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=Session 2=

Speaker: Lisa Sly Course Number: **S201** Strand: 2 We always say educational technology is an investment and Moodle is a smart tool in which to place that investment. Wish you had more time to invest? Come spend **one or two sessions** working on your digital course presence in Moodle. Lisa Sly will be available for questions, guidance and general discussion of ideas. Networking and sharing of best practices with your colleagues will certainly be encouraged as we all investigate how to best use this system to enhance teaching and learning for all students. (You may register for this course for Session 2, for Session 3, or you may register for two consecutive sessions, Session 2 and 3) //**Note:**// This session is for **current Moodle** users only. There will be no formal instruction or introductory content. Limited to 20 people.
 * Build Your Moodle Course Presence (Moodle Workshop)**

Speakers: Jeff Rylander and David Jakes Course Number: **S202** Strand: 2 Collaboration is a core skill that has been identified in our work in Goal 2. This session explores three technologies that support the development of collaborative skills: Wikis, Etherpad, and Google Docs. We'll apply time-honored cooperative learning principles to these new environments, examine the affordances that these technologies bring, and look at how they can be leveraged to support the development of collaborative skills within a new context.
 * Collaboration in the Age of Google**

Speakers: Chris Hilvert and Jeff Paek Course Number: **S203** Strand: 2 Bring your laptop, plug-in and show the group how you are using Moodle in your classroom! Not a "how to" for Moodle, but more an idea exchange for experienced users and those interested in beginning Moodle in their classroom.
 * Moodle Share-A-Thon**

Speaker: Matt Bertke Course Number: **S204** Strand: 1 This workshop will focus on how to use your SmartBoard to create fluid, interactive lessons for all students. Useful SmartBoard tools and accessories will be presented. Strategies on how to increase student participation and the fluidity of you lesson will also be provided. This will be demonstrated as a mini-lesson with ample time to ask questions and try out ideas.
 * Maximizing your SmartBoards Potential**

Speakers: Tara Braverman and Mark Maranto Course Number: **S205** Strand: 1 In this session participants will learn the fundamental aspects of backward design, and apply them to one of their current units of instruction. Presenters will share varied examples of methods designed to identify struggling learners early, and approaches for addressing their needs. This session is intended for teachers in any content area. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops.
 * Chewing the K.U.D.: Engaging Students through Strategic Design and Practice**

Speaker: Frank Bexes Course Number: **S206** Strand: 1 and 2 This presentation will include problem solving and critical thinking techniques used by students to make difficult automotive repairs. The use of Alldata Online Diagnostic aids and Napa Prolink allow students to: A. Clarify purposes and goals, B. Identify the problem, C. Employ reasoning skills, D. Evaluate options, E. Identify solutions to the problem and their impact, F. Select and implement a solution to the problem.
 * Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Techniques**

Speaker: Mark Dec Course Number: **S207** Strand: 1 LD, ED, OHI… oh my! IEP at a Glance will dissect a student’s IEP Profile (also referred to as Page 2’s) focusing on defining essential special education language, and the development and use of strategies related to serving students with Individual Education Programs, which ultimately can be used with any student. Specifically, the session will analyze adverse effects, assist in understanding educational strategies, and the importance of implementing student accommodations. In addition, we will examine the use of technology, and the relationship between using educational strategies and RTI. As a result, teachers should leave this session with a better understanding of their student’s deficits, and strategies that will assist all students in succeeding in their classrooms.
 * IEP at a Glance**

Speaker: Kate Prockovic Course Number: **S208** Strand: 1 Don't let your students be swallowed up in cyberspace! The Internet is a huge place with billions of websites and users; it is also one of the most accessible forums through which to effect change and participate in the global community. Our students have a vast audience at their fingertips, and it is our job to teach them how to effectively harness that power. Let's teach our students how to write for the Internet with methods that will complement our core curriculum. This workshop will focus on techniques you can share with your students to help them both casually and formally share their opinions on topics such as movies, video games, books, restaurants and stores as well as how to agitate for change by writing letters to newspapers and politicians. We will also cover methods to teach students Internet safety, responsibility and etiquette. Leave this workshop with concrete ideas on how to integrate Internet writing into any course.
 * World Wide Writing: Get Your Students' Voices Heard on the Internet**

Speaker: Kris Jacobson Course Number: **S209** Strand: 2 Are you getting a lot of projects with Wikipedia as a cited source? Are you concerned that your students are using this ever-changing, ever-growing resource that “anyone can edit”, but not sure how to evaluate whether the information they’re providing is reliable? Then this session is for you. We will explore how and when it’s appropriate to use Wikipedia as a research tool. We will also take a look at how their “wiki” model of gathering and publishing information is being used by communities of professional researchers to collaborate to create high quality content on the web that takes advantage of their collective knowledge.
 * How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love (well, sort of) Wikipedia**

Speaker: Debbie Berlin Course Number: **S210** Strand 1 The goal of this workshop is to learn how to create, upload, and embed videos in various resources. For example, you can create your own videos that will show up on your Moodle or Wiki class page. Some examples of how videos are being used in science classes will also be shown. After a 20-minute introductory lecture, participants will use cameras and computers to apply their learning. Participants can maximize their learning by already having accounts set up on YouTube, Moodle, and the like. This session is limited to 14 participants.
 * New Ways to Use Videos**

Speaker: Afrodite Skaouris Course Number: **S211** Strand: 2 Multimedia based projects encourage student engagement in the classroom, enhance instruction of core literacy skills, and allow students the opportunity to become citizens of the world. This session will explore ways in which teachers can use multimedia tools to create projects that will develop their students’ critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration skills, within the context of already-established department curricula. Attendees will view samples of different types of multimedia-based projects, as well as examine the core skills that they address.
 * Using Multimedia Based Projects to Enhance Literacy Instruction**

Speaker: Mark Shinn Course Number S212 Strand: 1 and 2 Join our keynote speaker, Mark Schinn, to explore ideas and ask questions regarding his remarks in the keynote session.
 * Keynote Follow Up: Questions and Answers**