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Creative Expressions
(Room 100h)-
Isai Gutierrez
(HISD Staff)
Revitalize your lessons and
engage your students with creative tools that support 21st century
learning. Participants will be shown inexpensive software
demonstrating visual web-based lessons that challenge learners to
think differently. Bring your imagination. |
Digital Cameras in the Classroom
(Room 114c)
- Pam Anderson (HISD Staff)
Discuss ways that digital
cameras can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom. Learn
about free editing software to enhance your photographs and explore
tools that already might be at your campus. |
Digital Storytelling
(Rooms 300a and 310)
- Mary White, Helen Teague or Ladd Skelly
Digital storytelling is an
exciting and motivating technology resource that assists teachers
develop unique learning experiences for students. You'll be amazed
at the power of this cross curricular tool, its ease of use, and the
free development tools and resources that are available. |
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Do the Numbers: Math
(Elementary)
(Room C223)- Connie Gray
Did you know that the Web offers a variety of opportunities to help
you teach elementary mathematics? Come peruse remarkable resources,
innovative ideas, and interactive tools that are popping up
everywhere. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!
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Do the Numbers: Math
(Secondary)
(Room 207)- Ann Thompson
The Web offers a variety of ways to help you teach secondary
mathematics. Come explore online resources, innovative ideas, and
dynamic tools that focus on instruction and learning.
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HOT WebQuests
(Library)- Kay Rewert
WebQuests are inquiry-oriented, Internet-research projects that
require students to actively search, select, analyze and synthesize
the information they encounter (HOT - Higher Order Thinking). This
popular concept that continues to grow and improve. Come and
experience the latest thinking and best examples. |
Interactive Whiteboards
(Room C216)-
Farhan Shah
(HISD Staff)
This session has two major
components: basic functions of the interactive whiteboard and
integration of interactive whiteboards into lessons. Using the SMART
Board as an example, the session will demonstrate how to create a
media literate classroom with the interactive whiteboard as its
centerpiece.
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Internet Magic!
(Room 210)-
Gloria Pearce
Come early to this standing room
only session! Some people just always seem to know the coolest Web
sites. We’ve asked an educator that routinely
astounds us with extreme coolness to share it all with you. When you
return to school you’ll amaze your peers and
students too. |
Language Arts and Technology
(Elementary)
(Room 210)- Gloria Pearce
Discover ways to build important language arts skills in
students through technology. Participants will learn how to
use the Internet to supplement language and build strong reading and
writing skills for all students.
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Online Tools that Strengthen
Literacy Instruction
(Room 210)- Gloria
Pearce
It’s
not your grandpa’s literacy! Today's literacy instruction covers a
wide range of media, including online resources that you can employ
in your classroom to increase students’ fluency, accuracy,
understanding, and enjoyment. The presenter will share examples of
projects at a variety of grade levels, and demonstrate how you can
teach literacy as part of your reading instruction and technology
integration. |
Online Tools to Support
Differentiated Instruction
(Library)-
Kay Rewert
Explore the vital role
technology can play in providing students appropriate scaffolding
for their individual needs. Discover Web-based sites, activities,
and lessons that provide for all kinds of learners simultaneously
and effectively. |
Online Science Tools and
Resources (Elementary)
(Room 207)-
Ann Thompson
No subject area fits with technology more than science. Technology
is science! The resources online demonstrate the relationship very,
very well. Come and discover resources galore! Learn the best ones
and see how seamlessly you can integrate them into your classroom.
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Online Science Tools and
Resources (Secondary)
(Room 207)- Ann
Thompson
Technology and science are a natural fit. There are so many ways
technology can enhance the inquiry-based approach in science. Come
and explore the best online resources and projects and see how
seamlessly you can integrate them into your classroom.
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Project-Based Learning With the
Net
(Room 310) - Ladd Skelly or Helen
Teague
Typical research and online
projects are topic-based, but making them problem-centered can
drastically increase the effectiveness of these learning
opportunities. See how to make this shift in your teaching and
explore ideas you can use. |
Web 2.0
(Room C223)- Connie Gray
Whether you’re an Internet
pro or new to the online scene, times are changing and quicker than
ever. This session goes beyond simple websites to explore
communication and publishing tools such as Wikis and Blogs and
examine their place within classroom instruction. |
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