Join Lemke as she addresses tools and strategies for gauging the impact of technology.  Is education technology improving student learning?  What evidence can we gather to determine if it is?  How can that data be communicated effectively to teachers, parents, and community members? Back to the list.

Jones discusses research, what works, educational intervention, social skills, and medication treatment plans for students with attention disorder and/or learning disabilities. Back to the list.

Most communities are faced with increasing populations for whom English may be a second language or who don’t speak English at all.  This program focuses on North Carolina’s Spanish for Native Speakers Program.  There are discussions by experts and classroom teachers who implement the Program in their own classrooms. Back to the list.

Flash is an animation application that can be used by anyone, an application that promotes multimedia authoring.  It is also the most popular presentation program in the world, sometimes described as the word processor of the 21st century and PowerPoint for the Internet.  It allows users to create animated, interactive documents that can address all learning styles. Back to the list.

Video Jockeys manipulate video the same way Disc Jockeys manipulate sound.  Because of the Internet resources available, the way presentations are made in classrooms has altered.  Such presentations are multimedia, address multiple intelligences, and have an element of theater.  They are also “rough drafts” that promote collaboration as they are shared in the classroom. Back to the list.

Journeying to Excellence brings together the Chugach School System in Anchorage, Alaska with Bob Crumley. Assistant Superintendent and David Sutton, Director of Information and Accountability Systems in the Transylvania County Schools in Brevard, North Carolina to discuss technology issues for both locations. Back to the list.

This session presents the 21st century skills important to students, parents, community, business, and industry. Consider what this means for education. Take a look at examples of student work that exemplify those skills. Think about how best to bring these skills to your school(s). Back to the list.

Linda Roberts, consultant and former Director of the Office of Educational Technology with the U.S. Department of Education states that “It’s All About Learning.”  Roberts discusses today’s students coming to school with different expectations and needs, 21st Century skills, new models of teaching and learning, and looking to the future. Back to the list.

Frances Bradburn, Director, Instructional Technology Division, and John Brim, Assistant Director, Resource Development and Evaluation in Instructional Technology, both then with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, introduce Impact for Administrators, a tool for school administrators to implement and evaluate school library media programs. Back to the list.

Shelia Cory is a consultant and program associate for the Principals’ Executive Program (PEP).  Cory also developed Principals as Technology Leaders (PATL), a program funded by a Gates Leadership Challenge Grant.  Cory examines the vision, attitudes, skills and competencies for technology leadership and decision making.  Back to the list.

Daggett discusses the Application Model, a way to guage the relevance and rigor of standards students must meet.  In the process, he discusses No Child Left Behind, AYP (adequate yearly progress) and the history of the factors focusing on school standards. Back to the list.

Daggett demonstrates what a cutting-edge classroom will be like in the future when there will be greater variation among American classrooms than ever before. Changing methodology, new technology, and varied staffing patterns will permit schools to make learning mandatory and time the variable. Back to the list.

Cheryl Lemke, President and CEO of the Metiri Group and former Executive Director of the Milken Exchange on Education for the Milken Family Foundation, talks about 21st Century Skills.  Lemke asks and then discusses, “What skills will students need to thrive in a digital age, and what are the strategies teachers need to help students develop these skills?” Back to the list.

Warlick looks at the way digital technology is impacting the world and especially the classroom.  He discusses and gives examples of the areas teachers can grow to enhance their classroom and teaching:  New Tools, Being Interconnected, and More Time. Back to the list.

Problems mixing words and mathematics are familiar to most people.  Leiva discusses the past, how we as teachers learned about word problems; the present, the need to teach students to reason, communicate, use mathematical language, and find the connections; and the future for all students as they master this area of mathematics. Back to the list.

After years of work with K-12 vertical planning through curriculum mapping, Jacobs has developed an applied literacy model and a set of procedures for assisting middle school buildings and districts in digging in and revising existing curriculum, assessment, and instruction. A key feature of the presentation will be the design of internally generated benchmark assessments based on targeted applied language skills. Back to the list.

The presenters define exotic invasive species and then show how they are impacting our planet.  They also discuss how you can help control them and  how to use them as a classroom teaching tool. Back to the list.

Learn how to create aquatic habitats on school grounds, discover the importance of these habitats for native creatures, find out more about amphibian life cycles, and learn ways to integrate this resource into the classroom. Back to the list.

With a focus on common amphibians, many in a backyard, learn their history, how to create a habitat to attract them, teaching techniques using amphibians, and how to join conservation efforts. Back to the list.

Using multiple interactive media can enhance students’ learning and motivation in powerful ways. Dede discusses how and why to use multiple interactive media, including links to free resources for obtaining and using these tools effectively. Back to the list.

Chris Dede, Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies and Chair, Learning & Technology Area in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, discusses “How Virtual Environments Enhance Real Learning.”  Among the topics explored are pedagogical capabilities of learning technologies, shared virtual environments, MUVE, interface components, why should teachers care, and evolving toward distributed learning. Back to the list.

John Phillipo is the founder and CEO of CELT Corporation, one of the largest and most recognized education and technology systems integration providers in the U.S.  CELT assists schools and universities in linking 21st century educational reform with the effective use of technology.  Phillipo discusses interactive learning technologies and their impact on teaching, learning, and educational management. Back to the list.

David Thornburg, consultant, author, and founder of The Thornburg Center, a premiere resource for expertise in bringing technology into the classroom, and author of many books including “Campfires in Cyberspace,” address “learning spaces” in the context of the World Wide Web as well as the emerging application of wireless handhelds.  He addresses how technology can be used to bring balance back into the educational system and gives a framework for evaluating websites as educational resources. Back to the list.

David Warlick, consultant and author on innovative applications of technology especially the Internet, states, “Education in the 21st century will be about conversation.  It will be powerful conversations between teacher and student.  But it will expand to equally potent conversations between the classroom and the home, the school and communities, educators and experts from a wide range of fields, and perhaps most importantly, conversations between educators.”  Join Warlick as he expands on these topics and includes tools for locating and collaborating with experts in a wide variety of fields. Back to the list.

David Warlick discusses how the Internet can be a source of information to challenge and engage students.  It is vast, convenient, multimedia, and offers a variety of perspectives.  Perhaps most important is the tremendous advantage of being digital so information can be moved and manipulated.  Warlick offers examples of how to use each aspect in a classroom and also provides a variety of useful websites. Back to the list.