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Session: WA105
Change Is Good….You Go First: Empowering the 21st Century Educational Leader
This session will demonstrate how educational leaders can be the "Agents of Change" alongside the students. We can transforms teaching and learning into an active process by learning how to use the Digital Tools that our Digital Kids use every day. It enables students to easily go beyond the narrow confines of the 'safe' knowledge base of their academic discipline to applying themselves to whatever they encounter in the post education world.
School district leaders will discover the skills they need to lead effective ed-tech programs and the tools and resources they need to understand the transformation role of educational technology, as well as to lay out a blueprint for technology leadership and action. It will help leaders strengthen school district leadership and communication, infuse 21st-century skills into the curriculum, create engaging learning environments and support professional development.
"If you want Change…be the Change"…learn how to be effective in your efforts to begin with a visionary perspective from the top, which then permeates through every level of your district. If we desire to change our classrooms to develop 21st Century skills we must empower our educational leaders and students by giving them more control over their own learning.
You will learn how to build knowledge and skills to become more effective, visionary technology leader in your community.
The six parts in the session include:
1. 21st Century Skills and why they are important
2. Understanding change and the 21st Century skills
3. How to build a successful professional development program
4. Integration of technology into the classroom
5. Why Global Connections are important
6. Success Stories
Demonstrations will include a real world example of a student-empowered classroom with students that own their learning. The classroom includes Web 2.0 software and applications including:
GoogleDocs, Jing, PB Wiki, e-Pals, Skype, Blogger, AltaVista Search, Audacity, Podcasts, Digital Literacy, PhotoStory, Imbree, VoiceThread, uStream, ThinkCom, del.icio.us, Writeboard, LetterPop, Memories on Web, Scratch, Alice, Pixamo PhotoStore, Picnik , Jumpcut, Google Earth
Session G205
The Power Of One:
Changing the World of Education One Teacher At A Time
Dr. DiBlasi will gladly tailor any presentation to your specific needs.
"Schools are stuck in the 20th century. Students have rushed into the 21st. How can schools catch up and provide students with a relevant education?" This workshop session allows participants to understand teaching, learning, and assessment strategies for working with the digital generation.
We must train our teachers to use the new Digital Tools and include connections that are "Global, and Authentic". We must teach our students to be self-directed and make a meaningful connection to the community. Digital kids need learning to be relevant, meaningful, and applicable now.
If we empower our students to make a legacy, we will "Change The World."
All educators must learn to meet the demands and challenges of 21st Century learning. Digital Tools can provide 21st Century skills that involve: Writing, Speaking, Visual, technical, and Personal Development Skills.
Learn how to:
Use technology to develop proficiency in 21st century skills and support innovative teaching and learning
Communicate with students and adults worldwide
Use software and the digital process
Publish and share projects
Integrate programs into the classrooms with new knowledge, skills
Develop Educational Leadership and staff development
Hands on and demonstration software including:
PB Wiki; Classroon2; Flat Classroom; GoogleDocs; ZOHO; Jing; Skype; Picnic; e-pals; delicious; ChatCreator;
Pixamo; VoiceThread; uStream and several other 21st Century applications and Web 2.0 tools.
Learning objectives:
Upon completion of the session participants will be able to identify, plan and evaluate
· Technology that will develop proficiency in 21st century skills and support innovative teaching and learning
· Publish and share projects and then communicate with students and adults worldwide
· Use software and the digital process to Integrate programs into the classrooms with new knowledge and skills
· Understand Project Based Learning and how to implement into the classroom
Session: W 215
Web 2.0: New Tools for Schools or The Web 2.0 Toolkit for Schools
Audience: Teachers, Media Specialists, Technology Teachers, Technology Specialists
Educational leaders, Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, C.I.O., Technology Specialists
(Session introduces concepts of Web 2.0 and demonstrates 15 sample applications- can be interactive, demonstration, or workshop)
Web 2.0--it is colorful and thrilling. It has created enthusiasm and an audience never before imagined. Web 2.0 tools are the emerging communication tools of the 21st century. Our students are the new generation using the Web 2.0, web-based tools, yet schools are only beginning to use these tools.
Let us take the mystery out of Web 2.0 and start using the new Web 2.0 tools that allow us to communicate, collaborate, and create content.
The session will help you discover how Web 2.0 applications, Screencasting, e-pals communication projects, digital stories, Podcasts, Blogs, Wikis, handheld devices, and annotation software provide more engaging and collaborative personal computing environments for students and teachers, with emerging Web 2.0 development tools.
This session has as its main objective to increase the awareness of educators with regard to Web 2.0 options and successful uses in classrooms in the U.S. as well as other countries. Come and discover how to build an infrastructure for continual professional development using Web 2.0 tools.
Web sites: Examples will include:
Go2Web20.net , Google Sites, Wikipedia, Pageflakes, Classroom 2.0 , Gliffy, , Zoho Creator , , Slideshare , FURL , Flickr, voo2do, Zamzar, Peepel, skrbl, Blogger, LetterPop , scrapblog , Bloglines, Writeboard, Zamzar Picnik , Jumpcut, Gcast, Vyew, pbWiki, WikiSpaces, Stikkit, Ning, Skype, Google Earth, HotChalk, UStream, Educational Podcast Network, Google Docs & Spreadsheets,
Upon completion of the session/workshop the participant will be able to:
· Describe the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
· Understand the application of Web 2.0 tools in today's classroom
· Explore 12 Web 2.0 tools
· Use e-pals to create student e-mail and communicate with Global Projects
· Understand social bookmarking applications
· Understand how a Wiki, Blog and Podcast can enhance classroom instruction
· Describe how to use Google Docs in a classroom environment
· Understand the application of Social Networks in today's Classroom
Session G255
Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide to Integration and Implementation
(Session is part 2 of Web 2.0. Demonstrations of using Web 2.0 application in specific content areas and projects for curriculum areas -- can be interactive, deonstration, or workshop)
The Internet is becoming a platform for unparalleled creativity, and our students are creating the new content of the Web. Technology is ubiquitous, touching almost every part of our lives, our communities, and our homes. Yet most schools lag far behind when it comes to integrating technology into classroom learning. Many are just beginning to explore the true potential tech offers for teaching and learning. Properly used, technology will help students acquire the skills they need to survive in a complex, highly technological knowledge-based economy.
This session is dedicated to examples of how the Web 2.0 tools can be used in the classroom.
Web 2.0 examples will be provided in the curriculum areas of:
· Cross-Curricular
· Art
· Music
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