2008 Concurrent Session 4
Thursday, March 13th
2:00 - 2:45
BlueRidge
Measuring Academic Growth: An Introduction to EVAAS (V)
SAS EVAAS is an on-line reporting system that tracks the academic progress of students, schools, and school districts on state EOG and EOC
achievement tests. This user-friendly reporting is available to all schools districts in NC and requires no software other than an ordinary web browser. To learn more: www.sas.com/EVAAS.
Elliot Inman, SAS / The Education Practice
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration
Carolina A
Shifting your SMART Board lessons into high gear
Are you able to Outwit, Outplay, and Outsmart your students? Learn from the eyes of two experienced SMART Board teachers how to mesmerize and motivate your students by creating advanced interactive SMART Board lessons.
Session Handout and Link: Shifting Your SMART Board lessons into high gear (Notebook file)
http://smartboardlessons
Susie Dudash, Harris Road Middle School
Sarah Frazier, Harris Road Middle School
Chasity Szabo, Harris Road Middle School
Target Audience: K-12
Carolina B
How to Engage Your At-Risk and Struggling Learners
This session will demonstrate how to create digital text and text-to-speech features to help at-risk and special education students become more independent and engaged in the classroom. Accessibility Suite software will be used. Participants will have an opportunity to use the software at one of several stations.
Session Handouts: http://www.nhcs.net/ogden
Beverly Haley, Ogden Elementary/ NHCS
Cindy Szulewski-Booth, NHCS
Target Audience: K-12
Carolina C
Gear Up as a Team - Technology Collaboration in the Upper Elementary School
An essential component in successful technology integration is collaboration between the technology specialist and the classroom teacher. In this session a technology specialist and a fifth grade teacher will share collaborative projects. Outlines will be available as well as links to online directions for the technology components of several projects.
Session Handout: 
Bibliography2pgs.ZIP
Lynn Keith, Providence Spring Elementary
Suzanne Blaszak, Providence Spring Elementary
Target Audience: Elementary
Concord C
Podcasting 101: Do I really need an iPod?
Have you heard the term podcast but aren’t sure what they are? Do you know about podcasts but aren’t sure how or why to use them? Podcasting 101 will provide answers to these questions and some neat resources for
learning more.
Ouida Myers, NC DPI
Karen Creech, NC DPI
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration
Concord D
Tammy's Favorite Technology Tips, Tricks, and Tools
In this all new session, Tammy will share her favorite tips, tricks, and tools for teachers and students. Participants will learn a variety of simple, yet effective ways to use their computers more efficiently and effectively and will explore some cool resources that will enhance teaching and learning.
Tammy Worcester, Featured Speaker
Target Audience:
Concord E
Revving Up a New County Clips!
Join us as we release the new standards, process and home for County Clips. This great resource is receiving a make over and we need your
help—come join the race to have your county on County Clips.
Acacia Dixon, NCDPI
Chris Shearer, NCDPI
Target Audience: K-12, Administration
Concord F
Education with Vision: Using Video in Education
Can video offer educational value, or is its only use to give us babies laughing and the evolution of dance? Should we try to break our students away from being passive consumers and begin to teach them how to master this technology? This session will provide video resources as well as thought-provoking ideas, questions and hopefully a few answers.
Marty Sharpe, Catawba County Schools
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12
Harrisburg B
Visual search categories add interest to electronic catalogs.
The new visual search capability of the Follett Destiny online public access catalog (OPAC) permits librarians to organize their collections in ways more accessible to novice searchers and reluctant readers. Graphics displays add interest and capture the attention of youngsters otherwise unmotivated and unimpressed by conventional OPAC search interfaces.
Session Link: http://www.netstrider.com
Randy Ralph, Atkins A&T High School
Target Audience: High
Kannapolis A
Building the Network: Powerful Learning Practice for Educators
How do we promote the knowledge, skills and sense of urgency for 21st Century teaching and learning among all teachers in our schools? As the physical and virtual worlds converge to become the 'real world' of teaching and learning, virtual exchanges, online mentoring and other Web-based environments will play increasingly important roles in educational reform. The presenter will share "lessons learned" from her seven years of experience in designing and leading virtual communities of practice.
Sheryl Nussbaum, Featured Speaker
Target Audience: K-12
Watch the UStream Recorded Session
Kannapolis B
Gadgets
Are you a gadget head? Do you surf the net or listen closely to geeks talking in hopes of hearing about a cool software product or gizmo? Leslie Fisher (Gadget Freak) will show you some of her favorite hardware and software gadgets that do everything from make your life easier to provide piles of fun. Hardware, software and even completely off topic gadgets will be discussed.
Leslie Fisher, Featured Speaker
Target Audience: K-12
Watch the UStream Recorded Session
Kitty Hawk
Rev-Up District Performance with Insightful Data (V)
To make dramatic progress in the rapidly changing world of K-12 Education is almost impossible without access to accurate, timely information for teachers and administrators. Come and learn how technology can help your district rev-up strategic decision-making. Insights will be shared on what makes these projects successful.
Amy Anderson, SAS
Target Audience: Administration
Piedmont
Curing Your Student Email Headaches (V)
Explore facets of utilizing safe student email and learn about implementing and managing this powerful communication tool into your school. Hear about liability issues schools face and leave with new insights to safety and compliancy issues. Learn how this evolving technology CAN be easily, and safely, integrated into your curriculum.
Amanda Stubblefield, Gaggle.Net
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration
Rocky A
Shift into High Gear with an Interactive Whiteboard
Shift up to an interactive classroom with mimio! Kids are always engaged! We will share lots of ready made lessons with you that are aligned with the NCSCOS for all elementary curriculum areas! Handouts with resources will be provided to participants. We will also have some door prizes!!
Tracy Caulder, Riverwood Elementary
Phyllis Brown, Riverwook Elementary
Target Audience: Elementary
Rocky B
Getting Started with Podcasting and Digital Storytelling
We will outline the work we've done to podcasting and digital storytelling in the past year at our K-5 on a very small budget. We will provide examples and resources for beginning your own program and engaging students in the creation of digital media projects.
Emory Maiden, Brunson Elementary
Sarah Jetton, Brunson Elementary
Donna McGee, Brunson Elementary
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle
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