New Jersey Association for Educational
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Annual Conference Tuesday October 9, 2007
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New Jersey Association for Educational
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Conference
Workshop Sessions
$100 Registration Fee - Tuesday, October 9, 2007
NJAET Conference. Session 1 Titles
Session 1: 9:20 - 10:20 OnCourse Lesson Planner Come see how schools throughout New Jersey are using OnCourse Lesson Planner to integrate, track and analyze the state educational standards, curriculum and more. This unique tool is revolutionizing the way teachers and administrators create, manage and share lesson plans. Implementing the K-8 Technology Standards Learn how to successfully integrate New Jersey's Technology Standards within the K-8 curriculum. View sample scope and sequences for teaching the technology standards at each grade level. Examine sample lesson plans and projects that align to the technology standards. View various interactive websites for teaching technology skills. Assessment options will also be shared. Building Classrooms for the Future: Lessons Learned What is a "Classroom of the Future?" Learn from my first-hand experiences how to conceptualize, design, re-design, build, test and utilize three distinctive "Classrooms of the Future. Using the Internet in Education Participants will become familiar with the latest in online technology that allows for interactive sharing and authoring of curriculum and virtual communities that support professional development. The presentation will focus on the identification of emerging models and trends in the development of Web-based learning environments for learning communities. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts: How Do They Fit My Classroom? Teachers are using these powerful Web 2.0 tools in their classrooms now - ARE YOU? This session is a primer on what these tools are, as well as how they can be used in your classroom. All of them can be implemented FREE! You will learn the simple skills needed to begin using them right away in your classroom. The Power of MS Producer Learn how to use Microsoft Producer (a FREE PowerPoint add-on) to create web-based instructional materials and stand-alone multimedia programs. See how the combination of slides, video and audio content allow students to create powerful digital projects. Experience Moodle Moodle is a FREE open source learning management system rapidly finding its way into K-12 schools where it is typically used for blended instruction. Participants will experience Moodle from a student's perspective by taking a toy Moodle course. If time permits, we will examine one or more actual Moodle courses that exemplify best practices. .... and Technology for All! Focus on ways to adapt the learning environment to meet the needs of all students, through the principles of Universal Design for Learning. This session will offer a guided glimpse into the progressive Educational and Assistive Technologies being employed to serve students with a variety of needs. Participants will be provided with Web resources to support students across curriculum areas. Are You Feeling Googly? Google for Educators includes world mapping tool Google Earth, an online collaborative word processing and spreadsheet program, a 3-D modeling program called SketchUp, and much much more. Learn about the variety of FREE tools Google offers for educators and how you can apply these tools in your classrooms and among your staff. Let’s Tell a Digital Story! Get an exciting introduction to digital storytelling! Participants will become familiar with the elements and techniques of effective digital storytelling, as well as ideas for implementing storytelling in their classroom. Participants will learn how to use Frames to create original digital stories that include images, effects, music, and narration. Reading Difficulties? Retrain Your Brain with Fast ForWord Fast ForWord is a state-of-the-art computer based training program that builds language skills essential for reading, speaking and listening. These skills include Memory, Attention, Processing and Sequencing (MAPS). Participants will learn the science behind Fast ForWord, see product demonstrations, and learn how to become a certified provider. iLife '08 - Digital Multimedia for Education! Re-discover creative new ways to integrate attention-grabbing digital multimedia into your classroom with iLife '08! The iLife '08 suite features major new updates to iPhoto and iMovie, along with iDVD, GarageBand and iWeb, all designed for education. In the classroom, over the internet or as part of a dynamic presentation or podcast, iLife '08 offers today's students exciting new digital multimedia tools that are powerful, fun and easy to use. Say What!? I Have to Teach Standard 8.1? All students are required to be proficient in NJCCCS 8.1. Come see how teachers can implement this goal with a classroom full of computers AND no textbook. Sample lessons and resources will be given for all grade levels with emphasis on the mandated proficiencies for Grades 4 and 8. Many of the lessons are cross-curricular and can be adapted to fit your needs. Discover the Magic of e-Boards! Are you searching for a good method for safe, quick student exploration of the Internet? Using eBoards sets students up for success! Teachers easily share curriculum related sites to provide safe, equal Internet learning opportunities for all students throughout your school district. Sharing student projects on eBoards promotes positive parent educational involvement! Session 2: 10:30 - 11:30 Recommendations for Assessing the 8.1 Standard All school districts must fully implement the requirements of including the 8.1 Standard in the general education curriculum and report the technological literacy of all students by the end of the eighth grade. Find out successful ways it has been done! Walk out with activities that can be done the next day. Technology in the World Language & ESL Classrooms This workshop is designed for World Language and ESL teachers who want to improve their knowledge of technology and how it relates to classroom instruction. Attendees will learn how to use computers and the Internet to create a true technology-rich World Language classroom and to offer non-English Language Learners a variety of resources. Listen to Me! Teach your students to express themselves, and show what they have learned, through Podcasting and Broadcast Journalism. We'll show you how to create oral presentations that can be shared on Wide Area Networks, Local Area Networks and the Internet. Web 2 eMagic: Free Online Educational Applications The Internet is rapidly moving from being a rich information resource to a destination for applications. Learn about free web-based educational applications that can be used to add new dimensions of productivity and collaboration to student projects. Over a dozen programs will be demonstrated and explained. Sex Ed Online This dynamic and interactive workshop for Health & Physical Education teachers will highlight a new online professional development workshop called "Sexuality ABCs" and demonstrates how professionals can participate in high-quality workshops without leaving the comfort of their own home or office. Google Free Tools for Educators: More...Even More! Google Earth, Docs & Spreadsheets, Page Creator, and Blogger are just a few of the free applications allowing educators to collaborate and create innovative learning experiences. Explore Google tools for the classroom, sample classroom activities and be introduced to a vibrant community of educators sharing resources and ways to inspire students. Using Study Island to Prepare for the NJASK and HSPA Study Island is an entirely web-based NJASK and HSPA prep program that uses multiple study modes, including interactive games, to teach and assess each skill outlined in the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. As students work through the self-paced program, teachers and administrators can generate detailed diagnostic reports that track individual and group performance. The Study Island program includes questions that are similar in style to the NJASK and HSPA. This helps teachers and administrators with an accurate benchmark of student progress. Neo 2: A Laptop & Handheld Interactive Learning Device in One! NEO 2 is the affordable, easy-to-use laptop that helps teachers improve students’ basic skills in keyboarding and writing. NEO 2 engages every child by creating an interactive learning environment in the classroom. Just ask questions, and as your students enter answers, you get instant responses displayed in colorful charts and graphs. Videoconferencing + Collaboration Videoconferencing and collaboration - everyone is talking about it! Videoconferencing enhances student learning by allowing them to go beyond the four walls of their classroom. Collaboration between peers brings exciting, thoughtful, energizing learning into the classroom. Come and learn how V+C can help your students reach new heights of achievement. Have the "Audacity" to Add Sound to Projects No hocus-pocus about it. Want to add narration to your PowerPoint? Movie project? Podcast? Learn how to use Audacity, a free open source software for recording and editing audio. E-Rate Update The FCC continues to make significant revisions in the E-Rate program. Learn the changes that have been made recently, and how they affect your funding. Data Driven Decision Making with Infinite Campus Learn how better data allows for better decisions. Use your district data to do longitudinal studies that can improve individual and district performance. Any field in the data base can be compared to any other to perform studies and analysis of critical issues you may be interested in. All this analysis can be performed "on the fly" and changed and reexamined at any time, as the need presents itself. iPods and Podcasting for Teaching and Learning Discover podcasting, an exciting new way for students and teachers to create, publish and distribute their own educational content, in the classroom, or around the world. With podcasting, students, teachers and parents can have anywhere, anytime access to the latest educational audio and video content, on a Mac, on a PC or an iPod! Learn how easy it is to get started in the exciting world of educational podcasting today! Second Life: Educational Implications for Educators Worldwide Second Life is an immersive 3-D virtual environment growing exponentially worldwide. Come to this presentation to learn what it has to offer educators of adults as well as teens! Save time and avoid frustration by discovering tools, tips, tricks and freely available resources for educators. Participate in an online demonstration too! School Websites - Best Practices An overview of what works and what doesn't work when creating and maintaining a school website. This will include board and district sections, school sites and teacher pages. What people are looking for and the easiest way to maintain current information. Session 3: 12:50 - 1:50 NETS-S Refresh: To Creativity & Beyond! The National Education Technology Standards for Students have just been refreshed and released! Learn about the new standards and how you can use their key concepts to invigorate your teaching. Use technology as a tool to revolutionize learning! Start small with helpful tips and think globally for 21st century learning. Infusing Technology into the World Language Classroom The use of technology, such as the tablet PC, LCD projector, Internet, and portable digital recorders, have great potential in the World Language classroom. See how these technologies help increase student achievement and learn how to design a technology-based World Language thematic unit. Imagine - A Website without Barriers Imagine surfing a webpage one word at a time. Imagine using only a keyboard to navigate a website. For some, no imagining is needed -- this is their reality. The ability of ALL people to access all of the information that is posted on a school's website is critical. Explore website accessibility with a focus on resources and solutions to lessen the barriers that exist. Student Portfolios and Websites in Minutes! Come learn about WebBlender2, an exciting, new Web authoring tool. Learn how to create rich websites with text, graphics, and sound to share school reports, field trips, photo galleries, student portfolios and much more. Participants will discover that WebBlender2 truly is the fastest way from your mind to the Web! Real Time Data and Telecollaborative Projects for Grades 6-12 Explore unique and compelling Internet resources such as telecollaborative projects, real time data, and online experts. CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum. Participants will engage in sample activity from Stowaway Adventure that includes tracking a ship using real time data and Google Earth. Moving Forward with LoTi This past year the NJ DOE in working with NBEA opened up the use of LoTi to better help districts implement technology into the curriculum. In this workshop the presenter will share how one school district, Shamong, has begun to utilize the LoTi philosophy to get a better grasp on where they are and where they are going with technology. Tween Social Networking Sites: They're Heeeeeere! Everyone knows MySpace and Facebook are growing exponentially. Social networking environments for tweens like Club Penguin, WhyVille.net and Imbee.com have sprung up. Are these sites dangerous? What do these developments mean for us as educators and parents? Come find out how and why social networking education makes sense for today’s youth. Thinking Outside the Book Altered books have been used by artists as a portable way of expressing themselves. Come to find out how to use discarded books as the canvas/backdrop/paper for students to show what they have learned in a creative manner. This workshop will combine technology, scrapbooking and collage techniques to create a visual journal, a curriculum content expression, a monthly project, or a way to compare and contrast ideas. Interactive Response Systems: Ready, Set, Engage! Interactive Response Systems are quickly changing the way we deliver class lessons. Participants will experience how these devices help educators engage every learner 100% of the time. In addition, student data is collected and recorded with each response allowing teachers to easily analyze student and class progress for remediation or continuation. Introducing Mac OS X and a Preview of Mac OS X v.10.5 "Leopard" Discover how easy it is to upgrade your school to Mac OS X today. Mac OS X includes: Spotlight for searching and finding anything, anywhere on your computer; Dashboard, to access exciting mini-applications, called widgets; Safari RSS, to get up-to-the-minute RSS news, headlines and summaries from the web; iChat AV, which allows up to four people to participate in a high-quality video conference; and VoiceOver, to access your Mac through speech and audible cues. Mac OS X combines these, plus many more, incredible new features with unprecedented ease-of-use and robust, cross-platform networking, all built upon a rock-solid, modern, secure, UNIX-based foundation. Infusing Technology in All Curriculum Areas This workshop will look at the NJCCCS in all curriculum areas (except 8.1 which is being given in another presentation) and highlight the benchmarks that can benefit from the use of technology. Suggestions about specific software applications and activities will be included.
Session 4: 2:00 - 3:00 Protect Your Network from the Great Unknown Built specifically for securing K-12 networks, Total Traffic Control gives you a single admin console to see everything running on your network and control any detected issues. Monitor and report network and user activity, let end users manage spam, manage Internet access for various groups, limit or block P2P and instant messaging, secure the gateway and desktops from threats, and manage your bandwidth. Gadgets for Learning Gadgets are a fun way to help teachers integrate technology. Come to this exciting session in which two gadget experts talk about useful "gadgets" (hardware, software, and websites) that they use daily to help students learn. Everything shown will be FREE or low cost (under $100). Best Search Engines and Websites 2007 - 2008 Learn about lesser known search engines that give you the best, most relevant results. Even discover the "insider's" Google to secure top academic links.... Attendees will be amazed at the scope of resources to be presented. Newly uncovered, thoroughly tested, interactive websites for all areas of the curriculum will also be shared. In addition, there will be a demonstration of some highly recommended software. Virtual Classroom Channel Alpha's virtual classroom technology allows schools to broadcast regular, in-session classes over the Internet for the benefit of students who are unable to attend school. Students are virtually in the classroom, looking at the whiteboard, listening to the teacher speak and interacting with the teacher via microphone. Only authorized students are allowed into the virtual classroom. HyperMirror! Kids Talking to Kids from "Yesterday" &
"Tomorrow!" Students in Japan communicate with students in the USA from "yesterday!" Students in the USA communicate with students in Japan from "tomorrow!" HyperMirror Videoconferencing provides this amazing experience through a unique system of transporting all HyperMirror participants into the same location, creating dynamic collaboration opportunities. Pixie in the Primary Classroom Come learn about Pixie, an exciting, new primary creativity tool with an array of paint and easy-to-use image editing tools and cross-curricular resources. Workshop participants will explore various ways they can use Pixie to address understanding in their classroom curriculum through the manipulations of images, painting, and more! Let's Create a Webquest! WebQuests are widely used Web-based activities in today's classrooms. What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use -- and create -- WebQuests in your own classroom? We will explore the vast array of WebQuests available to teachers and then work hands-on in small groups to create our own! NETS-T Refresh Town Meeting Be a voice for New Jersey! As an educator
who uses educational technology, the International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE) needs your input to revise the National Educational
Technology Standards for Teachers. At this public forum, everyone
is invited to share their ideas in order to revise the NETS-T to reflect
educational technology today and in the future. If you can, bring
your own laptop to help record our ideas and share them with ISTE! Using Your Noodle on the Moodle This workshop will describe the process of a collaborative effort over the past year between the technology coordinator and a group of teachers. The focus of this presentation will be to demonstrate using a Moodle (a free open-source web-based Course Management System) to make their classrooms a 24/7 learning experience. The Magic of Reflection: Creating a Digital Portfolio Explore the possibilities digital portfolios offer by having students capture what they have learned. Give students the power to tell their story, and not just any story, but one that reflects who they are and how they have grown. Maximize Elementary Math Test Scores with the Internet Learn how to use excellent interactive math websites to target four math clusters for instructional enhancements that will help improve math test scores. Examples of math lesson plans, skills tested, and resources from NJ Department of Education website will also be presented. Take home materials on CD for immediate class use! Welcome Windows Users - Mac/Windows Compatibility With the ability to run Windows, work with PC documents and connect to PC networks, today's Intel-based Mac truly offers the best of both worlds: a no-compromises solution to having one computer that can seamlessly run both Mac and Windows. Combine the Mac's ability to run Windows with its legendary ease-of-use, built-in Universal Access tools, built-in iLife software and the lowest cost-of-ownership in the industry and discover why many "PC schools" are making the switch back to the Mac. Empowering Students with Podcasting New literacies and empowering activities are focused on students creating and running their own podcasts. The presentation covers the research, theory, projects, assessments, technology, and legal issues of an online high school English course centered on student-created podcasting.
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