SPOTLIGHT-1st Session-Explore your community, your state, and your world with geotechnologies. Geotechnologies, which include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GPS, and Remote Sensing, are windows to the world via inquiry-based, critical thinking, problem-solving tools that provide excellent pathways to outdoor education, rich technology experiences, and critically demanded job skills in a variety of fields.
We will explore why and how to use geotechnologies in educational instruction and administration.
Students will gain a better understanding of the regions they are studying in Social Studies, Geography, Science, Health, Math, and yes, even in Literature!
Geotechnologies are for everybody!
SPOTLIGHT-2nd Session- This session is an exploration of social networks as learning tools. Through the example of the ArtSnacks network (http://artsnacks.org) I will help participants see the effectiveness of these engaging learning environments, while sharing the importance of teaching good online behaviors. ArtSnacks was nominated for the 2010 EduBlogs Best Use of Video Award.
SPOTLIGHT-3rd Session-As technology becomes more pervasive in our everyday life, teachers search for techniques to use technology as a teaching tool without losing sight of the real goal of educating students.
Join Master Teacher and trainer, Dr. Lance Ford, as he discusses, and demonstrates, effective strategies for engaging students in the classroom using technology as an educational tool, not as the main attraction. These strategies can be implemented on any level, in a single classroom, or across distances into multiple classrooms.
Dr. Ford has served as a teacher and technology facilitator/coordinator for Howe Public Schools in Howe, Oklahoma. He currently is an educational technology advocate for TANDBERG, now a part of Cisco.
SPOTLIGHT-4th Session-Come and learn more about Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC) and Interactive Video Field Trips. UEN provides IVC as a resource to the education community, by offering options to complement traditional learning and educational needs. How then can UEN IVC help you? We bring the world to you, for academic, administrative and other professional uses. IVC is green and easy to use. Please join us to see how we can bring the world to your classroom.
SPOTLIGHT-5th Session-Tweets and feeds can engage your students and their parents in new ways, but only if used effectively. How can your classroom move beyond the fad of social media to a full communication strategy that leads to positive results?
Join Jared Covili for some new ideas of moving beyond the basics toward using social media for substantive interaction.
SPOTLIGHT-6th Session-Does your district or school believe that cell phones are "evil" and have no place in education? Do you have troubles easily keeping in touch with your students and their parents? Want to learn about some great FREE tools available to you online that will help you enter the 21st century of collaborative communication? Then this is the session for you. Today we'll look at some very effective ways to utilize the technology that your students are providing to you for no cost and are dying to use in class - their mobile phones - for text alerts & messages to your students and their parents, as a research tool, and for a way to poll your class to instantly check for understanding and feedback. This is a hands-on session, so be sure to bring your phones!
SPOTLIGHT-7th Session-Do you have an old computer sitting around doing nothing? Do you have video content that you would like to organize and have available at your finger tips for viewing by your students?
In this session we will show you how you can take an old computer that seems to not have any life left in it to become a video server for your classroom.
We'll cover where you can download content for free as well as the newest ways of watching content on your TV from your computer. Come join me for an hour filled with tips, tricks and video knowledge.
