2008 Concurrent Session 10
Friday, March 14, 2008
11:15-12:00
BlueRidge
Drive Your Team Into Victory Lane with ProActive School
ProActive School is a web-based solution that enables administrators, principals, teachers, students, and parents to securely access information through a single point of entry and a seamless, streamlined process. Teachers can easily manage class calendars, post assignments and distribute / collect documents. Parents are enabled with anytime, anywhere access to grades, attendance, schedule, student activity and parent volunteer information. Notification features allow for easy communication to an entire district’s population (school closings, etc.), select groups (i.e. football team, chess club, high school math teachers, etc.) or individuals (a parent may want to be notified if their child receives a test grade below “C” … automatically!). See how ProActive School can not only improve operational effectiveness, but give everyone involved in education something to get excited about!
David Lloyd, Tiber Creek Consulting
Target Audience: K-12
Carolina A
Start SMART: Winning SMART Board Lessons
Wondering how to reach your students? Using a SMART Board in your classroom can create an exciting interactive environment for your students to develop 21st century learning skills. Join us while we demonstrate imaginative ways of using a SMART Board to assist in engaging student in your daily lessons.
Isaac Bancroft, Boone Trail Elementary - Harnett County
Matthew Tomala, Boone Trail Elementary– Harnett County
Target Audience: Elementary
Carolina B
The New Kidspiration®3: Inspired Visual Learning for K-5 Students (V)
Learn how visual learning can be effectively integrated into K-5 curriculum areas with Kidspiration 3, which includes new capabilities to give K-5 students opportunities to explore concepts, discover meaning and express themselves across the curriculum. Each participant will receive classroom examples, a 30-day trial of Kidspiration, and cross-curricular integration
ideas.
Ken Kirkley, Software Express
Jen FitzPatrick, Inspiration Software/Software Express
Target Audience: Elementary
Carolina C
Aw, Shucks! Humorous North Carolina Recollections
In this 2007 winner of a Teaching With Technology Grant exceptional student learners collected personal recollections from members of the community and used Windows Movie Maker and Photo Story III to create digital presentations to celebrate North Carolina humor. Handouts and sample CDs given to the first twenty-five participants.
Sheila Mendoza, South Central High School
Lesa Jackson, South Central High School
Target Audience: Middle, High
Concord C
Just what is a Moodle anyway?
Moodle is an open source course management system that easily creates a secure environment for your students to interact and share information. With a simple and flexible interface, and a great price tag (FREE!), Moodle can create the online presense you need to reach your students and community.
Session Link: http://bethanyvsmith.pbwiki
Bethany Smith, NC State College of Education
Target Audience: K-12, Administration
Concord E
Ride The Open Highway!
Software costs starting to stall your creative motors? Looking to get under the hood of software to tweak it to your needs? Well, come attend this session and find out how open source software is revolutionizing the world and education. We will share a variety of open source solutions, some you may already be using.
Session Links: http://openhighway.wiki.zoho
Melanie Honeycutt, NCDPI
Chris Shearer, NCDPI
Target Audience: K-12, Administration
Concord F
Fabulously Free or Deliriously Discounted (Th/1:00)
The ACTIVBoard is a fantastic tool to use in the classroom. The ACTIVStudio software is awesome. But, there are tons of interactive websites and software packages that lend themselves perfectly to an interactive whiteboard. See some free and cheap websites and software that can enhance instruction.
Jimmy Bostock, Ed.S.
Target Audience: K-12
Harrisburg B
Saving Face with the Adolescent Reader: How and Where to find Appropriate Leveled Text for Struggling Readers'' (V)
Have you ever noticed the lexile score that comes with your EOG test? We will share what a lexile is and how it can be used to match students to text to improve comprehension. We will also focus on where to obtain and how to use leveled text to reach all learners in the classroom.
Lisa Thomas, Scholastic Education
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Administration
Kannapolis A
Write Brain - A complete writing solution for Elementary and Middle School Students (V)
Since its' introduction, Write Brain has complemented writing curriculums across the country. Join us to learn how Write Brain has been used in several North Carolina classrooms to guide students through the writing process using teacher assessments, peer collaboration, and self assessments. Providing guidance in all steps of the process from brainstorming, organizing, drafting, editing, revising and publishing, this web-based program was part of a solution that helped students at North Ridge Elementary School in Wake County increase their writing scores on the NC state writing test. Experience the program live from both the students and teachers perspective and register for the chance to win this software for 30 students.
Robin Hadden, Sunburst Learning Solutions
Target Audience: Elementary, Midd.e
Kannapolis B
The Amazing Race: How Fast Can You Impact Learning Around the World? At the click of an icon!
In this session Jodie Smith, Co-Founder of TeacherTube.com, will illustrate how any educator with a computer and Internet access can impact learning all over the world. Mrs. Smith will show how easy it is to find lessons from other teachers around the world using their growing website and how easy it is for teachers to contribute instructional videos and other support to the site for sharing with educators around the world.
Jodie Smith, TeacherTube, Featured Speaker
Jason Smith, TeacherTube, Featured Speaker
Target Audience: K-12
Watch the UStream Recorded Session
Kitty Hawk
A Blast of Flash
What is Flash? Why teach Flash? Who can learn Flash? Get these questions answered and more as NC Haischer details her experience teaching Flash to middle schoolers and demonstrates teaching your class how to create a bouncing ball animation. Handouts of projects, rubrics, and suggested resources.
NC Haischer, Ligon Middle School
Target Audience: Middle, High
Piedmont
Homemade PowerPoint Games: Developing Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Participants will be introduced to Homemade PowerPoint Games, an initiative that uses PowerPoint as a platform for students and teachers to design educational games. Information is available online at http://education.uncc.edu/abpolly/ppt-games/
Drew Polly, UNC-Charlotte
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration
Rocky A
What’s So Different about a 21st Century Student?
You’ve heard the term in the media, trade publications, at staff development sessions. But what is a “21st Century Student” and what makes him different from the student of a decade ago? By understanding the students we are teaching educational institutions can adjust their methods of instruction to better meet the needs of these students.
Brad Fountain, Discovery Education
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration
Rocky B
The Good, Bad, and Ugly: How to Take Effective Digital Pictures
Leslie Fisher has been fortunate enough to learn her digital photography skills from some of the biggest and brightest in the industry. This presentation will go over examples and methods to take better digital pictures. Everything from composition, lighting, flash techniques and point and shoot camera settings will be discussed. Time permitting, Leslie will show you some of her favorite Photoshop tips to help you enhance your digital images.
Leslie Fisher, Featured Speaker
Target Audience: K-12
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