CMTC Session Descriptions

Thursday Share-A-Thon Descriptions

Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Tycoon Teaching Joanne Berry, 7th Grade Math Teacher, Mountain View Middle School -Goffstown, NH, and Sandy Murray, Mountain View Middle School Technology Cor
* E² Grades: K-5, 6-8	Jump on board this exhilarating ride as you excite and engage students learning using a high-energy computer software program called Roller Coaster Tycoon. Students will discover the fun side of learning as you bring action filled lesson plans back to the classroom. As students design and create their own amusement park watch them take off to new heights of self-directed learning. They will be immersed in the thrill of discovery as they encounter science themes of mass, gravity and friction while regulating their rides. This program allows students to see the application of math, money and business skills in real world situations, reinforcing lessons of income, profit and loss. Or focus your lesson in mapping skills, population diversity, and strategic planning. Teachers will walk away with plans and resources geared to a variety of content areas and grade levels. So grab some vertical Gs as you experience your own hands on thrill ride!
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Making Biology Real: Using Vernier Probes in Real Life Applications Celeste Best, Science Teacher, Oyster River High School SAU 5, and Jonathan Bromley, Oyster River High School SAU 5
* E² Level: Intermediate Grades: 9-12	How much carbon dioxide does a cricket produce? How much UV radiation does SPF 10 block from your skin? How much air can your lungs hold? These questions are common in the biology classroom. Most of the time a teacher will have an answer. But, have you ever been able to show your students the answer. This workshop is a hands-on experience for high school educators in the fields of biology and anatomy. It focuses on how the use of Vernier technology can bring abstract ideas to life. Several lab stations will be set up and educators will have the opportunity to conduct a lab from beginning to end. The goal is for each educator to do three different labs. Lab topics include blood pressure, heart rate, heart EKG, muscle EMG, lung volume, oxygen absorption, carbon dioxide release, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and UV light absorption. The workshop also includes a presentation about how technology can be used to engage students in inquiry-based learning.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Digital Portfolios Pamela Carr, Computer Science Teacher, Oyster River High School, and Danielle Bolduc, Oyster River
* Grades: 9-12	This presentation isan honest and candid report of the pilot including teachers, students and the technology integrator. Multiple audiences, including, teachers, principals, technology coordinators will want to hear about one school's first run of a pilot program designed to meet the NH ICT Literacy standards of digital portfolios for high school students.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Using Technology & Media to Differentiate Instruction, K-12 Mary-Elizabeth Cregan, 5th Grade, SAU 41
* ET Grades: All	Learn to use free resources from The Discovery Channel, CNN, PBS, A&E, History Channel, C-Span, and the Weather Channel. These channels provide TV programs with online lessons and activities directed toward school children to be used in the classroom, copy-right free. These online lessons are designed for teachers to easily incorporate into their existing curriculum & many demonstrate alignment to the National Education Standards. Programs are intended for a wide age range so this course can benefit classroom, special education, media and technology teachers & administrators from K-12. Topics on these channels vary and include current events, Science, Social Studies, and some Language Arts. Participants receive handouts of websites demonstrated and examples of how to use these lesson plans and online resources to enhance the curriculum. Learn how the power of television can reach a wider range of learning abilities.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	1:1 in New Hampshire: How We Engage Our Students with Technology Bethany Smith, Peter Letvinchuk,, Susan Lewis
E² Grades: 6-8	This session presents an overview of the 1:1 pilot program in New Hampshire that is in its third year. Science teacher Pete Boucher of Paul School from Sanbornville and Language Arts teacher Bethany Smith of Indian River Middle School in Canaan discuss the challanges and successes of the 1:1 learning model in NH. Examples of how the teachers are engaging their students through project based learning are presented. Time is allotted for questions and discussion on how to effectivly use technology to engage students using a variety of strategies including a mobile cart environment or in an environment with work stations in the classroom.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Using the Future to Explore the Past: GPS and GIS Leading the Way! Amy Gillam, Computer Teacher, Cawley Middle School, SAU 15, and Vince Gartland, Cawley Middle School, SAU 15
* ET Grades: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Extensions	This session is designed primarily for middle school teachers, but the activities can be adapted for elementary and high school teachers. This session describes a project that uses GPS units and GIS software to record and map the stone walls on the school property. This project teaches the students to navigate using a GPS unit and then use the data collected to create maps. This activity is primarily designed for Social Studies curriculums, but extensions can be created for Science and Mathematics curriculums. Participants leave this session with handouts that contain step-by-step procedures for various GPS/GIS lessons and additional information for more resources (including a link to download a FREE GIS software application for educators).
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Using Moodle in the Jaffrey Rindge Cooperative School District Charlotte Greenhalgh, Ed Tech Integration Spec, JaffreyRindge Cooperative School District, and Margie Clark-Kevan, Conant High School
Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This session will give an overview of the use of Moodle at the Jaffrey Rindge Cooperative School District. This year the JRCSD Moodle is being used to supplement classes at all levels, provide library services, provide access to district level documents, provide access to professional development programs and teacher training, and support for community initiatives. The target audience for this session would be all levels of administration, teachers, and staff. Presentation will consist of a tour of the JRCSD Moodle site, entrance into some of the restricted course areas, and information on Moodle's impact in the classroom. I anticipate that at least two high school teachers will be interested in presenting
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Girls and Robotics- Laurie Heikkila, Workshop Leader, Tech Resources Group, and Kathy Osborne, Laurel School
E² Grades: K-5, 6-8	Girls from Laurel Schools amazing all girls Lego League team which won first place in Programming in the Toledo regionals, and the Presidents award at the Dayton State Competition will be on hand to demonstrate how First Lego League works and what they personally have accomplished as girls in male dominated world.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Using Vex Robotics Systems to engaged students! David Kelly, Science Teacher, Pembroke Academy
* E² Grades: 9-12	During this presentation the Vex Robotics system is demonstrated. Lab activities are provided. The power of student competitions is discussed and sample competitions provided. Participants have a chance to program the robot system using EasyC.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Integrating Technology in Education ~ Everyday Lauren Kenney, Instructional Technology Specialist, Ellis School
* Grades: Pre-K, K-5, 6-8	Is ICT bringing you down? Are you overwhelmed by putting together a digital portfolio for all of your students? You are not alone!! Come learn and share ideas on how to tackle this initiative in the most efficient ways possible. View multi-disciplinary units that cross mulitple grade levels and learn about strategies with resources that are likely available in your school now. Software resources discussed include: Microsoft applications, Apple products, Open Source options, Kidspiration/Inspiration, Kidworks Deluxe, and more...
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Digital Class Quilt Susan Kessler, Technology Integration Specialist, Chester Academy, SAU 82, and Paula Zofrea, Chester Academy, SAU 82
* E² Grades: 6-8	Sixth grade students began the school year creating a digital class quilt as a way to get to know one another. T he project integrated digital photography with the writing process. We will have a finished "quilt" on display as well as instructions for the lesson. Using the various writing stages, the students wrote similies, metaphors, adjectivies, nouns and sensory words to describe themselves. They took digital photographs of each other and used photo editing software to add effects to their image. The final product was a class quilt which was on display for Open House.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Moving to an "Open Source" Classroom Andrew Kortfelt, Computer Integration Teacher, Norwich Public Schools
* Grades: 6-8, 9-12	This presentation demonstratea how to use Open Source applications throughout a middle school Computer Integration class. The presentation focuses on curriculum-based projects created using a variety of applications (specifically the "Open Office" office suite) and discus how I am beginning to integrate the Linux operating system into my instruction. The target audience is educators who are looking for cost effective ways to insure their students get to work with up-to-date applications.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Career Choices Unit: Using Intel Teaching Thinking with Technology Tools Karen Olmstead, Computer Teacher, Timberlane Regional Middle School
* E² Grades: 6-8	The unit plan requires students to consider the factors that lead to career satisfaction, the different perceptions of technical versus professional careers, and identify the costs of college.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Creating a NH Business Gail Rogers, Technology Teacher, Hollis Upper Elementary School, and Patty Flynn, Hollis Upper Elementary School
* ET Grades: K-5	My 4th grade students create their own business as a part of their NH history studies. They write letters in Word to small buisness owners asking for advice on making a business successful. We have also had a business owner visit thier classroom. Then studnets research some of the natural materials found in the state. They create their own business and products to sell. Next they use the internet to research market prices and give prices to each item they sell. After students are given an advertising budget and track what they sell in Excel. Students then create a PowerPoint of their information and product. Finally, students on NH day students set up a display with samples of their products and a poster.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	From Classroom Project to ePortfolio Gerry Ryder, Elem. Technology Integration Teacher, Shaker Regional School District, and David Gingrich, Shaker Regional School District
* Grades: All	In this session, we demonstrate that many educators are already integrating technology into content areas and chances are that the transition from technology project to ePortfolio will go rather smoothly. Sample projects and portfolios for this presentation were created at the elementary level but the ideas can easily be adapted for K-12 classrooms. Examples of ePortfolios presented at the Share-a-Thon are not polished portfolios but experiments in the beginning stages of implementing ePortfolios at the elementary school level.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Thin Clients in an Elementary School? Absolutely! Mary Jo Spencer, Technology Coordinator, Stratham Memorial School
E² Grades: K-5, 6-8	Stratham Memorial School started using Linux K12LTSP Thin Clients as a pilot program during the spring of 2004. This program was wildly successful and has grown by leaps and bounds to now include all our grade 3-5 students, classroom mini-labs, and even 1:1 classrooms. Come and find out more. Why we did it. How we did it. What our students and teachers think about all this. How Thin Clients are being used to engage students and enhance learning throughout the curriculum. What you need to set up a Thin Client system at your school. Thin Clients can be in your future too!
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Digital Images as Powerful Tools for Reflection and Learning Cathy Wolinsky, K-4 Technology Integration Specialist, Yarmouth Elementary School, and Nancy March, Yarmouth Elementary
* E² Grades: K-5	Students in grades 2-4 can use digital cameras to record learning experiences and compile them into multi-media reflections of learning. Work created by students will be shared along with the strategies for having students teach each other across grade levels and classrooms. Student engagement in science and social studies units is visible in the products created and the learning includes habits of mind as well as content area and inquiry-based concepts.
Share-A-Thon 2006 Session	Self Portraits Inside and Outside Ellen Wolper, Art Teacher, Manchester High Schoo West SAU37, and Claudia michael, Manchester High School West
* E² Grades: 9-12	Our team received a technology grant from the NCES. We will present the video about the lesson that we designed. Our target audience are educators interested in applying the same technology: high school art teachers and/or humanities teachers. We will promote the rewards of the team effort of using technology in our visual art department We will have a pair of students, who will demonstrate how a critique of their work can be facilitated using a digital visual presenter and how this tool can aid the student in assessing his/her own work. We will have examples of student work, at various stages of development and show how the technolgy was used to enhance the final image.