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
Friday April 28, 2006
1pm to 1:30pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
MCLA conference
coordinators
Dawn
Rodrigues
Lisa
Provencher
Brian Page, Apple
Computer
Friday Afternoon Workshops
1:30pm to 2:30pm
Friday Afternoon Workshop 1:
"Project-Based Learning in a Digital Classroom"
Jim Moulton,
Teacher and Educational Technology Consultant
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.
Details
2:45pm to 5:00pm
Demonstration and Discussion 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.
Details
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.
Details
Friday Afternoon Session 3:
"Expanding
the possibilities of inquiry learning
across the Curriculum"
Mathew Joseph,
Technology
Integration Specialist, Pittsfield Public
Middle Schools
Join
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
Details
Friday Afternoon Session 4:
"Using
Webquests to Promote Inquiry Based Learning"
Joe Curtis,
Technology Coordinator, Pittsfield Public Schools
Participants
will gain on understanding of what a good webquest is and start to
build one in this workshop.
Details
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
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.
Details
8pm
to 10pm Music and Voice
Participants are welcome
to attend at Church Street Center the MCLA Fine and Performing Arts
Students for free.
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 9:40am
Opening Remarks
"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
Participants will learn how critical thinking skills, storyboarding, research, and
creativity can come together in this multimedia project. Details
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
If you are
thinking about mapping your curriculum, you may want to hear one
district's
success story. Learn how WPS uses Atlas software to
organize,
communicate and disseminate curriculum information and share
instructional
best practices within and across grades, subjects and schools.
Details
Saturday Morning Workshop 3:
"Learn
how to integrate video clips into your lessons."
Heather Lavigne
WGBY
public television for
Western New England, will be presenting information about the many technological
resources they provide to
Massachusetts
educators.
Details
Saturday Morning Workshop
4:
"Using Inspiration to Enhance Student Learning Across the Curriculum"
Peter Reed
Details
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.
Details
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.
Details
Saturday Afternoon Workshop 7:
"Integration
of Technology in the Curriculum at Lee
School District"
Charlie Flynn, Lee High and Middle
Schools
Details
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.
Details
12:00pm to 1:00 pm
Afternoon Sessions at Silvio O. Conte Middle School
Lunch
Conversations with BWLI
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.
Details
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
Details
Saturday Afternoon Workshop 2:
"Integration
of Technology in the Curriculum at Lee
School District"
Charlie Flynn, Pamela Briggs, Amy Consolati, Lee High and Middle
Schools
Details
Saturday Afternoon Workshop 3:
"Moodle in the Classroom"
BT3
Teachers
Details
Saturday Afternoon Workshop 4:
"Starting a MassCUE SIG"
Walter
McKenzie,
Vice-President MassCUE, Dawn Rodrigues Berkshire Coordinator MassCUE
Details
