Session+Descriptions+2011


 * =S**ession**= || =**Presenter**= || =**Description**= ||
 * LAN School || Lisa Schlaffman || This is software that allows a teacher to monitor student’s computer activity throughout class time. Students can be polled with true/false or multiple choice questions. Can send or receive assignments and web sites. Can control what students can access. ||
 * Web 2.0 Tools || Cadena Powers || Online tools galore! ||
 * Prezi || Carissa Vanderley || Want to make more exciting presentations that zoom in and out? Tired of using power point? Then Prezimight be just for you! Prezi is a web-based presentation and storytelling tool that uses a canvas instead of traditional slides. Text, images, videos and other presentation objects can be grouped together. Users are able to zoom in and out of a visual presentation. ||
 * SMART Response || Desirae Surat & Karen Graber || We will look at using SMART response in a paper quiz format and as a smartboard document designed to give the teacher feedback as to which students understand a concept. We'll look at premade quizes, making your own quiz, and instant quizes. ||
 * Blogs || Cadena Powers || Using blogs to integrate technology in the classroom. ||
 * SMARTboard || Karen Graber || We will look at creating SMARTboard programs for the elementary classroom. We'll also look at adding graphs or tables and how to embed videos into your programs. We'll also look at using the document cameras. ||
 * Glogster || Desirae Surat & Lisa Schlaffman || This is an online application that allows registered users to create interactive posters. Students can collaborate by leaving comments on other glogs. ||
 * SMART Recorder/ Vodcasting || Cadena Powers || Using SMART Recorder, you can record the actions you take on the SMART board and or computer. Using your computer's microphone, you can record your narration. After you create a recording, you can play the recording on any computer or share the recording with others. We will look at how you might integrate this tool into your classroom. ||
 * Discovery Education || Karen Graber || This website is full of educational videos. You can sort by grade and subject. Save your videos in an on-line folder or download them to your computer ||
 * Type With Me || Desirae Surat || This website allows people to collaborate with each other. It could be used at any grade level since no e-mail address, username, or password is required. ||
 * Word Clouds || Lisa Schlaffman || Tagxedo is pronounced as [tag-SEE-doh]. This is an online application to create “word clouds” from text that you provide and put them into a shape. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts,, color schemes, and shapes. ||
 * Photo & Video Storage Solutions || Cadena Powers || Overwhelmed by your photos and videos?? We will discuss options for photo/video storage (plus one big DON"T) along with an idea for a simplified classroom yearbook. ||
 * Thinkfinity || Sheryl Larson || Thinkfinity is a web portal that gives you one step access to 12 educational, humanity, and arts websites. More sites have been added in the last two years, so there will be new resources to learn about for those who have attended a Thinkfinity presentation in the past. ||
 * Web Site Development || Desirae, Karen, Lisa, & Cadena || A Wiki is an online application that allows you to create and update content on your own web site. A wiki allows anyone or only you to edit, delete or modify content. ||
 * Network Issues || Nate Winter ||  ||