In the Curriculum Connections presentation, participants will view and engage in apps that encourage students to present, assess, and produce knowledge of curriculum standards.
This presentation showcases an efficient way to integrate apps in all subjects with a focus on inclusion of Common Core literacy. Specifically this session will share digital tools and techniques for using the iPad to help students in any content area: use close reading skills to process complex texts; write with a variety of media tools; and use speaking and listening skills to process content. An App Flow lesson planning process will be shared as an efficient way to incorporate these strategies on a regular basis.
For decades worksheets have been the cornerstone of practice activities across the curriculum, but they are a legacy of a bygone age for 21st century learners. In order to remain relevant, today's teachers are asked to reimagine everything they have been doing for years. Classroom content these days is expected to be colorful, dynamic, and interactive. But how does a teacher go from a file cabinet filled with worksheets to multimedia content? This session is designed to help teachers begin to create their own materials – using the tools they already have. THIS SESSION IS REPEATED SATURDAY @ 1:30pm.
In this session participants will learn how iPads can be used as powerful data collection tools. By designing surveys and leaving the classroom to collect data, students gain practical, hands-on experience. During our time together we will discuss app selection, survey design, project deployment, and data analysis.
Adjunct Associate Professor/Dir. of Enrollment Mgmt & Student Services, University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies
John Zinn has more than 20 years of classroom experience, teaching economics at both the high school and university level. He currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor and the Director for Enrollment Management & Student Services for the School of Professional & Continuing... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am EST
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Technology is revolutionizing reading and changing the lives of struggling learners. Learn how to re-engage and empower your discouraged readers with effective iPad resources.
Heather Baptie and Terry Dobson are literacy consultants in Kelowna, BC. They each have a Masters of Education degree and many years of experience designing and implementing programs for students with learning disabilities. As literacy 'techsperts', passionate about using technology... Read More →
Terry Dobson and Heather Baptie are literacy consultants in Kelowna, BC. They each have a Masters of Education degree and many years of experience designing and implementing programs for students with learning disabilities. As literacy 'techsperts', passionate about using technology... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am EST
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We will share ways we have integrated the use of iPads into our daily math meeting, lesson presentation and hands on application. Beginning class with organized, interactive math meeting apps will get your students exited about learning. The math meeting is also a great time to introduce new concepts and review previously taught skills in a quick and timely manner. The presentation of the daily lesson is a great time to use various apps to demonstrate learning outcomes. Finally, we will show you ways students can apply their knowledge and skills by using various engaging math apps and games.
I teach a Franklin Academy in Wake Forest, NC. I am originally from Wilmington, NC - born and raised and even graduated from UNCW! I received my M.Ed. from Liberty University in Lynchburg. My husband and I have two very handsome boys, a forth grader and a freshman in high school... Read More →
An introduction of how to integrate the iPad into the science classroom. Explore how the iPad has brought new learning options to students in a High School Chemistry Class - All strategies that could be used with a variety of science curriculums. Discussion will be based on teacher and student use of the iPad, including student projects using Educreations, website creating apps, and the development of an iBook chemistry lab manual.
I teach Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, AP Chemistry, Marine Biology and Medical Law & Ethics at Franklin Academy in Wake Forest, NC. I am also certified in Biology and Special Education.
I am originally from Western NY where I also taught for four years before moving to North... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
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In the Curriculum Connections presentation, participants will view and engage in apps that encourage students to present, assess, and produce knowledge of curriculum standards.
Digital Storytelling apps are tools students can use to create content about their learning. In this presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to see how digital storytelling was used to promote literacy learning with struggling readers in a literacy program at a university for students in grades 1 – 10. Attendees will get to view digital stories the students made and learn about different digital storytelling apps that can be used. Further, they will also learn strategies for guiding struggling readers to organize and synthesize information to create digital stories.
Assistant Professor of Education, Dominican University
I am a professor in literacy education, which means I teach teachers how to teach kids how to read. Increasingly, that also involves teaching teachers how to help kids be literate with technology.
Friday November 21, 2014 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
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This session will give an overview of using the iBook authoring software and accompanying widgets to produce dynamic interactive iBooks for use across all curricula and grade levels.
This session will explore the opportunities for group collaboration and creative media projects provided by various apps. Key apps include Google Drive, Google Docs, iMovie, PuppetPals HD and others. Not only do students benefit from working on creative projects through iPad apps, but teachers and group members can provide feedback to each other in a more streamlined manner. This session will be presented by students who have worked in a 1:1 iPad environment for the past 3 years.
Bring pages to life with iBooks Author. iBooks Author is a free application that allows you to create your own interactive multi-touch books for the iPad. The means to create and publish your own eBook is finally here! This session will show participants around the basics of iBooks Author like adding widgets, creating new chapters, previewing on an iPad, and publishing to the iBookstore. Participants will get the opportunity to see the entire iBook creation process on screen. Whatever your project, from a college textbook to a middle school newspaper, this session will help you make the most of iBooks Author.
Technology Coordinator, Ohio University - College of Health Sciences and Professions
Mark Riley is Technology Coordinator for the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He holds a Master's Degree in Computer Education and Technology from Ohio University and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Instructional Technology. Mark... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 3:45pm - 4:45pm EST
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A little time spent up front can save you a ton of time during the school year! Join me as I show you different apps you can use for recording student data, tracking student behavior, and managing classroom tasks.
Instructional Technology Specialist, Dorchester School District Two
Leslie Morris is a Tech Coach at Sires Elementary School. She holds a master's degree in Technology in Education and a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. She has taught 6th and 4th grades, in the areas of math, science, and social studies. She also teaches a graduate level... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 3:45pm - 4:45pm EST
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What motivates you to be creative? What motivates our students to be creative and express themselves in writing? In this session we will explore how Legos as well as other story starters can be great motivation for telling digital stories using the iPad. We will explore the connection between getting hands-on with Legos and using a structured storytelling model, the Ohler story transformation process, to create and write stories with impact. We will share the Lego Story Visualizer app as well as other free and paid digital storytelling and writing/literacy apps.
Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology in the College of Education at NC State University, NC State University
Kevin Oliver is a Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology in the College of Education at NC State University. His research focuses on three areas: 1) STEM learning in informal after-school settings; 2) technical-analytical approaches to represent cultural-historical information... Read More →
Assistant Director, Instructional Technology & Training, NC State University, DELTA
Kerri Brown Parker, M.Ed. is the Assistant Director of the Instructional Technology and Training group at NC State University: Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA). She facilitates workshops and creates training materials for instructors across different... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 3:45pm - 4:45pm EST
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iPads are more than just Apps. They are a tool to think with. Find out ways the iPad can transform learning in your classroom, by exploring practical ways educators can move their students through the SAMR model through technology integration, to extend learning, to meet the common core standards and develop lifelong learners. Are you ready to adjust your teaching for this new learning revolution?
Patricia J. Brown, known as “MsEdtechie”, is a Technology Specialist for Ladue School District. She has been an educator since 2001. She breaks down traditional classroom walls by creating a culture that fosters collaboration, creativity, communication, and authentic learning... Read More →
Friday November 21, 2014 3:45pm - 4:45pm EST
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Participants will learn how several iPad apps can be integrated into a Humanities curriculum. Samples of activities and lessons, as well as student work, will be shared. Participants will also be given time for app exploration and creating projects that they can bring back to their classroom!
I have been a Humanities teacher for twelve years and have significant experience integrating technology into my class. I have worked in a 1:1 classroom for the past six years. Green Acres School was the one of the first 1:1 independent schools in the DC area and I helped implement... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am EST
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In this session, we will examine iPad apps that lend themselves to use in the cycle of learning activities that make for successful flipped teaching and learning. We will also use the exploration of these apps as an opportunity to review techniques and best practices in the flipped classroom.
Kelly Walsh is the CIO at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches as an Associate Professor. In 2009, Walsh founded the popular website EmergingEdTech.com, where he writes regularly about engaging students and enhancing learning outcomes with the aid... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am EST
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In order to be successful in school and beyond, struggling readers need to learn how to effectively utilize technology. This session will explore how iPads can engage and empower students to help them access information, organize their ideas, share their knowledge and study more efficiently. Participants will leave with a variety of tools to help their struggling students become independent learners who can collaborate, solve problems and communicate more effectively.
Heather Baptie and Terry Dobson are literacy consultants in Kelowna, BC. They each have a Masters of Education degree and many years of experience designing and implementing programs for students with learning disabilities. As literacy 'techsperts', passionate about using technology... Read More →
Terry Dobson and Heather Baptie are literacy consultants in Kelowna, BC. They each have a Masters of Education degree and many years of experience designing and implementing programs for students with learning disabilities. As literacy 'techsperts', passionate about using technology... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am EST
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Bring your classroom to life with interactive mobile presentations created and customized by teachers. Participants will explore multiple features of the Nearpod program from the student and teacher perspective. This presentation provides educators with a transformational approach to instruction while collecting data to drive instruction.
Jeff Rothenberger is currently your local educational consultant for Rosen Classroom. He has been a conference and workshop presenter at a variety of national and state conferences. He formally worked as an Administrator in the Office of Professional Development and Curriculum for... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am EST
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Join conference director David Mahaley, teachers, and students as they share their favorite apps promoting workflow, content connections, and creativity! Come away with a quick list of must-have apps for your classroom!
I am an "old school" teacher who has become a "tech convert"! I love teaching math and am amazed every day by the outcomes my students produce using technology.
David has been in education for over 25 years as a teacher, technology consultant, and administrator. He currently is the head of the high school program at the Franklin Academy in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He has his Masters in Educational Technology Leadership from George... Read More →
Learn about a new teacher-student collaboration method that can be used inside and outside of the classroom. LiberCloud gives teachers tools to create structured lesson plans as well as impromptu materials that explain concepts in a multi-media interactive fashion. We will show one such tool, LiberCanvas, and demonstrate how teachers, with the aid of an iPad, can author brief tutorials to explain or reinforce concepts in a personal and engaging way.
Felice is the co-founder of LiberCloud, a Cloud-based Collaboration & Content Management Platform for Teachers and Students. An IT Executive, expert in cloud and mobile computing and one of the pioneers of Software-as-a-Service platforms. After many years in the corporate world, Felice... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
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Using a variety of resources, including iCloud and Google Drive, Franklin Academy K-2 teachers have been able to establish an effective and simple workflow process for the iPad carts. This workflow allows students in kindergarten, first and second grade to create using the devices and share their projects with teachers. This session also will provide some practical tips and tricks for using a shared iPad cart effectively and efficiently.
You may have your own opinions about rap and hip-hop, but it’s a fact: "kids-these-days" are listening and loving it. Use that to your advantage in the classroom. Attending participants will be supplied with or made aware of the rubrics, assignment-sheets, incentives, and the apps and resources necessary to host a rap battle in their classroom. Examples of quality student work will be shared. There will also be a brief demonstration of how teacher-created raps can be used as teaching tools. If implemented in a structured, focused manner, student rap battles can be a fun, manageable, creative way to engender enthusiastic student participation and expression of content-mastery.
Jeremy Hartzell teaches literature, history, and logic at Thales Academy High in Rolesville, NC. He earned a BA in English from Eastern Illinois University and an MA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from East Carolina University. As a member of the Wake County Cohort... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
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For decades worksheets have been the cornerstone of practice activities across the curriculum, but they are a legacy of a bygone age for 21st century learners. In order to remain relevant, today's teachers are asked to reimagine everything they have been doing for years. Classroom content these days is expected to be colorful, dynamic, and interactive. But how does a teacher go from a file cabinet filled with worksheets to multimedia content? This session is designed to help teachers begin to create their own materials – using the tools they already have.
In this session, participants will learn about apps that can be used in conjunction with the features of the iPad that will help students create alternative and fun ways of showing what they know. A few examples of student projects (related to math) will be shared. The main apps to be briefly explored will be Explain Everything, Touchcast, Animator, Knovio, Tellagami, and Showbie.
Amanda Malatlian was born in upstate New York, but spent most of her youth in Punta Gorda, FL. She graduated from Mars Hill College with a B.S. in Mathematics with Grades 6-12 Teacher Certification in 1996. She then began her teaching career at a private school in Orlando while attending... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
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I am the director of the Learning Commons, a creative, collaborative, 21st Century Learning centre at Bridge House School in Cape Town, South Africa. I am passionate about helping young people realise their innate potential and I believe that every individual has the capacity for... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
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The word “comics” conjures images of Spiderman in the minds of most. But comics are not just texts that entertain. The complex interaction of words, images, sound, and space in comics makes them a rich site for the study of visual rhetoric in the classroom. The iPad app ComicLife allows students to practice principles of visual rhetoric to create their own comics, regardless of artistic ability. Using technology to create multimedia texts like comics cultivates the kinds of 21st Century literacy skills that scholars and organizations like the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) have stressed that students need.
Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Writing Program, Seton Hill University
Emily Wierszewski is an Associate Professor of English with a background in writing assessment. She was one of the key faculty members who helped to develop the assessment instrument, and she recently took leadership of the project as part of her new role as the Director of the Undergraduate... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST
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I am the director of the Learning Commons, a creative, collaborative, 21st Century Learning centre at Bridge House School in Cape Town, South Africa. I am passionate about helping young people realise their innate potential and I believe that every individual has the capacity for... Read More →
Saturday November 22, 2014 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST
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This presentation will explore when and how to use the iPad to enhance the mathematics classroom. I will share an overview of how to select useful apps, how the device can used by both students and teachers to maximize learning outcomes, and tips on how to make the device a learning tool for all students, including those with special needs.
I am an "old school" teacher who has become a "tech convert"! I love teaching math and am amazed every day by the outcomes my students produce using technology.
Saturday November 22, 2014 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST
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