Session+Descriptions

** Session Descriptions **
**Course #** **: 03** **Course Title** **: Interactive White Boards: SMART** **Instructor** **: TBA** **Description** **:** Have access to a SMART board? Come and learn about dynamic, engaging opportunities with SMART and related software.

**Description** **:** Have access to a Promethean board? Come and learn about dynamic, engaging opportunities with Promethean and related software.
__**Course #**__**: 06** __**Course Title**__**: Getting Wacky with Wikis: Wikis and Student Projects** __**Instructor**__**: Gary Krenzer, Mercer Area School District** __**Description**__**: Wikis can be used in many ways--one as a place for students to post completed projects, and another as a place where multiple classrooms can collect and share information. Come see how easy it can be to set up and use a wiki in your classroom. **

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**Description** : Google offers many online tools. Learn how to take advantage of using these in your classroom! These tools will give your students the ability to work outside of class and on the same project simultaneously!=====

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**Description** : With so many resources out there, how do you find something you can use in your classroom fast? These resources are "banks" of lessons, activities, interactives, etc. that are ready for your classroom. No more re-inventing the wheel or spending hours sorting through sites that have nothing you can use. Come see which sites fit your needs best!======

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**Description:** Looking for a PowerPoint alternative? Prezi is a unique presentation tool that extends beyond the linear slideshow. Prezi removes the restrictions of slide-by-slide sequence and provides a large, open canvas of space that lets you display the big picture, zoom in on details, and easily navigate from various points. It's a great way to help students use various methods of organization.======

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**Description:** Engage students with videos, video segments, speeches, songs, and thousands of images. Learn360 also has assignment and quiz creation tools with autograding. It allows you to upload and share your documents and media with the class. Learn360 also has an advanced approval feature that allows you to control what can be published and shared. Come see what you can do with these resources in your classroom!======

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__ **Description:** __ This online form of tagging your favorite sites has many advantages. You will have access to your favorite sites from any computer that has access to the internet, you can look at what sites other people have found important and tagged, and you can share your favorite sites with others.======

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__ **Description:** __ The power of videoconferencing has reached the classroom! Learn how to use the Polycom videoconferencing equipment that is in your school right now, and browse through the lists of free and low-cost conferences that are set up and ready to go for your classroom. Witness a live knee replacement and speak to the surgeon afterward; interview experts on primary documents from the National Archives; take virtual tours of the Cleveland Museum of Art; get interactive with NASA; the list of conferences is virtually infinite, and using the Polycom unit is as simple as operating your TV remote. Come check it out!======

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__ **Description** __**:** Now that you know how to work your interactive white board, how are you going to use it properly? We don't want to get into the rut of using it as a glorified overhead; it's way too valuable to be used that way! Instead, we want it to be used according to its name--interactively.======

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__ **Description** __**:** First, what is a PLN? Your personal (or professional) learning network gives you the power to connect with colleagues within your discipline all around the world. You can share resources, brainstorm new ideas, collaborate on project, and more. This session will show you how you can use Twitter--a very simple networking tool--to build a strong PLN.======

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__ **Description** __**:** It is true that this generation, more than any other, thinks in images. So, how do we teachers use that to our advantage? We often become frustrated when students submit everything we ask for in a project, but there's just something about it that doesn't "look" or "feel" the best. Or, when presenting new ideas or introducing new concepts, we just can't seem to get our students to draw those connections between one idea and another--to really think critically. Using a simple, interactive vocabulary activity, this session will give you some tools and strategies to help your students channel their raw strengths in visual literacy, think more critically and creatively, and explain to your students exactly what you're looking for in a project's "visual effectiveness."======

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__ **Description** __**:** As 25+ learners of varying abilities file into your classroom, you need all the help you can get when meeting their individual needs. Check out these resources that will help your struggling learners reach their potential.======

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__ **Description:** __ You asked for it; we are giving it to you! This time will be offered at the end of each day! You will have time to practice what you have learned that day, have time to ask more questions of the presenters, and collaborate with other teachers in your subject areas! Everyone will be assigned a "study hall" at the end of day!======