First Annual
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, Massachusetts
Silvio O. Conte Middle School, North Adams, Massachusetts
A Conference for Teachers,
Technology Coordinators, and Administrators
Workshop
& Session
Details
Friday April 28, 2006
Afternoon Workshops
1pm - 5pm
1:30pm - 2:30 Workshop
Friday
Afternoon Workshop 1:
"Project-Based Learning in a Digital Classroom"
Jim Moulton, Teacher and Educational
Technology Consultant
For a classroom or a school, to make the
most of 1-1 computing, the
pedagogy has to change significantly. Project-based learning
provides a foundation for the design and implementation of purposeful
real-world learning experiences that support all learners in both
becoming more engaged in the world they will all too soon be the
leaders of and meeting standards. Participants will learn how to
design effective projects as well as being shown standards-based
projects via the web that are fully supported and just waiting for
teachers and students to join in.
2:45pm Sessions
Friday Afternoon Panel Discussion Session 1:
"Ten
Questions you Always Wanted to Know about Laptops in the Classroom"
Matt Mervis,
Consultant, AE
Communications, Ltd. Panel:
Matt Collins, Tech. Specialist, St. Mark
Middle School
Melissa Quirk
Brian Keller
Butch. DeGiorgis
Jason M. LaForest
Jessica Holmes
Sara Luczynski
Teacher/Panelists from
Berkshire 1 to 1 Classrooms will respond to frequently asked questions
about 1 to 1 Learning
Friday Afternoon Session 2:
"Digital Collaborative Communities for Educators"
Irene Vassos,
Technology Director Pittsfield
Schools
In this session participants will first learn some navigation skills
in FileMaker and then create an interactive, multimedia,
standards/project-based lesson with a FileMaker tool created
specifically to foster collaboration.
Friday Afternoon Session 3:
"Expanding the Possibilities of Inquiry Learning and Student
Presentation across the Curriculum"
Mathew Joseph,
Technology
Integration Specialist, Pittsfield Public
Middle Schools
Matt Joseph to
explore and expand the possibilities of classroom activities and
student presentations utilizing a variety of software tools.
Materials: Laptop computers, internet resources, art supplies,
curriculum materials
Friday Afternoon Session 4:
"Using
Webquests to Promote Inquiry Based Learning"
Joe Curtis,
Technology Coordinator, Pittsfield Public Schools
A
Webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by students is online. Students are able to focus on
the teacher
selected material for content investigation rather than spend time
looking for it.
The five-part WebQuest (Introduction, Task, Resources, Process,
Evaluation, and
Conclusion) promotes critical thinking at the levels of analysis,
synthesis and
evaluation. Participants will gain on understanding of what a good
webquest is and
start to build one in this workshop.
5:30 to 6 pm
cocktails & mingling Venable Hall
6pm to
8pm Dinner and Keynote speaker Venable Hall
"One-to-One Comes to School; A Tale of Two Networks"
Jim Moulton
Teacher
and Educational Technology Consultant
When 1-1 computing comes to school, the technical network gets
plenty of attention. This is, after all, a technology project. Or is
it? Isn't it really a people project? Schools are human
organizations, and because of this the function of the human network
will have a tremendous impact on the success of your 1-1 effort. In
fact, the best things will only happen when human and technical
networks are
well integrated. In this talk, Jim will share ways any 1-1
classroom, school,
or district can make sure they are tweaking their
human network for peak
performance just as they must their technical ones.
8pm
to 10pm Music and Voice
by the MCLA Fine and Performing Arts
Students Church Street Center.
Saturday April 29, 2006
Morning Sessions:
MCLA
8:00am to 9:00am
Breakfast and Conversations
Teachers in the Berkshire Teachers Teaching
Teachers (BT3) will lead informal
roundtable discussion on specific topics.
Participants will
select the topic of their choice.
9:00am to 9:10am Welcome
Diane Ryczek,
principal Silvio O. Conte Middle School
9:10am to 9:40am
"Quest for 21st Century and the Adventure of Being a Principal of a
school with a 1:1 Learning Environment"
Chris Toy 1 to 1 consultant
9:45am to 10:30am
Saturday Morning Workshop 1:
"Standards in Motion"
Gabrielle Richard-Harrington,
Greenfield
Public Schools
Cover core academic standards in math, science, ELA, and social studies while engaging
even your most reluctant learners. Participants will learn how critical thinking skills,
storyboarding, research, and creativity can come together in this multimedia project. Using
PowerPoint, paint and other tools that you already own, you will learn to produce simple to
sophisticated animation that can be published for authentic audiences or used for future
instruction.
Saturday Morning Workshop 2:
"Mapping the Curriculum: Using Atlas Software as for Curriculum
Mapping and Lesson Sharing"
Mary Kavanaugh
former Technology Coordinator for the
Williamstown Public Schools
Mary helped her district successfully map
their curriculum by adopting a
user friendly and data rich software. WPS uses Atlas software to
organize,
communicate and disseminate curriculum information and share
instructional
best practices within and across grades, subjects and schools. If you
are
thinking about mapping your curriculum, you may want to hear one
district's
success story.
Saturday Morning Workshop 3:
"Learn
how to integrate video clips into your lessons."
Heather Lavigne, Education Services and Outreach
Coordinator for WGBY, public television
for
Western New England, will be presenting information about the many technological
resources they provide to
Massachusetts
educators. Included within her discussion will be a walkthrough of
unitedstreaming, information about the Teach to the Future
professional development program, TeacherSource, the Video Lending
Library, and many more ways that WGBY can serve teachers' needs.
Saturday Morning Workshop
4:
"Using Inspiration to Enhance Student Learning Across the Curriculum"
Peter Reed
10:45am to 11:45am
Saturday Morning Workshop 5:
"How
technology and multiple intelligences mutually support one another"
Walter
McKenzie,
Vice-President MassCue
Webmaster
and Editor of on Cue,
Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough
Join Walter for a thoughtful look at
how technology and multiple intelligences mutually support one another
in the classroom, promoting higher level
thinking and technology
skills through real world applications.
Saturday Morning Workshop 6:
"Using network
based and e-learning to teach standard based curriculum."
David Eve,
Assistant Professor of computer science
at MCLA
David, who has
extensive experience in the integration of computer-assisted learning
packages in many non-traditional environments, will share his
experience integrating and supporting A+nyWhere Learning System
courseware in different settings. He invites teachers to explore the
content, examine the curriculum, and--if they are brave enough--take
an online adaptive assessment exam.
Saturday Afternoon Workshop
7:
"Integration
of Technology in the Curriculum at Lee
School District"
Charlie Flynn, Lee High and Middle
Schools
Saturday
Morning Workshop 8:
"Web Blender Webpage Design"
Denise MacDevette,
Tech4
Learning Educator
Demonstration of how to make your own class webpages using Tech4 easy
tools.
12:00pm to 1:00 pm
Afternoon Sessions at Silvio O. Conte Middle School
Lunch
Conversations with BWLI
teachers
Teachers from Conte Middle School will lead informal discussions about
teaching in their 1 to 1 Laptop Classrooms. Join teachers
in English, Reading, Science, Health, Social Studies, or Math for this
session. Box lunches will be provided to conference registrants.
1:00pm to
2:15pm Guest Speaker
"Teachers as Technology Leaders"
Chris Toy,
Educational
Consultant, Presenter and Coach.
Chris Toy is an
educational consultant, presenter, and coach. His variety of
presentations and topics are a true benefit for a school or district.
Chris has presented at many national conferences and school districts.
His practical examples and effective presentation style make him a
perfect fit for school staff development programs.
Workshops
2:30 to 3:30
Saturday Afternoon Workshop 1:
"Moving
from Images to i-Movie to i-DVD"
Adams
Teachers Rick Noel and Thomas Corrigan
Saturday Afternoon Workshop
2:
"Moodle in the Classroom"
Sandy
Cole, Conte Middle School
Maureen Tumenas, Berkshire Country Day School
Rick
White, Central Berkshires School District
These
BT3 (Berkshire Teachers Teaching with Technology) teachers will share
ideas for using MOODLE, a classroom management system that allows
teachers to easily design webpages, create discussion forums, and
classroom activities, such as journal assignments and quizzes.
Saturday Afternoon Workshop Session
3:
"Starting a MassCUE SIG"
Walter
McKenzie,
Vice-President
MassCUE
Dawn Rodrigues, MCLA
If you are want to stay in touch with
one another after the conference, consider joining a new MassCUE SIG
that has been formed for Berkshire teachers and technology
coordinators. Also, consider joining MassCUE. Walter McKenzie will
explain the role of SIGS and the benefits of joining MassCUE.
