, founder and director of Lex-IS Services, an education law and training firm for school leaders. Mr. Hostetler will also lead a subsequent 1-hour session addressing acceptable use policies.
Fee: Free
263 -Podcasting: Create, Distribute, Access
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-3:15
Presenter: Janice Adams
Description: What is Podcasting and why is everyone so excited about this new method of delivering and experiencing audio and video? Join Apple for a hands-on workshop to learn how and why iPods and podcasting are being used in schools and universities across the country to enhance curriculum, capture student’s attention, and provide unprecedented opportunities to deliver and access educational content. You will not only create your own professional podcast, but you will also experience how to distribute podcast created by you or your students and access podcast that have been posted by educators from around the country.
Fee: Free
36 - Elvis Found Hiding in a MegaCache! (repeat session)
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-3:15
Presenter: Kevin Merritt
Description: You never know what you might find when you go Geocaching! Come learn the basics of Geocaching as Kevin Merritt returns to offer additional sessions after last year's wildly popular event. Go with Kevin to actually LOCATE a Geocache near the Conference Center.
Fee: Free
Total Traffic Control User Group Meeting
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-3:15
Presenter: Phyllis David
Description: Please join us for the second annual SC TTC User Group meeting. Over half of the 82 school districts in South Carolina now use Total Traffic Control for Content Filtering, SPAM Blocking, Anti-Virus, Forensic Reporting, Bandwidth Management, Spyware and E-mail Archiving. If you are a user of this software you automatically qualify for membership in the TTC User Group. Personnel from other school districts are invited to participate in the meeting to learn how this software is being deployed in South Carolina. Everyone should benefit from the discussion on how we are using the TTC software. There will be representatives from the developer on hand as well as other users to answer any questions we have and to hear what we want in terms of future features and capabilities of the software. We will discuss the new Unix platform – TTC+ and how it will benefit us as we grow our networks. This session is hosted by Kershaw County School’s Phyllis David and Horry County School’s Richard Nadeau. Fee: Free for school district personnel with full conference registration.
64 - eLearning SC - Online Professional Development for Teachers
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-2:00
Presenter: Catherine Giddons
Description: Busy teachers are challenged with finding time for professional development. eLearning SC provides relevant, high quality course content that is available 24/7 online. Facilitated by highly qualified online instructors, teacher participants experience professional growth- any time, anywhere. Come and learn about this wonderful professional development opportunity.
Fee: Free
197 - School of Podcasting
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-3:15
Presenter: Heather Chirtea
Description: Each attendee receives Tool Factory’s Podcasting Kit (worth $250) including software and recording devices to jump-start the beginner podcaster! Learn to create podcasts in minutes and explore cover aspects such as copyright information and acceptable use policies. Leave satiated with podcasting classroom applications!
Fee: $349.00
155 - 50 Ways to Use ETVStreamlineSC
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-2:00
Presenter: Donna Thompson
Description: When it comes to integrating StreamlineSC into your curriculum, the possibilities are unlimited! Start with these 50 ways to integrate digital media resources and as you use StreamlineSC, devise your own creative ideas. Have your tried: A) Updating your PowerPoint slides with images and videos; B) Movie Maker or iMovie-edit & combine segments to make your point clearer and for student projects-no more boring 20 page handwritten and hard to read papers; C) Digital Storytelling (stories told with pictures, narration and music)-poems and historical figures come to life or what did students learn on that field trip; D) using an iPod or other handheld/small video device to capture the student's attention, E) and MUCH MUCH MORE! If you give yourself and your students a chance, you will be AMAZED at the creativity!
Fee: Free
112 - ERate for Beginners
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-2:00
Presenter: Sandra Wilkie
Description: Overview of the ERate filing process and important forms for those just entering the ERate program. Learn about available resources and how to get started.
Fee: Free
43 - Around the World in A Day: Virtual Field Trips
Date: November 5
Time: 1:00-2:00
Presenter: Arischa Conner
Description: We will explain what a virtual field trip is and tell of the uses of the different types of virtual field trips. We will show how using a virtual field trip can engage students in all content areas. Virtual field trips can make concepts come alive for students.
Fee: Free
65 - Are You SMARTer Than a Third Grader?
Date: November 5
Time: 2:15-3:15
Presenter: Mary Lou Elliot
Description: Those magic "SMART Boards" have finally arrived, everyone is turning to you for the answers and you are feeling "not so SMART"! This presentation/demonstration will provide ideas for integration in a variety of content areas including the media center. Sample lessons, cool tools and online resources, and a "ready-to-use" SMART lesson for staff development will be provided to participants.
Fee: Free
179 - Implementing Scanning Technology with Data Quality Clerks
Date: November 5
Time: 2:15-3:15
Presenter: Debra Maxson
Description: Scanning is an excellent technological application for organizing, archiving, accessing and transmitting data information. This presentation will discuss implemetaion, training, data qualtiy and specifics examples of using scanning with district Data Quality Clerks for a board range of activities such as attendance, graduation rates,etc.
Fee: Free
59 - Real World Problems to Enhance Students Learning
Date: November 5
Time: 2:15-3:15
Presenter: Charles DeSassure
Description: Teaching an introduction to computer course can be challenging. Today’s workforce expects students to be able to use critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity skills effectively. During this session, participants will receive examples of class work that have been collected and implemented at Tarrant County College. A CD-Rom will be provided.
Fee: Free
62 - Make Room for SchoolRooms!
Date: November 5
Time: 2:15-3:15
Presenter: Amanda Stone
Description: SchoolRooms is the latest educational tool being offered by the South Carolina State Library. SchoolRooms is for the entire K-12 community and all content has been teacher-selected. Find educational websites, multimedia content, DISCUS databases and library catalogs all in one place! Come discover how you can use SchoolRooms.
Fee: Free
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