PC-D01 iLife in the Classroom
Dave Marra, Senior Systems Engineer, Apple, Inc.
Target Audience: K-8, 9-12, Higher Ed, Technology
Director or Coordinator/Instructional Technologist
Presentation Strands: Adaptive Technology/Special
Populations/Accessibility, Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices,
Performing/Creative Arts
Session Level: Introductory
Computer Platform: Macintosh *
This is a repeat of session PC-C01. |
PC-D02 iWork in the Classroom
Steve Zalot, Senior Systems Engineer, Apple, Inc.
Target Audience: All
Presentation Strands: Adaptive Technology/Special
Populations/Accessibility, Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices,
Performing/Creative Arts
Session Level: Intermediate
Computer Platform: Macintosh *
Apple's newest suite of productivity tools with templates
for classroom use, iWork 08 contains valuable applications
for word processing, page layout and presentation skills.
Meet the all-new spreadsheet "Numbers" with its unique
approach to making calculations more approachable and
useable in the classroom. This suite of academically sound
tools provides compatibility with other
"office" tools. Get your hands on these new applications
and see for yourself the impact they can have on your
curriculum! |
PC-D03 School Newspaper with
Digital Cameras and Podcasting
Heather Chirtea, Tool Factory
Target Audience: All
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Professional Development/Teacher Preparation
Session Level: Introductory
Computer Platform: Windows *
Get great tips and tricks 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 and
advertisements. Translate your newsletter into a podcast.
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PC-D04 21st Century Skills
Channel - netTrekker's Key to 21C
Dawn Crawford, netTrekker
Target Audience: Instructional
Strategies/Successful Practices
Presentation Strands: Instructional
Strategies/Successful Practices, Professional
Development/Teacher Preparation, Technology Directions:
Issues, Innovations, Research
Session Level: Intermediate
Computer Platform: Macintosh
Discover the resources and Integration Models inside
netTrekker's 21st Century Skills Channel. The focus on 21C
skills is clear...now, how do you pull those competencies
into your teaching approach? During this session we will
integrate information literacy approaches into existing
lesson plans based on examples from the netTrekker models. |
PC-D05 Building an Educational
Wiki
Michael Baker, South Side Area SD
Target Audience: All
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices,
Professional Development/Teacher Preparation
Session Level: Intermediate
Computer Platform: Macintosh
Participants will develop an educational wiki. Beginning
through advanced level wiki creators will be supported.
The ultimate goal of this session is to develop a useful
educational resource that will grow even more after the
session ends. |
PC-D06 Storytelling Web 2.0 Style
Jean Bennett, Ursinus College
Target Audience: All
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends
Session Level: All
Computer Platform: Macintosh
Take your age-old storytelling and use Web 2.0 tools to
make it come alive for you or your students. You will
sample an assortment of tools to help your story be told.
These tools can be used with all curricula. The
possibilities are endless. Come with your own story and
leave with a Web 2.0 story that can be used in
collaboration or shared. |
PC-D07 Open-Source CMSs, Joomla,
and WordPress for Classroom Collaboration
Bruce Howard, NASA Classroom of the Future
Target Audience: All
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Learning Environments/Distance Learning/Course management,
Technology Directions: Issues, Innovations, Research
Session Level: All
Computer Platform: Windows
This session introduces open-source content management
systems including Joomla & WordPress. Design your very own
multi-faceted website for community building,
collaboration, & information sharing. Find and use modules
to create classroom-based websites with features similar
to FaceBook, YouTube, or Blogger. Includes an overview of
NASA's EdTech Collaborative. |
PC-D08 Closing the Digital Divide
through Diversity
Andre Koen, Rasmussen College, MN
Target Audience: 9-12
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices, Media
centers, Technology & Ethics, Technology Leadership
Level: Introductory
Computer Platform: Windows
People say that the youth of today are "Tech Savvy", when
in fact most are only consumers of technology. This
workshop is designed to help educators teach students how
to create, teach and learn using free and open source
tools to close the digital divide. |
PC-D09 History Tours and Touring
with Google Earth
Jason Heiser, Selinsgrove SD
Target Audience: K-8, 9-12, Technology Director or
Coordinator/Instructional Technologist
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices
Session Level: Intermediate
Computer Platform: Macintosh
History Tours is a collaborative website that gives
teachers access to pre-made Google Earth tours on various
topics in American and World history. These tours provide
an excellent backdrop for visual learning. Teachers are
encouraged to submit their own or their students' tours
for inclusion on the space. |
PC-D10 Creating Animations using
PowerPoint
Michael Ruffini, Bloomsburg University
Target Audience: K-8, 9-12, Higher Ed
Presentation Strands: Instructional
Strategies/Successful Practices
Session Level: All
Computer Platform: Windows
This workshop explores how to create animations for title
slides and illustrating concepts using Microsoft
PowerPoint 2007. Participants will create basic to advance
animations complete with sound, music and professional
graphics. |
PC-D11 Thinking 2.0: Use
Web-Based Scenarios to Teach Collaboration
Sandra Wozniak, Mt. Olive Middle School, NJ
Target Audience: K-8, 9-12
Presentation Strands: Instructional
Strategies/Successful Practices
Session Level: All
Computer Platform: Macintosh
Come learn how to use a collaborative web-based tool that
offers role-playing scenarios based on current and
historical issues to develop a dynamic virtual community
in your classroom. Teach kids to appreciate points of view
as they learn content, decision-making skills, and the
pitfalls and power of online collaboration in a protected
venue. |
PC-D12 Is it Fair? Copyright,
Fair Use and the Creative Commons
Michelle Krill, South Western SD
Target Audience: K-8, 9-12, Higher Ed
Presentation Strands: Media centers, Professional
Development/Teacher Preparation, Technology & Ethics
Session Level: Intermediate
Computer Platform: Macintosh
An interactive session opening with question/answer
scenarios around topic of digital ethics for different
media types. Components include presentation of guidelines
for use of copyrighted material & an opportunity to
explore creative commons sites & resources online.
Discussion of Library of Congress, public domain and other
relevant resources. |
PC-D13 Creating an Interactive
Tablet PC Classroom
Ananda Gunawardena, Carnegie Melon University
Target Audience: Pre-K, K-8, Technology Director or
Coordinator/Instructional Technologist
Presentation Strands: Emerging Technologies/Trends,
Instructional Strategies/Successful Practices,
Professional Development/Teacher Preparation, Technology
Directions: Issues, Innovations, Research, Technology
Leadership
Session Level: Introductory
Computer Platform: Windows
Tablet PC is an emerging platform promising to support
interactive classrooms. In this workshop we will be
demonstrating some truly innovative educational software
(available for free) developed at Carnegie Mellon
University. Among some of them are Lemon Sketch (a real
time collaborative software), Tablet flash Cards and
Tablet Math Whiz. |
| Although the workshops are held in either Macintosh or Windows labs, only those sessions marked with an asterisk (*) are platform specific.
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