Jeff+White

= Jeff White = Jeff is currently an Instructional Technology Specialist at South Forsyth High School in Forsyth County, GA. He serves as a trainer, instructional coach, technician, content developer, graphic designer, researcher, webmaster, and general jack-of-all-trades. He started his career as a science and drama teacher, and has taught in both the public and private arenas. He was one of the inaugural faculty to open the School of the Arts at Carver High School, the first of Atlanta Public Schools' small-school models of redevelopment for high school.

Jeff was an instructor at the University of Georgia Technology Training Center when the technology certification requirement was first introduced to Georgia teachers - he helped teach InTech (INtegrating TECHnology) to hundreds of teachers across the Atlanta and Athens areas. He also served for 3 1/2 years as a Program Manager for Georgia Public Broadcasting's Education division. He conducted trainings in multimedia, video production, and technology use to teachers across Georgia, and served as Project Manager (and on-camera teacher) for GPB's //Chemistry: A Study of Matter// and //Physics Fundamentals// - series (with accompanying classroom materials) designed to supplement chemistry and physics classroom teaching.

He is a teacher, a husband and a father of two, a technologist, an improviser, a gamer, a fan of all things Google (ask him about his high school connection to it) and even runs his own website - []. He's been hooked on computers ever since the BASIC programs and Scott Adams text adventures on his 4th grade class's TRS-80's. He's also prone to describing himself using lists.

= General Sessions =

The B.Y.O.T. Initiative - Year 2
//Wed., Nov. 2; 3:15 - 4:15 PM// //Australian 3-4//

In an environment of increasing student numbers and decreasing financial resources, Forsyth County Schools in 2010 rolled out their B.Y.O.T. initiative - Bring Your Own Technology - to leverage students’ own technology. For schools and school districts interested in implementing a similar policy, come see how year one's limited pilot looked, from successes to pitfalls, and how year two's system-wide implementation is shaping up. This session will focus on high school implementation, but also discuss county-level as well as middle- and elementary- level considerations.


 * Links and/or Materials**
 * View the Prezi here: @http://prezi.com/67kqxdcrlkvv/byot-year-2/
 * View my presentation page at @http://presentations.techieteacher.org/byot
 * South Forsyth High School BYOT Page - @http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sfhs/byot
 * Forsyth County Schools BYOT Page - @http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/byot

Not Another Student Presentation!
//Fri., Nov. 4;// //11:00 AM - 12:00 PM// //Spanish 3-4//

How many times have you as a teacher assigned a PowerPoint presentation to students in order to avoid dull papers, only to find you have to sit through dull presentations? Are you doing your students a disservice by making them create a PowerPoint presentation - rather than give a presentation? Come learn some tips and tricks about effectively teaching students one of the most powerful 21st century skills: presenting. We'll look at pros and cons of PowerPoint and similar presentation tools, as well as other tools - and skills - students should have at their disposal.


 * Links and/or Materials**