Integrating GIS/GPS Into Your Curriculum
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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.
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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
nyscate07c10
21st Century Classroom Solutions Imperative to Millennial Student Success
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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" .
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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
nyscate07c04
Extending the Experience through Twitter & Ning
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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.
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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.
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nyscate07c13
VITAL: Video in Teaching and Learning
18/11/07 03:00 PM
Title: VITAL: Video in Teaching and Learning
Presenter: Sandy Goldberg
Thirteen/WNET presents VITAL, a comprehensive online teaching resource available free to NY educators. VITAL promotes student achievement by offering standards-aligned video clips for classroom use in grades 3 through 8. All video segments are supported by expert-developed educational activities that are aligned to New York State Math and ELA Standards.
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Presenter: Sandy Goldberg
Thirteen/WNET presents VITAL, a comprehensive online teaching resource available free to NY educators. VITAL promotes student achievement by offering standards-aligned video clips for classroom use in grades 3 through 8. All video segments are supported by expert-developed educational activities that are aligned to New York State Math and ELA Standards.
Podcast
nyscate07c01
Educational Leadership Panel
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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.
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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
nyscate07c05
Build Critial Thinking Skills Using Distance Learning, Podcasting, Blogs, and Web Design
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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.
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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
nyscate07c03
Blogging With Early Elementary Students
18/11/07 03:00 PM
Title: Blogging With Early Elementary Students
Presenter: Jennifer Corron
Participants will explore ways to use a classroom blog with very young students and discuss why a blog can be a valuable learning tool for students of all ability levels.
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Presenter: Jennifer Corron
Participants will explore ways to use a classroom blog with very young students and discuss why a blog can be a valuable learning tool for students of all ability levels.
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Don't Forget Social Studies, A Discipline that Kids Love!
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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!
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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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Enahncing Literacy Instruction with Technology
18/11/07 03:00 PM
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.
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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.
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