CMTC Session Descriptions

CMTC 2012: PSDC Sessions on Thursday

PSDC35RF 2012 Session	Introduction to Your iPod Touch Jennifer Middaugh, SPDC Coordinator, SAU 16
* ET Level: Beginner Grades: All	During this 2-hour session participants learn the basic functions and features of their iPod Touch. Learn how to setup user information, navigate menus, and search for and download apps. Leave with useful ideas on how to use the tool in the classroom to engage learners and enhance lesson plans. An Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation is recommended for this workshop.
PSDC36H 2012 Session	Flip Your Classroom Amy Cantone, Grade 5 Teacher, SAU 16 - Brentwood
* ET Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Repeated: PSDC34H	The flipped classroom approach is a great way to engage and encourage students in and outside of the classroom. This approach allows teachers to leverage more time helping students understand, promoting hands on activities and practice, and address concepts that would not have been understood during traditional class time via the use of technology. Learn how to create materials, presentations, and/or resources for your students to preview or review using free sites including Wikispaces, Google Sites, Diigo, and Edmodo. Discover frameworks for encouraging student involvement in building your digital classroom.
PSDC37D 2012 Session	Rich Internet Applications Workshop: LingtLanguage & VoiceThread Margo Burns, Director of The Language Center, St. Paul's School, and Margo Burns, St. Paul's School
* ET Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Extensions	LingtLanguage & VoiceThread are two media-rich web-based services, often called "Rich Internet Applications" (RIAs). RIAs allow teachers and students to create and collaborate with text, images, audio, and video, enabling the incorporation of speaking proficiency into assignments, using nearly any computer with a microphone, webcam, and internet connection. With LingtLangauge (http://www.lingtlanguage.com), teachers can prepare interactive assignments with text, images and even YouTube video prompts. They can include questions that can be answered with a wide array of options, including open-ended text responses or audio recordings. Teachers can even leave audio feedback for students! VoiceThread (http://www.voicethread.com) enables asynchronous text, image, audio, and video collaboration between students and the teacher, and is especially good for group projects. Other free RIAs are also presented. Students can access these RIAs from any Internet-connected computer, at home or at school. LingtLanguage requires students to have an email address, while the subscription service for VoiceThread allows for the creation of accounts without associated email addresses. Come and create activities that you can use immediately with your own students, using the free options of these services - you won't believe how quick and easy it is! The presenter also demonstrates the features of the managed subscriptions.
PSDC38RF 2012 Session	Spice Up Your Lesson Plans With QR Codes Andrea O'Neil, Technology Integration Specialist, Auburn School District, and Susan MacMillan, Bedford School District
* ET Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	QR codes are everywhere - but how are they being used in education? This hands-on session introduces participants to the fun ways that QR Codes are being used to spice up lesson plans and school communications. Participants are provided with authentic examples of how QR Codes are used to engage students in completing learning tasks. Experience the process of scanning some of these model QR Codes using your mobile device. Learn how to create a unique QR Code that directs people to your school website or directly to ateacher web page.
PSDC39H 2012 Session	GIS in 21st Century Middle & High School Classrooms Ina Ahern, Science, Plymouth Regional High School, and Judy Tumosa, NH Fish and Game Dept.
* E² Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Geospatial technologies have been shown to motivate and engage students in the learning process, promote higher order thinking skills, and increase academic achievement, including scores on high-stakes testing. NH has just attained a statewide license for ESRI's ArcGIS suite for K-12 education. In this hands-on session designed for middle and high school level educators, come and explore how this amazing technology can enhance learning in your classroom. (Curriculum leaders, technology coordinators, administrators, and informal educators are also welcome!) Applications in science, social studies, English, math, physical education and vocational-technical courses are demonstrated and discussed. See how this technology can help your students master content and skills from a variety of the NH State Frameworks. Learn how to collect local data using handheld GPS technology. Then see how all these areas can be integrated in Community Atlas projects where students define and describe their communities for an outside audience. All the required technology and tools are now available to NH schools for FREE! Bring your own laptop, if desired, for the online portions of this workshop. The presenters will also have laptops available with desktop GIS software for those who wish to explore the greater capabilities of that resource.
PSDC40D 2012 Session	Identifying Appropriate Use of Technology in an Algebra Classroom Stephen Bismarck, Assistant Professor, Keene State College
* E² Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	The gateway to enhancing mathematics instruction with the use of technology is identifying the most appropriate use of technology. Activities that demonstrate appropriate use of technology to promote reasoning are presented and analyzed. Participants engage in several activities and gain knowledge of various types of technology, new and old.