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T1-01 2007 Session	Podcast, Vodcast, Screencast Nation Will Richardson, TBD, Connective Learning, LLC
Level: All Levels Grades: All Extensions	Multimedia content creation on the Web increased at the rate of 3200% last year, and it shows no rate of slowing down. From audiocasts to screencasts to video for the iPod, there are all sorts of ways that students and teachers can take advantage of the easy creation and publishing tools that can bring this rich media to a wide variety of audiences. This session surveys the multimedia landscape, show how schools are already taking advantage of it, and offers some tips on how to get started.
T1-02 2007 Session	Direct from Our Classroom - The Power of Handhelds Gretchen Williams, Enrichment Teacher, Windham Middle School, and Donald Shirley, Windham Middle School
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This is a hands-on session. Participants use handhelds to view projects and templates which align ICT literacy skills with content standards. Students from Windham Middle School assist in demonstrating math, science, social studies and language arts lessons. Participants should expect to be engaged and motivated to learn more about the ability to put a computer in the hands of every student.
T1-03 2007 Session	Open Access to the Web Mark Joyce, Paul Remus, and Cathy Higgins, Dean Cascadden
Level: All Levels Grades: All grades Extensions	Hear from experts in their respective fields on how to navigate the competing legal and procedural requirements impacting full access to the web by teachers and students. A distinguished panel including lawyers, practitioners, and policy leaders share ways of negotiating this challenging issue for schools.
T1-04 2007 Session	Come Learn About New FREE Valuable Educational Web Sites Eileen Barnett, Asst. Director, Academic Technology, Lesley University, and Danielle Powell, Lesley University
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	This presentation offers participants a look at some of the best FREE educational web sites that can enhance their students learning, as well as, their classroom teaching. Web sites are demonstrated and each participant leaves with an annotated bibliography. Participants are also offered a view of the updated 2007 Educational Software Preview Guide.
T1-06 2007 Session	Publishing Their Work: Giving Your Digital Natives a Global Audience Nicole Tomaselli, Science Teacher/Adjunct Faculty, Hollis Primary/Rivier College, and Mary Marotta, Nashoba Regional High School
Level: Intermediate Grades: 6-8, 9-12 Extensions	They say that it is not uncommon for the generation of digital natives to have a fan base. Why not assume the role of teacher as marketer and use technology to help your students get recognized for the great work they do academically? In this session, technology integration specialists guide you through an array of web 2.0 internet sites that help you publish your students' work. Participants explore the academic benefits of posting your students work in this 21st century show and tell format.
T1-07 2007 Session	No Turning Back.....Facilitating Collaborative Learning Elaine Garofoli, MAT Program Director, Marlboro College Graduate Center
Level: Beginner Grades: not primary, also post-grads	"No Turning Back.....Facilitating Collaborative Learning" is geared for anyone who is teaching today, regardless of grade level or subject, or type of delivery approach: classroom-based, hybrid, or totally online education. Participants have the opportunity to discuss reasons why and how the power of pedagogy is shifting to a shared model of accountability and also experience practical, take-home strategies to use in his or her own classroom or teaching/learning situation.
T1-08 2007 Session	Video Games Integration in the Classroom Edward Kissell, Business Teacher, Manchester Central
Level: any level is fine Grades: 6-8, 9-12, All	The presenter has been using the video game Civilization in his class for over ten years. Students in this class build their own culture based on the program Civilization. The students examine and face the problems of war, famine, politics and cultural clashes that have plagued humanity through its existence. They also examine the finer points of society including music, art, law, education, science, anthropology and mythology. The students battle each other over the network for political, military and cultural dominance of the planet. The presenter has also developed other classes for games such as Roller Coaster Tycoon, Sim City and other software.
T1-09 2007 Session	A,B,C and 1,2,3 - Tools for the Primary Grade Classroom Denise MacDevette, Northeast Regional Manager, Tech4Learning Inc.
Level: All levels Grades: Pre-K, K-5 Extensions	The target audience for this presentation would be early elementary teachers and technology integration specialists for K-4 classrooms. Sample projects from around the country are presented so educators can view authentic student projects and return to their schools with new project ideas and strategies. Participants explore ways they can use Pixie to address understanding in their classroom curriculum through the manipulations of images, painting and more! Learn how to distribute projects using the slideshow and share online storybook feature. Attendees also learn how to access a 30 day evaluation version of Pixie and how to access the online tutorials known as the Recipes4Success.
T1-10 2007 Session	How Great Bay e-Learning Charter School Uses Moodle and Moofolio Shawn Bodi, GBECS, and Veronica Brooks, GBECS
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	Moodle (open source online course creator) is used by the Great Bay e-Learning Charter School (GBeCS) staff as a means through which students and parents can see what will happen and has happened in class. It is also a means to deliver class content and provide a venue for online discussions. Moofolio is used to document a student's work through their high school career. Moofolio is an electronic portfolio that students use to reflect on their work that is appropriate for the portfolio. Examples of student portfolios will be shown. Moofolio is a block within Moodle that the Seacoast Professional Development Center in Exeter, NH developed. It is free to all schools.
T1-11 2007 Session	Level the Playing Field: Raise Reading Achievement in Middle & High Schools Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Intermediate Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This session details the proven methods of raising reading among middle and high school students and makes clear the complex and multi-faceted approach to accomplish this goal. The presenter details why middle and high school leaders must focus on literacy skills, how schools can effectively raise student reading achievement by two to three years in one year, and the needed components to install an effective intervention program. Address the needs of your students who are typically "left behind" by other programs by exploring an intervention program that includes: rotational models, adaptive instruction, ongoing reporting and assessment, professional development, and specific supports for English Language Learners and students classified as needing Special Education. This presentation not only invigorates attendees, but also provides them with concrete solutions for engaging their most challenging students.
T1-12 2007 Session	Save Your Summer! - Make the Most of Your Automated Scheduling. John Rutkiewicz, Dartmouth High School
Level: Intermediate Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Presented by John Rutkiewicz of Dartmouth High School, this session takes participants through the challenges and benefits of various scheduling approaches and the different types of schedules possible. Some scenarios include course blocking, teacher teaming, multi-level student grouping such as house, team and platoon, teacher common planning, room proximity, different shapes of sections of the same course, rotation, bell schedule and many more.
T1-13 2007 Session	Fly the Friendly Skys of Timberlane Betti Percival, Timberlane School District SAU 55
Level: ALL Grades: All	The Timberlane School District hosts noon time virtual field trips that they have certified as being interesting and fun. This session is intented for anyone interested in learning what one of New Hampshires leading schools in the science of Videoconferencing has discovered.
T1-14 2007 Session	The Latest and Greatest From Apple Dan Delvechio
Level: All Levels Grades: All Repeated: W1-14, Th1-14	Join us for an exciting session featuring the latest products and technology directions for education from Apple Comptuer. This session is loaded with exciting demonstrations and has plenty of time for questions and answers.
T1-15 2007 Session	CPS Chalkboard Makes Learning Interactive Mike Torrenti, eInstruction/RM Educational Software
Level: Beginner Grades: All	You do not need a large, expensive interactive white board to grab your students attention! Embed interactivity into your lessons delivered with the handheld CPS Chalkboard and get immediate feedback from your students to assess their understanding in real time. Come learn basic instructional strategies for incorporating the CPS Chalkboard and RM Easiteach software into your lessons and get your students more involved.
T1-16 2007 Session	Choosing The Right Audio Visual Systems for Your Classroom Steve Barrett, CCS Presentation Systems
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	This presentation will focus on approaches for choosing the best technologies available to you within your budget, how to benefit the highest number of students, and how to get the highest overall benefit for your money. After this short presentation, you will have an opportunity to ask questions pertaining to your specific needs.
T1-17 2007 Session	Alternative Funding Strategies Veronica Garcia, Tandberg Grant Services, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All, Administrators Extensions	With shrinking budgets and limited resources schools must look to a variety of funding resources including technology integration grants, e-rate, and leasing options. This session provides details on available technology funding opportunities and available resources to assist with the grant writing process. Specific grants to be discussed include RUS Grants, E-Rate, and Literacy Challenge Grants to name a few.
T1-18 2007 Session	Winning the Proxy Battle with a Multi-layered Approach Michael Boggess, Lightspeed Systems, and Ken Chitwood, Lightspeed Systems
Level: Advanced Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Extensions	Built specifically for securing K-12 networks and protecting millions of students nationwide, Total Traffic Control gives you a single admin console to see everything running on your network and control any detected issues. K-12 networks face a huge and growing challenge in dealing with the proliferation of proxy services. Tackling that challenge requires a multi-layered strategy. This presentation is designed to educate audiences such as network administrators, technology directors and technology coordinators with Lightspeed's approach on how districts can gain the advantage.
T1-19 2007 Session	5O ways to integrate unitedstreaming Scott Kinney, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	When it comes to integrating digital media into your classroom, the possibilities are endless. In this session, you will learn powerful ways to integrate all of the resources available in unitedstreaming into your instruction.
T1-20 2007 Session	Saving with Centralized Storage......Your Data, Your Budget George Ballantoni
Level: All Levels Grades: All Extensions	One of the most common IT projects today is storage consolidation....migrating from local or direct attached storage to some form of networked storage. NetApp has a wide array of technologies that make an excellent centerpiece to your storage strategy. NetApp technology is known for flexibility, scalability and simplicity. You are invited to learn all about the NetApp StoreVault S500 and S300 Storage Solutions. This session covers a review and lively demonstration of the Hardware, Data ONTAP StoreVault Edition and StoreVault Manager including: * How a StoreVault Storage Appliance will protect your data more effectively * Why a StoreVault will save you time and money on your storage and support * Overview of StoreVault S500 and S300 Features * Look and feel of StoreVault Manager * Hands on demonstration showing the simplicity of creating, enlarging and deleting LUNs * Software partners and compatibility with other OEMs hardware platforms
T2-01 2007 Session	RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge Will Richardson, TBD, Connective Learning, LLC
Level: All Levels Grades: All Extensions	RSS is a powerful yet fairly untapped tool that educators can use to easily track many sources of information and knowledge. But it is also evolving into an effective way to connect people and ideas in ways that we have been unable to before. Using RSS, we can not only read what others write, we can read what they read, and even read what they create in easy, time-saving ways. This session takes a look at the tools and strategies that can make RSS an integral part of every educators professional development and practice. Real Simple Syndication is a powerful tool that is changing the way we access and deliver information. Not only does RSS allow users to have relevant information to come to them, it also makes it easy to share the best of what we find with our many constituents. Of all the new Internet technologies, this is the one that could be the "killer app" for students and teachers. This presentation details how RSS works and what it can do for you.
T2-02 2007 Session	Web 2.0 for the Elementary Classroom Rebecca Ranks, eMINTS/Maine Trainer/Mentor, Region 5 Maine Augusta area schools, and Martha Thibodeau, Region 5 Maine Augusta Area Schools
Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5 Repeated: Th2-02 Extensions	Target audience is teachers grades 3-8. This session was given in the presenter's home state and teachers went away with much excitement about the new things available to them on the web. My strategy is to share real lessons and web examples that teachers have created. This material is appropriate for either beginner or intermediate levels.
T2-03 2007 Session	Performance Pathways - What's Now Possible for New Hampshire's Schools Lori Collins, and Tim Kurtz, and Timothy Kurtz, NH Department of Education
Level: All Levels Grades: All Extensions	An overview of the new New Hampshire assessment data management tool. The presentation describes how the tool works, shares examples of reporting formats, and demonstrates how schools are able to organize and analyze various assessments results.
T2-04 2007 Session	Centre: The Premier Open Source Student Information System James Tremblay, Director of Technology, SAU31 Newmarket School DIstrict
Level: Beginner Grades: Administrative	This session provides an overview of the Newmarket School District's implementaiton of the Centre open source student information system. Discussion includes: current costs and estimated total cost of ownership, functionality, modularization and implementation approach. The presentation is centered on an actual live demo site giving the audience a direct look into the application in this dynamic and interactive setting. The presentation also provides an overview of Newmarket's involvement in the openSuse effort and the school district's development partnership with Open Solutions for Education.
T2-06 2007 Session	Wikis That Work Pam Harland, Librarian, Plymouth High School, and Pam Carr, Oyster River High School
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	This workshop is designed for Librarians and classroom teachers that would like to create a Wiki. The focus of the presentation is on using a Wiki as a tool in research. There is a presentation on what a wiki is and how it can be used. During the presentation several examples of wikis are shown. After the presentation there is a demonstration on how to set up a wiki using a free onlie wiki service. The session ends with a question and answer period.
T2-07 2007 Session	Make At-Risk Students a Success With Simple Multi-Media Projects Sarah Gilbert, Social Studies Teacher, Nashua North High School
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This session discusses samples of podcasts in a social studies classroom. Presenters demonstrate Audacity and some of the other tools available to make podcasting a success. Participants view video essays created by at-risk students to demonstrate how content standards can be met through instructional technology. The focus audience for the presentation is teachers. Teachers leave the session with innovative curriculum ideas and basic knowledge of the tools available to engage their 21st century learners.
T2-08 2007 Session	Making the Case: Advocating for Education Technology! Kathleen McClaskey, CEO & Inclusive Learning Officer, Empower the Learner, and Karen Olmstead, Timberlane Regional School District
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: W1-03 Extensions	Administrators, technology coordinators and teachers learn about the new changes that have been proposed for the educational technology funding under the reauthorization of NCLB and what this means for schools in New Hampshire. An overview of Erate funding and current changes is presented with key points on how to advocate at the federal, state and local level for educational technology funding. Participants receive a set of resources from the Advocacy Toolkit to help make their voices heard with an opportunity to join ETAN (EdTech Action Network), the national organization that advocates for legislation and policies that support educational technology.
T2-09 2007 Session	Web Sites Within Minutes Denise MacDevette, Northeast Regional Manager, Tech4Learning Inc.
Level: All levels Grades: All Extensions	This interactive presentation focuses on how anyone can use Tech4Learning's new Web authoring tool, WebBlender 2, to create fantastic sites that can be used to share academic content and school information. Explore the power of using a Web authoring tool in the classroom to share academic content and school information and see how motivating it is for students to make their own websites. The beginning of the session showcases several teacher-created classroom websites and instructional pages, as well as, research projects and persuasive websites created by K-12 students to give the audience a better idea of the many applications for this easy and powerful tool. Participants leave the session with information on where they can access free images, WebBlender lesson plans and tutorials, and a 30-day evaluation copy of WebBlender so that they can implement this extremely user-friendly program immediately back in their schools and districts.
T2-10 2007 Session	Playground Rick Chretien, SPDC, and N/A Chretien, Rick Chretien
Level: All are welcome! Grades: All	Besides surfing the web and checking email, you can also speak to Rick Chretien, Coordinator of the Seacoast Professional Development Center about upcoming professional development offerings for the winter, spring and summer of 2008 at the Seacoast Professional Development Center in Exeter, New Hampshire.
T2-11 2007 Session	Online Resources from Scholastic Education & Scholastic.com Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8	Learing about the vast resources on Scholastic.com along with two easy-to-use online subscription services from Scholastic. Scholastic.com is the most visited Web site for teacher resources. Participants see how to easily access resources that meet their grade level and content area and how to quickly incorporate these tools into their daily use. Participants also learn about a new online program that pairs fiction and nonfiction books for students in PreK-3. See how this new tool will help to build a love of reading and learning both at school and at home. Finally, connect all students to a world of knowledge and learning through a powerful tool that differentiates learning while building research tools. Explore a program that helps all students tab into the incredible resources of the Web in a safe, trusted environment.
T2-12 2007 Session	Parent Portal Birds of A Feather - Lunch & Networking Matt Plummer, Hanover Public Schools, and Richard Alves, Milford Public Schools
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Learn from a parent, teacher, and administrator how opening a web portal for your district can be a way to actively involve parents and students in the education process. Althought it can be a daunting task for the technology department, hear how to effectively manage the implementation of a web portal and make it a success.
T2-13 2007 Session	Grants for Distance Education Sean Spires, Tandberg
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This session is designed for Administrators and Teachers who have identified opportunities/problem areas where they believe videoconferencing equipment might be applicable. The audience discusses their vision with the Tandberg National Grant Programs manager and learn what grants might be available to them and how to proceed.
T2-14 2007 Session	Apple Final Cut Studio - Life Beyond iLife Bob Trikakis
Level: All Levels Grades: All Repeated: Th2-14	Are you ready to move beyond the scope of iMoie and iDVD? Have you ever wondered how a professional DVD with motion menus gets authored? It might be time to check out the next level in Apple software, the "Pro Apps". This session gives you a look into the world of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soudtrack Pro and DVD Studio Pro Brief demos of each software are given, as well as, a Q & A session about training and use in the classroom.
T2-15 2007 Session	Raise Standards Using Interactive Technologies in Math Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Motivated and engaged pupils lead to raised attainment levels: RM Math Framework Edition contains over 2000 activities which include mental math problems; interactive whole-class teaching activities; group/individual work; consolidation exercises; investigations; games; videos and worksheets. Putting Math concepts into context through these variety of activities allows pupils to visualize concepts and they are able to touch the Math.
T2-16 2007 Session	SMART Senteo Interactive Response System Rachel Jeantry, SMART Technologies, and John Kozlowski, SMART Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This session focuses on how the Senteo interactive response system is designed to enhance interactive teaching and learning. With it, you display or speak prepared or ad hoc questions, students anonymously key in answers with their remote, and responses are tallied, then displayed on a projection screen or interactive whiteboard. Tallying and displaying results occurs immediately. To assess student understanding, you can use a variety of question types, including true or false, multiple choice, numeric response and more-than-one-right-answer. Decimals, fractions and negative numbers can also be incorporated into questions and answers. This session will be led Rachel Jeanty, SMART Technologies Education Consultant for The Northeast and John Kozlowsky, the Northeastern US Area Manager for SMART Technologies.
T2-17 2007 Session	Bringing Distance Learning to your Classroom Veronica Garcia, Tandberg, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Presentation is geared to teachers, administrators and technology coordinators and is designed to educate participants on both available content and tools used to provide distance learning. Hear from educators and how they are integrating distance learning into the classroom. Sample available classroom resources including virtual field trips and content portals as well as available grant funding for both content and equipoment.
T2-18 2007 Session	NHPTV and OpenNH Presents: Grant Funded Professional Development Solutions Susan Adams, NHPTV-Knowledge Network, and Stan Freeda, OpenNH
Level: General Grades: All	We know you're strapped for time, want to meet your HQT needs and that you are looking for flexible affordable professional development options. NHPTV and OpenNH have an array of online and hands-on professional development choices for you that won't break the bank! In this session you are given an overview of Annenberg Media Professional Development, PBS TeacherLine, OpenNH (E-Learning for Educators), NHPTV hands-on workshops and options from your Local Educational Support Center (LESC. Stop by our exhibit space for a hands-on tutorial and register to win a free course!
T2-19 2007 Session	Assignments and Quizzes, and Writing Prompts... Oh My! Matt Monjan, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	During this session we will examine each of unitedstreamings Builder tools, create an interactive Assignment, Quiz, and Writing Prompt, and discuss how to incorporate the Builders into an interactive lesson plan.
T2-20 2007 Session	Collaborative Online Game Building Naveena Swamy, CEO, DigitalBrix, Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Video Games are becoming the staple medium of entertainment in the lives of digital natives and immigrants and it is a multi billion dollar business. This new medium integrated into the middle and high schools curriculum enables Art departments working alongside the Math and Computer Science educators to excite youth into pursuing artistic and technologically savvy careers. The knowledge required for building an entertaining game exists with a selective group of people with programming knowledge. The paradigm changes with the advent of new technology from GAMEBRIX.com which allows anyone to collaborate, build, share and play games online. GameBrix.com provides online tools for creating Graphics, Animations and Casual games. No software downloads, no installations and programming knowledge is required. Use this new medium which is easy to use, encourage students in middle and high school to transition from passive consumers of Video games to creative game builders. In the process of building cool casual educational games, students will understand the need to pursue, art, math, business and computer science and the significance of college education.
T3-01 2007 Session	Get a MUVE On: Investigating Professional Development in Second Life Kathy Schrock, Educational Technologist/Online instructor, Wilkes University
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: W2-01 Extensions	Second Life (http://secondlife.com) is a M.U.V.E. (Multi-User Virtual Environment) that is both engaging and educational. This presentation introduces Second Life as a platform for both delivering and accessing professional development opportunities. Examples of sites within Second Life with applicable subject content, as well as those that are available to access real-life technology infusion ideas and trainings, are explored. With a fast computer and plenty of bandwidth, teachers can learn how to attend virtual presentations and conferences that are as informative and interactive as those in real life. The session is presented live in Second Life, allowing participants from around the world to attend and interact with those in the real-life McAuliffe Conference audience. Educators for all grades, from kindergarten to high school, will find something available in Second Life for everyone!
T3-02 2007 Session	Create Virtual Worlds with ALICE Selena Garrison, Technology Integration Specialist, Fall Mountain Regional School District
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12, college Extensions	Alice is a fun and interactive programming environment designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to create animated movies and simple video games by controlling the behavior of 3D objects and characters in a virtual world. It also forces students to think systematically as they create their virtual worlds. Students love using Alice as it is entirely visual and easy to use. This workshop is for middle and high school teachers of all subjects. After a brief introduction of the Alice Program and how it builds students' higher order thinking skills, participants have hands-on experience with the program. During the hands-on portion, participants gain an understanding of the Alice "object-oriented" programming process, an introduction to building a virtual world, and resources for using it in their classroom.
T3-03 2007 Session	Implementing Digital Portfolios Without Going Crazy Cynthia Dobe, Director of Technology, Hopkinton School District, and David Niguidula, Ideas Consulting
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Digital portfolios allow students and teachers to use technology to collect, select, and reflect on their work. To be used well, schools need to think beyond the technology, and address the essential questions of portfolios, such as: -What is our purpose? -How will students get feedback? -How can technology staff support portfolios within the constraints of time and budget? 2. We look at sample portfolios using the Richer Picture system, including grade 1-8 examples from Hopkinton, and high school portfolios where students need to demonstrate proficiency to receive a diploma. 3. We discuss the practical issues of implementing portfolios (including equipment options, issues of allocating resources and how to establish a successful pilot project). 4. Q&A: How can you address the essential questions at your site? Target Audience: All levels
T3-04 2007 Session	Differentiating Instruction with Performance Tracker Meg Morse-Barry, Technology Integration Specialist, Derry Cooperative School, and Cara Donati, Derry Cooperative
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8 Repeated: Th4-04	This workshop is designed for Elementary and Middle School Teachers. Performance Tracker is the most powerful, yet easy to use software application available for school districts to track student performance and meet No Child Left Behind requirements. Participatants are given an overview on differentiating instruction by content, process and product. The presentation demonstrates how to use the filters of Performance Tracker, to effectively group students. Differentiting Instruction strategies woven throughout the workshop include management and grouping, student engagement, question and assessment.
T3-06 2007 Session	I Want My Web TV Susan Adams, NHPTV-Knowledge Network
Level: General Audience Grades: All	There are more and more sites posting free video on the web. This session features some of the sources for free video that can be used in the K-12 classroom and look at ways to integrate online video into teaching and learning.
T3-07 2007 Session	ThinkQuest: A No-Bounds Collaborative, Project-Based Learning Adventure Jim Poirier, Programming Instructor, Pinkerton Academy, and Tina Photakis, Norwood
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Imagine a place where your students can join thousands of others from around the world and participate in an experience that promotes cross-cultural collaboration and learning. Beyond learning about web publishing and mastering the subject matter of their web site, students learn important life skills including teamwork, time management, cross-cultural learning, collaborative problem solving, negotiation, and compromise. Students in three age groups (19 & under, 15 & under, 12 & under) are invited to form teams of 3 to 6 students, supervised by a teacher-coach. Teams have six months to develop a web site on an educational topic of their choice. Every winner receives a host of prizes including an all-expense paid trip to the Think Quest Live Conference in San Francisco where many meet their fellow teammates face-to-face for the very first time. Team building and team management strategies of previous winning coaches are shared.
T3-08 2007 Session	Where did the information come from? Works Cited Pages Shannon Poehlman, Library Media Specialist/ Technology, Towle Elementary School, and Viki Bridge, Newport School District
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Using information ethically is just as important as being able to find the information. Students learn very quickly how to find the information; busing information ethically and responsibly are more difficult tasks. Teachers K-12 learn how to site work correctly and use tools available online to make the process easy and formatting error free.
T3-10 2007 Session	Introduction to Digital Portfolios & Moodle Dr. Steve Kossakoski, SAU 16 & SPDC
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	Moodle is an open-source online course creator. Moofolio is a Moodle block, created by the Seacoast Professional Development Center, that provides a platform for students and teachers to collect and reflect on portfolio artifacts. It is available as a solution for schools to implement the NH ICT Literacy standards. SPDC provides training on installing and configuring Moodle, adding the Portfolio module, administration, and teacher use of Moodle for online classrooms and the Portfolio.
T3-11 2007 Session	Using Technology to Differentiate Math Instruction Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5, 6-8	To be literate in math, as in reading, students must develop fluency and comprehension. Simultaneously, teachers need the right tools to meet the various needs of ALL students. This session explores two new research-based software programs for grades 3-8 that support the goals of math fluency and comprehension. As students move from simple arithmetic to more complex math, efficiency with math facts allows them to devote mental resources to understanding concepts and solving problems. Participants learn how the tools to develop fluency that have been used for decades don't work for all students and how you can now meet the needs of all your students. Also, help your students become better problem solvers. Explore a new software program that uses research-validated methods to help students construct models through the use of graphic organizers. Students learn to organize the elements of a problem, a process that helps students understand the problem before solving it.
T3-12 2007 Session	Software as a Service: A Partnership, Not a Purchase Marcy Lamlein, X2 Development Corporation
Level: Beginner Grades: All	The revolutionary X2 service model is changing the industry as you know it. At X2 the software that we provide is just a component of the extraordinary service we provide to our customers. Come learn how we can work with you to improve all aspects of your SIS experience, including everything from data hosting to issue tracking. At X2 it is all about service!
T3-13 2007 Session	Fly the Friendly Skys of Timberlane Betti Percival, Timberlane School District SAU 55
Level: ALL Grades: All	The Timberlane School District hosts noon time virtual field trips that they have certified as being interesting and fun. This session is intented for anyone interested in learning what one of New Hampshires leading schools in the science of Videoconferencing has discovered.
T3-14 2007 Session	Hands-on Podcasting with iLife '06 Dan DelVechico
Level: All Levels Grades: All Repeated: Th4-14	The best way to record music on a Mac is now the best way to record podcasts. Podcasting in GarageBand3 puts you in the control room of your own full-featured radio station and new iWeb integration gets your voice on the Internet in minutes. During this hands-on session you learn how to make your first podcast using iLife '06. Seating is limited to 24.
T3-15 2007 Session	Engage Students with Multimedia Resources Mike Torrenti, eInstruction/RM Educational Software
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Looking for new and creative ways to use interactive web sites and multimedia resources to engage your students? Use the Classroom Performance System in conjunction with these resources to get immediate feedback from your students and assess their understanding in real time. Come see how easily it is done and walk away with new ideas to get your students more involved in learning.
T3-16 2007 Session	Making the Most Out Of Your SMART Boards Rachel Jeantry, SMART Technologies, and John Kozlowski, SMART Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This session provides ideas and examples for how to incorporate SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards into your teaching. Time is spent going over how educators across the United States are utilizing their SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards. This session will be led Rachel Jeanty, SMART Technologies Education Consultant for The Northeast and John Kozlowsky, the Northeastern US Area Manager for SMART Technologies.
T3-17 2007 Session	Interactive Whiteboards - Prometheans Revolutionary Teaching Solution Gayle Razzaboni, Promethean/GreenPages, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Take your students on a journey to places they have never known. From walking on the moon to a safari in Kenya, Promethean takes you to new destinations. The Promethean Activclassroom starts the journey by integrating thousands of standards-based resources, formative assessment, professional development, and instructional tools in a complete classroom delivery system.
T3-18 2007 Session	Transforming Teaching & Learning With Studywiz Henry Patel, Vice President, StudyWiz / Etech Group North America
Level: Intermediate Grades: All Extensions	Do you want to use some of the tools your students use but haven't found a way to incorporate it into an instructional setting? Are you afraid that using disparate tools on the internet won't let you manage how and when a student accesses these tools? Do want a solution that allows you to deliver podcasts, blogs, eLockers, RSS feeds, assignments, assessments and have complete management, oversight, and detailed reporting capabilities? Want to know how these tools change teaching and learning around the world and in the US? Attend this session to learn how Studywiz has been helping educators transform teaching and learning throughout the world.
T3-19 2007 Session	The Digital Classroom - How Media and Technology Shape the Way We Learn Hall Davidson, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	How do you assign, manage and share projects in a world gone digital? Learn about the software, video and photography, storage, and how to share it all via fixed media and the internet. All platforms and skill levels can build meaningful media using desktop technology. From free material to great for-fee sites, learn how the student passion for media can be put work in the classroom.
T3-20 2007 Session	Individualized Standards-Based Curriculum...Delivered on Demand! Stacey Wood, Pearson, and Kathy Katsalis, Pearson
Level: All Levels Grades: All	Pearson combines the latest education theories with decades of real-world experience to bring the most innovative digital learning solutions to your classrooms. We support your own commitment to quality education by providing research based software solutions that not only stand up to industry review and customer expectations but also align to government standards. For over 40 years, we have been the leading experts in instructional technology. Pearson will help you bring targeted instruction and intervention, validated by test results to every student. With SuccessMaker and NovaNET you can intervene effectively to focus your teaching efforts on at-risk students who will benefit the most. Meet the needs of your students with disabilities by offering effective RTI while supporting Least Restrictive Environments. Intervene aggressively to prevent or recover lost credits. Our adaptive instruction accommodates the different learning styles for elementary, middle and high school students.
T4-01 2007 Session	21st Century Tools for Improving Literacy Kathleen McClaskey, CEO & Inclusive Learning Officer, Empower the Learner
Level: Intermediate Grades: All Repeated: W3-05, Th2-01 Extensions	What will it take for technology to be considered a critical component of education to help more students learn, achieve and reach their potential? Administrators, teachers and specialists learn how 21st Century tools provide a new opportunity to remove barriers to learning and improve the literacy (reading and writing) skills of students across all grade levels. Learn about a highly accessible desktop and no cost tools that can support and improve literacy skills and demonstrates how to leverage them to support literacy (reading and writing skills) for all students. An audience participation activity offers solutions using these accessible tools. The session concludes with a discussion on the action steps that can be taken in our schools to remove barriers to learning and in turn, improve literacy skills and academic achievement for all students.
T4-02 2007 Session	Databases for Research -- Getting Students to Use the Good Stuff Diane Beaman, Library Media Specialist, Moultonborough Academy, and Dee Whall, Coopertaive Middel School
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: W1-06 Extensions	Whether you are looking for ways to add rigor to your middle or high school curriculum or to add quality sources to elementary student investigations, there is something here for you. Learn how to access published magazines, newspapers, journals, and reference books; integrate them into lesson plans; and market them to students in a give-it-to-me-quick, good-enough world. The state of NH through the New Hampshire State Library provides access to a collection of quality online resources (Ebscohost, Novelist, Biography Resource Center) that are invisible and unavailable through general or even educational search engines. While statistics show that some NH schools are successfully using these free resources, others have yet to discover and promote them. Use of databases is a life-long learning skill. Come hear some success stories and learn how you can make it happen with the students in your school or classroom.
T4-03 2007 Session	RSS for Educators Sara Zoe Patterson, Library Aide, Winnacunnet High School
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12, All, faculty and staff Repeated: Th1-03 Extensions	Receive an in-depth introduction to RSS and feeds that focuses on the value of RSS as a free, time-efficient method of keeping up with cutting-edge trends in technology and education. Websites are used to give live demonstrations and provide examples. Also included is information for attendees who may have some experience and need more advanced information such as how to create mash-up feeds, how to "harvest" feeds from websites that currently don't have the capability to offer rss, how to republish feeds, and how to create and publish your own feeds. A similar presentation was given at the 2007 NHLA/NHEMA joint conference which was enormously successful and very well received. The target audience is technology educators, administrators, librarians, and general educators who need to keep up with current research and trends in education and/or technology and are looking for a time efficient method to do so.
T4-04 2007 Session	Using Tablets/PCs in the Classroom With Students Mary Marotta, Instructional Technology Specialist, Nashoba Regional High School, and Pat Clark, Nashoba
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Tablet PC - the Ultimate Teaching and Learning Tool - has allowed our teaching staff to enhance their curriculum by integrating the inking features of the tablet across multiple applications. The tablet also comes with a number of applications, (Journal, Ink Flash Cards, PowerToys and more) that makes using a tablet a seamless integration tool in the classroom. As part of our year three tablet initiative students, use the Tablet PC and UMPCs (Ultra Mobile Personal Computers) as part of their Math Curriculum along with DyKnow Vision software. DyKnow fosters interaction through collaborative note taking, student response tools, content replay, and anywhere, anytime access. Teachers can use DyKnow Vision to instantly transmit content to student screens for annotation.
T4-06 2007 Session	If You Knew Google Susan Adams, NHPTV-Knowledge Network
Level: General Grades: All	Come and learn the ins and outs of Google's extra tools, such as Google Scholar, Calendar, Books and more. Discover easy search strategies to help you quickly locate quality educational resources for use in your classroom the next day.
T4-07 2007 Session	netTrekker - the Educational Search Engine Cyndy Currier, Licensing Program Manager, NHSTE
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This is geared for all educators K-12. The objectives are to show teachers how this tool can be used to facilitate lesson creation with NH State Standards aligned to their search, find lesson plans and create rubrics. The facets of the program are also shown so that teachers and administrators can see how this keeps students focused, provide instant access to everyday tools and resources, reads text to them and provides instant dictionary lookup for unrecognized words in the text of a site. Componets of the program addressing 21st Century Learning and ELL are emphasized as well. This is applicable for all subject areas and grades. The strategy is to show the program in the context of teacher lesson preparation and classroom use.
T4-08 2007 Session	Interactive Digital Signage in the K-12 Environment Kerry Gallivan, Technology Systems Director, Freeport Public Schools (Maine)
Level: Intermediate Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This workshop demonstrates the emerging technology of digital signage and it's ability to be an interactive medium. The presentation focus is on AerChannel - the software used to power an increasing number of flat-screen displays in schools and colleges. Topics include the basics of getting started with digital signage and how to easily integrate existing website content via RSS feeds, QuickTime movies, and PowerPoint presentations. Finally, the presentation demonstrates an interactive SAT question of the day "game" which uses text-messages/cell phones to allow students to submit answers, as well as, a means to use the digital signage as emergency communications tools within your schools crisis management plan.
T4-09 2007 Session	Alexandria -- The Gateway to Your Library Stephen Kunzler, Regional Sales Manager, Alexandria
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Discover how Lexile levels, Web-based catalog, reading program support, netTrekker integration, federated searching and other features provide easy, effective access to your library's resources. Accessing information in the school Library is a critical function for students. Since libraries provide access not only to books, finding information on the internet or from online databases as quickly as possible and without duplication of effort is very desirable. In addition to being able to find materials on his or her reading level. Search strategies or software solutions are a vital part of the library's needs. This presentation demonstrates the features in Alexandria Library Automation Software that assists both the librarian and the student in locating information sources that are pertinent to the needs and reading ablility of the student. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and seek further information.
T4-10 2007 Session	Virtual Learning Academy Charter School Dr. Steve Kossakoski, SAU 16
Level: Beginner Grades: All	The Virtual Learning Academy Charter School will provide students with an on-line learning environment where the promise of anytime, anyplace, any pace learning is available beginning in January, 2008. This session provides attendees with an overview of the school, discusses how Virtual Learning Academy courses could benefit your students, and to demonstrates many of the school's online tools.
T4-11 2007 Session	Reach Your Students BEFORE They Hit the Achievement Gap! Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8	The transition from fiction to nonfiction text is a well-known factor in the decline of reading scores and recent NAEP data reveals that this decline can turn into a full blown achievement gap by 8th grade. See how the power of technology, high-interest nonfiction, and the best thinking about motivation can help stop this decline before it ever has a chance to take hold. This session explores a new reading program for ALL students in grades 3-8. Designed to work seamlessly alongside your core reading program, ReadAbout is a new, adaptive, nonfiction reading system that just may be the solution to help all of your students make that critical transition from fiction to nonfiction text. Designed to reach the excitement level that students are accustomed to from technologies that they use at home, ReadAbout includes key motivational tools that help to make nonfiction reading fun and exciting, while adapting and leveling the text to meet the individual needs of each student.
T4-12 2007 Session	X2 Customer/Prospect Appreciation Party Jodi Lott, Marketing Coordinator, X2 Development Corporation
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Join X2 Development Corporation and X2 Customers for a social in the Amherst Room. Relax and share some laughs with hors d'oervres from the Lilac Blossom Chinese restaurant. There Is a chance to win some cool prizes during Team Jeopardy.
T4-13 2007 Session	Grants for Distance Education Sean Spires, Tandberg
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This session is designed for Administrators and Teachers who have identified opportunities/problem areas where they believe videoconferencing equipment might be applicable. The audience discusses their vision with the Tandberg National Grant Programs manager and learn what grants might be available to them and how to proceed.
T4-14 2007 Session	Getting the Most Out of Your iPod John Lemansky
Level: All Levels Grades: All grades Repeated: W4-14	You have an iPod and you want to learn more about the hundreds of accessories made for the iPod. This session covers some of the best hardware and software education products that are available for the iPod. Whether you use iPod on the Mac or PC and want to get the most ot of your iPod this session is for you.
T4-15 2007 Session	Move Your Math Classroom Into the 21st Century Today! Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	RM Math Framework Edition provides teachers with all of the resources they need to transform the whole-class teaching experience. RM Math Framework Edition delivers fast-paced, highly visual, interactive math lessons that can stimulate and engage students and address all learning styles that we expect to be faced with in the 21st century classroom.
T4-16 2007 Session	Management & Control of Projectors on LAN and AV Options for Science Rooms George Poland, Epson, and Scott Domaratius, CCS Presentation Systems
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Part I: Epson will demonstrate how Epson LAN-capable projectors can be monitored and controlled from a central location over the LAN using the EMP Monitor application. Additionally, Epson's new projector control application for individual classroom applications will be shown. Part II: CCS will demonstrate how the use of digital microscopes and high magnification classroom/document cameras used in conjunction with projectors can enhance the learning experience in sciece classes.
T4-17 2007 Session	Interactive Whiteboards - Prometheans Revolutionary Teaching Solution Gayle Razzaboni, Promethean/GreenPages, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Take your students on a journey to places they have never known. From walking on the moon to a safari in Kenya, Promethean takes you to new destinations. The Promethean Activclassroom starts the journey by integrating thousands of standards-based resources, formative assessment, professional development, and instructional tools in a complete classroom delivery system.
T4-19 2007 Session	Science, Literacy and Technology Lance Rougeux, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	How do we design our instructional practices to support more integrated, inquiry based approaches that foster meaningful and authentic connections between science and literacy?
T4-20 2007 Session	Using Technology to Reach Economics and Financial Literacy. Albert Barnor, Economic Education Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank Boston
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12, College	Federal Reserve economic and financial literacy materials are aimed at middle school, high school and college audiences. This session highlights FED System resources that can be folded into existing units or provide expanded learning activities and projects for teachers and students. The content includes FED-created, economic, financial and history resources that are available on-line. Participants are able to view and in some cases, actually play segments of these resources to ascertain their appropriateness for the teacher's audience. The system has a number of new educational products that will be highlighted in this presentation.
Th1-03 2007 Session	RSS for Educators Sara Zoe Patterson, Library Aide, Winnacunnet High School
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12, All, faculty and staff Repeated: T4-03 Extensions	Receive an in-depth introduction to RSS and feeds that focuses on the value of RSS as a free, time-efficient method of keeping up with cutting-edge trends in technology and education. Websites are used to give live demonstrations and provide examples. Also included is information for attendees who may have some experience and need more advanced information such as how to create mash-up feeds, how to "harvest" feeds from websites that currently don't have the capability to offer rss, how to republish feeds, and how to create and publish your own feeds. A similar presentation was given at the 2007 NHLA/NHEMA joint conference which was enormously successful and very well received. The target audience is technology educators, administrators, librarians, and general educators who need to keep up with current research and trends in education and/or technology and are looking for a time efficient method to do so.
Th1-11 2007 Session	Using Technology to Differentiate Math Instruction Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5, 6-8	To be literate in math, as in reading, students must develop fluency and comprehension. Simultaneously, teachers need the right tools to meet the various needs of ALL students. This session explores two new research-based software programs for grades 3-8 that support the goals of math fluency and comprehension. As students move from simple arithmetic to more complex math, efficiency with math facts allows them to devote mental resources to understanding concepts and solving problems. Participants learn how the tools to develop fluency that have been used for decades don't work for all students and how you can now meet the needs of all your students. Also, help your students become better problem solvers. Explore a new software program that uses research-validated methods to help students construct models through the use of graphic organizers. Students learn to organize the elements of a problem, a process that helps students understand the problem before solving it.
Th1-13 2007 Session	Fly the Friendly Skys of Timberlane Betti Percival, Timberlane School District SAU 55
Level: ALL Grades: All	The Timberlane School District hosts noon time virtual field trips that they have certified as being interesting and fun. This session is intented for anyone interested in learning what one of New Hampshires leading schools in the science of Videoconferencing has discovered.
Th1-14 2007 Session	The Latest and Greatest From Apple Dan Delvechio
Level: All Levels Grades: All Repeated: T1-14, W1-14	Join us for an exciting session featuring the latest products and technology directions for education from Apple Comptuer. This session is loaded with exciting demonstrations and has plenty of time for questions and answers.
Th1-17 2007 Session	Bringing Distance Learning to your Classroom Veronica Garcia, Tandberg, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Presentation is geared to teachers, administrators and technology coordinators and is designed to educate participants on both available content and tools used to provide distance learning. Hear from educators and how they are integrating distance learning into the classroom. Sample available classroom resources including virtual field trips and content portals as well as available grant funding for both content and equipoment.
Th1-19 2007 Session	5O ways to integrate unitedstreaming Scott Kinney, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	When it comes to integrating digital media into your classroom, the possibilities are endless. In this session, you will learn powerful ways to integrate all of the resources available in unitedstreaming into your instruction.
Th2-01 2007 Session	21st Century Tools for Improving Literacy Kathleen McClaskey, CEO & Inclusive Learning Officer, Empower the Learner
Level: Intermediate Grades: All Repeated: W3-05, T4-01 Extensions	What will it take for technology to be considered a critical component of education to help more students learn, achieve and reach their potential? Administrators, teachers and specialists learn how 21st Century tools provide a new opportunity to remove barriers to learning and improve the literacy (reading and writing) skills of students across all grade levels. Learn about a highly accessible desktop and no cost tools that can support and improve literacy skills and demonstrates how to leverage them to support literacy (reading and writing skills) for all students. An audience participation activity offers solutions using these accessible tools. The session concludes with a discussion on the action steps that can be taken in our schools to remove barriers to learning and in turn, improve literacy skills and academic achievement for all students.
Th2-02 2007 Session	Web 2.0 for the Elementary Classroom Rebecca Ranks, eMINTS/Maine Trainer/Mentor, Region 5 Maine Augusta area schools, and Martha Thibodeau, Region 5 Maine Augusta Area Schools
Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5 Repeated: T2-02 Extensions	Target audience is teachers grades 3-8. This session was given in the presenter's home state and teachers went away with much excitement about the new things available to them on the web. My strategy is to share real lessons and web examples that teachers have created. This material is appropriate for either beginner or intermediate levels.
Th2-11 2007 Session	Level the Playing Field: Raise Reading Achievement in Middle & High Schools Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Intermediate Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This session details the proven methods of raising reading among middle and high school students and makes clear the complex and multi-faceted approach to accomplish this goal. The presenter details why middle and high school leaders must focus on literacy skills, how schools can effectively raise student reading achievement by two to three years in one year, and the needed components to install an effective intervention program. Address the needs of your students who are typically "left behind" by other programs by exploring an intervention program that includes: rotational models, adaptive instruction, ongoing reporting and assessment, professional development, and specific supports for English Language Learners and students classified as needing Special Education. This presentation not only invigorates attendees, but also provides them with concrete solutions for engaging their most challenging students.
Th2-13 2007 Session	Grants for Distance Education Sean Spires, Tandberg
Level: Beginner Grades: All	This session is designed for Administrators and Teachers who have identified opportunities/problem areas where they believe videoconferencing equipment might be applicable. The audience discusses their vision with the Tandberg National Grant Programs manager and learn what grants might be available to them and how to proceed.
Th2-14 2007 Session	Apple Final Cut Studio - Life Beyond iLife Bob Trikakis
Level: All Levels Grades: All Repeated: T2-14	Are you ready to move beyond the scope of iMoie and iDVD? Have you ever wondered how a professional DVD with motion menus gets authored? It might be time to check out the next level in Apple software, the "Pro Apps". This session gives you a look into the world of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soudtrack Pro and DVD Studio Pro Brief demos of each software are given, as well as, a Q & A session about training and use in the classroom.
Th2-17 2007 Session	Interactive Whiteboards - Prometheans Revolutionary Teaching Solution Gayle Razzaboni, Promethean/GreenPages, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Take your students on a journey to places they have never known. From walking on the moon to a safari in Kenya, Promethean takes you to new destinations. The Promethean Activclassroom starts the journey by integrating thousands of standards-based resources, formative assessment, professional development, and instructional tools in a complete classroom delivery system.
Th2-19 2007 Session	Assignments and Quizzes, and Writing Prompts... Oh My! Matt Monjan, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	During this session we will examine each of unitedstreamings Builder tools, create an interactive Assignment, Quiz, and Writing Prompt, and discuss how to incorporate the Builders into an interactive lesson plan.
Th3-11 2007 Session	Reach Your Students BEFORE They Hit the Achievement Gap! Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8	The transition from fiction to nonfiction text is a well-known factor in the decline of reading scores and recent NAEP data reveals that this decline can turn into a full blown achievement gap by 8th grade. See how the power of technology, high-interest nonfiction, and the best thinking about motivation can help stop this decline before it ever has a chance to take hold. This session explores a new reading program for ALL students in grades 3-8. Designed to work seamlessly alongside your core reading program, ReadAbout is a new, adaptive, nonfiction reading system that just may be the solution to help all of your students make that critical transition from fiction to nonfiction text. Designed to reach the excitement level that students are accustomed to from technologies that they use at home, ReadAbout includes key motivational tools that help to make nonfiction reading fun and exciting, while adapting and leveling the text to meet the individual needs of each student.
Th3-15 2007 Session	Engage Students with Multimedia Resources Mike Torrenti, eInstruction/RM Educational Software
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Looking for new and creative ways to use interactive web sites and multimedia resources to engage your students? Use the Classroom Performance System in conjunction with these resources to get immediate feedback from your students and assess their understanding in real time. Come see how easily it is done and walk away with new ideas to get your students more involved in learning.
Th3-17 2007 Session	Alternative Funding Strategies Veronica Garcia, Tandberg Grant Services, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All, Administrators Extensions	With shrinking budgets and limited resources schools must look to a variety of funding resources including technology integration grants, e-rate, and leasing options. This session provides details on available technology funding opportunities and available resources to assist with the grant writing process. Specific grants to be discussed include RUS Grants, E-Rate, and Literacy Challenge Grants to name a few.
Th3-19 2007 Session	Science, Literacy and Technology Lance Rougeux, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	How do we design our instructional practices to support more integrated, inquiry based approaches that foster meaningful and authentic connections between science and literacy?
Th4-04 2007 Session	Differentiating Instruction with Performance Tracker Meg Morse-Barry, Technology Integration Specialist, Derry Cooperative School, and Cara Donati, Derry Cooperative
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8 Repeated: T3-04	This workshop is designed for Elementary and Middle School Teachers. Performance Tracker is the most powerful, yet easy to use software application available for school districts to track student performance and meet No Child Left Behind requirements. Participatants are given an overview on differentiating instruction by content, process and product. The presentation demonstrates how to use the filters of Performance Tracker, to effectively group students. Differentiting Instruction strategies woven throughout the workshop include management and grouping, student engagement, question and assessment.
Th4-10 2007 Session	Playground Rick Chretien, SPDC, and N/A Chretien, Rick Chretien
Level: All are welcome! Grades: All	Besides surfing the web and checking email, you can also speak to Rick Chretien, Coordinator of the Seacoast Professional Development Center about upcoming professional development offerings for the winter, spring and summer of 2008 at the Seacoast Professional Development Center in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Th4-11 2007 Session	Online Resources from Scholastic Education & Scholastic.com Terry Gilligan, Scholastic, and Julie Armitage, Scholastic
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8	Learing about the vast resources on Scholastic.com along with two easy-to-use online subscription services from Scholastic. Scholastic.com is the most visited Web site for teacher resources. Participants see how to easily access resources that meet their grade level and content area and how to quickly incorporate these tools into their daily use. Participants also learn about a new online program that pairs fiction and nonfiction books for students in PreK-3. See how this new tool will help to build a love of reading and learning both at school and at home. Finally, connect all students to a world of knowledge and learning through a powerful tool that differentiates learning while building research tools. Explore a program that helps all students tab into the incredible resources of the Web in a safe, trusted environment.
Th4-13 2007 Session	Fly the Friendly Skys of Timberlane Betti Percival, Timberlane School District SAU 55
Level: ALL Grades: All	The Timberlane School District hosts noon time virtual field trips that they have certified as being interesting and fun. This session is intented for anyone interested in learning what one of New Hampshires leading schools in the science of Videoconferencing has discovered.
Th4-14 2007 Session	Hands-on Podcasting with iLife '06 Dan DelVechico
Level: All Levels Grades: All Repeated: T3-14	The best way to record music on a Mac is now the best way to record podcasts. Podcasting in GarageBand3 puts you in the control room of your own full-featured radio station and new iWeb integration gets your voice on the Internet in minutes. During this hands-on session you learn how to make your first podcast using iLife '06. Seating is limited to 24.
Th4-15 2007 Session	Move Your Math Classroom Into the 21st Century Today! Sue Scott-Mitchell, RM Educational Software
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	RM Math Framework Edition provides teachers with all of the resources they need to transform the whole-class teaching experience. RM Math Framework Edition delivers fast-paced, highly visual, interactive math lessons that can stimulate and engage students and address all learning styles that we expect to be faced with in the 21st century classroom.
Th4-17 2007 Session	Interactive Whiteboards - Prometheans Revolutionary Teaching Solution Gayle Razzaboni, Promethean/GreenPages, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Take your students on a journey to places they have never known. From walking on the moon to a safari in Kenya, Promethean takes you to new destinations. The Promethean Activclassroom starts the journey by integrating thousands of standards-based resources, formative assessment, professional development, and instructional tools in a complete classroom delivery system.
Th4-19 2007 Session	The Digital Classroom - How Media and Technology Shape the Way We Learn Hall Davidson, Discovery Education
Level: Intermediate Grades: k-12	How do you assign, manage and share projects in a world gone digital? Learn about the software, video and photography, storage, and how to share it all via fixed media and the internet. All platforms and skill levels can build meaningful media using desktop technology. From free material to great for-fee sites, learn how the student passion for media can be put work in the classroom.