It Simply Isn’t the 20th Century Any More Is It?: So Why Would We Teach as...
We are in the throes of a financial crisis unparalleled on our lifetimes, and at the same time in front running 21st century schools around the world learning is seeing a transformation that seemed...
View ArticleHow Can I Become Part of this ReadWriteWeb Revolution? by Alice Barr, Cheryl...
Join Alice, Bob and Cheryl, as we kick off the Getting Started strand with our keynote: How do you Become Part of this Read/Write Web Revolution? Be a pioneer and become part of the journey learning...
View ArticleFree Tools for Universal Design for Learning in Literacy by Jennifer Kraft
This presentation will describe ways that you can support literacy using free tools found on the internet. Types of technology supports for literacy will be discussed as well as the some of the free...
View ArticleAsking Bigger Questions About Assessment by Gardner Campbell
How can we demonstrate that what we do with teaching and learning technologies makes a difference in student learning? My presentation doesn’t answer that question directly, but it does explore a...
View ArticleThe Google Gamut: Everything you need to get started by Kern Kelley
The number of technology resources available to us can be overwhelming and whenever I’m asked “Where to begin?” I usually suggest setting up a Google Account. With a single login and password, users...
View ArticleI Like Delicious Things: An Introduction to Tagging and Folksonomies by Chris...
Using simple examples from a number of tag-driven websites, this presentation looks at how tagging and the subsequent creation of folksonomies are changing the way we think about information. Starting...
View ArticleStudent Creation of Digital Documentaries in History Classrooms: Research...
PrimaryAccess is a free online digital documentary maker designed for social studies instruction. This presentation will provide a quick introduction to PrimaryAccess and then describe some of the...
View ArticleFacilitating Technology Integration: A Synthesis of the Research by Jonathan...
There is a very small but growing body of empirical research on facilitating technology integration in schools. This presentation brings together that research in the form of a critical synthesis. Dr....
View ArticleNever Too Young by Sharon Betts
Teachers of our youngest students are often left behind when trying to implement new technologies into their curriculum. They may receive the “hand-me-down” equipment and issues related to teaching the...
View ArticleOpen, Social, Connected: Reflections of an Open Graduate Course Experience by...
The presentation unravels a recent open graduate course offering titled “Open, Connected, Social” that was offered at the University of Regina, Winter 2008. The presentation describes the theories...
View ArticlePromise into Practice: What It Now Means to Teach Adolescent Readers and the...
It is a daunting and exciting time to teach English - especially as we consider the “shifts” in how we define literacy, and the toolset for our work as readers and writers continually expands. This...
View ArticleTraveling Through The Dark by Steven Kimmi
This presentation examines how to get started using educational technology through metaphorical analysis of William Stafford’s poem, Traveling Through The Dark. Through this analysis we will look at...
View ArticleVideo-Conferencing It’s Easy, Free and Powerful by Brian Crosby
Through this Quicktime video presentation attendees will learn how free video and audio-conferencing software can easily be utilized to both access and share learning opportunities with students...
View ArticleThrowing the Box Away by Barbara Bray
109 K12 teachers and eMentors at Pinellas County Schools, Florida developed six 6 week cross-age cross-curriculum projects for their EETT grant in 2006-2007. This presentation describes the...
View ArticleWe Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blogging Mentors by Kathy...
In the winter of 2008, Patrick Lewis’s university class of pre-service teachers were blogging mentors for Kathy Cassidy’s grade one students. This presentation talks about that collaboration and the...
View ArticleWeb 2.0 Tools to Amplify Elementary Students’ Creativity and Initiative by...
This presentation describes projects designed for students, ages 8 to 12, to use emerging technologies for engaging, thinking, learning, collaborating, creating, and innovating. It has its foundations...
View ArticleAction Research as Catalyst for Change in Teacher Practice and Outcomes for...
Discussion of outcomes for children, teachers and families at two early childhood centres that are engaged in action research focussed on introducing I.C.T. (Information and Communication Technologies)...
View ArticleWhat Did You Do in School Yesterday, Today, and Three Years Ago? by H. Songhai
This presentation will look at some very practical ways that students can use cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras and a number of free Web based tools to document, organize and archive just about...
View ArticleUsing Online Argument Role-Play to Foster Learning to Argue and Arguing to...
I describe the use of online role-play in a 12th grade high school composition class using a class blog and a Ning forum. In a role-play, students adopt fictional roles associated with competing...
View ArticleTime to Grow by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay
How do you measure up? How do you grow from month to month and year to year in a tough profession that often lives in the tyranny of the urgent? This presentation explores ‘food for thought’ background...
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