Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  301A

"2012 NCTIES Grant Winner - Nicole Robinson, Tamara Presnell and Beryl Carroll

GRANT:  L.E.A.R.N.   - Literacy Enrichment And Reading with Nook"

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  301B

 

Managing Apple Devices in Plain English 

Our school district has implemented Apple products for the past three years, and has taken a strategic research and development approach.  We will share our challenges and successes in determining the best practical method for setting up and deploying iPads in the classroom.  We will discuss using the Apple Configurator versus using restrictions for deployment, managing devices, policies and procedures, and implementation.   We will also share materials we have developed to support deployment and apps that have been most successfully implemented.  This session will be open to discussion and sharing of your challenges and successes.

Strand:  Technology planning

Target Audience:  K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

Beth Madigan, Pitt County Schools

Denise Hudson, Pitt County Schools

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  302A

 

Building Teacher Capacity through a Systematic Instructional Technology PD Process 

All schools and districts are faced with the challenge of equipping teachers to integrate technology effectively. This task is more challenging in districts with limited personnel to facilitate teacher growth in the use of instructional technology. Learn about one district’s dynamic process for empowering teacher leaders whose role is to provide instructional technology professional development through trainings, modeling, and ongoing support. Presenters will share how they identified teachers’ instructional technology needs and established, trained, and empowered a group of teacher leaders to meet those needs. Come learn instructional technology PD practices, strategies, and processes that can work for you.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  Other      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

Cindy Geddes, Newton-Conover City Schools

Jayme Linton, Lenoir-Rhyne University

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  302B

 

#DontHateTheHashtag 

New to Twitter? Convinced there's little more to tweets than sharing what you ate for breakfast? Leave your preconceptions at the door and discover how Twitter can actually help you become a better educator. Be schooled in the way of the hashtag. Explore unknown regions of the Twitterverse. Emerge with a new appreciation of the power social media takes on in the hands of educators.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

Matthew Winner, Longfellow ES/Howard Co Public Schools

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  302C

 

Composing Digital Games 

This session explores questions related to our capacity to teach and to create digital games. There has been a steady stream of inviting applications that seek to teach children and adults to learn computer programming. One of the incentives is the capacity to create games, including both collaborative and competitive games. What teaching tools are available for this type of composition? Games though require more than the structure that computer programming can provide; they require composing a wide range of media elements. What digital media skills does digital game composition require? How does such knowledge support Common Core goals?

Strand:  Gaming

Target Audience:  Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

Bob Houghton, Western Carolina University

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  303

 

Crowd Sourcing Your PD 

With limited time and budget, school library media staff can build their own personal learning community using online resources like social media.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

kathryn parker, NCDPI

Ouida Myers, NC DPI

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  304

 

When The Internet Chooses You:  Memes, Viral Videos, and Internet Subculture 

Ermahgerd! How often have you heard excited chatter in the hall about the latest hit on YouTube?  Ever wunder what's funny about cats and why they haz bad English skillz?  Well, hide your kids, hide your wife and stahp wondering. Come have a laugh with this primer on the best and worst of the Internet!

Strand:  Other

Target Audience:  Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

Lucas Gillispie, Pender County Schools

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  305A

 

Building a community of readers with Edmodo. 

In this session you will learn how an elementary school librarian uses Edmodo and Voicethread to create a daily dialog about books and reading with students and teachers throughout the school.  Learn how to use Edmodo and Voicethread to build excitement about books through book talks and book trailers, reading lists, author chats and more.  Go beyond the library walls and communicate with 21st Century students in their classrooms through Edmodo and Voicethread book clubs.  Create pre and post assessments through Edmodo and Voicethread showing the impact the school library media coordinator has on student achievement.

Strand:  Web 2.0

Target Audience:  K-12      Skill Level:   Intermediate       Platform:  All platforms

Christine Tuttell, Bugg Creative Art and Science Magnet Elementary

Heather Daughtery, Bugg Creative Art and Science Magnet Elementary

April Foley, Bugg Creative Arts and Science Magnet Elementary

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  305B

 

Code Your Class With QR Codes 

This session will provide step-by-step instruction for creating many types of QR codes for a variety of subject areas and across multiple grade levels.

Strand:  Technology planning

Target Audience:  Elementary      Skill Level:   Intermediate       Platform:  All platforms

Angie Sigmon, Shuford Elementary

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  306A

 

BRIDGES: Bringing Relevant Inquiry Discovery to Grow Elementary Scientists 

How do you get middle school students to connect using technology for something other than the latest gossip? How do you move the elementary science curriculum out of the textbooks and into the laboratory? You create BRIDGES that Bring(ing) Relevant Inquiry Discovery to Grow Elementary Scientists. This collaborative effort connects middle school students to governmental agencies, local resources and elementary school students.  Using various available technologies and field experience opportunities middle students developed into citizen scientist, volunteers/amateurs who partner with scientists to answer real-world questions, and built the foundations of the BRIDGES.

Strand:  Project-based learning lesson/unit planning

Target Audience:  Elementary, Middle      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

James Pate, Bee Log Elementary

Sharryl Hagerman, Yancey County Schools

Nelda Phillips, Cane River Middle School

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  306B

 

Trials and Tribulations of One Schools Launch of BYOT 

Bill Gates once said, ''We're changing the world with technology'' and at J.V. Washam Elementary we are shooting for this goal by creating a  'Bring Your Own Technology' forum. Come join us to learn about the trials and tribulations we have encountered along with how we have worked to solve them! Our goal is to share our journey with others and be able to talk about the ways that we are trying to create an environment that is rich in meaningful authentic  technology integration.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

Jill Thompson, J.V. Wa

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  301B

 

Managing Apple Devices in Plain English 

Our school district has implemented Apple products for the past three years, and has taken a strategic research and development approach.  We will share our challenges and successes in determining the best practical method for setting up and deploying iPads in the classroom.  We will discuss using the Apple Configurator versus using restrictions for deployment, managing devices, policies and procedures, and implementation.   We will also share materials we have developed to support deployment and apps that have been most successfully implemented.  This session will be open to discussion and sharing of your challenges and successes.

Strand:  Technology planning

Target Audience:  K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

Beth Madigan, Pitt County Schools

Denise Hudson, Pitt County Schools

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  302A

 

Building Teacher Capacity through a Systematic Instructional Technology PD Process 

All schools and districts are faced with the challenge of equipping teachers to integrate technology effectively. This task is more challenging in districts with limited personnel to facilitate teacher growth in the use of instructional technology. Learn about one district’s dynamic process for empowering teacher leaders whose role is to provide instructional technology professional development through trainings, modeling, and ongoing support. Presenters will share how they identified teachers’ instructional technology needs and established, trained, and empowered a group of teacher leaders to meet those needs. Come learn instructional technology PD practices, strategies, and processes that can work for you.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  Other      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

Cindy Geddes, Newton-Conover City Schools

Jayme Linton, Lenoir-Rhyne University

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  302B

 

#DontHateTheHashtag 

New to Twitter? Convinced there's little more to tweets than sharing what you ate for breakfast? Leave your preconceptions at the door and discover how Twitter can actually help you become a better educator. Be schooled in the way of the hashtag. Explore unknown regions of the Twitterverse. Emerge with a new appreciation of the power social media takes on in the hands of educators.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

Matthew Winner, Longfellow ES/Howard Co Public Schools

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  302C

 

Composing Digital Games 

This session explores questions related to our capacity to teach and to create digital games. There has been a steady stream of inviting applications that seek to teach children and adults to learn computer programming. One of the incentives is the capacity to create games, including both collaborative and competitive games. What teaching tools are available for this type of composition? Games though require more than the structure that computer programming can provide; they require composing a wide range of media elements. What digital media skills does digital game composition require? How does such knowledge support Common Core goals?

Strand:  Gaming

Target Audience:  Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

Bob Houghton, Western Carolina University

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  303

 

Crowd Sourcing Your PD 

With limited time and budget, school library media staff can build their own personal learning community using online resources like social media.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

kathryn parker, NCDPI

Ouida Myers, NC DPI

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  304

 

When The Internet Chooses You:  Memes, Viral Videos, and Internet Subculture 

Ermahgerd! How often have you heard excited chatter in the hall about the latest hit on YouTube?  Ever wunder what's funny about cats and why they haz bad English skillz?  Well, hide your kids, hide your wife and stahp wondering. Come have a laugh with this primer on the best and worst of the Internet!

Strand:  Other

Target Audience:  Elementary, Middle, High, K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  All platforms

Lucas Gillispie, Pender County Schools

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  305A

 

Building a community of readers with Edmodo. 

In this session you will learn how an elementary school librarian uses Edmodo and Voicethread to create a daily dialog about books and reading with students and teachers throughout the school.  Learn how to use Edmodo and Voicethread to build excitement about books through book talks and book trailers, reading lists, author chats and more.  Go beyond the library walls and communicate with 21st Century students in their classrooms through Edmodo and Voicethread book clubs.  Create pre and post assessments through Edmodo and Voicethread showing the impact the school library media coordinator has on student achievement.

Strand:  Web 2.0

Target Audience:  K-12      Skill Level:   Intermediate       Platform:  All platforms

Christine Tuttell, Bugg Creative Art and Science Magnet Elementary

Heather Daughtery, Bugg Creative Art and Science Magnet Elementary

April Foley, Bugg Creative Arts and Science Magnet Elementary

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  305B

 

Code Your Class With QR Codes 

This session will provide step-by-step instruction for creating many types of QR codes for a variety of subject areas and across multiple grade levels.

Strand:  Technology planning

Target Audience:  Elementary      Skill Level:   Intermediate       Platform:  All platforms

Angie Sigmon, Shuford Elementary

 

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  306A

 

BRIDGES: Bringing Relevant Inquiry Discovery to Grow Elementary Scientists 

How do you get middle school students to connect using technology for something other than the latest gossip? How do you move the elementary science curriculum out of the textbooks and into the laboratory? You create BRIDGES that Bring(ing) Relevant Inquiry Discovery to Grow Elementary Scientists. This collaborative effort connects middle school students to governmental agencies, local resources and elementary school students.  Using various available technologies and field experience opportunities middle students developed into citizen scientist, volunteers/amateurs who partner with scientists to answer real-world questions, and built the foundations of the BRIDGES.

Strand:  Project-based learning lesson/unit planning

Target Audience:  Elementary, Middle      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

James Pate, Bee Log Elementary

Sharryl Hagerman, Yancey County Schools

Nelda Phillips, Cane River Middle School

 

 

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  306B

 

Trials and Tribulations of One Schools Launch of BYOT 

Bill Gates once said, ''We're changing the world with technology'' and at J.V. Washam Elementary we are shooting for this goal by creating a  'Bring Your Own Technology' forum. Come join us to learn about the trials and tribulations we have encountered along with how we have worked to solve them! Our goal is to share our journey with others and be able to talk about the ways that we are trying to create an environment that is rich in meaningful authentic  technology integration.

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12, Administration      Skill Level:   All Levels       Platform:  All platforms

Jill Thompson, J.V. Washam

Raymond Giovanelli, J.V. Washam Elementary School

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  306C

 

Here and App. There an App. Everywhere an App, App. 

There are new iPad apps everyday ... too many to count. Join me to hear about some of the latest  apps. If you have a few apps to share please feel free to share them in the session!

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  Mac

MaryAnn Sansonetti-Wood, Richland School DIstrict Two

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Raymond Giovanelli, J.V. Washam Elementary School

 

Concurrent Session  4

Thursday, March 7, 2013            1:30pm-2:20pm

Location:  306C

 

Here and App. There an App. Everywhere an App, App. 

There are new iPad apps everyday ... too many to count. Join me to hear about some of the latest  apps. If you have a few apps to share please feel free to share them in the session!

Strand:  Professional development

Target Audience:  K-12      Skill Level:   Beginner       Platform:  Mac

MaryAnn Sansonetti-Wood, Richland School DIstrict Two