CMTC Session Descriptions

CMTC 2006: Concurrent Sessions on Wednesday

Wednesday - W1 Concurrent Sessions (10:30-11:30)
W1-01 2006 Session	Social Software as Teaching & Learning Tools David Weinberger, Consultant & Entrepreneur, Harvard University ~ Berkman Institute
ET Level: Beginner Grades: All	Are you using blogs as a teaching tool? Can a group class blog serve as a useful extension to in-class experience? Do wikis drive to lowest-common-denominator knowledge or can they be used to create ideas and knowledge that is truly social? How can we evaluate social learning? Must we be driven by the need to evaluate? Address these and other related questions with our keynote speaker. This session is designed as a group dialog and open discussion.
W1-02 2006 Session	Write Away! Peer Editing Using Student Blogs Nancy Tripp, Cherie Blessing, and Cherie Blessing, Newfound Area School District
* E² Level: Intermediate Grades: All Repeated: W4-09	Educators of all levels and disciplines can incorporate into their classrooms this exciting use of technology. Students' work, whether it be writing or artwork, can be entered into personalized blogs. Other students - anonymously or known - respond to the work. Rubrics are developed to provide specific criteria for evaluation. Scores are entered on spreadsheets and graphed to track progress. Feedback is immediate and valuable. The audience is authentic and reaches beyond the classroom. All aspects of this process are demonstrated and discussed in this session. A video of students participating in the project is also shown.
W1-03 2006 Session	The Basics of PDA Technology Gretchen Williams, Enrichment Teacher, Windham Middle School, and Donald Shirley, Windham Middle School
* E² Level: Beginner Grades: All	This is introductory presentation targets participants unfamiliar with handheld technology. Students from Windham Middle School help demonstrate that this technology is more than a simple datebook or calculator. Participants explore math, science, and reading software to learn how motivating a handheld computer cab be when used to meet state standards and NCLB mandates. Participants have the opportunity to use the Palm Zire 71 handheld computers to explore software appropriate to their curriculum.
W1-04 2006 Session	All About the Most Valuable FREE Educational Web Sites Eileen Barnett, Asst. Director, Academic Technology, Lesley University, and Danielle Powell, Lesley University
ET Level: All levels Grades: All Repeated: W3-08	This presentation offers participants a look at some of the best free educational web sites to enhance students learning, as well as classroom teaching. Web sites are demonstrated and each participant leaves with an annotated bibliography. Participants are also offered a view of the updated 2006 Educational Sofware Preview Guide.
W1-05 2006 Session	Digital Portfolios: Meeting the New Digital Portfolio Requirement of ED 306 Matt Oquist, Open Source Software Engineering Consult., Majen.net Consulting
Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	View a demonstraion of the installation, configuration, and use of a publicly-funded digital portfolio system that enables schools to meet New Hampshire's digital portfolio requirement in Ed 306.42. This system is the result of a collaborative effort between the NH State Department of Education and the Seacoast Professional Development Center. Free full-use copies of the software will be available to all session attendees. As time permits, the discussion includes the ways in which digital portfolios can be integrated into classroom instruction and how school districts can become involved in funding software projects for public use. Teachers, administrators, tech coordinators, and tech directors all benefit from attending this session. Attendees with their own laptops will be able to access the system during the presentation.
W1-06 2006 Session	Thinkquest = A Collaborative Adventure For Kids in Grades 4-12 Jim Poirier, Programming Instructor, Pinkerton Academy, and Deborah O'Connor, Pinkerton Academy
* E² Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12	Imagine a place where your students can join thousands of others from around the world and participate in an experience that promotes cross-cultural collaboration and learning. Beyond learning about web publishing and mastering the subject matter of their web site, students learn important life skills including teamwork, time management, cross-cultural learning, collaborative problem solving, negotiation, and compromise. Students in three age groups (19 & under, 15 & under, 12 & under) are invited to form teams of 3 to 6 students, supervised by a teacher-coach. Teams have a half-year to develop a web site on an educational topic of their choice. Every winner receives a host of prizes including an all-expense paid trip to the ThinkQuest Conference in San Francisco where many meet their fellow teammates face-to-face for the very first time. Team building stategies used by previous winning coaches are also shared.
W1-07 2006 Session	Creating Online Storybooks Melinda Kolk, Director of Professional Development, Tech4Learning
E² Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8 Extensions	Participants explore multimedia projects, videos, slideshows, and Web pages that demonstrate how storytelling enhances early literacy goals as well as engage students in other content areas. The presenter shares project ideas that help teach students about parts of a story; beginning, middle, and end; character development, retelling common stories, exploring science cycles, working with word problems, and historical timelines. Participants learn the process of using Pixie and WebBlender to create scenes for the stories, record narration, and publish to the web. Leave this session with ideas, online resources, and handouts that to support implementing these ideas in their classroom. This session is designed to help K-8 classroom and computer teachers address standards and learning goals through storytelling.
W1-08 2006 Session	Weblogging ~ A Wild, Wacky, & Wonderful Reading/Language Arts Tool Edith (Edie) Jones, Greade 6 Reading and Language Arts, Bow School District
* Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12 Repeated: W4-02	This session demonstrates how weblogs provide a venue for students and teachers to share thoughts, ideas, drafts of writing papers, and final publications of written work. Weblogs allow students who are not in the same classroom to peer edit, to share ideas, and to interact with each other even though they do not meet regularly face-to-face. The presenter uses Powerpoint, examples of student work, and hopefully at least one student participant to share ideas and strategies. This session targets middle and high school teachers who are interested in combining technology and a reading or language arts classroom by using weblogs, but is not limited to language arts or reading teachers, as weblogs can be used successfully in any content area!
W1-09 2006 Session	UDL ~ Accessible Technology & Literacy: Planning for Learning Diversity Kathleen McClaskey, President, EdTech Associates
E² Level: Intermediate Grades: All	One of the greatest challenges for the classroom teacher is to instruct to a diversity of learners each day. In the world of accountability and improving outcomes for all learners, a pressing question is - What role accessible technology (desktop and online tools) have in supporting instruction and developing literacy skills with diverse learners? Attendees gain an understanding of the principles behind the researched-based Universal Design for Learning curriculum model and how accessible technology can be leveraged to support literacy and learning skills, and in turn improve scores, with diverse learners. The added value is that all learners also acquire ICT Literacy: Learning Skills with 21st Century tools. In a step-by-step interactive demonstration, participants learn how to build a plan for learning diversity by applying UDL solutions in a lesson using accessible technology tools.
W1-10 2006 Session	Bringing a Wireless Network to Your School Kathy Murphy, K-12 Account Manager, UNICOM
Level: All levels Grades: All	With the need for wireless connectivity on the rise, so goes the need for a dependable and secure wireless infrastructure. This session guides you through the steps in planning, designing, and deploying a wireless network. Areas of focus include a review of the 802.11a, b, & g standards and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Presenters also focus on clarifying density issues, defining security concerns, and addressing power requirements. Participants garner a better understanding of how to prepare for a new wireless network and how to maintain an existing one.
W1-11 2006 Session	READ 180: The Leading, Proven Intervention for Struggling Readers Julie Armitage, Scholastic
E² Level: All levels Grades: All	For more than 85 years, Scholastic has introduced young people to the joys of reading. Hear about our flagship program, READ 180, the proven solution to help struggling readers. See how we support instruction with Scholastic RED, our online and in-person professional development service that improves teacher practice and raises reading achievement.
W1-12 2006 Session	Moving to Centralized Data Management - The Pain and the Glory! Marcy Lamlein, X2 Development
D³ Level: All levels Grades: All	In this session participants hear from a school district why they moved to a centralized data management, sharing data problems encountered, and the benefits realized at all user levels from district administrators to school secretary and teachers too.
W1-13 2006 Session	Come See What High Definition Videoconferencing is All About! George Wiley, President, Single Source Group
Level: All levels Grades: All	See for yourself the difference between traditional videoconferencing and High Definition (HD) videoconferencing. HD is important because it provides a significant improvement in image quality. People and objects take on a more realistic appearance.
W1-14 2006 Session	The Latest & Greatest from Apple Dan Delvecchio, and Bob Trikakis, Apple Computer
ET Level: All levels Grades: All	Join us for an exciting session featuring the latest products and technology directions for education from Apple Computer. This session is loaded with exciting demonstrations and has plenty of time for questions and answers.
W1-15 2006 Session	Bring Mathematics to Life With Interactive Technology & RM Math Framework Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
E² Level: All levels Grades: All	Join us to see how you can transform mathematics to motivate, excite, and engage students! Improve math performance and test scores! This session focuses on harnessing the power of interactive technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The presenter demonstrates how to integrate interactive whiteboard and wireless technology into the curriculum with a particular focus on middle school grade levels. The integration of state curriculum learning standards, including the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) Mathematics GLEs, within the instuctional process is also a key area of focus.
Wednesday - W2 Concurrent Sessions (12:00-1:00)
W2-01 2006 Session	New Sources of Authority: Who Can be Trusted on the Web? David Weinberger, Consultant & Entrepreneur, Harvard University ~ Berkman Institute
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Should we be teaching our students only to rely on accepted authorities, or does knowledge now come in gradations? How can we help students read metadata to make better judgments? Can there be authority without credentialing organizations? What does all this say implicitly about what we're teaching our students about knowledge, learning, and authority? Address these and other related questions with our keynote speaker. This session is designed as a group dialog and discussion.
W2-02 2006 Session	How to Build a Really Cool Quarterpipe Stephen Barry, Mathematics Teacher, OdysseyNH ATC, and Laura Beaudoin, OdysseyNH ATC
* E² Level: Intermediate Grades: 9-12	Learn how we engaged our students in this project, drawing upon their knowledge as well as our own, and preparing them to appropriately and safely use both high-tech and industrial technology tools. Hear how we motivated the students to remain engaged and work cooperatively and effectively throughout the span of the project. In addition, project connections to the subject areas of mathematics and art, as well as the intrinsic technology connections, are illustrated. A variety of presentation strategies are used, including computer presentations, hands-on experience with the technology, and the opportunity to interact with actual project product. This presentation targets primarily secondary school teachers, particularly teachers of students with emotional or behavioral issues.
W2-03 2006 Session	Using netTrekker to Its Full Potential! Cyndy Currier, Licensing Program Manager, NHSTE
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Repeated: T1-03	What makes sense for Internet searching in schools? How can you keep students focused when doing searches? What is the best way to find lesson plans aligned to state standards? What insures all students have access to online content? It is netTrekker.di. net, the most recent major upgrade to netTrekker classic. It is based on the same foundation of providing safe, fast, easy access to over 180,000 standards-based, educator-selected, online resources. netTrekker d.i. supports teachers and librarians as they differentiate their instruction to help every child achieve by matching educator-selected, standards-based online resources to individual students learning needs.
W2-04 2006 Session	Using Data for Improvement Keith Burke, Bureau of Credentialing, NH Department of Education
D³ Level: Intermediate Grades: All Repeated: W4-08	School districts are typically data rich and knowledge poor. This presentation is designed for those interested in identifying and using student and assessment data to improve their class, school, or district. Questions such as ~ Where can I find data? How can I align it to improvement? What are effective methods of analysis and presentation? ~ are addressed during this session.
W2-05 2006 Session	Introduction to Linux in Schools & Classrooms! Paul VanGundy
* ET Grades: All	Explore the benefits of Linux and Open Source in the education environment. Learn how to get started, discuss the politics of adopting Open Source solutions, review new concepts in learning, understand strategies to dispel Open Source myths, and much more! Learn how to set up and administer a Linux Terminal Server; turn old hardware into powerful terminals; use small diskless workstations; use Macs as terminals; and increase access to technology by deploying donated machines into classrooms to create mini-labs. Learn about all the latest features and ask questions about how you can take advantage of this awesome technology. Anyone who wants to investigate or learn more about deploying the Linux Terminal Server project benefit from this session.
W2-06 2006 Session	Math Web Sites Your Elementary Students Will Use Year Round! Cheryl Oakes, Technology Integrator, Wells Elementary School, Wells Ogunquit CS
* E² Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, special education, title 1	The objectives of this session include: 1) demonstrating teacher web resources for Math at TappedIN.org; 2) sharing numerous websites available to teachers for in-class support for students; and 3) creating a math blog where teachers can share their successes, questions and comments. This is a hands-on look at a variety of websites used to complement any math program! The math links will be available on the web during and after the conference. This session targets elementary teachers, Title 1 math teachers, curriculum specialists, math coaches, and computer teachers.
W2-07 2006 Session	Using Creative Technology Tools to Promote Rich Learning Experiences Melinda Kolk, Director of Professional Development, Tech4Learning
E² Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Participants learn how they can use creative technologies to improve understanding in their classrooms. Through projects such as clay animation announcements, dynamic slideshows, and web pages; they explore the possible curriculum connections they can make with technology projects. All of the student-created projects are discussed in respect to brain research and how they apply to curriculum and technology standards. Participants see first-hand how these projects were created and what resources are necessary for their successful implementation in a classroom environment. Participants leave the session with technology lesson plan resources to implement creativity tools back in their schools and districts. Designed for classroom and technology teachers, this presentation demonstrates exciting technology projects that engage students while meeting curriculum goals and standards.
W2-08 2006 Session	Where's the Big Chill? Meg Morse-Barry, Technology Integration Specialist, Derry Cooperative School, and Mary Kate Moyer Haverly, Derry Cooperative
* E² Level: all levels Grades: 6-8	Saving energy by identifying energy drags is important for all districts as the cost of oil increases. This project engaged students in learning how making small changes in the infrastructure can save the school money. Hear about the various tools studetns used to complete the audit and present their findings to the school board for implementation.
W2-09 2006 Session	Moving to Centralized Data Management - The Pain & The Glory! Marcy Lamlein, VP Business Development, X2 Development Corp, and Chrissie Kusser, Haverhill Public Schools
D³ Level: Intermediate Grades: All	Haverhill Public School staff share the story of their implementation of a centralized data management system, including the lessons learned and the rewards realized. The presenters demonstrate how the new system puts real time information into the hands of those who need it and streamlines administrative tasks. Learn how the system architecture helps to maintain clean data moving forward. Come see a tool that helps you to have confidence in your data. Common problems of distributed data management are addressed and the rewards of centralization without sacrificing student visibility and privacy laws are shared. This session is geared for school administrators and educators concerned with student information.
W2-10 2006 Session	Putting Student Information to Work in Your Classroom Kathy Murphy, K-12 Account Manager, UNICOM
D³ Level: All levels Grades: All	Learn how to use a student information system for curriculum planning, setting standards, grading and posting assignments. Infinite Campus allows teachers to do attendance, grading, lesson planning and review special education IEPs for their students with easy to use integrated tools for managing their classroom. These same tools can provide real time information to students and parents through a portal which encourages active participation in student progress and simplifies communications. Teachers can post homework assignments, make announcements, and create access for graduation tracking information for student and parents. Parents can be notified of events, attendance, discipline and student successes via phone or e-mails. Eliminate surprises at conference time. Here is a tool to improve communication and collaboration among all stakeholders.
W2-11 2006 Session	ReadAbout: Content. Comprehension. Cool! Julie Armitage, Scholastic
E² Level: All levels Grades: K-5, 6-8	For more than 85 years, Scholastic has introduced young people to the joys of reading. Discover the benefits of Read About, a personal reading coach for grades 3-6, combines adaptive technology and engaging nonfiction content for both intervention and enrichment instruction. See how we support instruction with Scholastic RED, our online and in-person professional development service that improves teacher practice and raises reading achievement.
W2-12 2006 Session	Birds of a Feather --Lunch and Networking (IT) Hosted by an IT Director for IT Professionals
Level: All Levels Grades: All	Learn from your colleagues what is working and what is not. Go back to your school informed.
W2-13 2006 Session	Virtual Field Trip! George Wiley, President, Single Source Group
ET Level: All levels Grades: All	Take a trip to the zoo, NASA, or learn about sports physics at COSI Toledo without leaving your classroom! The topic for this virtual field trip will be announced at the conference. Come join us for pizza and salad as we visit entertaining and educational locations throughout the United States via videoconferencing. These live, interactive sessions are the next best thing to being there!
W2-14 2006 Session	Getting the Most Out of Your iPod Bob Trikakis, Apple Computer
E² Level: All levels Grades: All	You have an iPod and you want to learn more about the hundred of accessories made for the iPod. This session covers a number of the best hardware and software education products that are available for the iPod for use in teaching and learning. Whether you use your iPod on a Mac or PC, if you want to get the most out of your iPod, this session is for you.
W2-15 2006 Session	Transforming Teaching & Learning in the Classroom Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
ET Level: All levels Grades: All	Interactive technologies ? whiteboards, wireless tablet PCs, Bluetooth pads and other wireless pointing devices ? are providing new and exciting ways to interact with and involve students of all ages in the classroom. This session presents the range of these technologies, but more importantly it preveiws for you a range of software designed specifically to work with these new technologies. We look at how curriculum specific tools covering math, science, and language arts can be engaging and exciting for students. See how you can brainstorm ideas, create timelines and, finally, how to pass this work on to the students for them to take further.
Wednesday - W3 Concurrent Sessions (1:30-2:30)
W3-01 2006 Session	Podcasting with Purpose Bob Sprankle, Elementary Teacher, Wells Elementary School
* E² Grades: All	Bob shares the journey of how he began podcasting in his 3-4 elementary classroom, as well as how he manages a weekly show. Participants hear clips from his classroom's podcast, as well as testimony from students on the value of creating a podcast. Bob discuss its effects on his own instruction, the motivation of the students, and the incredible instructional benefits for reading, writing, and research skills. Participants leave with a better understanding of how to start a classroom podcast and the instructional benefits of having a podcast.
W3-02 2006 Session	Developing Accessible Electronic Books Susan Gately, Jan Mounsey, and Jan Mounsey, North Andover Public Schools
* E² Level: any level Grades: All	This presentation provides teachers with the knowledge and skills to develop leveled electronic books. While electronic books are available in libraries and on the Internet, many students with cognitive disabilities can not effectively access them. For these students their text books are often written at reading levels beyond their capability. Critical features of various leveled texts include the length, size and layout of the print, the type of vocabulary and concepts utilized, grammatical structure, story grammar and genre, predictability and patterns of language, and supportive illustrations. Instructional graphic, and multimedia design indicate ways that materials can be enhanced for students. Additionally, electronic format adds other critical features, such as sounds and language, animation, highlighting, hyperlinks that enhance access. This workshop demonstrates how to integrate these features to make accessible electronic books for students with disabilities.
W3-03 2006 Session	Drug Awareness through the Eyes of Media Kate Muskrat, Health Educator/ Technology, Hampstead, and David Remillard, Hampstead
* E² Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12	See the projects that resulted from a $5,000 mini grant. The mini grant began with a unit on media messages. The presenters discuss how they decided to create their own media using iMovie and Garage Band. Following the media literacy portion of the project, students then began their anti- drug commercials. Hear how each group was assigned an anti-drug approach to address the audience, how the approach was researched, and how each group brain stormed different commercial scenarios using Inspiration. The logistics of loading all required materials on the computers, student editing, and final production are addressed.
W3-04 2006 Session	Economics of Entertainment: An Online Teaching Tool George (Scott) Guild, Director of Economic Education, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
E² Level: All Levels Grades: All Extensions	The Economics of Entertainment is a second generation online activity that provides teachers with an additional instructional tool to use in the classroom when teaching the economic concept of markets. This engaging game-like set of questions with animations and bonus tracks for extended learning, provides the user, whether student or teacher, with a rich, activity-based tool that blends gameplay and strong economics research into an informative, interactive and engaging learning and teaching tool focused on providing the user with a better understanding of the economic concept of markets. Utilizing the user's general understanding of the entertainment field as a backdrop, users are exposed to concrete examples that help to explain the abstract concept of a market.
W3-05 2006 Session	Bridging the Digital Divide: Open Source Tech Tools for Everyone Part 1 Matt Oquist, Open Source Software Engineering Consult., Majen.net Consulting
Grades: All	Explore software applications that run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux that require NO licensing or purchasing fees. Software applications for safe web browsing, email, basic and advanced word processing, and spreadsheets for elementary through high school students are demonstrated. These applications may be freely distributed to students and deployed for use throughout school districts. Homework submitted in incompatible formats become an issue of the past! Attendees leave with sufficient resources to begin using these applications in their districts. Teachers, administrators, tech coordinators, and directors benefit from attending this session.
W3-06 2006 Session	Copyrights & Wrongs in a Digital Age Susan Adams, NHPTV
ET Level: All Levels Grades: All	Unsure about what is legal and what is illegal when it comes to copyright? This session, intended for a general audience, uses lecture and discussion to examine both educator and student rights to use materials in both multimedia projects and classroom instruction. Guidelines regarding the rights to Internet resources, software, film/TV, music, and print are all included. This session also addresses the issue of plagiarism.
W3-07 2006 Session	Pixie in the Primary Grade Classroom Melinda Kolk, Director of Professional Development, Tech4Learning
E² Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K Extensions	This interactive presentation focuses on how students in the primary grades can use Pixie to improve literacy skills. Explore existing activities that support alphabetic principle, initial sounds, word families, and digraphs, as well as learn how to create your own activities. Then, see how you can extend literacy skills with student-created projects that incorporate painting, matching, reading, writing, storytelling, narration, and more. The beginning of the session empahsizes articulating the power of using a creativity tool in the primary classroom. Pixie samples are shown to give the audience a better idea of the many applications for this easy and FUN tool. The presenter concludes the session by showcasing images and scenes using the Share feature in Pixie. Free resources are explored, including a free trial version, tutorials, and lessons plans.
W3-08 2006 Session	All About the Most Valuable FREE Educational Web Sites Eileen Barnett, Asst. Director, Academic Technology, Lesley University, and Danielle Powell, Lesley University
ET Level: All levels Grades: All Repeated: W1-04	This presentation offers participants a look at some of the best free educational web sites to enhance students learning, as well as classroom teaching. Web sites are demonstrated and each participant leaves with an annotated bibliography. Participants are also offered a view of the updated 2006 Educational Sofware Preview Guide.
W3-09 2006 Session	Student Digital Portfolio: Developing a Successful IT Strategy Bob Gogolen, President, EMF Inc, and Jim Fox, EMF Inc.
Level: Intermediate Grades: All Extensions	The NH DOE Information Technology and Communication (ITC) Literacy Standards section Ed 306.42(a)(5) discusses the requirements for Digital Portfolios at the K-12 levels, presenting a new challenge to NH schools. Two aspects of this requirement need to be considered: 1) SAUs/schools need to design the curricula rubric defining the information to be collected to demonstrate ITC literacy. Teachers and IT must work together to ensure the right tools are matched to the course material. 2) The right IT infrastructure needs to be in place. Through meetings with SAU IT administrators, EMF has developed a list of features/requirements that an IT Infrastructure needs to provide. In this session this list of features/requirments is reviewed and their importance for data processing support discussed. Available solutions are compared based on the features and requirements identified. EMF presents the case that a commercially developed integrated document management (IDM) solution provides the most cost-effective strategy providing superior return on investment and total cost of ownership.
W3-10 2006 Session	Lock It Down & Throw Away the Key Kathy Murphy, K-12 Account Manager, UNICOM
Level: All levels Grades: All	Network intrusions are on the rise and often the biggest threats come from within. Teachers and students bring their own flash drives and laptops to school. These personal computing devices often bring more than just content with them. They access the gateway to your network; enabling it to be prone to phishing, worms, viruses, spyware, even theft. By locking down your environment, these devices can still be used without posing a threat. UNICOM has implemented hundreds of security solutions for schools to keep our children, and our networks, safe. This session presents attendees with solutions that protect your network not only on the server level from external threats, but at the individual user/desktop level from internal threats and illustrates unique security features that can be customized to the individual user or across the environment.
W3-11 2006 Session	FASTT Math: Math Fact Fluency in Just 10 Minutes a Day Julie Armitage, Scholastic
E² Level: All levels Grades: All	For more than 85 years, Scholastic has introduced young people to the joys of reading. Today, we continue our devotion to improving reading achievement and now extend that commitment in math with a rich array of technology-based products that help close the achievement gap. FASTT Math is our new math intervention program that uses research-validated methods to help struggling students develop fluency with basic math facts. See how we support instruction with Scholastic RED, our online and in-person professional development service that improves teacher practice and raises math achievement.
W3-12 2006 Session	User Panel: The Trials and Tribulations of Implementing a Parent Portal Marcy Lamlein, X2 Development
Level: All Levels Grades: All	Learn from a parent, teacher & administrator how opening a web portal for your district can be a way to actively involve parents and students in the education process. It is a daunting task for the technology department. Hear how to effectively manage the implementation of a web portal and make it a success.
W3-13 2006 Session	SAU #16 --The Best of Open Source George Wiley, President, Single Source Group, and Steve Kossakoski, SAU 16
Level: All levels Grades: All	To Be Determined
W3-14 2006 Session	What a Windows User Needs to Know About Moving to a Mac Bob Trikakis, Apple Computer
Level: All levels Grades: All	Interested in moving to a Mac but not sure how? This session demonstrates how Windows users can move from the Windows world to the creative world of Macintosh OS. Participants learn the basic difference between the two systems, what files to move, what peripheral devices work on both platforms. Plenty of time is planned for question and answers. Stop by and see how easy it is to make the switch!
W3-15 2006 Session	Bring Mathematics to Life With Interactive Technology & RM Math Framework Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
E² Level: All levels Grades: All	Join us to see how you can transform mathematics to motivate, excite, and engage students! Improve math performance and test scores! This session focuses on harnessing the power of interactive technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The presenter demonstrates how to integrate interactive whiteboard and wireless technology into the curriculum with a particular focus on middle school grade levels. The integration of state curriculum learning standards, including the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) Mathematics GLEs, within the instuctional process is also a key area of focus.
Wednesday - W4 Concurrent Sessions (3:00-4:00)
W4-01 2006 Session	What is This Thing Called Web2.0? Kathleen Malsbenden, Retired Educator & Tech Coordinator, Consultant
* ET Grades: All	Web2.0, or the Read/Write web allows users to interact using online tools. MySpace and other social networking sites are the most widely known, but there are many others. Learn about online word processors, graphic organizers, and other interactive applications. Writely, Ajax, s5, cMaps are all free online tools that allow individuals and groups to collaborate online, from anywhere in the world. Participants explore these programs and more as time allows. These exciting tools are easy to use, fun to know about, and practical for any organization that needs to collaborate on projects but has limited time and resouces.
W4-02 2006 Session	Weblogging ~ A Wild, Wacky, & Wonderful Reading/Language Arts Tool Edith (Edie) Jones, Greade 6 Reading and Language Arts, Bow School District
* Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12 Repeated: W1-08	This session demonstrates how weblogs provide a venue for students and teachers to share thoughts, ideas, drafts of writing papers, and final publications of written work. Weblogs allow students who are not in the same classroom to peer edit, to share ideas, and to interact with each other even though they do not meet regularly face-to-face. The presenter uses Powerpoint, examples of student work, and hopefully at least one student participant to share ideas and strategies. This session targets middle and high school teachers who are interested in combining technology and a reading or language arts classroom by using weblogs, but is not limited to language arts or reading teachers, as weblogs can be used successfully in any content area!
W4-03 2006 Session	Integrating Technology with the Arts Catherine Brophy, Computer Technology, Hampton, and Marcy Booth, Hampton, NH
* E² Level: all levels Grades: K-8	Teachers of grades K-8 learn how to plan for technology integration with unified arts teachers, as well as see examples of technology integrated lessons, units, and assessments, and undrstand how these align with the new NH ICT standards. The presenters share teaching and learning experiences, including challenges and successes, and showcase student work using Microsoft Powerpoint, Publisher and Moviemaker. Time for discussion and an overview of plans for next year are included.
W4-04 2006 Session	Do You See What I See? Laurie Heikkila, Workshop Leader, Tech Resources Group
E² Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5, 6-8	Technology integration does not always mean using the computer. We often think that integrating technology means using the computer - but technology is everywhere - sometimes we do not even see it! Attendees will look at pictures where anything but a computer is being used to integrate technology. Can the observer see the technology integration? The session is designed to provide innovative and meaningful ideas for technology integration that also provides experiences for students and skill development. Included is discussion time, sharing of ideas, and handouts of new ideas to take back to school using anything but just a computer! The target audience is primary and early childhood teachers.
W4-05 2006 Session	Bridging the Digital Divide: Open Source Tech Tools for Everyone Part 2 Matt Oquist, Open Source Software Engineering Consult., Majen.net Consulting
Grades: All	Explore more software applications that run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux that require NO licensing or purchasing fees. Software applications for graphics, photo editing, and desktop publishing for elementary through high school students are demonstrated. These applications may be freely distributed to students and deployed for use throughout school districts. Homework submitted in incompatible formats become an issue of the past, and students (and their families) may freely use the same software at home! Attendees leave with sufficient resources to begin using these applications in their districts. Teachers, administrators, tech coordinators, and directors benefit from attending this session.
W4-06 2006 Session	Lions & Tigers & Bears ~ On the Web Susan Adams, NHPTV
ET Level: All Levels Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8	Looking for a great resource on New Hampshire wildlife and New Hampshire history? Get a first hand view into NHPTV's Knowledge Networks newest web site: Wildlife Journal, Jr. Come and learn more about this multimedia web site for students that profiles New Hampshire and North American plants and animals and looks at how New Hampshire history was and is impacted by the natural world.
W4-07 2006 Session	Utilizing Online Learning Opportunities in the High School Timothy Otis, Teacher-Physics and Engineering, Manchester School District and NHCTC
* ET Level: Beginner Grades: 9-12 Repeated: Th2-03	Educators are constantly looking for ways to reach out to all types of learners, providing advanced opportunities for the best and brightest and at the same time trying to retain those students who are at-risk of dropping out and not completing their studies. Come learn how a series of online courses may be a solution to address the needs of both audiences by offering both basic and advanced online classes to high school students. The presenters demonstrate how to use Blackboard, a system for online instruction, and explore the possibilities of how it can be used in all subject areas by primarily high school teachers. Time for discussion of the topic is also included.
W4-08 2006 Session	Using Data for Improvement Keith Burke, Bureau of Credentialing, NH Department of Education
D³ Level: Intermediate Grades: All Repeated: W2-04	School districts are typically data rich and knowledge poor. This presentation is designed for those interested in identifying and using student and assessment data to improve their class, school, or district. Questions such as ~ Where can I find data? How can I align it to improvement? What are effective methods of analysis and presentation? ~ are addressed during this session.
W4-09 2006 Session	Write Away! Peer Editing Using Student Blogs Nancy Tripp, Cherie Blessing, and Cherie Blessing, Newfound Area School District
* E² Level: Intermediate Grades: All Repeated: W1-02	Educators of all levels and disciplines can incorporate into their classrooms this exciting use of technology. Students' work, whether it be writing or artwork, can be entered into personalized blogs. Other students - anonymously or known - respond to the work. Rubrics are developed to provide specific criteria for evaluation. Scores are entered on spreadsheets and graphed to track progress. Feedback is immediate and valuable. The audience is authentic and reaches beyond the classroom. All aspects of this process are demonstrated and discussed in this session. A video of students participating in the project is also shown.
W4-10 2006 Session	Data-Driven Decision Making with a New Breed of Student Information Systems Kathy Murphy, K-12 Account Manager, UNICOM
D³ Level: All levels Grades: All	Data collection and reporting has always been important. With the onset of NCLB, collecting data for state and federal reporting is essential. School districts are looking for the most efficient way to comply with these new regulations. UNICOM has found the answer, Infinite Campus. The best, most robust, most comprehensive Student Information System available today. Managing more than 1.25 million student records, Infinite Campus is an integrated, proven solution spanning more than a decade. Its capabilities surpass those of its competitors yet it is affordable, and best of all, scalable. This web-based solution allows you and your administrators to focus on analyzing data in a real time transactional database eliminating the need to extract and aggregate data from multiple sources. Infinite Campus is a place where administrators, teachers, parents and students use technology. This presentation benefits IT staff and administrators.
W4-11 2006 Session	Zip Zoom English: Zip Into Language. Zoom Into Reading Julie Armitage, Scholastic
E² Level: All levels Grades: Pre-K, K-5	For more than 85 years, Scholastic has introduced young people to the joys of reading. Zip Zoom English for English Language Learners in grades K-3 uses interactive visual and auditory support to scaffold the learning and keep kids motivated to develop essential English skills. See how we support instruction with Scholastic RED, our online and in-person professional development service that improves teacher practice and raises reading achievement.
W4-12 2006 Session	Software as a Service: A Partnership, Not a Purchase Marcy Lamlein, X2 Development
Level: All levels Grades: All	AThe revolutionary X2 service model is changing the industry as you know it. Come learn how we can work with you to improve all aspects of your SIS experience, including everything from data hosting to issue tracking.
W4-13 2006 Session	Grants Available for Distance Learning George Wiley, President, Single Source Group
D³ Level: All levels Grades: All	To Be Determined
W4-14 2006 Session	Hands-on iWorks Melanie Chase, Apple Computer
ET Level: All levels Grades: All	iWork '06 features two powerful applications, Pages 2 and Keynote 3, for creating everything from school newsletters to students' presentations. With Pages 2, you can quickly create a wide variety of stunning documents. With Keynote 3, you can produce cinema-quality presentations, storyboards, and more. During this hands-on session, participants learn the basics for these applications in order to enhance curricula. Realy world examples and resources are shared.
W4-15 2006 Session	Transforming Teaching & Learning in the Classroom Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
ET Level: All levels Grades: All	Interactive technologies ? whiteboards, wireless tablet PCs, Bluetooth pads and other wireless pointing devices ? are providing new and exciting ways to interact with and involve students of all ages in the classroom. This session presents the range of these technologies, but more importantly it preveiws for you a range of software designed specifically to work with these new technologies. We look at how curriculum specific tools covering math, science, and language arts can be engaging and exciting for students. See how you can brainstorm ideas, create timelines and, finally, how to pass this work on to the students for them to take further.