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Topic Summary
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Presenter Bio
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Diane Demée-Benoit
The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Technology-Infused Project-Based Learning
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Many educators are adopting a project-based learning (PBL) approach because it helps students develop skills for living in a knowledge-based, highly technological society. But, how do you design successful standards-focused projects? Learn about the components of a successful project (planning, scheduling, monitoring, assessing) and find out about the best resources on the project-based learning approach. We'll also view several video segments of teachers doing PBL using the latest technology tools. |
Diane Demée-Benoit, Director of Online Community, The George Lucas Educational Foundation. |
Melissa Schachner
PPS Applegate Head Start
Technology in the Hands of Young Children
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Interested in finding out how 3, 4 and 5 year old students can use technology in fun and engaging ways? Come see how students can create their own books using digital photography. |
Melissa Schachner is a recent graduate from Concordia University with a BA in Education. She is a teacher at PPS Applegate Head Start. She is a mother of two teenage children. She has bestowed her love of computers to her children. Her children started playing on computers at the age of 3 and they now help her keep up with the latest trends. She hopes to continue to share her love of technology with her students and peers.
Link: http://home.comcast.net/~m.schachner/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html |
Cristian Dumitru
Enablemart
Introduction to the Assistive Technology Market and Products
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In this session, you will learn about the many products that Enablemart has to offer in the area of assistive technology. There will be product demos of HeadMouse Extreme, Zoomtext Magnifier Screen/Reader and Clarity DeckMate CCTV. |
An alumni of University of Portland, Christian Dumitru is the Northwest Accounts Manager of Enablemart. |
Crystal Miller
Inspiration Software Inc
Using Visual Learning Strategies to Build Data Literacy Skills
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Come learn how InspireData™, the data analysis tool from Inspiration Software ®, Inc., helps students actively explore and analyze data using Venn diagrams and bar, stack, pie and axis plots to interpret information and draw conclusions. Students will build their data literacy skills using more than 100 content-rich databases, an e-Survey tool, database templates and more! You will also see how educators can use InspireData to identify classroom trends and support data-driven decision making. |
Crystal Miller is the Education Development Specialist with Inspiration Software, Inc. |
Drew Hinds
Oregon Department of Education
Instructional Materials, Textbooks and Digital Content
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The presenter will present the types of instructional materials adopted for use in Oregon and summarize recent changes at the state and federal levels that allow these materials to be accessible to all learners. The majority of the time will be spent discussing how teachers can access instructional materials that support meaningful application of Oregon's Content Standards. |
Drew is a parent, teacher and facilitator of school change. He has served as a teacher, school, and district leader in Idaho, California and Oregon and is currently an Education Specialist at the Oregon Department of Education. |
Sean McKay
George Fox University
Empowering your Classroom with Wikis
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Wikis provide an easy to use (and maintain) website where you and your students can create and share classroom activities, projects, and communication together, all without knowing HTML. Using just a web browser, you will learn how to set up your first wiki and receive practical tips on preparing your students to collaborate using this wonderful web-based tool. |
Sean McKay is a Systems Administrator and Technology in Education consultant for George Fox University and serves in the Institutional Technology department and the School of Education. |
Judy Van Scoter
Portland Public Schools
Effective Strategies + Technology = Student Achievement
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Integrate technology in your classroom and help your students succeed! Use the technology you have to support learning, enhance engagement, and provide additional opportunities for student success. |
Judy Van Scoter has been a teacher of preschool, through adult learners and served as technology facilitator. Seeing students inspired and empowered by technology changed the way she considers teaching and learning. She currently is a teacher with Portland Public Schools |
Kevin Carr and Greg Bothun
George Fox University and University of Oregon
GPS Data Collection and the Google Earth Interface
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Learn to use GPS units to map data on the Google Earth interface; great project tool for students on all subjects, especially science and social studies. |
Kevin Carr is an Associate Professor of Education at George Fox University. Dr. Carr develops electronic tools to enhance inquiry. Greg Bothun is an astrophysicist at the University of Oregon and develops tool for inquiry and data visualization. |
Jerry Johnson
Corban College
The Interactive Classroom with an Electronic Whiteboard
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Make any whiteboard interactive with Mimio, a device that allows you to capture what you write, turn your whiteboard into huge monitor, and make your classroom more interactive! |
Jerry Johnson is a biology professor at Corban College and is presently a doctoral student in the area of Instructional Technology and Distance Education at Nova Southeastern University. His website is Learning Digitally at www.learningdigitally.org |
Mark Bailey
Pacific University,
Forest Grove
Digital Learning Stories: Bringing History to Life
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Telling stories is a timeless means of communicating ideas. Digital media now empowers children to represent understanding and tell their learning stories in ways not previously possible. I will demonstrate a technique to bring history alive by interviewing historical figures. Examples will be provided from the work of a range of elementary students. Presentation Website
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Mark Bailey has explored educational applications for emerging technologies since the 1980s. An Associate Professor at Pacific University specializing in early childhood education, Mark publishes and presents extensively on the confluence of technological innovation, educational empowerment, and social justice.
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Steve Rhine
Willamette University
Podcasting
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K-12 classrooms around the country are becoming their own radio/television stations through Podcasting. Find out how to create your own audio and video podcast and how podcasts can be educationally valuable tools for students' learning. |
Steve Rhine is a Professor of Education at Willamette University. He taught high school mathematics for many years before moving into teacher education. He has been active in the educational technology community for the past two decades. |
Lynne Wolters and Lodi Soderholm
Concordia University and Winston Churchill High School
Conceptualized Instruction For Diverse Learners
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Our children are growing up in a world saturated with technology and a tremendous amount of visual stimuli, and their learning needs have changed as a result. As teachers, we therefore must find new ways to address their diverse learning needs, including the needs of our ELL students and the language barrier they face. This was one of the motivating factors for creating Algebra 1 Conceptualized", a program that aligns with the Oregon State Standards, supports the alignment of Algebra 1 courses across a school district, and provides resources for teachers to present Math concepts visually with the use of slide presentations. Come and see how implementing technology in the classroom through animation, sound, and interactive slide presentations can assist in addressing the needs of diverse learners in our fast-paced world. |
Lynne Wolters is Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Concordia University. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in educational technology, in both face-to-face and online formats. Lynne serves as Concordia's OTEN Campus Coordinator. Prior to joining the College of Education, Lynne taught HTML and Web Page Design courses, in the professional Web Master Program, at Mt. Hood Community College. Lodi Soderholm is an Advanced Mathematics Teacher at Winston Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon. During the course of her education, she became interested in the applications of computer technology in the classroom, and currently serves as a Technology Coordinator, assisting individual teachers in the use of technology, and assisting departments school-wide to prioritize their technology needs within budget guidelines. Lodi has a Masters of Education degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, both
from the University of Oregon, and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Microcomputer Programming from Lane Community College. She has also taught courses in Computer and Information Science and Computer Applications at the University of Oregon and Mt. Hood Community College.
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Karen Eifler
University of Portland
Assessment of Student Learning in a Tech-Enhanced Environment
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You will leave this session armed with scoring guides, checklists and ideas for helping you figure out, document and report what your students have learned as a result of your delivering technology-enhanced lessons. Appropriate for all grade levels.
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PPT: Assessing Tech, NETS: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 |
Karen Eifler teaches educational psychology and classroom assessment courses at the University of Portland after a decade of teaching multiple subjects in grades 4-12.
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Trish Lichau
Concordia University
Brains Need Games
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The 21st century classroom is filled with “Digital Natives” whose brains, because of a “tornado of technology,” may be wired for a type of learning not found in traditional classrooms. This session will explore the issue of Digital Natives (students) and Digital Immigrants (teachers) and then examine how neuropsychosocial conditions and classroom ecology mandate that gameplaying be incorporated into the curriculum so today's students experience meaningful, long-term learning. Discover why we should uplevel, uplearn and unlearn in every lesson! |
Trish Lichau is an experienced public and private school teacher and administrator. She designed and implemented 10 educational courses for the education program at Mt. Hood Community College and is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Education at Concordia University. Trish is currently earning her Ph. D. from Capella University; her dissertation is titled Next Generation Instructional Design: Modifying Transformative Educational Workshops for Online Delivery. |
Jo Meyertons
Linfield College
Social tagging: You're It
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“Social tagging”, aka "folksonomies", can be described as cooperative classification systems. They are all a means of sharing collections of web links online, and of adding your own keywords or phrases (tags) to the items. These tags become a useful way to locate lists of resources and bookmarks created by people of like minds. |
Jo is Director of Instructional Support at Linfield College. She is interested in all things educational and technological, and has been actively following the 2.0 phenomenon. When Jo is not in front of a computer, she likes to hike, bike, garden, and explore the Pacific Northwest. |
Glen L. Bledsoe
Molalla Elementary School
Comic Life Goes to School: The Ultimate Guide to Comic Life in Education
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Technology not only changes how we write, but it also changes what writing is. Education will need to reevaluate what are the important skills teachers need to pass to their students. Digital graphic writing is one genre students need to be taught. Comic Life is the "word processor" of digital graphic writing. While easy to learn and use, there are tips, tricks and uses to put Comic Life which teachers might otherwise be unaware. Learn Comic Life from the teacher who wrote Plasq's Comic Life education curriculum. |
Since 1991 Glen L. Bledsoe has taught using technology in elementary and higher ed classrooms. He and his wife have written over seventeen non-fiction books for the school library market. During this past summer Plasq, the creator's of Comic Life, hired Glen to write curriculum for using Comic Life in the classroom. Glen's weekly comic Nota Bene by Leonardo may be found each Wednesday at http://salem-news.com/notabene/index.php
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Rick Sorensen
Vernier
Lights, Camera, Action - Bringing Video to Science and Math
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Interested in finding out how you can use video in your math and science classroom? Come see how you can use data collection technology and a webcam or digital camera to enhance your students' understanding of math and science. Topics will include video synchronized data collection, video data analysis, and still digital photo analysis. |
Senior Partner, Vernier Software & Technology, Beaverton, OR since 1994. Responsibilities have included the development of handheld technology, project manager for the development of computer and calculator software, leader for workshops on the use of computer-based and calculator-based data collection technology within the US and internationally. Has been a presenter at NSTA, AAPT and NECC national conferences, and co-author of our Physics with Vernier and Earth Science with Vernier lab manuals. Taught high school physics, chemistry and math for 14 years. |
Eric Salkeld
Five Oaks Middle School
Mining for Technology Projects
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Teachers are constantly on the lookout for engaging projects that help students demonstrate their learning. In this workshop, participants will get middle school student-tested and approved ideas on projects that they can use in their content areas. In addition, participants will learn places to mine for engaging technology projects and ideas. |
Eric Salkeld is a 4th year middle school teacher in the Beaverton School District and 2002 graduate of Willamette University's MAT program. |
Dottie Coven
Saxton and Bradley
Using Clickers to Engage and Energize Your Classrooms
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Being engaged in the classroom is one of the keys to deep learning. Come to learn more about how using a student response system can help teachers to actively engage all students in classrooms with ever increasing numbers, check student understanding throughout a lesson, provide on-going real-time feedback during lessons, differentiate instruction based on student understanding, and efficiently assess and record student knowledge. See examples of how teachers can use this formative assessment tool to make learning visible and take learning to a deeper level using quality questioning strategies during instruction. |
Dottie Coven has been recognized by both eInstruction and SMART as an exemplary educator who has taken a lead in integrating technology tools into the classroom environment. She currently is a Training Director and Consultant for Saxton Bradley and works with teachers and districts on how to effectively integrate technology that will enhance the classroom learning experience and provide formative assessment data that will improve student performance. Her philosophy is to look at the classroom as a constantly evolving environment in which teachers need to consistently hold on to fundamental principles while striving to make changes that will improve student achievement. |
Sandra Shadron
Sunrise Middle School
Integrating the use of a SMARTBoard to Enhance/Assess Student Learning
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This session will demonstrate how to use a SmartBoard to increase students' math achievement through increasing their engagement, problem-solving skills and ability to visualize mathematical concepts. Participants will be able to do a bit of hands-on experimenting with the SmartBoard. |
Sandra Shadron has taught math in the North Clackamas School District for the past 8 years. She has taught in Hawai'i and California. She presently teaches at Sunrise Middle School. Sandra uses the SmartBoard in her classes daily. |
Shanti Arnold
Ramblewood Elementary, San Jose, CA
Lessons on the Big Screen: Going from "I can't see!" to "Wow! Look at that!" |
Have you ever read a picture book or tried to show students how to complete a project and been interrupted by the familiar "I can't see!" When was the last time your students got excited about the "Riverdance" or took a tour through the International Space Station? With a projector you can enhance your teaching using video, pictures, music, and websites and captivate your students with multimedia lessons. Using a document camera, you can enlarge any object so that everyone in your class can see it at once. Both technologies engage students with different intelligences or skill levels at the same time. This presentation is geared for elementary classrooms, but the ideas apply to all levels. |
Shanti Arnold teaches first grade at Ramblewood Elementary in San Jose, California. She graduated from Willamette University's MAT Program in 2005, and received her equipment through OTEN grants. |
