CATIIE PRESENTATIONS
Minimally 5 concurrent sessions will take place during any hour of the conference.
Keynote: Reaching all Learners with Apple
Chad Reynolds
Apple Development Executive
This session will showcase how Apple Inc. and their products are enhancing education through many innovative products and solutions that are exceptionally designed for ease of integration into your school or classroom.
About Chad:
Chad Reynolds joined Apple Inc. after more than 20 years in education. Chad received his Bachelor’s Degree from Otterbein University in 1990. Chad taught in the Gahanna-Jefferson School District at the high school and elementary levels for six years. During that time, he completed Master’s Degree in Educational Policy & Leadership at The Ohio State University. Chad continued his graduate work at Ohio State and earned his Superintendent’s License in 2008. Over the past 13 years, Chad has served as a building principal in three outstanding school districts in Central Ohio. He began his administrative career in the Westerville City School District as an Elementary Principal, a position he held from 1998-2001. From 2001-2010, Chad returned to Gahanna and continued his administrative leadership at the elementary level. Most recently, he served as a Middle School Principal in the Olentangy Local School District. Chad supports Ohio and the Central United States, as a Development Executive with Apple Inc.
Jeremy Brueck
University of Akron
An e-Book Instructional Model for PreK thru Grade 3- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: For nearly everyone, the electronic book is a rapidly growing alternative to the conventional book even for very young children. What the shift from page to screen might mean for young literacy learners remains to be seen, although that the e-book has arrived in their world is abundantly clear. Equally uncertain is how the e-book ’fits’ in the early childhood classroom as a curricular tool and an instructional resource. Here we are adrift even as e-books for children spread ever more widely into everyday life. The role of the e-book in early literacy instruction remains ill defined, even as e-books are proliferating. To address this gap, educational researchers from the University of Akron, John Carroll University, Southwest Institute and Akron Summit Community Action propose an e-book instructional model that integrates the e-book into the early childhood classroom. Its primary objective is to formatively assess components of the model for functionality (educational purpose) and usability (ease of use). Participants will learn interactively during a focused and intense session that will leave them with an understanding of: an e-book instructional model composed of four components grounded in e-book research and the knowledge base on early literacy instruction: Technology-Mediated Environment (TME) (e-book), Physical place, Engagement and Instruction; the design research approach; implementing the e-book instructional model in classrooms and testing it in an iterative process that informs the functionality and usability of the framework and identifies design features. Today’s students were born digital but those responsible for their education were not. Youngsters arrive at school in tune with the social context and experience the web offers. Children thrive when teachers find ways to educate them in a more flexible, hypertext manner. The presenter will focus on development of and support for teachers in their use of technology as they cultivate 21st century content knowledge and skills in their students. The presenter will establish a friendly, open atmosphere that shows the participants they will help them learn through: Audience driven Q & A; Real-Time data collection and audience feedback with Poll Everywhere; Ustream.tv backchannel; Cooperative and networked learning using Moodle. Through these hands-on activities the presenter will call upon and integrate the participant’s rich work and life experiences into the learning environment to create authentic learning opportunities.
Bonnie-Jean Chudzinski
Central Catholic High School
The “Art” of Mathematics: - 2 Sessions
Content Areas: Fine Arts, Mathematics, Technology
Description: Do your students struggle with math? Do you challenge yourself to find creative ways and means to engage your students in mathematical concepts? Then this presentation is for you. All age groups and abilities will enjoy finding the mathematics in art and discovering the ways in which they see “math” everyday. Then they will enjoy presenting that information in a not-so-traditional paper or presentation. Attendees will walk away with two ready-made projects with rubrics that can be modified for different ages and abilities. Programs used in presentation: Pages, Garageband, Keynote, iPhoto, iMovie, iTunes
Ryan Collins
Kenton City Schools
An iPad, Kindle, and iPod Touch walked into a classroom...- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: There are a multitude of devices that are being aimed at the 21st century classroom, but what exactly are these devices and how may they be used? This session will explore the Kindle, the iPad, and the iPod and how they can be used in the classroom. Alternative technologies will also be presented and discussed. Innovations have always been present in education, whether it’s the transition from slate to paper or chalkboards to interactive whiteboards, but with the rise of affordable electronics classroom changes that might have only occurred during a generation now occur every 5 years. This session will help the participants answer some questions on how some of these new portable technologies may be integrated into the classroom. Questions such as what the devices can and can not do. Teachers and students have heard of these mobile technologies, but they don’t really know what the technologies can do. The session will consist of a presentation with hands on examples of the equipment. Back channeling through Twitter will also be promoted, along with an audience response system. Time for Q&A will be allotted at the end of the session.
Renee deValpine
WGTE
Personal Learning Networks - Your Own Custom Professional Development Toolbox- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Our Personal Learning Networks used be the Teacher’s Lounge, local professional organizations and journals. The wide, wild world of the Internet has enabled us to go global! But who has the time to sift through thousands of online search results? In this session, you will learn how your colleagues are using the web to leverage their skills base; set up Google Reader, a free, one stop repository for blogs that you want to follow (RSS Feeds); set up a Google Custom Search Engine to focus solution oriented searching; set up an iGoogle page to keep everything in one place; learn tips and tricks for identifying blogs with your interests in mind; and explore Twitter as a auxiliary PLN tool.
Lisa Garcia
Saint Joan of Arc
Making meaningful movies based on instrumental and vocal music/classroom content- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: Fine Arts
Description: This project requires multiple days to complete. materials: laptop or computer (movie maker compatible) smart board or laptop projector with screen Flip Camera Lesson Plan: Parenthesis indicate modifications as they would pertain to a general ed setting.
1. Rehearse Music (review instructional material)
2. Discuss how the
music (material/information) makes you feel, as well as the components: tempo,
style, dynamics (events, settings) etc.
3. Have students brainstorm visual
interpretations and different ideas for a movie. Include settings,
outfits/costumes, moods, actions etc.
Lesson Plan
1. Rehearse music. (skip this
step in gen ed)
2. Review Brainstorm.
3. Make decisions on a final script.
4.
Assign cast of characters.
5. Decide what materials each student will be
responsible for bringing in.
6. Continue class as normal.
Lesson Plan 2
1.
Teach students how to work flip camera.
2. Have students film scenes of the
movie. You can choose one director and camera person, or have students take
turns. This should take the entire class period
Lesson Plan 3
1. Rehearse
music. (skip this step in gen ed)
2. Show movie maker program on smart board
and load movie scenes filmed in previous class(es).
3. Help students to decide
order of scenes, length, etc.
If music is included, have scenes that are appropriate/representative of the music. Screen the final product at a concert or a gathering where parents are invited. You can include snacks and beverages to create a more cinematic experience. During the presentation, I will go through each lesson and demonstrate with a movie made from my 6th grade band class.
TJ Houston
Huron City Schools
Google Apps- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Provide an overview of signing up for google apps for edu, brief overview of the different apps and the market place and finally how to integrate Google Apps into the curriculum.
Amy Johns
Notre Dame Academy
Create a Podcast Using Audacity, FREE downloadable software- 1 Session
Content Areas: Fine Arts,
English Language Arts, Foreign Language, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Description: Audacity is a free software program with multiple classrooms applications. In this session we will brainstorm ideas for classroom uses, demonstrate basic features, and create a sample project, a podcast.
Sample Lesson Plan: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the role of music in the development of communities by linking the music of previous generations to the music of today. Students will interview older family or community members about the music they enjoy listening to and performing in the past Students will collect live and recorded samples of music mentioned in interviews. Students will research the history and style development of related genres and create brief audio files relevant to each song/genre sample. As a class we will discuss the similarities and differences in the music of then and now. Students will then organize the previously gathered material using Audacity creating an audio portfolio. Students will export their final project and create .mp3 files and/or CDs for sharing. For this presentation I will need an IWB or other laptop projector with speakers. I will provide handouts with an outline.
Lisa Kahle-Piasecki
University of Toledo
Mobile Handheld Devices in Preparing Teachers: The Role of PDAs and Smartphones- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas, Technology
Description: Abstract: Within the last few decades personal digital assistants (PDAs), including smartphones, have become increasingly popular. Despite their proliferation among the general public and their positive reviews in the educational literature, PDA implementation by teachers lags behind the device’s technological innovations. Research suggests that teachers who believe a technology will benefit learning will be more likely to implement the technology. This preliminary survey study investigated preservice education teachers’ perspectives on PDA use and affordances. Survey results indicated preservice education teachers were not using PDAs in classes and that while current owners of PDAs would definitely use PDAs as teachers, students who do not currently own PDAs report that they would definitely not use them in the future when they become teachers. I will use a PowerPoint presentation to discuss the study.
Leah LaCrosse
Huron City Schools
Looking at the iPad as a way to share student learning- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: Science, Technology
Description: I will describe the process I undertook to use the iPad units with my 5th graders. From obtaining the district grant to setting up and using the units will be discussed. I will highlight the ups and downs, give examples of students projects, top app picks, and more. Looking at the iPad as a way to share student learning, not simply as a consumption device, will be my focus.
Kathy Laney
Hicksville Schools
Using a Wiki For Collaboration - 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: A class wiki is much more dynamic than a web page. It is easily updated by any member of the class. You can upload pictures, videos, and text with ease. Students can create their own pages on a topic that can then be accessed by all other students in the class or can be opened to the world. I will be presenting a major project that I use in biology, where students in multiple classes work together to create an informative site that all students will gather data from to prepare for a unit test.
Kathy Laney
Hicksville Schools
Collaborative Learning Projects Using Technology- 1 Session
Content Areas: Science, Technology
Description: I will be highlighting multiple projects that integrate technology and higher order thinking skills. I will discuss projects involving wikis, social networking, and videos.
Ryan MacRaild
Saint Joseph Academy
Podcasting Across the Curriculum- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Implementing Audacity/Garage Band to create Podcasts/Class Recordings for various disciplines. Comparative demonstrations of Audacity, Garage Band and the Garage Band App on the iPad2. Training, tips and tricks, terminology and applications. Many links to web based resources for podcasting and vodcasting. Session will actually be teaching a skill to take back to the classroom and apply immediately.
Tim Murnen, PhD
BGSU
Multimodal Literacy: How the Mind Makes Meaning & How Technology Can Help- 1 Session
Multimodal Literacy is a fairly new concept in day-to-day education, although it has been around in the literature since 1988, at least (Short, Harste, Burke, 1988). Multimodal Literacy is the idea that we construct meaning of the world around us using multiple modes, simultaneously. While multimedia has made our culture even more multimodal than ever before, humans have actually always been multimodal—back to our Sistine Chapeled ceilings, hieroglyphic Egyptian tombs, and Neolithic cave paintings. However, education lags behind this reality, focusing on traditional literacy modes of reading and writing in black ink on white paper. The explosion of multimedia technology tools in the last ten years demands that we examine this concept of multimodal literacy more closely, so that we apply these new tech tools not merely as bells and whistles, but for the purposes of engaging how learners make meaning—multimodally.
We will explore multimodal literacy in context of applications such as Glogster and Prezi, and tools such as the new iPad tablet.
Jack Nieporte
Saint Boniface
Web 2.0 for the Classroom- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Web 2.0 for the Classroom! What is Web 2.0? It is the new generation of the Internet where content on the web is created or edited by users like you! If you have written, created or collaborated on the web, then you have used Web 2.0 applications. Objectives: To create and utilize a Web 2.0 application in the areas of audio, desktop publishing, drawing, graphics, mind maps, presentations, productivity, storytelling and video. To integrate the tool in a classroom lesson for the purpose of engaging students’ creativity and collaboration. There are many Web 2.0 tools that can enhance your classroom lessons and engage your students. We will be looking at resources under the following broad guidelines. Many of these are free. Audio Tools Desktop Publishing Drawing Tools Graphics Tools Mind Maps Presentations Productivity Storytelling Video Tools
Jack Nieporte
Saint Boniface
Engrade is the #1 online gradebook- 1 Session
Content Areas: Technology
Description: We will examining www.engrade.com. Engrade is 100%, truly, always free. Engrade has evolved from a simple grading program to a much more robust online management system. Some of the tools are: Gradebook Create your custom grading scale then easily enter student scores just like a spread sheet. Messaging Safely and privately message students and parents in a SPAM-free environment. Homework Calendar Effortlessly post assignments, events, reminders, and lessons online. Quizzes Save hours of time by giving students online quizzes that are automatically graded in your gradebook. Discussions Engage students in online discussions. Quickly answer homework questions. Wikis Build online class wikis with students and colleagues Flashcards Make studying a breeze with online flashcards for students. Attendance Easily track daily attendance just like a spread sheet. 24/7 Student Access Students and parents can log in 24/7 to see their up-to-the-minute grade and class information. 24/7 Admin Reports Admin can instantly see student grades and attendance. Easily identify at-risk students. Private and Secure Engrade keeps all of your class information private and has a flawless security record
Amy L. Poland
East Broadway Middle School
Create a Student Driven Classroom Using Student Friendly Technology- 1 Session
Content Areas: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology
Description: Goals of Presentation: Present reasons to use technology in the classroom
-Present
-Share
-Communicate
-Collaborate
-Discuss value of student driven vs. teacher driven technology
-Develop
list of technology uses in the classroom Organize technology uses into categories
-Create a list of technology resources to solve student/classroom needs
-Wiki,
Blog, Glogster, Wordle, easy CBM, Study Island, Voki, Google Docs, Flip
Cameras, iPad . . .
-Explain purpose of each technology in student learning
Rationale: Providing students with relevant and purposeful opportunities to interact with technology is important because students will be expected to proficiently navigate many types of technology as they enter the working force. Students will be expected to be socially aware and culturally conscious. Helping to guide our students to use technology for the purposes of presenting, sharing, communicating, and collaborating will give them an advantage as they enter adult life and attempt to navigate society’s expectations.
Activities that will be incorporated in presentation
-Develop list of technology needs in the classroom Organize technology uses into categories
-Share current successful technology
integration with partner/group
-Create a list of technology resources to solve student/classroom needs
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Wiki, Blog, Glogster, Wordle, easy CBM, Study Island, Voki, Google Docs, Flip
Cameras, iPad . . .
-Explain purpose of each technology in student learning
Description of presentation: Create a classroom environment that fosters sharing, communication, and collaboration using the technologies our students already know how to use. Its time to stop being afraid of the vast capabilities that technology provides, and instead embrace the limitless educational opportunities. Learn about useful classroom technology that will give students the ability to synthesize, evaluate, and create using relevant resources.
Carrie Rathsack
Rossford Schools
iCANDY: 21st Century Teaching & Learning Goes Visual!- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Vision is our primary input for daily life and learning, so why not focus (pun intended!) on using it more in your classroom? Learn about a selected sample of technology tools and teaching strategies that allow students to create, synthesize, summarize, communicate, analyze, and share their understanding. Teachers will generate ideas and develop samples to use in their teaching, including student assessments and communications with parents and other educators.
[iCANDY:Innovations to... Create (Communicate, Collaborate, Critically think) & Analyze, which are Needed to teach Digital citizenship to the Y-generation!]
During the session, we will use the iCANDY wiki page to explore tools and strategies for using visual digital tools in the classroom. Participants will explore (if have a laptop or mobile device), discuss with other teachers, and plan possible lessons ideas to implement in their classroom. They will also be asked to share their ideas on the iCANDY blog. Various tools will be demonstrated and examples given how they can be used to meet standards (Ohio Content, NETS) and 21st century skills.
Chad Rex
Lucas County Educational Service Center
Virtual Office Tools from Google and more!- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Rapid advances in technology are putting new demands on educators and students. In this session, we will discuss some online and offline resources/tools that educators can use immediately without a large investment of training time. The focus will be on Google applications (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, etc). This information will assist you in your efforts to facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity, design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments, model digital-age work and learning, promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility, and engage in professional growth and leadership.
Jeff Shaffer, Jeremy Kuhlman, Kathy Laney
Hicksville Schools
Speed Geeking...Interested??- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: During this session our team with show some new and innovating technology ideas that will provide excitement to the possibilities of moving your classroom to the 21st Century and beyond. Our session will entail creating profiles for all staff and students, “digital drug testing”, Speed Geeking, and Challenged Based Learning.
John Schinker
Brecksville-Broadview Heights Schools
Personalized Professional Development- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Professional development has become personal. Increasingly, educators are finding more value in the connections they make with their colleagues than with the formalized professional development experienced in in-service days, workshops, and graduate courses. At the same time, many teachers are sharing more resources with their colleagues online, and the quantity and quality of free online materials available for teacher professional development has increased dramatically in recent years. Through traditional and social networking tools, teachers are coming together in a variety of online communities to raise the level of discourse on their professional practice. They’re blogging about their own professional growth, and engaging in dialogs about the topics they’re exploring. They’re using tools like Twitter to share resources with one another, They’re participating in live interactive webcasts. They’re creating and listening to podcasts and webcasts. And almost all of this work is being done without professional development or graduate course credit. This session will explore the idea of a professional learning network, discussing ways to build and engage in an online community of professionals. It will highlight some examples of successful communities, and participants will work collaboratively to develop strategies to build or strengthen their own communities. The session will conclude with a discussion of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC). This relatively new approach provides some structure to a potentially enormous cohort of people all exploring the same topic over the course of several weeks. Participants will explore the benefits and drawbacks of this type of approach to professional development, and decide if this is a type of course they would be interested in taking.
Aaron Sherman
Central Catholic High School
Challenge Based Learning- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: This session will discuss the utility of Challenge Based Learning (CBL) and its applicability to a variety of academic content areas. Session participants will discover how incorporating CBL into a course can allow educators to cover academic content standards, while simultaneously engaging students with real-world experience in implementing a solution to a social and/or local problem. Students take creative and self-directed action to create an answer to a challenge. Students also utilize modern technology to demonstrate and reflect on their learning, conduct research, problem-solve, and enhance their interpersonal skills in a team setting.
Wendy Smith
Regina-Coeli
Integrating Technology into the Elementary Classroom- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas, Technology
Description: I would like to show elementary teachers how they can incorporate technology into their lesson plans. I will show them projects I have completed with my students using both online tools and desktop programs. I would like to share projects my students have created using free online tools such as, Prezi, Animoto, Zooburst, Storybird and BeFunky. Other projects I would like to share include projects using OpenOffice and Inkscape. I also have several projects I have created with the students using iMovie and Photoshop.
Tina Swanbeck and Erich Fahr
Meadowlawn
Assessment Projects Using Technology- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Technology
Description: Objective- To demonstrate several student projects that were created using our laptop technology, like keynote and garage band; to demonstrate mastery of content areas using various technological forums. We would like to share projects that we use for assessing student knowledge in a variety of disciplines that incorporate technology. We will take participants through the simple steps of creating templates for assessment measures that can then be applied to any discipline at any level, such Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Keynote Vocabulary Project, Wordle projects, postcard project, etc. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops to engage in the demonstration
Alvin Trusty
University of Findlay
Making pictures for better presentations- 1 Session
Content Areas: All Areas
Description: Attendees should bring a camera. Any camera will do. We will make great pictures using common resources available in the classroom.
Michael Vaughn
Kent State University
Ed Tech Inspiration- 2 Sessions
Content Areas: All Areas, Technology
Description: You need ideas, right?
We spend a lot of time focusing on how to use very specific technologies in very specific ways. But I think every so often we need that refreshing splash of water on our face. That moment when our eyes open and the gears start turning and ideas start exploding like popcorn. That moment when you don't just feel good about technology--you feel GREAT. You're in full-on "What if?" mode.
My (ambitious) goal for this session is to give you that feeling.
It's overwhelming sometimes, isn't it? There are thousands of technologies out there. You simply can't sort through them all--no one could.
So how do you find ideas to teach with technology?
How do you share the promise of ed tech with skeptics?
How do you discover new ways to use the technology you can access?
It turns out other educators have already done (most of) the work, and made it available for you to tap into. Did I mention they're sharing all their ideas, experiences, and advice for FREE?
In this session, I'm going to:
SHARE three inspiring examples of how technology has been used to improve classroom learning,
REVEAL resources from my "secret stash" that I use to find new ways to teach with technology (including one site you absolutely can't miss).
DEMONSTRATE three technologies that I believe have the potential to have a huge impact on the field of Education (there may or may not be an iPad involved...).
I'll also be providing session attendees with a link to a special page on my blog that lists every resource I reference in my presentation. We're talking mountains of virtual goodies.
Elizabeth Winter
Central Catholic High School
Integrating Technology into an Integrated Math Classroom- 1 Session
Content Areas: Mathematics
Description: During this session, I will be sharing some of the ways that I was able to incorporate technology into my Integrated Math 2 lessons. These ways include using laptops for guided notes, using the program grapher, using photobooth, and using Moodle as a means for communicating and getting feedback from students