Exploring New Literacies for a World of Networked, Self-Directed Learners and Makers
Will Richardson
LMC East
Exploring New Literacies for a World of Networked, Self-Directed Learners and Makers
In this moment, those who understand the powerful affordances of the Internet to learn and create will flourish, and those who understand how to leverage those affordances for the greater good will lead. That requires a whole set of new literacies, ones that deal with not just reading and writing but collecting, creating, connecting, sharing, and sense making. In this workshop, we'll explore these shifts, and we'll begin to develop a context and a practical framework for helping our students become literate, self-directed masters of learning and making in this new, interconnected world. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B2)
LMC East Will Richardson - Powerful Learning Practice - willrichardson.com
Revamping Websites with Weebly
Dee Dee Aldrich, Lynnea Urbanowicz
LMC Presentation Room
Revamping Websites with Weebly
Are you in need of a FAST and EASY way to create your own classroom website? Weebly is quick and user friendly and allows you to make changes throughout the year without hassle or confusion. The website has drag and drop features like pictures, documents, links, videos, and Google calendar and allows for simple creation of a website.
LMC Presentation Room Dee Dee Aldrich, Lynnea Urbanowicz
Create Your Own eBooks
Chris Abbott
Media Creation Lab
Create Your Own eBooks
Learn how to use Apple's iBook Author software to create your own eBook and to make it available to read electronically. Participants will learn how to embed audio, video, and hyperlinks into their text to make it a truly interactive book.
Media Creation Lab (in LMC) Chris Abbott
Engineering K-3
Patricia Sievert
Room 203
Engineering K-3
Engineering is the E in STEAM but what does that look like in a K through 3 classroom? Patricia Sievert, STEM Outreach Coordinator for NIU, will share her expertise as attendees experience activities that will introduce engineering to primary students. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B2)
Room 203 Patricia Sievert - NIU
How can YOU use Socrative in Your Classroom?
Paul Marchese
Room 130
How can YOU use Socrative in Your Classroom?
Speed up your written assessments using an exciting tech tool called Socrative. Socrative is both a website and an app that can do anything from giving quizzes to in-class games, check-ins and polls. Participants will learn the basics of creating assessments and sharing assessments with other teachers. The session will include a discussion of how you might use this app in your classroom, so come ready to brainstorm! (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B4)
Room 130 Paul Marchese
iLike iMovies (for Beginners)
Sarah Rodriguez, Teresa Shea
Room 129
iLike iMovies (for Beginners)
Participants will learn how to turn photos and video footage into an iMovie. This class is for beginners who want to learn how to edit, add titles and music to their movies. Participants should bring an iPad with their own footage in order to walk away with a completed iMovie (additional iPads will be available in the classroom). We will also show participants how to upload their movie onto Youtube. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B2)
Room 129 Sarah Rodriguez, Teresa Shea
Skyward Educator Access Plus for Teachers and Administrators
Gail Minkus
Room 208
Skyward Educator Access Plus for Teachers and Administrators
In this session, learn how to view student contact information, attendance, schedule, test scores, guardian login history, intervention forms, and usernames/passwords. Learn how to print or download a customized class roster or email your whole class. Learn how to access Educator Access from your mobile device. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B2)
Room 208 Gail Minkus
SMART Notebook Saved My Life - It's More than a Digital White Board!
Marcie Callicoat
Room 201
SMART Notebook Saved My Life-It's More than a Digital White Board!
In this session, you will learn how SMART Notebook software can save you time in the long run. SMART Notebook files can be organized, saved, and shared in a variety of ways. Have you ever wanted to capture exactly what happened in class to share with students and parents-or even just for yourself to use again? In this session, I will show you ways you can use SMART Notebook software that you may never have thought of before.
Room 201 Marcie Callicoat
Go for the GOAL setting!
Erin Fiene, Katie Johnson
Room 139
Go for the GOAL setting!
We all want our students to own their learning, but do they do it? How do they set goals and self-reflect? Learn ways students use technology to own their learning.
Room 139 Erin Fiene, Katie Johnson
Bringing the World to Your Classroom
Whitney Crouch
Room 304
Bringing the World to Your Classroom
Over the last few years my students have talked to children, friends, grandparents and experts all around the country as well as Switzerland, Japan, and England. Learn how you can connect and collaborate with other classrooms and people around the world. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B3)
Room 304 Whitney Crouch
Everything Your Mother Wouldn't Tell You About Windows 7
Jim Videlka, Mike Wood
Room 301
Everything Your Mother Wouldn't Tell You About Windows 7
Join us in a walk through the features and programs that Windows 7 has to offer, as well as other helpful tips to guide you through a safe internet surfing experience. (ALSO AVAILABLE IN B4)
Room 301 Jim Videlka, Mike Wood
Artrage - Making Art with the iPad
Linda Anderson
Room 002
Artrage - Making Art with the iPad
Sharpen your creative thinking skills, as you work in the ArtRage app on the iPad. Explore a new and exciting way to develop skills and sensitivity to color, value, texture and composition. ArtRage has a wide range of artistic tools that lets you get right down to the creative process without having to learn complex or technical controls.
Room 002 Linda Anderson
Technology Playground
Tech staff
Room 170
Technology Playground
The Tech Playground is open during all of the breakout periods for you to work with laptops, iPads, and the SMART Board. Can't find a breakout that applies to you? Want to work on something you just learned in a breakout session? Come to the Playground where you will find a Library Media Specialist and a Tech Support person ready to answer your questions. You'll also be able to play with a Chromebook! (AVAILABLE IN ALL BREAKOUTS)
Room 170 Tech staff