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T1-01 2008 Session	Harnessing the Digital Landscape for Teaching & Learning David Warlick, Keynote Speaker, The Landmark Project
Extensions	Never before have the walls of our classrooms been so transparent. The Internet, digital cameras, audio recorders, new tools, and an emerging global conversation are combining to redefine the classroom. This session exposes participants to a range of techniques for capturing and working content for teaching and learning.
T1-02 2008 Session	Web 2.0 Classroom Projects Thomas Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, Noble & Greenough School, and Justin Reich, EdTechTeacher.org
Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12	This presentation showcases classroom-tested uses of Web 2.0, the "Read-Write" Web, an evolutionary collection of web sites that relies on user-generated content and emphasizes "collective intelligence." The presenter-practitioners demonstrate how K-12 teachers can use Web 2.0 to empower students and facilitate creative learning opportunities. The session highlights collaborative classroom projects and activities that integrate blogging, podcasting, wikis, iPods, VoiceThread, Tumblr, Google Page Creator, Gcast, Fleck, and other beta and established tools. Examples are drawn principally from the humanities and foreign language classrooms in grades 7 -12, but tools and tips are applicable across disciplines and grade levels. The presenters also provide practical, administrative tips for using Web 2.0 effectively in the classroom.
T1-03 2008 Session	First Functions in Excel Janet Legg, Technology Specialist, Byam, Chelmsford MA, and Christine Maloof, Chelmsford Public Schools
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5 Extensions	In this Excel lesson students are introduced to functions. They learn to use cell names for references in the functions. This lesson starts with creating a Magic Square that calculates answers for the student by using a function for adding and continues to a project that uses functions to find the perimeters and areas of shapes.
T1-04 2008 Session	Eye Into a Child, Digital Photography Peter Shank, Kindergarten Teacher, Colby-Sawyer College, and Garrett Lavallee, Spaulding Youth Center
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8	This project explores the methodology and reasons behind using photography even in younger classrooms. With the cost of digital cameras coming down everyday, learn how to employ them in an effective way that engages the children and aide in their discovery of a new medium. The camera shows and allows the child to demonstrate a depth of knowledge and understanding that is difficult or impossible for most children to capture. This session targets educators who are hands on and eager to learn how digital photography as a medium can be used to inspire children in learning and exploration across the curriculum. This session includes a hands on experience where attendees create meaningful projects that can immediately be implemented in their own classrooms.
T1-05 2008 Session	Web 2.0: Making It All Come Together in the Classroom Sonja Gonzalez, Director of IT, Oyster River Cooperative School District, and Lauren Kenney, Ellis School
Level: Intermediate Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Extensions	From creating accounts for all students to documenting the process to applying rubrics to pleading the case to unblock the tools to your tech coordinator, we'll walk you through how we have been able to use many Web2.0 tools like VoiceThread, the suite of Google tools and Freewebs successfully in our school. We'll discuss how using these tools have energized students and how they have transferred the knowledge to other academic areas.
T1-06 2008 Session	Build Your Personal Professional Development Network, for Free! Steve Kossakoski, Consultant, Design the Future, and Jeff Lebo, EdTechTalk.org
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	Anytime, anywhere learning is not just for your students! Learn how you can automatically capture information, using free tools, and have the information delivered to your computer on a daily basis. Participants learn how use the content from blogs, podcasts, webcasts, online videos, and other resources to learn about most any topic. This presentation is of interest to teachers and administrators.
T1-07 2008 Session	Tools for Early Literacy ~ Supporting the 5 Building Blocks to Reading Kathleen McClaskey, CEO & Inclusive Learning Officer, Empower the Learner
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K Extensions	Early childhood and elementary teachers along with school administrators are invited to learn how to harness desktop tools and websites to support and reinforce early literacy skills in the Pre-K to Grade 3 classroom. A wealth of resources that support the Five Building Blocks to Reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, reading comprehension and vocabulary development are shared including the use of electronic books. In an interactive activity, participants learn how early literacy practice guides can be developed to support early literacy skills, extend the learning day and create a positive home-school connection.
T1-08 2008 Session	Energize Tech Ed Curriculum ~ Get into the Game with GameBrix Stewart Noyce, Digital Brix, and Naveena Swamy, GameBrix.com
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	In this presentation we will explore new technology to energize middle and high school students to transition from passive game playing or watching animations to creativity and collaboration. With online Flash animation and game building gamebrix technology, participants can build their digital portfolio and use it to showcase their interest, talent and pursue digital media careers.
T1-09 2008 Session	Clicker 5 & Student Success Cyndy Currier, Licensing Program Manager, NHSTE
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5	Clicker is a writing support and multimedia tool - it enables you to write with whole words, phrases or pictures! Have all of your students succeed including struggling readers & writers, English language learners, and your more able students. Included is read aloud text highlighting each word, rebus, punctuation and alternative methods for entering text beyond keyboard entry. Learn how to help students to become more independent and confident about constructing their writing and multimedia projects.
T1-10 2008 Session	Moodle: A Brief Introduction Various Exeter Teachers, Seacoast Professional Development Center
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Come learn about Moodle and be introduced to the main tools in this free online course management software.
T1-11 2008 Session	Virtualization ~ What Does Going Virtual Really Mean? Dave Barter, CBE Technologies
Level: Intermediate Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	During this session we explore exactly what virtualization is and how it can help your IT environment. We provide an end-to-end look at a complete virtualization solution including server and desktop solutions as well as provide an overview and demo of the key vendors in the market.
T1-12 2008 Session	Implementing a New SIS ~ Planning & Managing Change Rick Farrenkopf, Nashua Public Schools
Level: Any Grades: All	In this session participants will hear from Rick Farrenkopf of Nashua Public Schools about how to manage an implementation project of critical school data. Talk about the steps in the process; from creating a team and defining the budget to change management. Hear tips and learn what Nashua's project management team did to make the transition a success.
T1-13 2008 Session	Grants Workshop Veronica Garcia
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Informally meet with grant writers who can help identify funding sources to help you implement your distance educational vision. You learn what organizations are available and any requirements necessary to obtain funding for you project.
T1-14 2008 Session	The Latest & Greatest from Apple Dan Delvecchio, Apple Inc.
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 Inc. The session is loaded with exciting demonstrations and will have plenty of time for questions and answer.
T1-15 2008 Session	Engaging 21st Century Students: The Effective Use of Podcasting & Web 2.0 Cathy Bell, RM Education
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Integrating Web 2.0 Technology in the Classroom Learn how to incorporate Web 2.0 technology into your classroom. From wikis to blogs, we will discuss the newest creativity and collaboration tools that students are using outside of the classroom and how schools are utilizing them to engage students in one secure online space. Podcasting in the Classroom This session will answer the kinds of questions you have always wanted to ask such as what is a podcast? How do I create one? What can it be about? And perhaps, more importantly, what is the value of podcasting to education? We will create a podcast together using a very simple tool and gain greater insight into the types of podcasts that teachers and students are creating across the country.
T1-16 2008 Session	It Is Not Just for Video Anymore: The New Discovery Education Streaming Scott Kinney, Discovery Education
Level: All Levels Grades: All	The new Discovery Education streaming is here! Join personnel from Discovery Education for an interactive session that will explore the latest and greatest features of Discovery Education streaming, a standards-based media-on-demand service that also includes rich still images, encyclopedia articles, assessment tools and more. Audience participation required, prizes included!
T1-17 2008 Session	TI Nspire Technology - Get Nspired! Jim Donatelli, ETC, Texas Instruments
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This session is designed for Technology Coordinators as well as Math and Science Educators at the Secondary level. Supporting educators passion for teaching, TIs research-based technology for instruction and assessment, curricular materials and professional development combine to provide essential elements for greater student achievement in math and science. The TI-Nspire learning handhelds and computer software build on proven graphing technology and further enable students to explore multiple representations of concepts on a single screen. This session will present an overview of TI-Nspire technology. A TI-Nspire handheld and a single user license for TI-Nspire Computer Software will be awarded to an attendee as a door prize.
T1-20 2008 Session	21st Century Tools for Schools Gayle Razzaboni, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	See how classroom technologies such as the Promethean ActivBoard support kinesthetic, visual and aural learning for 21st century learners. GreenPages' educational experts are experienced and knowledgeable about the trends and issues facing teachers and students. Join us in a discussion of how these tools can help teachers and students engage in the learning process.
T1-21 2008 Session	"Saving with Centralized Storage - Your Data, Your Budget" David Riposa, NetApp, and Tom Lonnquist, JTL Technical Services
Level: For the IT Professional Grades: IT Professional Extensions	IT Professionals. Objective to provide an overview of 3 affordable NetApp storage solutions for the K-12 market.
T2-01 2008 Session	Video Games as Learning Engines David Warlick, Keynote Speaker, The Landmark Project
Extensions	Edutainment has been both praised and criticized by educators. Recent research is causing us to reconsider the roles of technology, fun, and serious games in education. This presentation provides an overview of digital games, some of the latest research, and spin-off activities that will simply amaze you.
T2-02 2008 Session	Back to the Big Board Please! Katelyn Cuipa, 3rd Grade, Byam Elementary School, and Kristy Marsh, Byam Elementary School
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5 Extensions	The student input varies with the grade level and the topic. This is a project that can be accomplished in a one-computer classroom or in a lab. It can incorporate writing across the curriculum, as students craft answers and questions that give a clue but leave the actual answers to the contestants. It teaches teamwork, patience, and fair play as well as reviewing and reinforcing content. It is the perfect extension activity for many curricular units.
T2-03 2008 Session	Make Your Voice Heard Using VoiceThread Sharon Betts, Educational Technology Coordinator, MSAD52
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All Extensions	One of my favorite Web 2.0 tool is VoiceThread, called a 'group audio blog' by its creators. Recently, a portal for educators was introduced by VoiceThread. This tool allows teachers and students to upload images about a topic of their choice, and then to describe it through audio. Others can add to the conversation about each image. Both audio and text comments can be attached to every picture in a presentation. In this session, you not only see this exciting tool in action but leave with a VoiceThread account of your own.
T2-04 2008 Session	Many Minibooks Devi Venugopal, Technology Integration Specialist, Chelmsford Public Schools, and Doris Janiak, Chelmsford Public Schools
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5 Extensions	Learn how to make the PowerPoint template that results in a minibook, Combine the knowledge from a topic in any content area with the technology skills of adding, resizing, formatting and rotating a text box and graphic in a sequence to match the page numbers on the minibook. Learn how to cut and fold the single page printout to form an eight-page book. This project is a great tool to keep students excited and engaged in presenting what they have learned in multiple content areas. It can be tailored to meet the demands at different grade levels. Lower grades can keep it simple by copying and pasting facts provided to them from a saved HTML document. Higher grades can type the facts into the text boxes after they have collected information through research on the topic of interest.
T2-05 2008 Session	Roadkill Project Sheila Adams, Middle School Science Teacher, Rye Jr. High School
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12	Sound disgusting? That's the hook, but there IS learning to be had. The roadkill project offers several levels of participation and incorporates several content areas. Discover what will work for you and your classroom and how Web 2.0 tools help enhance the project. The project starts in the spring, so you'll have plenty of time to plan. This national project has a 15+ year history and was created by a NH teacher, Brewster Bartlett.
T2-06 2008 Session	Visit New Hampshire's Virtual School Steve Kossakoski, CEO, Virtual Learning Academy Charter School, and Gary Tirone, Virtual Learning Academy Charter School
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All Extensions	The Virtual Learning Academy Charter School is New Hampshire's first state-wide virtual school where courses are free to all upper elementary, middle school, and high school students. During the presentation participants have the opportunity to talk live with our teachers using web-based communication tools. Learn how your school can become a partner and receive free training on how to support online learners. Also, discover the many employment opportunities that are available to certified teachers.
T2-07 2008 Session	Moodle in the Elementary School Jonathann Reed, Technology Integrator, Sunapee School District, and Heather Cantagallo, Sunapee Central Elementary School
Level: Intermediate Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All Extensions	K-12 teachers, technology integrators and others learn how a fourth grade classroom is using the Moodle Course Management System to facilitate literature discussions, encourage peer communication and encouraging higher order thinking. Learn how students actively use ICT standards to participate in anywhere/anytime learning in real scenarios.
T2-08 2008 Session	Spelling ~ The Next Generation Catherine Brophy, Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University New England
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5, 6-8, Special Education	Presenters give an overview and demonstration of how Spelldoctor software is being used in language arts, reading and special education classrooms, as well as at home, as an engaging, easy to use individualized tool to teach spelling patterns, strategies, and to reinforce skills such as sentence writing, grammar, proofreading and the proper use of a dictionary. Each student receives a personalized lesson based on errors captured from his or her own authentic writing. Teacher presenters give a theoretical framework, and share how this remarkable program works in a variety of education settings, to allow teachers to customize and help students master basic language skills while on the computer!
T2-09 2008 Session	netTrekker from a Teacher's Perspective Cyndy Currier, Licensing Program Manager, NHSTE
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12	In this session participants will see how a teacher would use netTrekker to find resources, align to NH State Standards, differentiate their instruction and save and share their search and assignments with students. Also, included will be differentiation of lessons using the timeline netTrekker feature.
T2-10 2008 Session	Performance Tracker Overview Charlotte Greenhalgh, SW Educational Support Center
Level: All Levels Grades: All	A whirlwind tour of the Performance Tracker database and reporting system including suggestions on how to use the reports to increase student achievement.
T2-11 2008 Session	Interactive Whiteboards ~ Promethean's Revolutionary 21st Century Teaching Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	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.
T2-13 2008 Session	Virtual Field Trip George Wiley, George Wiley Consulting Group, Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All	You interact with professional educators who use videoconferencing technology to deliver exciting content on just about any topic you and your students want to explore.
T2-14 2008 Session	What a Windows User Needs to Know About Moving to a Mac Daryl Hawes, Apple Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: W4-14, Th3-14	Interested in moving to a Mac, but not sure how? This session covers and shows Windows users' how they can move from the Windows World to the creative world of Apple. You learn the basic differences between to systems, what files to move, what peripheral devices work, and we left plenty of time for questions and answers. Stop by and see how easy it is to make the switch.
T2-15 2008 Session	Getting the Most out of Your Whiteboards, Slates, & Projectors Cathy Bell, RM Education
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Are you using your interactive technologies to their full potential? This session will introduce curriculum toolbars and content software designed jointly with teachers and teaching experts to create a family of software that you can use to enhance learning and to bring greater student engagement into your whole-class teaching.
T2-16 2008 Session	Discovery Education's Streaming Atlas Interactive Digital Media Maps & More Dennis Swain
Level: All Levels Grades: All	We will digitally tour the world through Atlas Interactive Maps as seen on the Discovery Channel. A comprehensive interactive digital media guide that captivates students while supporting differentiated learning through the Classroom Manager feature. Plus, learn about powerful tools like Assignment Builder, Quiz Builder, Writing Prompt Builder, Interactive Calendar, and Lesson Plan Library. We will finalize with a review of the Discovery Educator Network (DEN), and the many complimentary resources the DEN provides.
T2-17 2008 Session	TI Nspire Technology - Get Nspired! Jim Donatelli, ETC, Texas Instruments
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This session is designed for Technology Coordinators as well as Math and Science Educators at the Secondary level. Supporting educators passion for teaching, TIs research-based technology for instruction and assessment, curricular materials and professional development combine to provide essential elements for greater student achievement in math and science. The TI-Nspire learning handhelds and computer software build on proven graphing technology and further enable students to explore multiple representations of concepts on a single screen. This session will present an overview of TI-Nspire technology. A TI-Nspire handheld and a single user license for TI-Nspire Computer Software will be awarded to an attendee as a door prize.
T2-20 2008 Session	Data Storage and Virtualization Primer: Understanding the Market Chris Reily, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	Join GreenPages for an overview of the different options available to you as you consider your data management and virtualization strategies. Key questions will be answered like: Storage options: Fiber Channel, iSCSI, or something else? How much stoare is e?nough What is this "virtualization" I've been hearing so much about? Does this fit or make sense in our school/district environment? What are the necessary hardware and software components? How do we choose the right platform?
T2-21 2008 Session	Data Backup and Recovery: Protection in a Heterogeneous Environment Harry Eva, BakBone Software, Inc.
Level: IT Professional Grades: Systemwide software Extensions	As educators rely more and more on computers and technology in the classroom, system availability is increasingly important. Explore how to simplify data backup and recovery within environments that include Windows, Mac, Linux and VMware. Level: IT Staff/ Administration Grades: K-12
T3-01 2008 Session	Internet Safety, Cyberbullying, & Keeping Students Safe at School Lucy Carrillo, Assistant Attorney General, Internet Crime, State of NH, Criminal Justice Bureau
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Hear how the Governor and Attorney General are addressing Internet safety, cyberbullying, and related issues that impact children and schools. Appointed in June 2007 to the newly created position of Internet Crimes Prosecutor, Attorney Carrillo shares what educators need to know from the legal perspective on these critical topics. Attorney Carrillo speaks at schools on the issue of Internet safety and has drafted a model cyberbullying policy that educators can adopt or modify for their schools. She shares ideas on the cyberbullying policy and addresses how law enforcement is dealing with these important issues.
T3-02 2008 Session	Using a Wiki to Plan for Technology Michael Wakefield, Adjunct Professor, Keene State College
Level: Intermediate Grades: All, Administration	Wikis can help to solve the problem of finding common planning time for many purposes. In this session, we go online to examine firsthand how a no-cost Wiki can be used to help stakeholders collaborate to create a dynamic technology plan. The focus of the session is on technology planning, but this is just one example of how this readily accessible and easy-to-use technology can be used for any group to work together anytime, anyplace.
T3-03 2008 Session	eLearning for Educators Cathy Higgins, State Ed Tech Director, NH Department of Education, and Stan Freeda, NH Department of Education
Level: All Levels Grades: All Extensions	Make a leap forward with renewal of your educator credentials. Try out one of the online courses for educators offered through the Online Professional Educators Network in NH (OPENNH). This session helps you get started with an online course at low cost and high quality!
T3-04 2008 Session	First Class on Steroids - Tools for Collaborative Learning Neil Manders, Consultant, Winchester Public Schools/First Class, and Annamarie Schrimpf, Winchester Public School
Level: Intermediate Grades: All, District Tech Integrator	Collaborative Learning Environments can function as an effective tool to provide Professional Development in the school district. The ability to combine face-to-face with virtual learning spaces can help address the issues around time and opportunity to deliver instructional information in the district. In this session, participants examine customized features of the Out-Of-The-Box version of First Class. We will be looking especially at the publishing of personalized web areas including interactive blogs, RSS feeds and unique template pages, to the introduction of IFEnterprise full site web templates and forms. Also, we explore extending FC Workspaces into a fully operational Course Builder and Management System to help with Professional Development. Come and get a sense of what customizing First Class can do for you.
T3-05 2008 Session	Did you see the moon? Kathleen Osborn, Technology Assistant, Harrington School - Chelmsford, MA, and Eileen Young, Chelmsford Public Schools
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5 Extensions	This was designed to be a third grade science lesson. After the children have learned about the different phases of the moon in their classroom, we talk about the moon in the Computer Lab. We do research about the moon and what the changing phases entail. After the research is done and corrected we use that research to do a project. The children start with a MicroWorlds template that has pictures of the eight different phases and some programming already done. The children will place a picture of each phase and label that picture. They will do some beginning programming to get the phases in motion. The learning objective is to recognize the eight different phases of the moon and know why they look so different. It is also to program the computer to show those phases.
T3-06 2008 Session	Moving Beyond the Basics: Using Web 2.0 Tools in Your Blog or Wiki Nicole Tomaselli, Science Teacher/Adjunct Faculty, Hollis Primary/Rivier College, and Mary Marotta
Level: Advanced Grades: 9-12, All	Does your high school classroom have a blog? Do you use a wiki for collaboration with your team? Are you using a variety of web based tools in your classes? Join us as we share best practices for taking your blog or wiki to the next level by optimizing the options and features within the sites and embedding media from other Web 2.0 tools. Workshop participants should have prior experience blogging and using wikis for instruction as the focus of this session is to learn about incorporating content from sites like TeacherTube, SlideShare and VoiceThread into an existing classroom blog or wiki. We also look at 21st Century Skills and how these lessons address the revised NETS.
T3-08 2008 Session	Did You Say Free? Images, Lesson Plans, & Management Tools Oh My! Denise MacDevette, Northeast Regional Manager, Tech4Learning Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8	Students process images 60,000 times faster than textual information, making the use of images an important part of differentiated instruction. Pics4Learning offers over 25, 000 free, copyright-friendly pictures that support a visual approach to teaching and learning. Participants will learn the importance of using copyright- friendly images and will be shown a citation tool and copyright information so they can model appropriate use of copyrighted materials for students. We will explore free software tutorials and reference guides, including instructions for downloading images from Pics4Learning.com and gathering resources for multimedia projects. We will also explore exciting standards-based lessons which demonstrate mastery of curriculum and include step-by-step directions for both teachers and students, as well as links to high-quality examples, templates, and support resources. We will explore several free online tools including Rubric Maker, Graphic Organizer Maker, Citation Maker that help make developing, managing, and assessing student projects successful. Participants will all walk away with a wealth of resources that they can use immediately in their classrooms. They will be more cognizant of copyright and know where they can go to find free images to use in their classrooms. They also will know where they can go to find over 200 PDFs that support the outlined steps involved in creating a technology-rich classroom environment where students are creating meaningful projects that are tied to real life scenarios.
T3-09 2008 Session	How Schools are Wasting Money in Administration, IT, & Document Production Chris Waller, Reliable Technologies, and Matt Zanni, Reliable Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: School System Administration	Our presentation is specifically for IT and procurement decision makers, school superintendents, and office managers. Our presentation is composed of research and case studies from the industry. The power-point presentation outlines several problems schools might be facing with printing and infrastructure. We provide solutions in the area of supplies procurement, hardware purchases and planning, and user management. Our objective is to educate key decision makers on how our services can benefit a school system financially and strategically by reducing the burden of printer support on IT and office staff. Our presentation is a power point slide show with a live speaker and some hand outs, with a question and answer session at the end.
T3-10 2008 Session	Having Fun With Thinkfinity Lori Collins, SPDC Coordinator, LESCN
Level: All Levels Grades: All	Thinkfinity delivers FREE top-quality, on-line educational resources to strengthen problem-solving, creativity, and critical thinking skills for success in the 21st century. There are thousands of lesson plans, educational games, and more, created by premier education organizations and experts. Visit http://www.thinkfinity.org.
T3-11 2008 Session	Virtualization ~ What Does Going Virtual Really Mean? Dave Barter, CBE Technologies
Level: Intermediate Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	During this session we explore exactly what virtualization is and how it can help your IT environment. We provide an end-to-end look at a complete virtualization solution including server and desktop solutions as well as provide an overview and demo of the key vendors in the market.
T3-12 2008 Session	Software as a Service: A Partnership, not a Purchase Jodi Lott, Marketing Coordinator, X2 Development Corporation
Level: Any Grades: All	The X2 service model focuses on a partnership with each school district. Come learn how we can work with you to improve all aspects of your SIS experience, including everything from data hosting to issue tracking.
T3-13 2008 Session	Virtual Field Trip George Wiley, George Wiley Consulting Group, Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All	You interact with professional educators who use videoconferencing technology to deliver exciting content on just about any topic you and your students want to explore.
T3-14 2008 Session	Hands on Podcasting with iLife '08 Dan Delvecchio, Apple Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: W2-14, Th4-14	The best way to record music on a Mac is now the best way to record podcasts. Podcasting in GarageBand 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 '08.
T3-15 2008 Session	Math is Alive! RM Math Framework Cathy Bell
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Explore this digital math curriculum for middle and high School, mapped to all state standards. RM Math Framework utilizes over 4,000 engaging and motivating tools such as Geometer Sketchpad, Wolfram's Mathematica, and RM Easiteach to bring the curriculum to life!
T3-16 2008 Session	Take Control of Your Digital Resources: MediaShare & Server Solutions Betsy Drennan, Discovery Education, and Dennis Swain, Discovery Education
Level: All Levels Grades: All	This session will show you how to take control of your digital resources, ensuring that teachers have access to consistent content in every classroom as well as at home. Discovery Education MediaShare is a web-based content sharing system that enables educators to utilize the best resources through uploading, sharing, managing and distributing user-created or licensed-digital content. Generate reports to understand usage patterns - uploads/downloads, content metadata, and more. Plus, learn how server solutions can allow you to use your LAN/WAN to deliver video content rather than the Internet providing increased quality, improved choice, and enhanced control.
T3-17 2008 Session	Make Your Budget Go Further, Through Strategic Resource Management Hugh Ahearn, Follett Software Company
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Leaders in districts of all sizes tell us that effective resource management is a growing priority. Destiny Resource Management Solutions; a browser-based program, gives you optimum flexibility. We provide you the tools and systems to track everything from textbooks to band instruments, library materials to lawn mowers, digital resources to the microscopes on your science labs. It is a powerful, practical way to save money, save time, and invest more in your students.
T3-20 2008 Session	New Building Technology Options Chris Reily, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	New construction is the perfect time to revisit some of the core assumptions and designs of any IT operations. Not only does it provide funding, but also a unique opportunity to embrace newer technologies. This session will review some of the core options that organizations should consider including infrastructure, storage, servers, security, and telephony. Additional topics will address the unique challenges that schools and governments face in relation to new construction This is a working session giving participants ample time to discuss and review the different options and how they'll impact your organization going forward.
T3-21 2008 Session	The Advantages of Next Generation UTM+ Appliances Farokh Karani Lam, Cyberoam Inc.
Level: IT Professional Grades: IT Professional Extensions	Explore the value propositions of network protection that Unified Threat Management PLUS (UTM+) offers: 1. Complete Firewall/VPN capabilities, with NO per user charges. 2. Use more than one Internet connection/ISP: Add additional bandwidth using an inexpensive Cable Modem or DSL line. 3. Stop Viruses & Spyware at the Gateway BEFORE they get to your PCs. 4. Stop SPAM without stopping legitimate email. 5. Control what Web Sites users access and when Web Sites are accessed. Block/Manage IM and P2P applications. 6. Stop users/students from going to non-productive/inappropriate web sites. Assign one level of access to Students and other levels of access to Faculty/Staff. FORCE students to only Search using Google Safe Search. 7. Control and assign bandwidth to students, faculty and administrators. Ensure that Faculty/Staff ALWAYS have enough bandwidth and that students cannot use it up. Do all this, at a 30-60% savings over other comparable solutions in the marketplace.
T4-01 2008 Session	The Media Evolution Scott Kinney, TBD, Discovery Learning
Level: Beginner Grades: All	There is no doubt that media plays an influential role in our student's lives. In fact, most children spend an average of 6.5 hours per day exposed to media. However, students today are no longer satisfied simply passively consuming information; instead they want to be active participants. From participating to producing, this session explores the role media plays in 21st century classroom and examines the research that supports its inclusion.
T4-02 2008 Session	Reaching Out ~ Bringing The World to Your Classroom Jeff Whipple, Technology Mentor, Nashwaaksis Middle School
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	As the world becomes flat, we must shift the focus from teaching to learning, from teachers being the conduit of knowledge to students constructing and sharing their own knowledge. Through the power of the connected web, students can begin to learn how to create their own learning networks by working in global student collaborative projects. Join us as we look at how to develop and nurture global contacts, the basic web tools that make this all possible and look at three specific examples of students working together across the globe.
T4-03 2008 Session	In the form of a question please ... Sandra Fee, Grade 3, Westlands/Center Schools, and Kari Pierce-Clark, Chelmsford Public
Level: Beginner Grades: All Extensions	Hear about experiences with second and third graders of varied ability levels who are learning to study using a question and answer format. Use the slideshow templates provided to extend content area studies. Once the questions are prepared, the students build the game in the computer lab, where they learn to use a template, find and replace, check spelling, and program slides. Classroom teachers can use the slideshow templates provided to extend content area studies. Templates work with MS Office, MACOffice and Open Office. Users can be beginners or advanced, as the templates have already been mapped by the original designers. When teachers write the game questions, the focus can be directional. Students can write their own game questions, authenticating their learning, reinforcing content acquired knowledge, writing skills, backwards mapping, and problem solving. It can be done in a one computer classroom or in a lab situation. The presenters demonstrate building a game, and playing a game, answering the 'how do i...?' questions that come up.
T4-04 2008 Session	Preparing for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 David McDonald, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Level: Beginner Grades: All	The United Nations has declared 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. Over one-hundred-fifteen nations will participate in this significant year which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo first turning his telescope to the heavens. Learn what activities you can get your school, students, and businesses involved in to not only celebrate but educate. See where this new technology has taken us. NASA is embracing this year and has outlined monthly themes that can be used as a scaffold from which to build your own programs. We will look at these themes, the current technology and provide needed background for proposed activities. Science inquiry ideas related to the IYA 2009 that can be adapted to all grade levels will be presented as well as where to find additional resources.
T4-05 2008 Session	See It! Hear It! Read It! Susan Kessler, and Kim Bernard, and Sherri Dinger
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8 Extensions	As part of a grant project, Chester Academy students in grades 3 and 4 worked independently and collaboratively to create electronic audio and digital books with traditional (paper) companion books. The production of the electronic books tapped into varied learning styles and multiple intelligences resulting in increased success in literacy while making books and subjects come alive through the use of technology. When creating our books we integrated technology with social studies, science, language arts, math, music, and art. Although, the grant project focused on third and fourth graders, we have also created electronic books with students in grades 1-8. The use of digital photo and video cameras, MP3 players and recorders, audio and video editing software, green screen and desktop publishing software all sparked interest and ignited a love of reading and learning! This session explores the different types of books that were created, the equipment used, valuable resources we discovered, and tips and tricks that worked for our students and teachers. The process can be as simple as using PowerPoint or another presentation program. For those who are more adventurous, the Ebooks can be created using a video camera and video editing software. We also explore how a green screen can be used with students of all ages!
T4-06 2008 Session	Integrating Technology Can Make Your Job Easier Niki McGettigan, Teaching Principal, ConVal School District
Level: Beginner Grades: K-5 Extensions	Elementary classrooms teachers are always teaching. There are no moments in the day that aren't filled to the brim. So how do we find time to make sure students are engaged and technology is part of every student's day? In this session, the presenter shows you ways to integrate technology while also enabling you to have more focused time to teach small groups for guided instruction. Teachers learn about websites that give students time on the computer learning and reinforcing the lessons they participated in with the classroom teacher earlier in the day or week. Students who learn best with a visual activity might be visiting a website presenting in that style. Students who learn best through music, might be going to a website where the lesson is learned through song. For those students who need to be challenged, or timed, or who need immediate feedback, there are hundreds of wonderful sites that can not only help students learn and reinforce those basic skills they need, but also provide a more tiered approach where activities are assigned by student strength, need, style and more. This workshop is intended to show teachers that technology can help us to reach more learners, more often, and more effectively.
T4-07 2008 Session	Scratching the Surface Tammie Patten, Technology Coordinator, Hanover High School, and Robert Sargent, Waits River Valley School
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Students often think programming is only for "geeks." Scratch, a graphical programming language developed by MIT's Media Lab is a tool that will help teachers change that thinking. Using Scratch, teachers can engage students in learning to program in a way that sparks creativity and jump starts problem solving throughout the curriculum. Best of all, Scratch is a free download, has great support materials and is just plain fun. Come join the presenters as they take you through some examples of the many lessons you can use in the classroom to "Scratch" the surface.
T4-08 2008 Session	Helping Students Master State Standards Using Study Island Richard Prendeville, Study Island
Level: All levels Grades: All	Study Island is a web based program that uses multiple study modes to teach and assess those skills outlined in each state's assessment of standards. Students work through the self paced program and teachers and administrators can generate detailed diagnostic reports that track individual and group performance. Real time reports help teachers measure progress and identify deficiencies as they relate to their particular state's standards. Participants who attend this session learn: - How a web based program built to a state's specific state standards can help increase student achievement. - How to develop detailed diagnostic reports that track individual and group performance and use those reports to help drive instruction. - The numerous ways to implement Study Island in their school.
T4-09 2008 Session	Controlling Printing Costs through Green Printing Michael Ronan, Hewlett Packard
Level: Intermediate Grades: All Extensions	Designed for business offices and IT offices, this presentation takes a look at the environmental costs of printing and provides instruction of how a district can identify those costs, evaluate their printing and copy fleet, and proposes a long term strategy to become environmentally friendly and more cost conscience.
T4-10 2008 Session	Creating Global Communities ~ Making the Most of Web 2.0 Maria Knee, Deerfield School District
Level: All Levels Grades: All	Do you want to learn how to create a global community within the walls of your classroom? In this workshop, you learn how to create a wiki (a Web site that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users) so that your class can collaborate together in creating a class project (e.g., a book of poems or stories). Use free web tools (wiki, VoiceThread) to help you build content and to collaborate and communicate with a global audience. Discuss projects for your classroom.
T4-11 2008 Session	Live-C Distance Learning Users' Group Kick-off 2008 Veronica Garcia, Tandberg, and Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	The Live-C Distance Learning User's group provides your district a chance to learn and share ideas with your peers on how to interact over video conferencing and other distance learning portals. Our focus will be on facilitating a collaborative environment to share resources as well as provide a portal for assisting with both technical and curriculum related needs around distance learning. LIVE-C and the New England Distance Learning Users' Group are both free so please take advantage of these opportunities to take your children outside the school walls.
T4-12 2008 Session	Customer Appreciation Party Jodi Lott, X2 Development Corporation
Level: Any Grades: All	Join the X2 team and users of Aspen for a social in the Amherst room. Have a chance to relax and enjoy hors d'oeuvres from Lilac Blossom Chinese restaurant. Come and join X2 for some food and fun.
T4-13 2008 Session	Grants Workshop Veronica Garcia
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Informally meet with grant writers who can help identify funding sources to help you implement your distance educational vision. You learn what organizations are available and any requirements necessary to obtain funding for you project.
T4-14 2008 Session	Welcome to Our 21st Century Science Classroom Paul Facteau, Apple Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: W3-14, Th2-14	Welcome to our 21st century science classroom, in this session you experience an inquiry based science activity using the same tools that real scientists use. We introduce you to a variety of tools, including iPhoto which is part of the iLife suite of digital authoring tools that comes on ever new Mac; Numbers, an innovative new spreadsheet and part of the iWork productivity suite; Proscope HR digital microscopes; and PASCO scientific probeware.
T4-15 2008 Session	Getting the Most out of Your Whiteboards, Slates, & Projectors Cathy Bell, RM Education
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Are you using your interactive technologies to their full potential? This session will introduce curriculum toolbars and content software designed jointly with teachers and teaching experts to create a family of software that you can use to enhance learning and to bring greater student engagement into your whole-class teaching.
T4-16 2008 Session	Digital Natives: How to Reach the 21st Century Mind Using Multimedia Dennis Swain, Discovery Education, and Betsy Drennan, Discovery Education
Level: All levels Grades: All	The Digital Natives are here, and we have to reach them in their language. Explore digital media technology in the classroom, including Atlas Interactive Maps as seen on the Discovery Channel. Examine research that supports inclusion of digital media and review the services available from Discovery Education.
T4-17 2008 Session	How Schools are Wasting Money in Administration, IT and Document Production Jeff Pitcher, Reliable Technologies, and Matt Zanni, Reliable Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: School System Administration	Our presentation is specifically for IT and procurement decision makers, school superintendents, and office managers. Our presentation is composed of research and case studies from the industry. The power-point presentation outlines several problems schools might be facing with printing and infrastructure. We provide solutions in the area of supplies procurement, hardware purchases and planning, and user management. Our objective is to educate key decision makers on how our services can benefit a school system financially and strategically by reducing the burden of printer support on IT and office staff. Our presentation is a power point slide show with a live speaker and some hand outs, with a question and answer session at the end.
T4-20 2008 Session	21st Century Tools for Schools Gayle Razzaboni, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	See how classroom technologies such as the Promethean ActivBoard support kinesthetic, visual and aural learning for 21st century learners. GreenPages' educational experts are experienced and knowledgeable about the trends and issues facing teachers and students. Join us in a discussion of how these tools can help teachers and students engage in the learning process.
Th1-13 2008 Session	Grants Workshop Veronica Garcia
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Informally meet with grant writers who can help identify funding sources to help you implement your distance educational vision. You learn what organizations are available and any requirements necessary to obtain funding for you project.
Th1-14 2008 Session	The Latest & Greatest from Apple Dan Delvecchio, Apple Inc.
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 Inc. The session is loaded with exciting demonstrations and will have plenty of time for questions and answer.
Th1-15 2008 Session	Math is Alive! RM Math Framework Cathy Bell
Level: Beginner Grades: 6-8, 9-12	Explore this digital math curriculum for middle and high School, mapped to all state standards. RM Math Framework utilizes over 4,000 engaging and motivating tools such as Geometer Sketchpad, Wolfram's Mathematica, and RM Easiteach to bring the curriculum to life!
Th1-16 2008 Session	It Is Not Just for Video Anymore: The New Discovery Education Streaming Scott Kinney, Discovery Education
Level: All Levels Grades: All	The new Discovery Education streaming is here! Join personnel from Discovery Education for an interactive session that will explore the latest and greatest features of Discovery Education streaming, a standards-based media-on-demand service that also includes rich still images, encyclopedia articles, assessment tools and more. Audience participation required, prizes included!
Th1-20 2008 Session	21st Century Tools for Schools Gayle Razzaboni, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	See how classroom technologies such as the Promethean ActivBoard support kinesthetic, visual and aural learning for 21st century learners. GreenPages' educational experts are experienced and knowledgeable about the trends and issues facing teachers and students. Join us in a discussion of how these tools can help teachers and students engage in the learning process.
Th2-13 2008 Session	Virtual Field Trip George Wiley, George Wiley Consulting Group, Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All	You interact with professional educators who use videoconferencing technology to deliver exciting content on just about any topic you and your students want to explore.
Th2-14 2008 Session	Welcome to Our 21st Century Science Classroom Paul Facteau, Apple Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: T4-14, W3-14	Welcome to our 21st century science classroom, in this session you experience an inquiry based science activity using the same tools that real scientists use. We introduce you to a variety of tools, including iPhoto which is part of the iLife suite of digital authoring tools that comes on ever new Mac; Numbers, an innovative new spreadsheet and part of the iWork productivity suite; Proscope HR digital microscopes; and PASCO scientific probeware.
Th2-15 2008 Session	Getting the Most out of Your Whiteboards, Slates, & Projectors Cathy Bell, RM Education
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Are you using your interactive technologies to their full potential? This session will introduce curriculum toolbars and content software designed jointly with teachers and teaching experts to create a family of software that you can use to enhance learning and to bring greater student engagement into your whole-class teaching.
Th2-16 2008 Session	Take Control of Your Digital Resources: MediaShare & Server Solutions Betsy Drennan, Discovery Education, and Dennis Swain, Discovery Education
Level: All Levels Grades: All	This session will show you how to take control of your digital resources, ensuring that teachers have access to consistent content in every classroom as well as at home. Discovery Education MediaShare is a web-based content sharing system that enables educators to utilize the best resources through uploading, sharing, managing and distributing user-created or licensed-digital content. Generate reports to understand usage patterns - uploads/downloads, content metadata, and more. Plus, learn how server solutions can allow you to use your LAN/WAN to deliver video content rather than the Internet providing increased quality, improved choice, and enhanced control.
Th2-20 2008 Session	New Building Technology Options Chris Reily, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	New construction is the perfect time to revisit some of the core assumptions and designs of any IT operations. Not only does it provide funding, but also a unique opportunity to embrace newer technologies. This session will review some of the core options that organizations should consider including infrastructure, storage, servers, security, and telephony. Additional topics will address the unique challenges that schools and governments face in relation to new construction This is a working session giving participants ample time to discuss and review the different options and how they'll impact your organization going forward.
Th3-13 2008 Session	Grants Workshop Veronica Garcia
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Informally meet with grant writers who can help identify funding sources to help you implement your distance educational vision. You learn what organizations are available and any requirements necessary to obtain funding for you project.
Th3-14 2008 Session	What a Windows User Needs to Know About Moving to a Mac Daryl Hawes, Apple Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: T2-14, W4-14	Interested in moving to a Mac, but not sure how? This session covers and shows Windows users' how they can move from the Windows World to the creative world of Apple. You learn the basic differences between to systems, what files to move, what peripheral devices work, and we left plenty of time for questions and answers. Stop by and see how easy it is to make the switch.
Th3-15 2008 Session	Engaging 21st Century Students: The Effective Use of Podcasting & Web 2.0 Cathy Bell, RM Education
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Integrating Web 2.0 Technology in the Classroom Learn how to incorporate Web 2.0 technology into your classroom. From wikis to blogs, we will discuss the newest creativity and collaboration tools that students are using outside of the classroom and how schools are utilizing them to engage students in one secure online space. Podcasting in the Classroom This session will answer the kinds of questions you have always wanted to ask such as what is a podcast? How do I create one? What can it be about? And perhaps, more importantly, what is the value of podcasting to education? We will create a podcast together using a very simple tool and gain greater insight into the types of podcasts that teachers and students are creating across the country.
Th3-16 2008 Session	Discovery Education's Streaming Atlas Interactive Digital Media Maps & More Dennis Swain
Level: All Levels Grades: All	We will digitally tour the world through Atlas Interactive Maps as seen on the Discovery Channel. A comprehensive interactive digital media guide that captivates students while supporting differentiated learning through the Classroom Manager feature. Plus, learn about powerful tools like Assignment Builder, Quiz Builder, Writing Prompt Builder, Interactive Calendar, and Lesson Plan Library. We will finalize with a review of the Discovery Educator Network (DEN), and the many complimentary resources the DEN provides.
Th3-20 2008 Session	21st Century Tools for Schools Gayle Razzaboni, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	See how classroom technologies such as the Promethean ActivBoard support kinesthetic, visual and aural learning for 21st century learners. GreenPages' educational experts are experienced and knowledgeable about the trends and issues facing teachers and students. Join us in a discussion of how these tools can help teachers and students engage in the learning process.
Th4-11 2008 Session	Interactive Whiteboards ~ Promethean's Revolutionary 21st Century Teaching Jeff Mann, CBE Technologies
Level: Beginner Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, 9-12, All	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.
Th4-14 2008 Session	Hands on Podcasting with iLife '08 Dan Delvecchio, Apple Inc.
Level: Beginner Grades: All Repeated: T3-14, W2-14	The best way to record music on a Mac is now the best way to record podcasts. Podcasting in GarageBand 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 '08.
Th4-15 2008 Session	Getting the Most out of Your Whiteboards, Slates, & Projectors Cathy Bell, RM Education
Level: Beginner Grades: All	Are you using your interactive technologies to their full potential? This session will introduce curriculum toolbars and content software designed jointly with teachers and teaching experts to create a family of software that you can use to enhance learning and to bring greater student engagement into your whole-class teaching.
Th4-20 2008 Session	21st Century Tools for Schools Gayle Razzaboni, GreenPages Technology Solutions
Level: Intermediate Grades: All	See how classroom technologies such as the Promethean ActivBoard support kinesthetic, visual and aural learning for 21st century learners. GreenPages' educational experts are experienced and knowledgeable about the trends and issues facing teachers and students. Join us in a discussion of how these tools can help teachers and students engage in the learning process.