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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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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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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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
Cape Hatteras IHampton Inn
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
Cape Hatteras IHampton Inn
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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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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