Workshops

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GaETC® offers a total of 13 half day and full day Workshops.
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 * **Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00PM/1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W01 Developing Learning Content/Apps for Mobile Devices ** ||
 * **Chris Thompson, Georgia Tech** ||
 * **Board 1 Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00PM/1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 20** ||
 * Until recently, development of mobile learning apps has been limited to the technical elite because of the complexity of development and publishing process. Coupled with the recent lifting of restrictions by mobile device manufacturers and the proliferation of user-friendly authoring tools this is no longer the case. Not only is interactive mobile learning app creation now possible by most teachers and students, it is also emerging as a highly engaging classroom learning strategy for anyone seeking to master STEM content. This workshop will offer a hands-on opportunity for teachers with no prior programming experience to learn how to develop a working mobile app for the iPhone/iPod Touch that is suitable for publishing to the iTunes App Store. Participants will also learn about a number of non-programming mobile app authoring tools that can be used in the classroom by students to create their own applications as well. This will be a six hour workshop. For this workshop participants should bring a Mac laptop with the applications Gamesalad and Stencyl installed. Both are available for free. Download Gamesalad at http://gamesalad.com/ and Stencyl at http://www.stencyl.com. ||
 * **STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: Instructional PK-12 TYPE: Intermediate** ||
 * **Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00PM/1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W02 Robotics in the classroom - Making Computer Science, Engineering, and Math come Alive! ** ||
 * **Christopher Michaud, Paulding County Public Schools** ||
 * **Board 2 Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00PM/1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Robotics in the classroom combines the concepts of computer science with the principles of engineering in creating robots to perform simple tasks such as navigating a maze, moving and placing objects, and retrieving objects. Through the designing of mechanical robots, students learn how to apply the concepts of simple machines, sequence, and input/output in a real world situation. During this workshop we will create with the Lego Mindstorms NXT kit and NXT-G language. Participants will work in pairs with the robot as they learn how to program for distance and direction as well as using sensors to navigate. In addition, participants will explore ideas for integrating math and science lessons along with classroom activities. This will be a six hour workshop. ||
 * **STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: Instructional 6-8 TYPE: All** ||
 * **Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W03 Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) to Engage Learners ** ||
 * **Tim Clark, Forsyth County Schools** ||
 * **Board 3 Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * One of the hottest trends in educational technology is Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT)! In schools and classrooms implementing BYOT, students are encouraged to bring their personal technology devices to school to assist in their learning. Likewise, participants are encouraged to bring their own technology devices to this workshop in order to experience the world of BYOT by completing hands-on activities. These activities are designed to demonstrate the potential opportunities of using various student-owned technologies. Some highlights will include collaboration provided by Web 2.0 applications and a focus on creating original projects. Participants will participate in higher level thinking activities involving the use of personal technology devices. They will discover how teaching practices can evolve as they become collaborators in the learning process. They will investigate the possible capabilities of their gadgets; then after they become more literate in their devices and connect them to the Internet via the wireless network, they will explore how they can adapt their technologies to their current classroom practices. Finally, they will transform their learning experiences by communicating, collaborating, and creating with their devices. In this workshop, participants will develop new strategies for researching standards and concepts with BYOT and learn how to facilitate this inquiry-based approach with their students. They will be empowered by using their devices which they own and know so well. This empowerment will give them a firsthand understanding of the learning processes that students undergo in a BYOT environment. With the support of their colleagues, along with the relative anonymity of the web, participants will learn from their mistakes and share their successes. Participants will also use their devices to answer questions and contribute to the body of knowledge that will be developed within this workshop. Furthermore, we will detail all aspects of BYOT initiatives from troubleshooting basic technical issues to classroom management to instructional strategies that work. Participants will develop resources to share and design innovative classroom activities. We will discuss the importance of individual responsibility and safety with personal devices. Furthermore this workshop will explore the uses of social media with BYOT to facilitate engagement, achievement, and communication. So bring your own technology tools to this workshop and be prepared to use them to build something new! ||
 * **STRAND: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making AUDIENCE: Instructional PK-12 TYPE: All** ||
 * **Tuesday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W04 iThink iNeed to Know More About My iPad in Education ** ||
 * **Virginia Bennett, First District RESA** ||
 * **Board 3 Tuesday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Bring your iPad or iPad 2 and discover how to take advantage of all your device has to offer. This workshop will provide training on the most valuable functions of the iPad and some of the most relevant apps for educators. Participants will be afforded hands-on opportunities to explore apps and strategies that will assist in completing many of the everyday tasks currently required of educators as well as instructional apps that can be used in a classroom setting. Our main focus will be on free or affordable apps. Some the uses of the iPad for educators include: -Observations/Evaluations (teacher or student) -Data Collection -Dictation/Audio Recording -Research -Presentations -File Management -e-Books -Communication -e-Learning *Note: Bring your own iPad for this session. ||
 * **STRAND: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: All** ||
 * **Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W05 CSI GaETC: Digital Forensics and Data Recovery for Educators ** ||
 * **Brent Williams, iTeach Center** ||
 * **Board 1 Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 20** ||
 * Are bad things happening on good technology? Digital forensics and data recovery is a fascinating and necessary topic. This session will cover procedures, demonstrate techniques, and show useful tools for investigating Windows computers. You, too, can conduct a computer forensics investigation or recover lost information and files. Here is how to do it! School system administrators and technology specialists must investigate inappropriate use of educational technology in a forensically sound manner. For the protection of all, evidence of improper use must be captured in the correct way and preserved for possible use in administrative or legal action. Most school personnel do not have proper training or expertise in this sensitive area. School systems need to form response teams that know what to do when bad things are suspected. This session addresses the makeup of a response team, appropriate times to bring in legal counsel and/or authorities, proper response levels, evidence gathering techniques, and software used for evidence gathering and building a sound case. New for 2011 - the hot topic of investigating mobile devices (iTouch, iPad, Android, and more) has been added! ||
 * **STRAND: Digital Citizenship AUDIENCE: Technical TYPE: Intermediate** ||
 * **Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W06 Oh The Things You Can Do with Google Spreadsheets & Forms! ** ||
 * **Tammy Worcester, ESSDACK** ||
 * **Board 2 Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * You won’t believe all the cool things you can do with Google forms and spreadsheets: shared lesson plans, online voting, surveys, electronic self-checking quizzes, data gathering, and more! In this workshop, Tammy will lead you step-by-step as you learn to create some fabulous forms of your own! ||
 * **STRAND: Communication and Collaboration AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: All** ||
 * **Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W07 +Rethinking the Presentation with Prezi ** ||
 * **Mark Coleman, Montgomery Public Schools** ||
 * **Board 3 Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Prezi is presentation software that abandons the strict linear paradigm of PowerPoint and Keynote. Create visually striking presentations that allow you to present overviews, easily digress and provide extra details. Long time Prezi user and beta tester, J. Mark Coleman, helps you make your first Prezi presentation. ||
 * **STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: Beginning** ||
 * **Thursday 9:00 - 12:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W08 Teaching Science in a Technology-Rich Environment: Innovative Tools for High School Classrooms ** ||
 * **Andy Felt, Madison County Schools** ||
 * **Board 1 Thursday 9:00 - 12:00PM Capacity: 20** ||
 * Technology tools provide many options for contemporary science classrooms, and this workshop will both describe and allow participants to experience the impact of several types of tools. The workshop will be divided into several sections divided by the category of tools discussed, including probeware, response systems, wireless slates, graphing calculators, and camera devices that will be provided by the instructor. Following a demonstration and discussion of the capabilities of each device, participants will engage in a brief hands-on lab exercise to better understand how each tool can enhance a high school science classroom. Evidence-based best practice findings and obstacles to overcome for each device will be presented following the lab activity, enabling participants to make more informed science pedagogy decisions regarding technology use and acquisition. ||
 * **STRAND: Technology Operations and Concepts AUDIENCE: Instructional 9-12 TYPE: All** ||
 * **Thursday 9:00 - 12:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W09 iMovie '11 - ** ||
 * **Brian Buffington, Pioneer RESA** ||
 * **Board 2 Thursday 9:00 - 12:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * So, you purchased a Mac?! Great! Now let's take some time to learn Apple's widely popular and user friendly, iMovie '11. This workshop will provide an introduction to Apple's iMovie video editing software and cover basic editing techniques for the new iMovie user, helping you move from setting up your iMovie project to editing your footage for a finished movie. All participants will leave with their custom movie masterpiece. Ideas for integrating iMovie into the K-12 classroom will also be covered! For this workshop participants should bring a Mac laptop with iMovie '11. ||
 * **STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: Beginning** ||
 * **Thursday 9:00 - 12:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W10 The World of PHP applications: Making Your Website Do Everything You Can Imagine ** ||
 * **Mark Coleman, Montgomery Public Schools** ||
 * **Board 3 Thursday 9:00 - 12:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * PHP applications power some of the most powerful websites in the world, including the GaETC site. The days of having to hack through HTML on multiple pages just to add a single page to your website are gone. A PHP Content Management System can totally manage your site and allow you to create an extremely powerful web presence. While not for the beginner, anyone with just an intermediate knowledge of technology can harness the power of the web with these tools. ||
 * **STRAND: Technology Operations and Concepts AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: Intermediate** ||
 * **Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W11 Lord of the Learning ** ||
 * **Tyson Sigette, Hall County Schools** ||
 * **Board 1 Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 20** ||
 * The Lord of the Learning workshop introduces teachers to the world of online gaming, a multi-million dollar industry, and shows teachers how to use games designed for entertainment to motivate students. The workshop focus specializes in the use of language arts and math skills, but ideas and discussions about other academic, language, and character development courses rounds out the cross-curricular format. Attendees will leave the session with sample lesson plans and electronic templates to use in their own classrooms. Successful Massively Mulitplayer Online Game(MMO) programs are examined as teachers role play and adopt the position of classroom students using technology. Teachers will also learn how to implement a novel study into a course designed around the world of online gaming. The session is geared toward those who teach middle school and above, but software suggestions and lesson ideas are available to those who teach elementary school as well. Finally, teachers leave the session with an understanding of some of the words and phrases that have entered the language of teens because of online gaming. If you ever wonder why suburban children discuss farming for hours or suddenly begin describing things as ‘epic,’ then this is the workshop for you. Please visit my teacher website (http://teacherpages.hallco.org/webpages/tsigette/lotr.cfm) for more information. Please take some time to download Lord of the Rings Online from www.lotro.com before the session to preview some of what you will be learning. Objectives for the course: • Teachers will use or view blog postings and wikis to experience writing styles enjoyed by students and gamers. • Teachers will understand how MMO games enhance English Language Learning for students whose primary language is not English. • Teachers will be able to create a plot diagram for the introductory quest line of their chosen character. • Teachers will demonstrate an understanding of the Fundamental Counting Principle as it relates to the building of a character’s appearance. • Teachers will acquire and effectively use new vocabulary associated with MMO gaming (MMO jargon). New words include ‘Epic,’ ‘Loot,’ ‘Buff,’ ‘Mob,’ ‘Class,’ ‘Farm,’ and others. • Teachers will contribute ideas on how to teach grammar, technical writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and parts of speech using LotR Online. • Teachers will contribute ideas on how to use LotR Online to supplement mathematics. ||
 * **STRAND: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making AUDIENCE: Instructional 6-8 TYPE: Beginning** ||
 * **Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W12 STEM Resources You Can Use ** ||
 * **Virginia Bennett, First District RESA** ||
 * **Board 2 Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Frustrated by spending hours trying to scour the internet for STEM resources to find only a handful that are truly useful? Tired of finding great lessons or websites that are created for every grade level but yours? Join us in investigating FREE STEM resources that are aligned to the standards that include teacher support materials and interactive, student friendly, quality sites. Discover content that fosters creativity in your students by bringing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to life. Participants will actively explore numerous materials that lend themselves to STEM projects and lessons. ||
 * **STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: Instructional PK-12 TYPE: All** ||
 * **Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W13 Developing Your PLN at an Exponential Rate with Twitter ** ||
 * **Nikki Robertson, Auburn City Schools** ||
 * **Board 3 Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Did you open a Twitter account after attending a workshop but don't know what to do with it now? Never opened a Twitter account because you don't know how it could possibly be relevant to you as an educator? Teachers, administrators and media specialists should attend this workshop to learn how to connect with innovative, cutting edge, national and international education mavens via Twitter. Learn from an education veteran how Twitter has provided more network connections and professional development resources in one year than all district/school sponsored PD courses combined have provided over twenty years. ||
 * **STRAND: Technology Operations and Concepts AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: All** ||
 * ** SESSION: W12 STEM Resources You Can Use ** ||
 * **Virginia Bennett, First District RESA** ||
 * **Board 2 Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Frustrated by spending hours trying to scour the internet for STEM resources to find only a handful that are truly useful? Tired of finding great lessons or websites that are created for every grade level but yours? Join us in investigating FREE STEM resources that are aligned to the standards that include teacher support materials and interactive, student friendly, quality sites. Discover content that fosters creativity in your students by bringing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to life. Participants will actively explore numerous materials that lend themselves to STEM projects and lessons. ||
 * **STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: Instructional PK-12 TYPE: All** ||
 * **Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM** ||
 * ** SESSION: W13 Developing Your PLN at an Exponential Rate with Twitter ** ||
 * **Nikki Robertson, Auburn City Schools** ||
 * **Board 3 Thursday 1:00 - 4:00PM Capacity: 12** ||
 * Did you open a Twitter account after attending a workshop but don't know what to do with it now? Never opened a Twitter account because you don't know how it could possibly be relevant to you as an educator? Teachers, administrators and media specialists should attend this workshop to learn how to connect with innovative, cutting edge, national and international education mavens via Twitter. Learn from an education veteran how Twitter has provided more network connections and professional development resources in one year than all district/school sponsored PD courses combined have provided over twenty years. ||
 * **STRAND: Technology Operations and Concepts AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: All** ||
 * **STRAND: Technology Operations and Concepts AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: All** ||

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