Agenda, Options and Sessions
Registration links are below. The registration deadline is Friday, June 11, 2010.
Below is information on the agenda, the different options for registering, and the sessions offered. Space is limited in the Leadership, Mobi Master, and Digital Citizenship strands. Once you have selected your registration option, register for that strand.
If you are registering for the Concurrent Sessions/Workshops strand, be sure to look over your options below. The credit options require attendance from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. The afternoon will be devoted to developing your new skills with a project.
Note: If you sign up for the Digital Citizenship Strand (Option 6), you may also sign up for Option 1 to attend concurrent sessions on Tuesday.
Agenda
Monday, July 19, 2010
| Time | Session | |||
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| 8:15 - 9:15 | Keynote: Chris O'Neal | |||
Options 1, 2, or 3 |
Option 4 |
Option 5 | Option 6 | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Concurrent Session 1 |
Leadership Strand |
Mobi Master Strand |
Digital Citizenship: the Benefits and Responsibilities |
| 10:45 - 1:00 | Concurrent Session 2 Workshops |
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1:00 - 1:45 |
CPD Credit Work Time (Option 3) |
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| 1:45 - 4:00 | ||||
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
| Time | Session | ||
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| Options 1, 2, or 3 | Option 4 | Option 5 | |
| 8:15 - 9:15 | Concurrent Session 3 |
Leadership Strand |
Mobi Master Strand |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Concurrent Session 4 |
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| 10:45 - 11:45 | Concurrent Session 5 |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 | Concurrent Session 6 |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 Lunch |
CPD Credit Work Time (Option 3) |
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| 1:45 - 4:00 | |||
Matrix of Sessions
Click for a matrix of the sessions.
Options
Concurrent Session Options 1, 2, and 3
Option 1 - Concurrent Sessions (Click here for more info and to register.)
Attend 1 day of concurrent sessions; 8 a.m. -1 p.m.; receive $100 stipend. Attend either Monday or Tuesday.
Option 2 - Concurrent Sessions (Click here for more info and to register.)
Attend 2 days of concurrent sessions; 8 a.m - 1 p.m.; receive $200 stipend. Attend both Monday and Tuesday.
Option 3 - Concurrent Sessions (Click here for more info and to register.)
Attend 2 days of concurrent sessions; 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; receive 1 cpd credit. Attend both Monday and Tuesday.
Strand Options 4, 5, and 6
Option 4 - Leadership Strand (Click here for more info and to register.)
Attend Leadership Strand (school based administrators & central office curriculum staff); 2 days; 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; space is limited
Option 5 - Mobi Master Strand (Click here for more info and application.)
Attend Mobi Master Strand; 2 days; 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.; receive a schoolpad for school use (grant process - application required).
Option 6 - Digital Citizenship: the Benefits and Responsibilities (Click here for more info and application.)
Attend Digital Citizenship Strand; 1 day (Monday); 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Follow-up session required - date to be determined; receive $300 stipend, paid upon competion of strand; space is limited.
Note: If you sign up for the Digital Citizenship Strand (Option 6), you may also sign up for Option 1 to attend concurrent sessions on Tuesday.
Sessions
Concurrent Sessions/Workshops
Please read through the concurrent sessions and be prepared to select your sessions when you register.
NOTE: Due to overwhelming demand, some of the sessions are NOW closed. These sessions will be marked as CLOSED when you register. Please do not register for CLOSED sessions.
Click here for a matrix of the sessions.
Concurrent Session 1 - 1 hour
Monday, July 19: 9:30-10:30
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
Discover with Discovery Education
Jason Poirier, Technology Teacher, Clemens Crossing ES
- Prerequisite: Discovery Streaming Username, Password, and a laptop
More than just videos, Discovery Streaming has made available free clipart, lessons, homework help, and an exciting puzzle-maker feature. During this session, we will explore more convenient methods of searching for videos, other relevant areas for your classroom and the "My Content Area."
Enhanced Podcast (GarageBand/iTunes)
Chuck Phillips, Apple Computers
- Platform: Mac
- Prerequisites: iLife09; participants should have earbuds or headphones
Podcasts can deliver educational content for listening or viewing on your computer, freeing learning from constraints of the physical classroom. Podcasts can be regularly distributed over the Internet or within your school’s network and accessed with a laptop, or desktop computer. You could be the producer of your own education podcast that other schools or parents can listen to! Applications used will include Garage Band and iTunes.
Get Inspired with Inspiration 9
Lauri Silver, Resource Teacher, Office of Assistive Technology
- Grade level: 3 - 12
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Install Inspiration 8 prior to the session
Inspiration is the essential tool students rely on to plan, research and complete projects successfully. This powerful combination encourages learning in multiple modes. As a result, students gain and retain a better understanding of concepts and demonstrate knowledge, improving their performance across the curriculum. Come see what's new with Inspiration 8 and explore templates that can be easily modified to make HCPSS curricular connections.
Possibilities with Pixie 2
Susie Cochran, Technology Teacher, Hollifield Station ES
Learn about the variety of educational possibilities using Pixie 2, a drawing and painting software program designed for students in grades K-5. We will explore sample activities and templates already created as well as how students can create original work that demonstrates comprehension of classroom topics through painting, matching, writing, storytelling, narration, and more. Participants will also learn how to easily modify tasks to meet individual student needs and promote greater independence among primary students.
Possibilities with Pixie (zip file)
The Halls are Alive with the Sound of Audacity
Beth DeFrances, Technology Support Teacher, Atholton HS
- Level: Beginner
- Grade level: All
- Platform: PC
- Prerequisite: If not installed on your machine, please download audacity and the lame_enc.dll file
Have you ever wanted to be your own DJ? Would you like to add a new audio component to some of your lessons? Then come join me in learning how to use Audacity to enhance your existing lessons or create new one lessons that incorporate this versatile program. We’ll learn about recording, importing, exporting, and editing audio tracks. If you already have mp3 files that you would like to work with, bring them along; I will have several files available for you to experiment with.
To Thinkfinity and Beyond! [elementary]
Wendy McNeill-McBrien, Library Media Specialist, Elkridge Landing MS
We will explore two free high-quality educational resources: Thinkfinity (Verizon Foundation) and Thinkport (MPT &CTE). These resources have standards-based content, lesson plans, student activities and much more right at your finger tips. They span the entire K-12 curriculum and work on PCs and Macs. Come join our exploration to see how you can use these resources to enhance your curriculum and to excite your students.
Grade level: K - 5
What's Your Web Presence? PLN's, Twitter, Nings, and Other Things
Gwyneth Jones, Library Media Specialist, Murray Hill MS
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
Break out beyond the brick and mortar confines of our schools with a super savvy web presence that takes your lessons home and spans the globe. Learn how you can easily make your program available to students via the web. Discover how to build a Personal Learning Network & how your network helps with building your own professional development and a web presence! Learn how Twittering and Plurking can keep you up to date about the latest and greatest tech advances in your field. Join us for a discussion of effective practice and essential elements for making your instruction, program, and tools more accessible for students and the community. This session will focus on the effective practice and essential elements of our technology education presence.
https://tlsmackdown.wikispaces.com/
http://prezi.com/1krjqdp6l6t6/network-building-web-presence-twitter-nings-things/
Concurrent Session 2 - 2 hours and 15 minutes (Workshops)
Monday, July 19: 10:45-1:00
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
From Capture to Release: Podcast Setup and Posting
Jason Poirier, Technology Teacher, Clemens Crossing ES
- Participant level: Beginner/intermediate
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac
In this session you will learn about Podcasting. We will use Garageband to help engage students on content matter or a topic that is applicable to you. Not a classroom teacher? No problem! We will show you how to create a podcast to help keep your staff up-to-date and in-the-know. During this session, we will discuss what podcasting is; how you will be able to use and/or incorporate this in your classroom or professional development, and how this will benefit you and your students. We will model and demonstrate the ease of use, discuss its accessibility and provide you with further activity extensions. To fully participate in the session please make sure that your laptop is charged, and bring a microphone (built-in or external) and headphones/earbuds. *Please note - most of the HCPSS-provided Mac laptops (ibooks/macbooks) have a built-in microphone.
Google Earth Lit Trips
Mel McNamara, Resource Teacher, Office of Instructional Technology
- Participant Levels: All
- Grade level: K-12
- Platform: All
- Prerequisites: Download Google Earth if not already installed (http://earth.google.com) If you are have a G4 iBook, please do NOT upgrade to Google Earth v.5.
- Bring a book that you feel would be a good match for a Lit Trip. Identify locations within the book for a literature journey.
Google Lit Trips empowers students and teachers to journey along with a literary character throughout a story. Google Earth offers many tools to enhance the voyage along the way. Visual learners can visit Boston via Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings, or share the experience of the Great Depression through the eyes of the Joad family in Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. These are just a few of the many examples demonstrated during this session. Come share the digital literary world as we travel with Digital Lit Trips!
http://googleearth.hcpss.wikispaces.net/
iMovie 06
Heidi Shorter, Technology Teacher, Hollifield Station ES & St. John's Lane ES
- Participant level: Beginner
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac
- Prerequisites: a Macintosh computer with iMovie 06; cameras will be available for importing pictures and video clips, however, if you have either already uploaded onto the computer when you arrive, it will help to expedite some time.
Have you heard all about iMovie but still have not tried it? Would you like to learn how to use iMovie to enhance your lessons? Do you have no idea what iMovie even is??? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then this workshop is for you! This iMovie06 session will focus on iMovie from the beginning. We will examine what iMovie is, how it works, and then how to use iMovie using pictures, video, titles and sound. Participants will leave the session with a completed small movie that they create! Come and learn how to start using iMovie!
iMovie 09
Chuck Phillips, Apple Computers
- Platform: Mac
- Prerequisites: iMovie 09
The ease of editing makes iMovie the perfect place to begin motivating students to quickly share information and synthesize what they've learned. Join us for an interactive journey demonstrating how ordinary video clips can transform into an educational adventure. During this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to create a project from start to finish with one wave of iMovie magic!
Let's Get Engaged!
Leslie Grahn, Resource Teacher, Office of World Languages
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
Explore the many facets of engaging students in learning to use electronic templates, online generators, and interactive websites. This session will focus on multiple themes emphasizing the "marriage" between best practices and student engagement. Participants will use a wikispace to enhance background knowledge on student engagement and motivation and will access and create resources, many of which are technology-based, for use in the classroom. Time will be provided during the session for "popping the question(s)."
Website - http://letsgetengaged.wikispaces.com/
MovieMaker
Josh Burchett, Teacher, Wilde Lake MS
- Participant level: Beginner/Intermediate
- Grade level: 6 - 12
- Platform: PC
Join me to learn about the basics of Windows Movie Maker, with ideas of how to use it with students.
Using Google Apps: Educator Edition (Google Documents, Presentations, and Spreadsheets)
Danielle DuPuis, Library Media Specialist, Forest Ridge ES
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Sign up for a gmail account before the session.
Use Google Tools to collaborate with your colleagues for implementing and integrating technology in your classroom. Learn how to create assessments and share information with your students using Google docs, presentation, and spreadsheets.
https://sites.google.com/site/hcpssstc2010usinggapps/
Concurrent Session 3 - 1 hour
Tuesday, July 20, 8:15 a.m - 9:15 a.m.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
Cool Web Tools
Kelli Zellner, Library Media Specialist, Reservoir HS
- Platform: Mac or PC
Participants in this hands-on session will explore Web tools for classroom use and generate ideas for how they could be used to facilitate learning. Program topics will include discussion tools, presentation tools, and special search engines.
Website - http://ecpscp.hcpss.wikispaces.net/Cool+Web+Tools
Participants are encouraged to explore the Wiki and to download the notes organizer before the session.
Data Data Everywhere
Andrew Raith, Director, Systems Development
The Internet Repository of Accountability Data Systems, or INROADS, is designed as an assessment data mart, which supports school administrators, teachers, and Central Office staff members with their requests for easily accessible testing and assessment data that can be sorted and viewed in simple formats. Come to learn the ins and outs of INROADS.
Enrich, Enhance, Engage with edu.Glogster
Janet Yarn, Technology Teacher, Laurel Woods ES, and Mary Roepcke, Library Media Specialist, Lime Kiln MS
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Firefox 3.0 or higher
Glogster is a free web 2.0 tool that provides a safe, private, teacher-controlled environment for students to create an interactive online poster. Students can add photos, clip art, audio, video clips, and text. The completed project can be shared in class via a projector or easily posted on a Wiki or Website. You will participate in this class as though you were a student. You will receive a student log in, create a glog and post your glog. You will be able to view the teacher side of Glogging via the presenter. To preview the site, go to www.edu.glogster.com.
iPhoto 09
Chuck Phillips, Apple Computers
- Prerequisite: iPhoto 09
- Platform: Mac
Organize photos two new ways: Faces, based on who’s in your photos, and Places, based on where your photos were taken. Then share with a click.
So Much More than Just Google It!
Danielle DuPuis, Library Media Specialist, Forest Ridge ES
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Sign up for a gmail account before the session.
Use Google Tools to collaborate with your colleagues for implementing and integrating technology in your classroom with several Google sites including custom searches in Google Search.
https://sites.google.com/site/hcpssstc2010morethangit/
TeachingBooks.net
Stephanie Milligan, Resource Teacher, Office of Elementary Language Arts
- Grade level: Elementary
TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources that can be used by students and teachers for information about authors and books. Story summaries, author biographies, and audiofiles will be of particular interest to students. Educator resources include lesson plans and professional development to support the many ways books can be integrated into all subject areas in the K–12 curriculum.
Untangling the Web using iWeb
Ellen Kowal, Technology Teacher, Veterans ES
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: MAC
You and your students have created your digital lives with pictures, movies and music. Now it's time to share it with the world. This session will review and share possible student and teacher applications of iWeb. Learn to create websites using simple themed templates and learn the basics of how to publish your website to the Internet or to a folder to be burned on a CD.
Note: Please have a few photos in iphoto and an idea for what to create a website on- school related or simply about your family/summer.
Wonderful World of Wikis
Tim Grafton, Library Media Specialist, Mayfield Woods MS and Nancy Cohen, Teacher, Mayfield Woods MS
- Participant level: Beginner
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Bring your laptop and digital files, e.g., PowerPoints or Word files, as well as images to the session.
Wikis are the gateway to the Web 2.0 world. And, we’ll get you started! In this session, you will learn how to create a wiki; explore wikis that your colleagues are using today; and we’ll explore various applications for wikis in the classroom. Wikis are a just-in-time tool that empowers teachers and students!
Concurrent Session 4 - 1 hour
Tuesday, July 20, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
iLife/Apple Best Practices
Chuck Phillips, Apple Computers
Come to learn how iLife and Apple apps can be integrated into your classroom.
Let's Get Graphic
Matthew Kreitzer, Teacher, Long Reach HS
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite:
Organize your photos, make cool photo collages, and create your own online photo albums using this free software application. Learn how to edit your photos to make them look their best and find out how Picasa can help organize all your photos. This is a hands-on class, so please bring your laptop with you to the session.
LOL w/Comic Life
Laura Hook, Technology Teacher, Lisbon ES
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: This is a hands-on session. Participants need Comic Life and images on their computers.
Expand what you can do with your digital photos! Participants will have hands-on practice and will be provided many instructional examples.
Mac Tips & Tricks
Lauri Silver, Resource Teacher, Office of Assistive Technology
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac
Participants will learn through hands on practice how to use keyboard shortcuts and system preferences to improve their productivity while using it on the Macintosh computer.
Handouts (Zip File)
Multi-Media: Vehicles for Instruction for Students with More Intense Needs
Sarah Norton, Teacher, Gorman Crossing ES
- Grade level: K - 5
- Platform: Mac
Multiple technology tools are are vehicles that provide access to quality instruction for students with more intense needs (Special Education, ELL, Title I). Multi-media tools featured will include: PowerPoint, Word, Quicktime, Kidspiration 3, Flip Camera, Comic Life, I-Photo, Boardmaker, Pixie, and Discovery Streaming. Participants will receive tools, tips, and examples ready to use and adapt for their instructional needs.
Notetaking Tool 1 | Notetaking Tool 2 | PowerPoint
Oh, the Things You Can Do with Google Forms!
Nancy Ennis, Resource Teacher, Office of Media and Educational Technology
- Participant Levels: Experience using Google Docs required
- Grade Level: K-12
- Platform: All
- Prerequisites: Gmail or Google Account, but Gmail account is preferred
Google Forms are a great, free way to collect information from anyone, stored directly into a Google Spreadsheet. Participants in this session will have hands-on experience creating a Google Form and managing the collected data.
To Thinkfinity and Beyond! [secondary]
Wendy McNeill-McBrien, Library Media Specialist, Elkridge Landing MS
- Grade level: 6 - 12
We will explore two free high-quality educational resources: Thinkfinity (Verizon Foundation) and Thinkport (MPT &CTE). These resources have standards-based content, lesson plans, student activities and much more right at your finger tips. They span the entire K-12 curriculum and work on PCs and Macs. Come join our exploration to see how you can use these resources to enhance your curriculum and to excite your students.
WIKI to the Max…with Web 2.0
Tim Grafton, Library Media Specialist, Mayfield Woods MS and Frank Calia, Teacher, Mayfield Woods MS
- Participant level: Advanced
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Bring your laptop and digital files, e.g., PowerPoints or Word documents, as well as images to the session.
Looking to upgrade your wiki or to just check out the wiki possibilities? Wiki to the Max will introduce you to reading and editing Wiki code, embedding widgets into wikis, and utilizing WebDAV. This is also a place for educators to share cool Web 2.0 tools and resources, which bring out the best in wikis.
Concurrent Session 5 - 1 hour
Tuesday, July 20: 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
Be Funky with Web 2.0
Juli Gallant, Teacher, Oakland Mills HS
- Grade level: 6 - 12
- Platform: Mac or PC
Want to Be Funky? Want to be a Trackstar? Come learn how to integrate web tools such as Be Funky and Trackstar into daily lesson plans. During this session, participants will gain hands-on experience with integrating some of the best web 2.0 tools for students. Explore ways to enhance your classroom activities and projects with technology!
Collaborate with Google Apps
Danielle DuPuis, Library Media Specialist, Forest Ridge ES
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Sign up for a gmail account before the session.
Use Google Tools to collaborate with your colleagues for implementing and integrating technology in your classroom and use Google Calendar to your advantage for sharing information with other school staff, parents, and your students.
https://sites.google.com/site/hcpssstc2010collaboratewgapps/
Excel-lent Engagement
Tim Guy, Technology Support Teacher, Mt. View MS
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
Learn the basics of Excel, from graphing to formulas and pivot tables. Participants will learn how to use Excel in the classroom and how to use Excel for Inroads data manipulation. Integration with Word and PowerPoint will also be covered.
Internet Media
Art Wong, ESOL Teacher, Phelps Luck ES & Hollifield Station ES
The internet can be a great resource for finding images, videos, and sound content. Educators, however, often don't take advantage of this because of concerns over legal gray areas. Other times it is simply too time-consuming to wade through an ocean of uncategorized and low-quality media to find something relevant and useful. Learn how to use the web to find well-produced free content with usage rights that allow you to incorporate these images, etc. into your daily instruction with ideas and examples you can begin using immediately in your classroom.
Keynote (from Apple's iWork)
Chuck Phillips, Apple Computers
- Platform: Mac
- Prerequisite: Keynote (iWork)
Create stunning presentations in minutes. Customize and edit graphics quickly and easily. Add amazing effects with easy-to-use tools. Deliver your presentation in a variety of ways.
PC Tips & Tricks
Lauri Silver, Resource Teacher, Office of Assistive Technology
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: PC
Participants will learn through hands on practice how to use keyboard shortcuts and system preferences to improve their productivity while using it on a PC computer.
Handouts (Zip File)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Using Digital Images Effectively
Ryan Schaaf, Technology Teacher, Clarksville ES
- Participant level: Beginner
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac
- Prerequisite: iPhoto 08 on computer
Participants will learn the fundamental components of this versatile and robust digital picture application. iPhoto 08 for Mac OSX is more than a photo library. Participants will learn how to import images, organize images in a library, edit photo information, perform basic photo editing, create albums, and export images. Finally, members of the program will witness first hand how iPhoto can be utilized in a classroom setting.
So You Want to Be Creative - Microsoft Publisher
Danielle Dunn, Library Media Specialist, Hammond HS
- Participant level: Beginner
- Grade level: Secondary
- Platform: PC
Whether you want to jazz up your lessons or jazz up your walls, this is the session for you! Learn how to use Microsoft Publisher to create posters, brochures, invitations, calendars, and other publications. Samples of how Publisher has been used in project-based student assignments will be shared. We will also work collaboratively to generate a list of other ways Publisher can be integrated into your teaching.
http://publisherinfo.edublogs.org/
Concurrent Session 6 - 1 hour
Tuesday, July 20: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
Clickers for Kids! How to Engage all Students in Your Classroom using an Interwrite Personal Response System
Denise Donahue, eInstruction
Learn how to use Interwrite’s Personal Response System (PRS) to actively engage and assess all students in your classroom. Experience first hand what clickers are and learn how to set up the software so you can help all your students participate, remain focused, and learn. Participants will also learn best teaching practices, how to integrate PRS with Powerpoint, and questioning tips.
Document Cameras: Another Tool for Your Bag
Jennifer Emanuel, Teacher, Reservoir HS and Jonathan Phillip, Teacher, Reservoir HS
Join two classroom teachers as they show how to set up the document camera, how to use the various functions, and share how they use the document camera in their classrooms. Hands-on time is planned.
e-Books for Mac & PC
Lauri Silver, Resource Teacher, Office of Assistive Technology
- Grade level: All
- Platform: Mac or PC
In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to create curriculum based eBooks and activities using advanced features in PowerPoint.
Handouts (Zip File)
"Flip" Across the Curriculum
Kelly Davis, Resource Teacher, Office of Special Education
- Grade level: K-5
- Platform: Mac
- Prerequisites: Bring Ultra Flip camera for optimal hands-on experience
Use the Ultra Flip camera across the curriculum in order to engage and motivate learners. Flip camera videos and other products provide authentic learning opportunities and support student access in all subjects. The Flip camera serves as a dynamic teaching tool for all levels of students, but can be particularly powerful for ELL and students in special education because this technology supports all domains of oral language acquisition: listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Examples for using the Flip camera in all subjects will be shared. Participants will add additional examples and receive a completed list of Flip camera uses across the curriculum. Participants will leave with ideas, examples, and tools for saving their videos.
Ga-Ga for Google: Embedding Widgets & Gadgets into CLC Webpages and Wikispaces
Krissie Wisniewski, Resource Teacher, Office of Instructional Technology
- Participant Levels: Experience using Google Docs required
- Grade Level: K-12
- Platform: All
- Prerequisites: Gmail or Google Account, but Gmail account is preferred
Interested in taking Google to new heights? Advance your current Google skills by learning to embed gadgets/widgets onto your CLC Webpages or Wikispaces. Publish your creations in Google docs using spreadsheets, presentation, or docs to share and collaborate. Participants will learn skills to use resources and generate ideas for classroom use. Classroom examples are available as a resource through Google's online help.
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134592
http://agendaworld.hcpss.wikispaces.net
Kidspiration in the Classroom
Elizabeth Htwar, Technology Teacher, Manor Woods ES & Waverly ES
- Participant level: Beginner
- Grade level: Any
- Platform: Mac or PC
- Prerequisite: Install Kidspiration 3 prior to the session
In this session, you will become familiar with various features of Kidspiration3 including the symbol library, how to use the word guide that supports vocabulary and reading comprehension, the math tools that help build conceptual understanding in math. No Kidspiration experience necessary. Come see all of the exciting and motivating things Kidspiration 3 has to offer.
This is My Story - PhotoStory
Beth DeFrances, Technology Support Teacher, Atholton HS
- Participant level: Beginner
- Grade level: All
- Platform: PC
Ever wondered about that software that comes installed with Windows? Well, here is a new way to share your digital images with your students or family/friends. Come find out an easy way to edit pictures, create a slideshow, and then create your own story complete with original music and/or narrations.
Pages and Numbers
Chuck Phillips, Apple Computers
- Platform: Mac
- Prerrequisite: Pages and Numbers (iWork)
With advanced tools for writing and easy page layout, your documents in Pages are beautiful beyond words. Numbers helps you get more from your data with easy-to-create formulas, one-click charts, and table categories.
Leadership Strand for Administrative & CO Staff (Option 4)
Monday & Tuesday, July 19th and 20th; 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Leadership Strand for Administrative & CO Staff
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
How can an administrator be a technology leader in a meaningful way? Teachers don't buy it if you simply talk the talk. Model technology for your staff, learn along with them, and create opportunities for developing authentic uses of technology. Take time to learn some simple technologies that will help you get your own job done while leading by example for your staff. You will leave with additional technology expertise and new knowledge of the way students engage with technology. Finally, you will walk away with effective high-tech strategies that you can use to lead your staff and prepare them for working in the 21st century.
Mobi Master Strand (Option 5)
Monday & Tuesday, July 19th and 20th; 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Mobi Master Professional Development Program
Grant Process - Application Required - Room
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
The Mobi System is the industry's first multi-user, multi-tablet system designed specifically to facilitate student-centered, collaborative learning where teachers and students can interact with and contribute to digital content from anywhere in the room. The Mobi Teacher Pad has a built-in, color LCD screen that gives teachers immediate feedback on student performance when used in conjenction with an eInstruction student response system.
Grant recipients receive: 1 Mobi Teacher Pad; Mobi Master Certification and classroom Champion Status through eInstruction; ongoing professional development on the instructional uses of the Interwrite Mobi Learning System
The first 40 applications will be considered.
Note: The Mobi Teacher Pad is the property of the Office of Instructional Technology and may remain with the teacher to whom it is assigned via the grant until he/she leaves the Howard County Public School System. If the participant does not comply with the agreement requirements, OIT reserves the right to recall the equipment.
Grant recipient responsibilities:
- Conduct at least one 2-hour after-school workshop in October to share with school colleagues best practices in the instructional use of the Interwrite Mobi Learning System.
- Provide professional development for other HCPSS staff members (dates TBD, workshop wages will not be provided).
- Participate in eInstruction's Classroom Champion program.
- Participate in digital discussions, blogs, and Elluminate sessions throughout the school year
- Share lessons and/or professional development ideas
- Collaborate with other Mobi Masters at the same school level (elementary, middle, high)
Digital Citizenship: the Benefits and Responsibilities (Option 6)
Monday, July 19th; 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
& an undetermined date in October
Digital Citizenhip: the Benefits and Responsibilities
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.
The goal of the Digital Citizenship Module is to prepare you, as an educator, to become proficient with Standard III of the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards referencing Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues. This standard requires that teachers can demonstrate an understanding of the legal, social, and ethical issues related to technology use.
Participants in this strand will be part of a class that blends online learning with face to face meetings. Participants will meet together on Monday, July 19th from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. and once more on a yet to be determined October date. They will be expected to complete a 7 1/2 hour online class offerred through MPT. In addition, participants will share the information of digital citizenship with the staff at their schools sometime between August and October.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. Email Nancy Ennis with any questions about your registration.