Session A (Sunday, November 23, 12:30-1:30)

Active Learning in the 21st Century Classroom - (Tags:  nyscate08a07, nyscate08)
Presenter: Joel Ryan
Interactive whiteboards, wireless tablets and digital presenters are the latest innovations in classroom technology. Learn how classroom teachers can effectively use these technologies in the classroom to support curriculum objectives. Join our presenters who are educators that have worked with teachers for over a decade in helping them make sense of all this technology.  Learn how to create an active learning environment for students that will engage, excite and educate them in the Troxell "21st Century Classroom”. This student-centered approach to education empowers teachers through effective and practical technology, supported by a comprehensive professional development model. Special guest speaker Terrence P. Sweeney from Eduscape Partners and at every session a Wireless Blue Tooth Tablet will be raffled.

Tech Talk – A 21st Century Professional Development Program - (Tags:  nyscate08a08, nyscate08)
Presenter: Ben Higgins & JoAnn DePue
This session will focus on how to introduce emerging technologies to your staff in a successful manner. Tech Talk is a half-day web course used by Springville-Griffith Institute CSD to allow their staff the opportunity to learn about available hardware, software, and web based products through the use of 21st century skills.

Manage, Organize, & Learn from Your Events - (Tags:  nyscate08a09, nyscate08)
Presenter: Barbara Lipiew & Jeff Clift
Web based software assists in announcing, planning and recording every detail of your events.  Employees and the public can register or sign up for an automated waiting list.  Keep registrants informed of changes, record attendance data, and e-mail certificates and evaluation forms with ease. Repeat events are a snap with saved information.

Creating Personal Learning Networks with Web 2.0 Tools - (Tags:  nyscate08a10, nyscate08)
Presenter: Ted Sakshaug
Participants will learn how to use various web tools to develop their own personal learning network. Tools used will include- but are not limitted to- Twitter, diggo, RSS readers and other social networking tools. Participants will learn to find tools to use and people to share with. Note: This session is a bring your own laptop session.

Managing 21st Century Technological Change - (Tags:  nyscate08a11, nyscate08)
Presenter: Pat Aroune
How Communities of Practice, K-12 benchmarks, and an overarching framework can accelerate the rate of technological instruction within a school district.

Integrating Macs into Your District - (Tags:  nyscate08a03, nyscate08)
Presenter: David Henderson
Macintosh computers have become an increasingly popular choice to purchase. This presentation will cover particulars on how to incorporate Macs into your environment. Integration with Active Directory, eDirectory, print servers, and desktop control will be discussed.

Effective and Engaging SMART Board Techniques - (Tags:  nyscate08a04, nyscate08)
Presenter: David Kowalski & Bill Arcuri
The SmartBoard is a wonderful tool to use with your students — great for whole group, guided practice, and independent practice exercises. In this session, we will look at the basic SmartBoard tools, introduce the Smart Notebook software, and share with you our Top Ten Interactive SmartBoard Lessons. The lessons will get you out of your seat to experience first hand our Greatest Hits" from actual classroom use of the SmartBoard technology in Webster schools."

Using Technology to Enhance Reading Fluency - (Tags:  nyscate08a01, nyscate08)
Presenter: Christie Graves & Carol Fox
Learn how to use technology tools, such as podcasting and VoiceThread to support and enhance your early literacy program.  Gain knowledge of the power of multi-age education to support the skill of fluent oral reading and literacy growth with your students.

Rubber to the Road: Making Technology Integration Work - (Tags:  nyscate08a02, nyscate08)
Presenter: Michael Virgil & Philip Sheridan
This workshop will describe how to provide high end technology resources and staff development to enhance instruction.  A particular emphasis will be placed on the use of technology to support district curriculum goals and the New York State Learning Standards.

Participants will be provided with information regarding the management of funds, purchase of equipment and utilization of personnel to support technology.  In addition, sample lesson plans, best practices in technology, lists of software, and demonstration of software and hardware will be provided.

Using Your Bean - (Tags:  nyscate08a05, nyscate08)
Presenter: Brian Blaszak & Donna Frymire
This session will showcase the basics of how to utilize your Bean which you received as part of NYSCATE this year. Discussions of classroom use, how to share and the basics of use will all be presented.

Leaving Digital Footprints that Count - (Tags:  nyscate08b12, nyscate08)
Presenter: Stephen Ransom
In this highly digital and connected world, one's digital footprint is expected or required in many instances, and is monitored in others. Educators must assist students in creating positive and powerful digital footprints that work to their advantage, not simply ensure that such footprints are sanitized or nonexistent altogether.

Using Blogs and Wikis in the Primary Grades - (Tags:  nyscate08b06, nyscate08)
Presenter: Cathleen Hutter & Steve Lian
The workshop will focus on sharing a variety of projects that used wikis or blogs in a first and second grade classroom.  We will discuss how the use of blogs/wikis improved or changed the projects.  The participants will learn where to go to set up their own free blogs and wikis to use with their own classes. Note: This session is a bring your own laptop session.

Active Learning in the 21st Century Classroom - (Tags:  nyscate08b07, nyscate08)
Presenter: Joel Ryan
Interactive whiteboards, wireless tablets and digital presenters are the latest innovations in classroom technology. Learn how classroom teachers can effectively use these technologies in the classroom to support curriculum objectives. Join our presenters who are educators that have worked with teachers for over a decade in helping them make sense of all this technology.
Learn how to create an active learning environment for students that will engage, excite and educate them in the Troxell "21st Century Classroom”. This student-centered approach to education empowers teachers through effective and practical technology,

supported by a comprehensive professional development model. Special guest speaker "Terrence P. Sweeney" from Educape Partners" and at every session a Wireless Blue Tooth Tablet will be raffled.

In the Middle: Connecting Teachers and Learners with Technology - (Tags:  nyscate08b08, nyscate08)
Presenter: Nora Mazzone & Ed Cofino
This workshop will focus on ways in which middle school teachers use technological mediums to enhance instruction across the disciplines.  It will include considerations for allocation, evaluation and staff development.  Innovative practices across grades six, seven and eight will be shared.

Technology Solutions with a Proven TCO - (Tags:  nyscate08b09, nyscate08)
Presenter: Greg Partch & Chris MacPherson
We needed a cost-effective solution for our use of instructional technology. Thin Client computing provides this solution with home access to folders and applications to both students and staff. By lowering the TCO while also addressing the digital divide, we are recognized as statewide leaders in New York State.

Collaborative Project Development - (Tags:  nyscate08b10, nyscate08)
Presenter: Catherine Marriott
Mix data, curriculum, and standards together collaboratively and you develop learning experiences that inform and enhance instruction.   Learn about the process and the results of a collaborative effort to increase the number of school library projects that have a direct impact on student achievement.

Thin Client Using VMware VDI & HP Hardware - (Tags:  nyscate08b11, nyscate08)
Presenter: Rob Noble
Transform the way you deploy and Manage desktops.  Learn how you can save money on energy, save break-fix time and have techs available for projects that make your users more productive, increase security, discourage theft and save on hardware costs by using computers that have a longer life.

DataMentor: Using Data to Inform Instruction - (Tags:  nyscate08b03, nyscate08)
Presenter: Staci Autovino-Kemp
This session will provide an Overview of Datamentor. Datamentor is the friendly front door to assessment data and solutions for classroom level teachers. Datamentor compares assessment results from your individual school district versus your local BOCES aggregate results in order to locate the gaps that exist in your district.

Engaging Elementary Learners Without Breaking the Bank - (Tags:  nyscate08b04, nyscate08)
Presenter: Bill Arcuri & Dave Kowalski
Do you have computers, but no budget for software? Don't fret. We'll show you dozens of free, interactive and engaging websites perfect for use with elementary learners. Explore along with us as we discuss classroom-tested activities using free web-based tools, resources and lesson plans. We'll also discuss tips for successful implementation of activities.

Come Into the Light:  How to Transition From a Traditional to a Digital Darkroom - (Tags:  nyscate08b01, nyscate08)
Presenter: Elizabeth Randell
Discover how a traditional darkroom photography classroom transformed into a dynamic digital media center. Get ideas for your own transition to digital and hear the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a digital program. Tips for program advocacy, funding and developing curriculum will be included. Although the approach is art-based, ideas will be general enough to apply to other content areas.

NYSSTL –Technology Leadership for the 21st Century - (Tags:  nyscate08b02, nyscate08)
Presenter: Dr. Lorraine Hohenforst & Stacy Ward
Learn how the HFM and WSWHE BOCES have created the New York State Student Technology Leaders (NYSSTL) Club in 30 middle schools. Students help their teachers learn to use technology and their classmates prove their tech literacy, creating a community of 21st century learning in our schools.

Research Paper Presentation Session - (Tags:  nyscate08b05, nyscate08)
Presenter: Sarah McPerson
Ruth X. Guo Buffalo State College,  An Ethnographic Study of E-Portfolio Use in Teacher Development

Creating a SMART Learning Community - (Tags:  nyscate08c06, nyscate08)
Presenter: Cathleen Chamberlain & Mary Beth Fierro
Participants in this session will learn how effective instructional strategies are enhanced with the use of SMART Boards, the SMART Senteo Interactive Response Systems, the SMART Airliner Wireless Slate, the StudyZone, Interactive Educational Games and SMART Software.  Discover how this K - 12 initiative has yielded impressive results in engaging students , enhancing academic performance and exciting an entire community!  The presenters will actively engage participants as they demonstrate the SMART Board and related technologies as an effective instructional too.

Web 2.0 tools in the Elementary Classroom - (Tags:  nyscate08c13, nyscate08)
Presenter: Sarah Indermill & Janet & Kim Bunce & Bigelow
In a world of digital learners, Web 2.0 tools can be used to enhance elementary students learning.  Join us to see how elementary teachers can use tools such as blogs, podcasts and wikis within their classroom curriculum. Note: This session is a bring your own laptop session.

Build Critical Thinking Skills Using Distance Learning, Podcasting, Blogs, and Web Design - (Tags:  nyscate08c07, nyscate08)
Presenter: Sandra Keppel
Explore the power of using project-based learning that encompasses distance learning to enhance critical thinking skills and create authentic assessment tools.  Your students will be empowered to write research papers, podcasting scripts, and blogs that address higher-order thinking of synthesis and evaluation, as well as create their own web designs.

Active Learning in the 21st Century Classroom - (Tags:  nyscate08c08, nyscate08)
Presenter: Joel Ryan
Interactive whiteboards, wireless tablets and digital presenters are the latest innovations in classroom technology. Learn how classroom teachers can effectively use these technologies in the classroom to support curriculum objectives. Join our presenters who are educators that have worked with teachers for over a decade in helping them make sense of all this technology. Learn how to create an active learning environment for students that will engage, excite and educate them in the Troxell "21st Century Classroom”. This student-centered approach to education empowers teachers through effective and practical technology, supported by a comprehensive professional development model. Special guest speaker "Terrence P. Sweeney" from Educape Partners" and at every session a Wireless Blue Tooth Tablet will be raffled.

Transforming Education by Empowering Students - (Tags:  nyscate08c09, nyscate08)
Presenter: Pete Reilly
Join Pete Reilly as he explores how schools can empower students to be more responsible and engaged in their own learning. This interactive session will demonstrate how technology can be a catalyst for creating active and engaging environments where students are empowered to discover, explore, hypothesize and create.

Engaging Adolescents in Intermediate Science Through Online Activities - (Tags:  nyscate08c10, nyscate08)
Presenter: Peter Rillero
Discusses virtual science education experiences to enhance learning. Presents research suggesting virtual science experiences lead to the same gains as physical experiences, while the time required is much less. A variety of virtual science education experiences will be presented that are available from the Internet for free or low cost.

BOCES & Teacher Resource Center Collaboration - (Tags:  nyscate08c11, nyscate08)
Presenter: Tim Clarke & Tim Houseknecht
When Teacher Resource Centers and BOCES work together, they have the ability to better serve their member school districts.  This session will highlight two years of collaboration between Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES and Cattaraugus-Allegany Teacher Resource Center and how they worked together to provide equipment and technology professional development for their shared region.

CSI NYSCATE - (Tags:  nyscate08c12, nyscate08)
Presenter: Jeff Ginsberg
Computer forensics is the practice of identifying, extracting and considering evidence from digital media such as computer hard drives. Digital evidence is both fragile and volatile and requires the attention of an experienced specialist to ensure that materials of evidentiary value can be effectively isolated and extracted in a manner that will bear the scrutiny of a court of law. Computer forensics is the practice of identifying, extracting and considering evidence from digital media such as computer hard drives.

Learn what to do and not to do when it comes to possible issues in your school.

AccelerateU: Student Online Courses - (Tags:  nyscate08c03, nyscate08)
Presenter: Michele Messenger
AccelerateU is a New York State Student Online Course system, offering many High School and some Middle School courses. Courses range from core, to elective to Advanced Placement. Taught by NYS teachers and aligned to NYS standards, these courses can be used for credit recovery, scheduling conflicts or accelerated study.

Building Students' Vocabulary Using Technology - (Tags:  nyscate08c04, nyscate08)
Presenter: David Mileham
Based on research conducted by Robert Marzano, this workshop will focus on building the vocabulary of students using technology. Teachers will be exposed to technology resources and methods used to develop deep understandings of vocabulary terms used in content areas.

The Pitfalls of Technology and How to Crawl Out of Them - (Tags:  nyscate08c01, nyscate08)
Presenter: Stuart Shoots
Do you see the value of technology in the classroom but are hesitant to use it?   During this session, participants will engage in discussions around issues facing educators in today’s ever evolving world of technology.  Participants will use and be introduced to up and coming technologies embedded within the discussion.

Navigating Wireless Communication in the Classroom with TI Navigator - (Tags:  nyscate08c02, nyscate08)
Presenter: Lisa Blank
Come learn about the newest TI-Navigator system.  Create a powerful connection between students and educator by wirelessly networking each student’s graphing calculator to the classroom computer. Track the progress of individual students or a class in real time. Use instant feedback to create a dynamic learning environment proven by research to increase student success. This is a powerful tool for use in all academic disciplines.

Using Your Bean - (Tags:  nyscate08c05, nyscate08)
Presenter: Brian Blaszak & Donna Frymire
This session will showcase the basics of how to utilize your Bean which you received as part of NYSCATE this year. Discussions of classroom use, how to share and the basics of use will all be presented.