Randy Nelson, Writer / Consultant - Canceled due to weather -
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NEW - Kyle Brumbaugh, Vice Principal and Google Certified Teacher
Rushton Hurley, Founder, Next Vista for Learning
Chris Walsh, Director of Innovation & Design, New Tech Network
Marco Torres, Educator, Apple Distinguished Educators
Steve Dembo, Teach42, Discovery Education
Carol Anne McGuire, Teacher, Rock Our World
JUST ADDED: Out of Default ModeHow to use Google Docs and other free tools to enhance and extend your Professional Learning Community - 10:15am - 11:00am
Kyle Brumbaugh, Vice Principal & Google Certified Teacher
Google, with its suite of free tools, allows you to quickly and easily manage and share your documents, research and data with people in your organization or around the world. Time and distance are no longer a barrier to collaboration.
Making and Using Video in the Classroom - 11:15am - 12:00pm
Rushton Hurley
Using an inexpensive camera (or none at all - gasp!) and iMovie, anyone can make movies that engage students, improve learning, and help promote programs at one's school. Is it difficult to do projects in which students create videos? No! Join a highly energetic teacher for good ideas and good fun, as well as project ideas and free resources.
Learning 2 Learn All Over Again - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Chris Fitzgerald Walsh
From the creator of the Infinite Thinking Machine and the co-founder of the Google Teacher Academy comes an epic multimedia event on how eLearning is quickly changing the way we think about school. Action packed scenes include: a romp through the eLearning universe, time traveling encounters with history's greatest minds, a personal quest to map how we learn, and the epic battle that digital generation students are waging. Walk away armed with the knowledge and tools to start your own revolution in learning. Warning: audience participation is required!
It's not About Clicking and Dragging! It's not About Blogging, Podcasting, Web 2.0'in! - 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Marco Torres
It's about teaching and learning. Or, learning and teaching. In this "flattening" world, we are required to be more creative, more flexible, more community based. However, teachers -- the world still needs GOOD, empathetic, ingenuous educators, a teacher, a Yoda! Yeah, you! The kids, more than ever, need us! Multimedia is a language to our students. If we're smart and ready, we can use it to be very academic and very rigorous (and have fun along the way, too). If we use multimedia right, we can empower in ways that we never imagined. Turn your classroom into a stage, a studio, and a community and HURRY! The kids are waiting for you to catch up!
The Tao of Mac... for Educators! - 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Steve Dembo
Let's face it, while buying a Mac may feel like joining a cult, there certainly is a zenlike philosophy behind every iPhone and iMac. In studying the principles that make the Mac great, we can learn valuable pearls of wisdom for our classrooms as well. Join me for a journey into the Tao of Mac, as we discover hidden gems in the applications that we already know and love.
Rock Our World: GarageBand on a Global Scale - 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Carol Anne McGuire
The Ultimate Use of GarageBand: How do kids from all over the world collaborate to make one GarageBand song? Come see how it's done and learn a few tips and tricks of this amazing Mac tool!
