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Room Number |
Presenter |
Session Title |
District/Organization |
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Computer Lab – Room 700 |
Becky Herl |
Independence School System |
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Computer Lab– Room 701 |
Amy King |
Marzano Strategies Go High-Tech |
UMKC Professional Development Center |
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Computer Lab– Room 703 |
Clifton Dancy |
Mining the hidden treasures of Google. |
Raytown C-2 Schools |
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Computer Lab– Room 707 |
Tom Robb |
WWW: Wow Websites Workshop |
Odessa R-7 |
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Room 607 |
Jane Sak & Terri Snethen |
Blue Valley North High School |
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Room 608 |
Julie Brunner |
Avoiding 10 Technology Project Management Disasters |
Holden R-III School District |
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Room 609 |
Eric Langhorst |
Twitter and Free Video Chat - Teachers Using Technology to
Connect |
South Valley Jr. High School
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Room 610 |
Charlotte Chauvin, Tina Littlejohn, Edwina
Martin, Stephanie Mayhew |
Digital Citizenship |
Kansas City MO School District |
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Room 612 |
Curtis Cook |
Lesson Upgrades: Technology & Dan Pink's 21st
Century Skills |
Summit Technology Academy |
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Room 613 |
Joyce Meers |
Demonstrating Understanding Through Simple
Animation |
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools |
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Session One:
9:45 – 11:00 |
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Room Number |
Presenter |
Session Title |
Session
Description |
District/Organization |
Audience |
Skill Level |
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Computer Lab – Room 700 |
Becky Herl |
Unleash Writing Potential with Digital Storytelling |
During this hands on session participants will have the
opportunity to read, write, and discuss how
digital storytelling sites have engaged students
throughout the world. Come and see how to
leverage these free applications into your
elementary classroom. |
Independence School System |
Elementary, |
All |
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Computer Lab– Room 701 |
Amy King |
Marzano Strategies Go High-Tech |
Do you want to learn how to integrate technology
into the highly effective instructional
strategies? This session will demonstrate a
variety of technological applications that can
incorporated into research-based practices that
improve student achievement. The session will
focus on strategies that help students acquire
and integrate knowledge. |
UMKC Professional Development Center |
Elementary,Library / Media Specialist,Secondary, |
Beginner |
|
Computer Lab– Room 703 |
Clifton Dancy |
Mining the hidden treasures of Google. |
Google is more than a search engine. Maps,
scholarly research, books, shopping and more are
essential tools of the searching software giant.
More than that, though productivity tools such
as Google documents, Google calendar and blogger
are free tools for educators and students to tap
into the power of the internet. Finally,
downloadables such as Google Earth/Sky/Sea,
Google sketch up, and Picasa are free programs
that will enhance your classroom and excite your
students. |
Raytown C-2 Schools |
Administrators,Elementary,Higher
Education,Library / Media
Specialist,Secondary,Tech Coordinators |
Beginner |
|
Computer Lab– Room 707 |
Tom Robb |
WWW: Wow Websites Workshop |
Explore free teacher and student friendly
websites. Topics range from document conversion
and photo editing to vocabulary instruction and
presentation tools. After a brief introduction
of each, participants will be given the
opportunity to manipulate the website. It is not
necessary to participate in the workshop, but
setting up your own Google email account prior
to attending would allow you to link to the
websites through a Google Document. |
Odessa R-7 |
Elementary,Secondary, |
All |
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Room 607 |
Jane Sak & Terri Snethen |
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Schools are purchasing technology software and equipment with
good intentions of integrating technology;
however, knowledge of what is available and/or
and lack of time and training can create a weary
technology inspsired teacher. After this
session, participants will leave with 20+ fresh
and workable ways to integrate technology into
any curricular area and will acquire an insight
into components that make up successful
integration. This presentation and focuses
directly on teacher integration of technology to
enhance curriculum, to appeal to varied learning
styles of students, and to promote professional
development. |
Blue Valley North High School |
Administrators,Elementary,Higher
Education,Library / Media
Specialist,Secondary,Tech Coordinators |
All |
|
Room 608 |
Julie Brunner |
Avoiding 10 Technology Project Management Disasters |
Find out how to avoid some common pitfalls in your upcoming
technology projects. Learn to create realistic
timelines for a project, communicate more
clearly, foster teamwork, obtain buy-in from the
stakeholders, and create projects that line up
with your objectives. This presentation is
designed to help you with projects as small as a
classroom assignment or as large as getting the
right network set up in a new construction
project. Participants will have the opportunity
to experience some cooperative learning
strategies that can be helpful in successful
technology project implementation during this
presentation. |
Holden R-III School District |
Administrators,Elementary,Library / Media
Specialist,Secondary,Tech Coordinators |
All |
|
Room 609 |
Eric Langhorst |
Twitter and Free Video Chat - Teachers Using Technology to
Connect |
You've heard a lot about Twitter in the news but how can it be
used in education? Learn how teachers are using
Twitter to build powerful learning networks and
exchanging ideas with teaching peers from around
the world. Twitter is a free online application.
We will also discuss the use of Skype and G-Mail
Video Chat (both free applications) in the
classroom. Learn how Eric's classes have held
live video conferences with the National
Constitution Center in Philadelphia and an
author on the East Coast - all from their 8th
grade classroom at South Valley Junior High in
Liberty, Missouri. |
South Valley Jr. High School
|
Administrators,Elementary,Higher
Education,Library / Media
Specialist,Secondary,Tech Coordinators |
All |
|
Room 610 |
Charlotte Chauvin, Tina Littlejohn, Edwina
Martin, Stephanie Mayhew |
Digital Citizenship |
Digital Citizenship is now a topic all districts
need to cover. Kansas City would like to
showcase how our students are learning about the
various roles of Digital Citizenship such as
Access, Commerce, Communication, Etiquette,
Rights & Responsibilities, Safety, and Security
using our K-8 Technology curriculum. Kansas City
was one of 14 districts chosen to represent
their state during a presentation at the Library
of Congress at this year's NECC conference in
Washington DC. It's purpose was to showcase to
Congress how students are using technology to
learn. |
Kansas City MO School District |
Elementary,Tech Coordinators |
Beginner |
|
Room 612 |
Curtis Cook |
Lesson Upgrades: Technology & Dan Pink's 21st
Century Skills |
Integrate technology into your lesson plans by
using Dan Pink's essential aptitudes from his
best-selling book "A Whole New Mind". Take
technologies you will learn about at TechNet and
upgrade your current lesson plans to prepare
your students for the 21st Century. Learn about
which technologies enhance the aptitudes of
Story, Design, Empathy, Play, Meaning, and
Symphony. By understanding Daniel Pink's
framework, you can easily apply everything you
will be learning about technology. |
Summit Technology Academy |
Elementary,Library / Media
Specialist,Secondary,Tech Coordinators |
All |
|
Room 613 |
Joyce Meers |
Demonstrating Understanding Through Simple
Animation |
This session will show the basic steps of
animation for the purpose of experiencing how
easy it can be to integrate simple animation
techniques into any curriculum to demonstrate
understanding of key concepts. Examples of a
variety of techniques using simple materials to
create animations will be shown using Powerpoint
and iMovie/MovieMaker. |
Kansas City Kansas Public Schools |
Elementary,Secondary, |
Intermediate |