Vicki Davis
Since her Georgia technology conference in November 2005, this teacher has experienced an extremely positive classroom makeover. Since that time she has co-created multiple award-winning global collaborative projects including the Flat Classroom project, and inclusion in Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat and many media outlets.
Her Cool Cat Teacher blog has skyrocketed into the edublogosphere, earning her multipleawards as well as grants for her classroom. Learn how to give yourself an extremely positive classroom makeover as you transform your classroom safely into a place where students are engaged and collaborating with a global audience.
Thursday, March 5
Time 11:45 - 12:30 p.m.
Room 402
7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom
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Thursday, March 5
Time 1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Room 402
Differentiated Instruction and Assessment with Technology
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Thursday, March 5
Time 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Room Ballroom A/B
Keynote: Extreme Makeover: Classroom Edition
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Meg Ormiston
For over twenty years Meg Ormiston has been involved in professional development activities focused on changing instructional practice in the classroom. Meg marries her passion for technology with a deep curriculum background and over twelve years as a classroom teacher. Meg has served as a curriculum coach, school board member, keynote speaker, professional development specialist and grant facilitation specialist. Meg has also authored two books, written numerous articles, collaborated on professional videos and participates in many personal learning communities.
Meg brings all of this to each professional development session, with a dynamic presentation style and a great sense of humor. When she is not on the road Meg can usually be found at a sporting event of her boys along with her husband and golden retriever, Napa.
Thursday, March 5
Time 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Construction Zone Meet & Greet
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Friday, March 6
Time 9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
Construction Zone Meet & Greet
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Luncheon Keynote
Friday, March 6
Time 12:15 p.m.
Room Ballroom A/B
Title The Extreme Makeover of the Paper Trained Teacher in a Video Game World
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Kathy Schrock
Kathy Schrock is the Administrator for Technology for the Nauset Public Schools on Cape Cod, MA. A large part of her job is involved with infusing technology throughout the curriculum in all areas and at all grade levels. Previously a library media specialist, she is very interested in search strategies, evaluation of Internet information, copyright issues, emerging technologies and gadgets, and the use of technology as a tool to support instruction. Kathy was the recipient of the NC AETC Service Award in 2006. She is also a Discovery Educator Network STAR, a Google Certified Teacher, an Adobe Education Leader, a Thinkfinity Certified Trainer, and has recently applied to become an Apple Distinguished Educator. She sits on the advisory boards of several educational technology publications.
Kathy has authored hundreds of articles and four books dealing with educational technology. She teaches online graduate level courses in the area of emerging technology, and co-chairs the ISTE Emerging Technologies Task Force. Currently, she also manages a large professional development initiative within Second Life for several school districts and educational agencies.
Thursday, March 5
Time 2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Room 402
Building Your Professional Learning
Community in Second Life
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Thursday, March 5
Time 8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
Room 304
Building Your Professional Learning
Community in Second Life
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Howie DiBlasi
Dr. Howie DiBlasi was recognized as “Vocational Teacher of the Year” for the State of Arizona and nominated as a finalist in the “Top Secondary Leaders in America.” He has been featured in several magazines as “A CIO that really thinks outside the box.” Dr. DiBlasi has extensive experience in the education field (20 years) business leader (10 years) and as a Technology Director (14 years). His emphasis is on Digital Technology, multi-media, Interactive Video Conferencing and 21st Century
Learning. He is a Master Certified Trainer and has received certification from two national certification organizations. He is a recognized leader in these areas and has extensive hands-on experience in training administrators and educators using 21st Century Technology and applications.
He is known as a highly energetic, compassionate and approachable speaker. He is a trainer that blends humor, applicable stories of best practice and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past year, he has presented programs, courses and speeches to thousands of administrators, teachers, technology specialists and professionals around the country.
Pre-conference Sessions
Wednesday, March 4
Time 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Room Marriott - Congressional A
10 Rules For Revolutionaries In
The 21st Century Classroom
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Thursday, March 5
Time 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Room 402
Building Learning Communities: Projects for
the Global Classroom Connection
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Thursday, March 5
Time 11:45 - 12:30 p.m.
Room 304
Web 2.0: Create - Communicate - Collaborate -Connect
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Tammy Worcester
Tammy Worcester has over twenty years of educational experience. She began her career in the classroom, teaching various grades from kindergarten to middle school. While teaching, Tammy also served as the technology coordinator for her K-8 school. For the past ten years, Tammy has worked for ESSDACK, an educational service center, as an Instructional Technology Specialist, providing staff development and training in the area of technology integration. Her website, “Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers” (www.tammyworcester.com) is a popular online resource for teachers around the world. Tammy has developed software applications for teachers and is the author of best-selling technology resource books that are published and marketed nationally. Tammy is extremely innovative and resourceful and specializes in finding unique and creative ways to use traditional computer tools in the classroom.
Tammy’s experiences as a parent, a teacher, a technology director, and a training specialist have allowed her to develop a strong sense of best educational practices. Those skills, coupled with her technology expertise, enable her to collaborate with other educators to build models of effective technology implementation that will have the potential to truly transform schools.
Wednesday, March 4
Time 9:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 4:00
Room Sheraton - Capital
Title Tammy's Favorite Technology
Building Tools for a Web 2.0 Classroom
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Thursday, March 5
Time 1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Room 304
Title Cell Phones in the Classroom
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Thursday, March 5
Time 2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Room 304
Title Beyond Copy and Paste - Building Integrated
Technology ProjectsPre-conference Sessions
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Leslie Fisher
Leslie Fisher’s interest in technology began while studying music at the University of Southern California. She quickly realized the value of utilizing computers for music mixing and thus began a personal discovery process where technology replaced the flute and brought her nationally celebrated talents to us today. After graduating from USC with a Business and Marketing degree in 1989, she went to an Apple Computer Inc. subsidiary where she was in charge of the education marketing and training program. Wanting more technical experience, Leslie left this company in 1992 and joined Apple
Computer Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer in K-12 education, providing technology solutions to school districts across Southern California.
When the Internet took off in 1994, Leslie was one of the first Apple employees assigned to study Internet growth and implementation. Due to her knowledge of web design, server implementation and Internet resources, she became the Internet resource in the Educational Western Region. In 1997, Leslie was road kill on Apple's road to recovery and was part of their massive lay off. Leslie planned to spend most of her huge severance package golfing and waiting a few months to look for a job. The day after her layoff, her phone began to ring with Apple customers requesting consulting. Before she could say fore, Fisher Technologies Inc. was created to help educators with their technology implementation and decision. Fisher Technologies Inc. is now a nationwide Corporation providing web design, consulting, training and presentation services to school districts and companies.
Pre-conference Session
Wednesday, March 4
Time 9:00-4:00
Room Marriott - State A
Title Digital Photography and Elements
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Thursday, March 5
Time 10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Room 304
Title Enhance your Digital foundation. The Good
Bad and Ugly, Taking Digital Pictures Effectively
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Thursday, March 5
Time 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Room 402
Title Software, hardware and web gadgets
for your educational tool belt
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Friday, March 6
Time 10:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Room 402
Title Ipod Touch / iPhone Application Class
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David Warlick
David Warlick’s unique voice and message combine a wide range of experiences, both in and outside the education arena. He worked for nearly ten years as a middle school social studies, math, and science teacher, during which he also wrote award-winning instructional software and introduced hundreds of teachers to the educational potentials of desktop computers.
In 1984, David moved to a central office position as Director of Technology and then on to the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction where he served as a technology integration consultant and built the nation’s first state department of education web site. Since 1995, Mr. Warlick has been the owner and principal consultant of The Landmark Project, a professional development, web design, and innovations firm in Raleigh North Carolina. During this time David
has spoken at conferences and delivered workshops for educators in nearly every state of the U.S. and audiences in Europe, Asia, and South America. He created and maintains the second oldest continuing online project, Global Grocery List, and writes for publications that include Technology & Learning Magazine, ALA’s KnowledgeQuest, Education World, and CUE Online. He has also written
three books about modern technologies in education and contemporary literacy, and he has been quoted in Education Week, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY. He has also received the NCAECT "Communications and Technology Service
Award" in 2003.
Pre-conference Session
Wednesday, March 4
Time 9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Room Marriott - State B
Title Personal PD Cultivating your
Personal Learning Network
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Thursday, March 5
Time 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Room 304
Title A Foundational Structure for Learning 2.0
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Friday, March 6
Time 9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
Room 402
Title A Conversation with Will & Dave
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Friday, March 6
Time 10:15 - 11:00 p.m.
Room 304
Title Learning in Virtual Worlds: An Educator’s
Primer
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Will Richardson
Will Richardson is known internationally for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies and, more specifically, the tools of the Read/Write Web into their schools, classrooms and communities. A former public school educator for 22 years, Will’s own Weblog (www.Weblogg-ed.com) is a leading resource for the creation and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies on the K-12 level, and is a leading voice for re-envisioning learning and teaching in the context of the fundamental changes these new technologies are bringing to all aspects of life.
His critically acclaimed, best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (2nd Edition, July 2008, Corwin Press) has sold over 50,000 copies and is already being used by tens of thousands of teachers to reinvent their practice, and his keynotes, presentations and workshops to audiences in China, Australia, Europe and throughout North America communicate a fresh and inspiring vision of what schools can and must become. Through the Powerful Learning Practice Network which he co-founded with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, he works with schools and teachers around the world to re-envision their learning cultures and communities.
He is also a national advisory board member for the George Lucas Education Foundation, a columnist for District Administration Magazine, and has published dozens of articles in various professional and mass market journals and magazines. Will lives along the Delaware River in beautiful western New Jersey with his wife Wendy and his children Tess and Tucker, all of whom are bloggers.
Friday, March 6
Time 8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
Room 402
Title RSS: Connecting Ideas and Knowledge
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Friday, March 6
Time 9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
Room 402
Title A Conversation with Will & Dave
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Friday, March 6
Time 11:15 - 12:00 p.m.
Room 402
Title Network Literacy: Leveraging the Potential
of a Hyper Connected World
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