Title: Using Technology Literacy Data to Inform Instruction Surrounding 21st Century Skills

Presenter: Mary Wrynn

This presentation will provide attendees with insight into how an authentic technology literacy assessment can provide critical data that educators need to support improved student learning outcomes. With accurate insight into students’ technology literacy, educators can make decisions to inform and individualize instruction, evaluate technology resource use, and help set goals for future technology programs. Learn how a technology literacy assessment also helps districts meet accountability requirements by providing a valid and accurate standard for technology literacy and the proficiency data necessary to show progress toward accountability goals.

Podcast

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Tags: Literacy, Learning Environments, Differentiated Instruction, Teaching

Title: It's Clear to Me! Building Number Sense Through Literature Connections and Technology

Presenter: Fraiser Gordon

Participants will engage in on-computer and off-computer activities that help to develop the conceptual knowledge of number sense and operations through literature connections and technology. Each participant receives a sample CD and lesson plan.

Podcast

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Tags: Math, ELA, ELementary

Title: The Electronic Gym

Presenter: Valerie White

This is an interactive audience participation session. The audience will be asked to participate as I demonstrate the use of Dance Dance Revolution, interactive games, and teacher produced instructional dance videos. I will also discuss other ways in which technology is used in my physical education classroom. These include iTunes, Smartboard Airliner, and electronic sports games.

Podcast

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Tags: Physical Ed., Games, Media

Title: Imagine the Possibilities for K12 with ANGEL LMS

Presenter: Katie Gallagher

Explore innovative applications of a learning management system in a traditional K12 classroom for classroom management, curriculum and instruction, and, assessment. Learn how to empower your students and make your classroom thrive through examining creative examples from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Learn how to create time and improve learning outcomes.

Podcast

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Tags: SMS, Learning Environments

Title: Intel Teach

Presenter: Stephen Bittner

The Intel® Teach Program is a research-proven, worldwide professional development program that helps educators enhance 21st century learning through the effective use of technology. This session will introduce the different parts of the program and provide information about NYS Teacher Centers leadership role in the statewide initiative.

Podcast

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Tags: Teaching, Learning Environments, Web Apps

Title: The SMART Notebook: Quick & Easy Ways to Interactive Lessons

Presenters: Joanne Layden, Peggy Jones

Interactivity and creativity are keys to successful SMARTBoard lessons. Using the SMART Notebook software, you can engage your students with lessons that are dynamic and fun! This session will demonstrate features and effects that can be easily added into notebook lessons to facilitate your students’ engagement and increase understanding.

Podcast

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Tags: Interactive Whiteboard

Title: Imagine the Possibilities for K12 with ANGEL LMS

Presenter: Katie Gallagher

Explore innovative applications of a learning management system in a traditional K12 classroom for classroom management, curriculum and instruction, and, assessment. Learn how to empower your students and make your classroom thrive through examining creative examples from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Learn how to create time and improve learning outcomes.

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments, Teaching

Title: Producing Blended Instruction on a Shoestring Budget: Preservice Teacher Digital Portfolio Design

Presenter: Stephen Ransom

This session’s purpose is to share pedagogies, technologies and logistics of creating and maintaining a blended college level course with a high degree of technology infusion required for the creation of digital teacher portfolios using MAC OS X technologies with virtually no reliance on e-learning software or the I.T. department.

Podcast

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Tags: Digital Portfolios

Title: On the Shoulders of Technology

Presenter: Frank Sobierajski

Let the power of technology bring mathematical insights to your students. The visual capabilities of computers, digital images, and software make your classroom come alive for 21st century kids.

Podcast

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Tags: Math

Title: Tablet PC's as an Instructional Tool

Presenters: Patricia Sullivan, Michael Strauss

The Hilton Village Elementary school is piloting the use of Tablet PC's as a teacher tool to create an engaging instructional environment. We will demonstrate how we are using this tool to connect with our multi-media students and how other staff, including administrators and support personnel, are discovering unique applications.

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments, Laptop/Tablet PC, ELementary

Title: Digital Democracy – High-tech Activities and Policies Essential for Modern Citizenship

Presenter: Gary Stager Ph.D.

This session explores high-tech activities designed to inspire student political participation at a variety of grade levels. The Internet has changed politics and what it means to be a modern citizen. In an age when candidates host online discussions, political organization depends on meetup.com and elections are won or lost on YouTube, it is vital that students master the tools and media techniques of their age, including: data analysis, simulation building, polling and propaganda creation.

In addition to mastery of the tools and techniques essential for civic participation, this session will explore the network and democratic policies required if students are to develop as productive citizens.
The computer, Internet and constructivist software will be used to address:
* The mathematics of polling
* Making sense of data
* Effective communication
* Propaganda creation
* Online community building
* Civic participation

Podcast

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Tags: Gary Stager, Social Studies, Math, Civics

Title: Protecting Your Network from the Great Unknown

Presenters: Michael Boggess, Jim Pappe

Built specifically for securing K-12 networks, Total Traffic Control gives you a single admin console to see everything running on your network and control any detected issues. Monitor and report activity, filtering, manage spam, secure the gateway and desktops, archive e-mail/instant messaging, and manage your bandwidth-all from a single interface.

Podcast

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Tags: Network, Security

Title: Technology and the School Principal

Presenter: Christopher Shively

As a school leader, have you ever thought like Alice in regards to technology in schools? Has Technology complicated schools? Of course it has, but so did writing utensils, textbooks, videos, students, parents, ditto machines, etc. The objective of this workshop is to make the nonsense make sense and provide you with ideas to include in your school leadership plan with regards to technology.

Podcast

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Tags: Leadership

Title: Self-Directed Learning with Technology in the K-12 Classroom

Presenters: Jim Dieso, Mike Amante

Come learn about a set of custom targeted technology curriculum where students learn to independently create exciting technology projects of all kinds! See how one district has developed a model where classroom teachers, Teaching Assistants, Library Media Specialists and Technology staff have implemented such a program successfully in their district.

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments

Title: Study Island's web-based NYS assessment preparation programs

Presenter: Andrea Fontana

Study Island is an entirely web-based NYS assessment preparation program that uses multiple study modes, including interactive games, to teach and assess each skill outlined in the NYS Learning Standards. As students work through the self-paced program, teachers and administrators can generate detailed diagnostic reports tracking individual and group performance.

Podcast

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Tags: Web Apps, Standards

Title: Using Technology to Combat Plagiarism

Presenter: Mansel Wells

Students can easily download material from the Internet and submit it as their own work. Teachers can foil their efforts through the use of many technology tools. Participants will discover how word processors can be used in the writing process to make plagiarism difficult to accomplish. Websites for tracking illegal files will also be explored.

Podcast

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Tags: Plagiarism, ELA

Title: Digital Storytelling to Captivate and Motivate

Presenter: Michael Russo

Video engages learners, and with the abundance of free and low-cost video tools, it is easy to incorporate video projects into any curriculum. Time devoted to a video project can be just a few days, up to a few weeks, depending on learning needs and time constraints. This session will demonstrate some simple and more complex projects, and provide guidance as to how you can bring video to your classroom.

Podcast

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Tags: Digital Storytelling, Media

Title: Get a Life, a Second Life That Is!

Presenter: Nancy Sharoff

Curious about Second Life? Wondering what all the hype is about? Join us as we explore some of the ways that Second Life can contribute to your Personal Learning Network, visit Laelia's Top 10 SL Picks, and have an opportunity to ask questions about this Virtual Opportunity for Educators.

Podcast

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Tags: MUVE, Second Life, 3D Web

Title: Moodle & More

Presenters: Jeanne Myers & Carmalita Bieniek

Come and learn about Moodle (an online learning environment) and an assortment of 21st century tools. Delve into the world of eLearning, head first.

Podcast

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Tags: Moodle, Web 2.0, Online Courses

Title: Enterprise Class Wireless

Presenter: David Henderson

Learn about the process of installing a robust enterprise class wireless network in your district. The presenter will cover wireless standards, security, guest access, site surveys, and authentication.

Podcast

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Tags: Wireless, Network, Security

Title: Experience the 21st Century Intelligent Classroom by Dell and Interwrite.

Presenter: Gerry Fry

Utilizing an interactive whiteboard and award-winning lesson-design software, we will demonstrate sample lessons and exercises from a range of subject areas and grade levels that help students maintain focus and make teaching effective and learning truly enjoyable! Additional peripheral devices will simulate actual classroom participation by students, addressing both formative and summative assessment pieces.

Podcast

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Tags: Interactive Whiteboard, Learning Environments

Title: Professional Development and Training Tools using Adobe Acrobat Connect

Presenter: Bob Long, Tim Plumer

Communication, collaboration, and learning are important to the continuing learner. In today's world, those learners are more frequently working at a distance from the educators and one another. With Adobe Acrobat Connect, you can create distance learning, on-demand classes to engage anyone, anywhere, at any time. Come see how!

Podcast

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Tags: Adobe

Title: Engage the Math Classroom with Virtual Multiplayer Educational Video Games

Presenters: James McDermott, Steven Hoy

What's the urgency behind middle school students in New York City suddenly wanting to learn math - and fast?!?....To score more points of course...and beat their counterparts in schools from around the country. Come see how students and teachers are competing, collaborating and learning through multiplayer video games that look like mainstream games, but have been designed for education.

Podcast

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Tags: Math, Middle School, Games

Title: Emerging Instructional Technologies: Internet2, Vodcasting and Instructional Software –Statewide RIC Expertise

Presenter: Tracy Clark

Looking for local instructional expertise? The Regional Information Center may be your answer. RIC’s across the state through the Directors’ Committee on Instruction (DCI) provide instructional leadership to districts. Some highlights that will be covered include: research on emerging instructional technologies - Internet2, Vodcasting, instructional software, and Learning Management Systems.

Podcast

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Tags: Internet2, Podcasting, SMS, Leadership

Title: Web 2.0: Best Practice Ideas

Presenter: David Jakes

You've heard about the tools-blogs, wikis, and podcasts. But what does best practice with these tools look like, and how do we know? How can they be leveraged to provide high-quality learning experiences? In this session, explore how these tools are being used successfully to change the learning landscape.

Podcast

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Tags: Web 2.0, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting

Title: Using a Browser Based SMS (Infinite Campus) to Analyze District Performance and Improve Communication

Presenter: Richard Spina

Learn how administrators and teachers are using web based data analyses techniques to assess the quality of instruction. Using Infinite Campus, one of the nation’s most advanced student management systems, see how teachers can identify areas of strengths and weaknesses in their curriculum. See how some of New York’s most innovative districts are using a parent portal to bring added value to their communities.

Podcast

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Tags: SMS

Title: Understanding and Utilizing Data through DataMentor

Presenter: Tony Tripolone

DataMentor takes the guess work out of State Standardized Test data. Attendees will learn how to access data, analyze data, and apply what they have learned to better enhance classroom learning. DataMentor offers testing information as well as resources to lessen performance gaps.

Podcast

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Tags: DataMentor, Web Apps

Title: Rod Serling Video Festival

Presenter: Lawrence Kassan

The Rod Serling Video Festival, a K-12 student video festival started in 1995 to promote the creative use of video technology in both the home and classroom, has been steadily gaining in popularity among students, educators, and parents throughout the state of New York. Whether it is a comedy, drama, or animated work one thing you can be sure of… you will be both inspired and amazed at the quality of work being performed by these young people.

The presentation will include screening of award winning student produced videos from previous year’s (each video is 5 minutes or less), a discussion on the creative process, information about entering the festival, and the various prize and award categories. Educators will also see how to team with the Rod Serling Video Festival to initiate a video program at your school or to compliment any existing video production classes already in progress. Opportunities for Distance Learning Broadcasts or site visits will be discussed.

Podcast

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Tags: Media, Video, Distance Learning

Title: Student Success in the 21st Century - Authentic Learning Experiences in the Digital Age

Presenter: Carol LaRow

What should we be teaching our students to prepare them for the future and emphasize skills that reflect a changing world? The ways students use and acquire digital information has changed, which requires them to learn new skills for accessing, analyzing, and summarizing information they find. See ways educators are creating authentic, digital learning experiences, and empowering students to demonstrate what they’ve learned, using student created videos, multimedia presentations, podcasts, class webpages, blogs, wikis, and more. Examples are applicable to any platform, Mac or PC.

Podcast

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Tags: Web 2.0, Wikis, Podcasting, Blogs, Media

Title: Leading from the Inside Out

Presenter: Pete Reilly

It should come as no surprise that leadership plays such a prominent role in technology success. This workshop is a practical, examination of the difficult challenges that technology leaders , no matter their job title, face as we introduce powerful new technology tools into the educational community.

Podcast

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Tags: Leadership

Title: Education in a Hyperconnected World

Presenter: Kevin Dean

Welcome to what is quickly becoming the Hyperconnected world — a new era in communications where anything that would benefit from being connected to the network will be connected. Hyperconnectivity — what we at Nortel define as the state in which the number of devices, nodes, and applications connected to the network far exceeds the number of people using the network — is fast becoming a reality. It's an unstoppable force of change that is demanding action now to rethink the way networks and applications are built. Learn how Nortel's wired and wireless solutions can turn the challenges of the Hyperconnected world of educators, administrators, students, parents, and support staff into an opportunity to meet and exceed expectations. We will discuss how the latest technologies can be used to simplify your Hyperconnected world. Feel free to visit www.hyperconnectivity.com to get a glimpse of these exciting Nortel innovations and how they can aid K-12 Education.

Podcast

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Tags: Network

Title: Enhancing Early Literacy With Technology

Presenter: Heather Caufman

As a result of poor reading achievement, the United States Government requested the National Reading Panel complete a study to determine the factors important to reading success. The panel presented the results in five areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Participants will learn how technology can support this research.

Podcast

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Tags: ELA, Literacy, ELementary

Title: Winning NYSCATE Grants

Presenter: Sarah Martabano

Winners of past NYSCATE grants will describe the details about the projects that won their school or district a NYSCATE grant. Participants will evaluate how these projects might work in their school as well as engage in a discussion around what is involved in writing a winning NYSCATE Grant.

Podcast

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Tags: NYSCATE Grants

Title: Enhancing Education through Online Courses

Presenter: Tony Tripolone

AccelerateU offers many learning opportunities for students and teaching professionals from AP English to The Diverse Brain. Whether you are interested in student or professional development courses, come learn about these opportunities as well as the other resources available to those who participate at AccelerateU.

Podcast

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Tags: Web Apps, Online Courses

Title: Middle School Radio - Creating a Radio Broadcast in your School

Presenters: Michael Swirsky, Gus Marcellus

Similar to college radio, which is voluntarily maintained by students, Our school includes a variety of local news and school information to a target audience ages 10 to 15 years old. Programming includes music, School sporting activities, stories and education, and also includes some type of music format such as free-form.

Podcast

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Tags: Radio, Middle School, Adobe

Title: The actual and potential use of wikis for collaborative writing and research.

Presenters: Richard D. Smith, Dr. Brian Morgan

We designed a wiki to be used as a cross-age, multi-site, collaborative writing tool. This project explored writing beyond the traditional boundaries of the classroom. The goal of this project was to increase adolescent willingness to write, help pre and inservice teachers become more proficient at writing instruction, understand the adolescent writer, and teach and/or introduce students and teachers to the web as a pedagogical tool. This workshop will discuss the notion that wikis are a valuable tool for research and education. Ways to design and implement wikis in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary classrooms as well as the benefits of using this increasingly popular technology will be discussed and demonstrated.

Podcast

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Tags: Wikis, ELA, Web 2.0

Title: Delivering Mission Critical Applications—Instructions, Emergency Communications, Security
Microtech Information Systems Inc: Strategic Partner for Critical Communications in Education

Presenters: Tom Atkins, Mark Francetic

Part I: Solutions for Safety and Incident Preparedness

"I need technologies that help me maintain a safe environment for my students and teachers." Planning and preparedness are critical during times of emergency. Recent events across the country demonstrate the importance of being prepared, and how to respond to internal and external factors during an incident. Leveraging your technology infrastructure can strengthen your ability to successfully navigate during major and minor incidents. Avaya will present solutions and methodologies that are being utilized today, to assist school districts throughout the country for incident preparedness and safety.

Part II: Mission Critical Application Delivery over Wi-Fi:

Almost all of the applications school districts are deploying these days are mission critical. From personal safety to student information management, these systems are now critical to District operations and academic success. With a secure, reliable wireless network, you can enable mission-critical applications such as video streaming, student information system, surveillance cameras, and telephony with the same reliability and performance as with your Ethernet (wired) network. Meru Networks will review best practices and solutions for designing and deploying a Wi-Fi network that allows K-12 schools to get the most from their investment.

Podcast

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Tags: Network, Security, Wireless

Title: Senteos and Airliners-Smart Technology in the Classroom

Presenters: Bethany Vargason, Larry Curreri

Anyone thinking of using personal response devices in the classroom? Do they really encourage student participation, engagement, and learning? This presentation will provide an opportunity for teachers to assess how the use of such technology in the classroom may indeed do all of the above. One district's experience in the use of Smart technology.

Podcast

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Tags: Digital Storytelling, Digital Response Systems, Interactive Whiteboard

Title: Digital Storytelling 2.0: What's Next?

Presenter: David Jakes

You've started using digital storytelling with kids. You've had successes. But what's next, and how can you grow your use or program? This session explores the new tools, media, and networks of digital storytelling that will enable students to further extend their voice and engage in a lifetime of contribution.

Podcast

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Tags: Media, Video, Digital Storytelling

Title: Internet Bookmarking Tools

Presenter: Stephen Bittner

There are a variety of web based tools for bookmarking websites and for publishing website online. These are an essential set of tools for teachers and professional developers who use the Internet. This will be a repeat of last years popular session with some exciting new additions.

Podcast

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Tags: Internet Bookmarking

Title: Forms & Collaboration for Teachers and Administrators using Adobe Acrobat

Presenters: Bob Long, Tim Plumer

Learning involves documents, and those documents come in many shapes, sizes, and types. If those documents are designed to collect information, such as tests and forms, anything to streamline the process will help you. Plus, since much of the work goes to getting the documents ready for final delivery, a tool to speed this up will shorten your day. Adobe Acrobat will make both tasks faster and easier. Learn how in this session.

Podcast

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Tags: Adobe

Title: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Resources Available at the NYS GIS Clearinghouse

Presenter: John JB Borst

The NYS GIS Coordination Program facilitates GIS data development and sharing across New York. An overview will be provided of GIS and the many FREE resources available at the NYS GIS Clearinghouse http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us, including aerial photographs, GIS data, user groups, lesson plans, a GIS Help Desk & more.

Podcast

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Tags: GIS/GPS

Title: Literacy and the Brain: A Neuroscience and Technology Approach for Struggling Readers

Presenters: Elizabeth Kaplan, Deborah Golley

Fast ForWord software is a life changing intervention for reluctant and struggling readers that has had profound effects on students in our districts. This scientifically based product helps students improve the cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing and sequencing that are essential for academic learning and success.

Podcast

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Tags: Literacy, ELA

Title: Connecting Curriculum - Connecting Minds

Presenters: John Pinto, Dan Lake

Using math support as a model, the presenters will show how teachers in various districts use an online learning management system to provide students and parents with tutorial support at home as well as in school.

Podcast

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Tags: Math, Web Apps

Title: Integrating GIS/GPS Into Your Curriculum

Presenter: Bill Fisher

GIS/GPS can be utilized to enhance students' critical thinking and problem solving skills. GIS software and resources will be used to illustrate the power of spatial data analysis. Participants will learn how to use portable GPS units to locate school-based geocaches and collect data for analysis using Google Earth and similar GIS programs.

Podcast

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Tags: GIS/GPS, Google Tools

Title: 21st Century Classroom Solutions Imperative to Millennial Student Success

Presenter: Joel Ryan

Engage, Empower & Motivate Your Students with 21st century classroom interactive products. Come and join us for a fun time and see whats new in todays 21st century classrooms. With special guest speaker Stephanie Sammartino "Grant Specialist" .

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments

Title: Extending the Experience through Twitter & Ning

Presenter: Brian C. Smith

Take your experience @NYSCATE to a new engaging and informative level. Connect and extend NYSCATE for yourself and your colleagues by utilizing two social networking tools, Twitter and Ning. Twitter is a hybrid instant messaging and blogging (or microblog) tool where users create short messages to share information and what they are doing. Ning is a social networking site created specifically for NYSCATE events and conferences. Joining the NYSCATE social networking site hosted at http://nyscate.ning.com will virtually extend the conference and put you in contact with other conference participants. Learn more how to join and participate in these networks at this session.

Podcast

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Tags: Twitter, Ning, Web 2.0

Title: Educational Leadership Panel

Presenter: Pete Reilly

Join Pete Reilly, President of NYSCATE as he facilitates a panel of educational leaders as they explore strategies for transforming teaching and learning. The panel will include: teachers, students, building, district, community, business, and state education leaders.

Podcast

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Tags: Leadership, Learning Environments, Teaching

Title: Build Critical Thinking Skills Using Distance Learning, Podcasting, Blogs, and Web Design

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, blogs that address higher-order thinking of synthesis and evaluation, as well as create their own web designs.

Podcast

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Tags: Distance Learning, Blogs, Podcasting, Web Design

Title: Don't Forget Social Studies, A Discipline that Kids Love!

Presenter: Linda Brandon, Elaine Alden

How do I make time for Social Studies in my elementary classroom? In this session you will learn about a standards-based social studies curriculum for grades 1 - 5 that is integrated with ELA. And....it's completely web-based and available 24-7 on a secure website. Want to learn more and how your district can participate in this affordable solution? Attend this session and find out!

Podcast

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Tags: Social Studies, Standards, ELementary

Title: Enhancing Literacy Instruction with Technology

Presenter: Cynthia Hart, Michael Radday

This interactive workshop will focus on how technology can enhance literacy instruction. Participants will learn a variety of strategies for using technology to foster active reading. Special emphasis will be placed on information literacy skills and preparing students to effectively understand, evaluate, and apply information from a myriad of sources.

Podcast

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Tags: ELA, Literacy

Title: Meeting the NCLB Technology Literacy Mandate: Keeping it Real, Research-based, and Relevant

Presenter: Sylvia Martinez

NCLB requires that all students be technology literate. Find out how TechYES – Student Technology Literacy Certification offers a flexible way for schools to create project-based technology experiences that empower every student. Every session attendee will receive a sample student guide.

Podcast

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Tags: NCLB, Certification

Title: Integrating Technology with Elementary Students

Presenter: Ann Balthaser

Technology is integrated into a primary class but ideas will work with most elementary classrooms. Skills have been identified and steps taken to teach students how to save files, word process, create powerpoints, and use the Internet. Lessons are designed to build on skills and many are easily integrated into current lessons and practices.

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments, ELementary

Title: Delivering Mission Critical Applications—Instructions, Emergency Communications, Security Microtech Information Systems Inc: Strategic Partner for Critical Communications in Education

Presenters: Tom Atkins, Mark Francetic

Part I: Solutions for Safety and Incident Preparedness

"I need technologies that help me maintain a safe environment for my students and teachers." Planning and preparedness are critical during times of emergency. Recent events across the country demonstrate the importance of being prepared, and how to respond to internal and external factors during an incident. Leveraging your technology infrastructure can strengthen your ability to successfully navigate during major and minor incidents. Avaya will present solutions and methodologies that are being utilized today, to assist school districts throughout the country for incident preparedness and safety.

Part II: Mission Critical Application Delivery over Wi-Fi:

Almost all of the applications school districts are deploying these days are mission critical. From personal safety to student information management, these systems are now critical to District operations and academic success. With a secure, reliable wireless network, you can enable mission-critical applications such as video streaming, student information system, surveillance cameras, and telephony with the same reliability and performance as with your Ethernet (wired) network. Meru Networks will review best practices and solutions for designing and deploying a Wi-Fi network that allows K-12 schools to get the most from their investment.

Podcast

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Tags: Security, Wireless, Network

Title: Open Source Software Opportunities and Experience in NYS Education

Presenter: Donald Watkins, Frank Pirrone

We will share successes of using open source software in educational settings. Come to hear about our experiences with implementation, successes and roadblocks. All session attendees will be entered in a raffle to win a Certera branded Desktop PC; courtesy of Great Lakes Electronic Distributing, Inc. (GLED)! Stop by our booth (723) to learn more about our product and service offerings for the Education market.

Podcast

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Tags: Open Source

Title: Did You Say Free? Images, Lesson Plans & Management Tools Oh My!

Presenter: Denise MacDevette

Recipes4Success.com includes free software tutorials and reference guides, including instructions for gathering resources for multimedia projects as well as online tools you can use to create rubrics, graphic organizer worksheets and properly formatted citations. And you won’t want to miss Pics4Learning, which includes over 25,000 free, copyright-friendly images.

Podcast

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Tags: Images, Lesson Plans

Title: The River City Project: A Multi-User Virtual Environment for Learning Scientific Inquiry and 21st Century Skills

Presenter: Andrew Wheelock

Come and learn about a Mulit User Virtual Environment developed by Harvard University for middle school science students. This free application allows students to use their 21st century skills to help solve 19th century health problems.

Podcast

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Tags: MUVE, River City, Science

Title: 21st Century Classroom Solutions Imperative to Millennial Student Success

Presenter: Joel Ryan

ENGAGE, EMPOWER & MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS With 21st century classroom
interactive products.Come and join us for a fun time and see whats new in todays 21st century classrooms. With special guest speaker Stephanie Sammartino "Grant Specialist" .

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments

Title: Benefits of an Inquiry Approach to Secondary Science

Presenter: Chris Wilhelm

Find out how easy it is to incorporate inquiry-based probeware solutions into your science classrooms, with or WITHOUT computers. Learn to use probeware to help students grasp core concepts in biology, physics, earth/environmental science, and chemistry. Also see how GPS technology can be integrated into data collection to enable collaboration. Get students actively collecting data with sensors and dataloggers similar to the way actual scientists do.

Podcast

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Tags: Science

Title: Changing the Traditional Classroom Using a Classroom Performance System

Presenter: Brian Blaszak

Description: A look into what the classroom performance system can do in the educational world. An overview of the powerful features the clickers have on the students and teachers. The presentation will demonstrate ways to incorporate the use of clickers from beginner to advanced technological users to keep all students engaged for entire class periods.

Podcast

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Tags: CPS, Digital Response Systems

Title: 21st Century Classroom Solutions Imperative to Millennial Student Success

Presenter: Joel Ryan

Discription: Engage, Empower & Motivate Your Students with 21st century classroom interactive products. Come and join us for a fun time and see whats new in todays 21st century classrooms. With special guest speaker Stephanie Sammartino "Grant Specialist" .

Podcast

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Tags: Learning Environments

Title: Standards in Digital Literacy: Teacher and Students UNITE!

Presenter: Brian McFadyen

Attendees will understand how important standard levels of technology integration are in reaching their education goals.

Podcast

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Tags: Standards

Title: Using Technology to enhance 6-12 Science and Math

Presenter: Jeff Prevost