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Language Arts
Raise Struggling Readers and Writers thru Media and Technology
All students, especially those who struggle, need differentiated instruction and a variety of strategies to tackle multi-genre text. This presentation will be a hands on demonstration offering resources and lessons for infusing media and technology to assist struggling readers and writers. Participants will learn strategies to help students read and write more successfully, and to succeed with the new Common Core Standards.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Dr. Michele Barto - Professor and Literacy Consultant (ETTC) , Fairleigh Dickinson University
SubCategory: Language Arts
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Teaching Non-Fiction Text Across the Content Area with Technology Infusion
With the new demands of the Common Core our students must be more prepared to tackle non-fiction text. This will be a workshop offering many hands on strategies and resources focused on integrating technology and media to help students successfully comprehend and analyze the modes of non-fiction text. Participants will learn resources and lesson strategies for all levels, K-12.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Dr. Michele Barto - Professor and Literacy Consultant (ETTC) , Fairleigh Dickinson University
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Math / Science
Next Generation Science Instruction
The expectations for student achievement have ramped up considerably with the 2009 Science NJCCCS. Participants in this workshop will access web based resources for both students and teachers of science with the goal of developing and enhancing content knowledge in science.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mr. Michael Heinz - Science Coordinator , NJ Department of Education
SubCategory: Science
Audience: Intermediate

Teaching Number Sense to the iGeneration
This session will examine how to engage, motivate, and teach the iGeneration (the Internet Generation). Participants will be provided with videos, websites, and virtual worlds that can motivate students in grades 3-8 which can lead to building better number sense and facility with rational numbers.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Dr. Eric Milou - Professor , Rowan University
SubCategory: Math
Audience: Doesn't Matter,Doesn't Matter

The Space Academy Experience!
In this workshop, the presenter will share Space Academy experiences by showing a short presentation. Participants will then explore where to find the vast amounts of STEM resources that can be used at any level.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Elizabeth Hurley - Teacher , Middle School of Pleasantville
SubCategory: Science
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Wikispaces for Middle School Math
Math class is hard, but help is at hand! Middle-school students access personalized assistance for math core curriculum through our class math wiki. They collaborate with peers, get needed support, and are challenged through differentiated instruction. Wikispaces is a FREE user-friendly resource for both students and teachers.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Ms. Lisa Niemi - teacher , Fairfield Township School
SubCategory: Math
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Multidisciplinary
Edmodo Integration Across Content Areas
Secure, moderated social networking works in every Internet enabled classroom. Learn how teachers are using Edmodo groups, quizzes and gamification to engage students across content areas. Connect with other professionals to learn their favorite Edmodo practices, and share ideas about extending learning outside of the classroom and the school day using a safe format students embrace.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Kelly Vazquez - 6th Grade Teacher , Fairfield Township School
Michelle Wendt - Technology Integration Specialist , SRI & ETTC
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Financial Literacy & Current Standards
The workshop will include discussion of the current Financial Literacy Standards (9.1 and 9.2). We will include new information, ideas, and easy to follow lesson plans that can be adjusted for differentiated instruction and various academic levels. The workshop will include math and technology integration for each lesson.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Barbara Shumski - Teacher , Atlantic City School District
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

How to obtain real-time forecasts and data from the National Weather Service
The National Weather Service homepage will be introduced and navigated in order to illustrate how real-time data and forecasts can be obtained and utilized to make informed planning decisions.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mr. Joe Miketta - Meteorologist , NOAA - National Weather Service
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Using Lexiled Reading to Integrate Language Arts Literacy Across All Content Areas
TeenBiz3000 is a web-based, reading and writing instructional supplement that differentiates instruction based on the student's Lexile level. Students receive level-appropriate, standards-aligned nonfiction reading/writing assignments via e-mail. Students' levels of comprehension are monitored by a daily formative assessment of students' reading comprehension abilities. TeenBiz also provides teachers and administrators with ongoing management reports and diagnostic data that enable individualized intervention and remediation based on a given student's needs. They provide more time-on-task and more practice, which in turn fosters gains in reading comprehension, fluency, writing skills and vocabulary development across subject areas. TeenBiz provides student-centered instruction that utilizes a five-step process designed and scientifically validated to increase literacy achievement among teenage students. The five step process includes: setting a schema, reading for information, demonstrating mastery (questions monitor comprehension), constructing meaning, and forming an opinion. TeenBiz's assignments, activities and integrated formative assessments are all aligned with state standards and scientifically proven to dramatically accelerate gains in reading levels, vocabulary acquisition, writing ability and high-stakes test scores.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Ms. Brenda Brathwaite - Teacher , Atlantic City Schools
SubCategory: Technology Integration
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Using Student Response Systems (CPS) in the Classroom
The objective of the session is to provide real-life demonstrations of the Classroom Performance System (CPS), a student response technology. Participants will learn how to integrate a PowerPoint lesson with response questions. Student response questions within a PowerPoint slide show engage students while receiving formative assessment data. The presenter will simulate another lesson using a student response system during chalk and talk time in the classroom. During chalk and talk lecture time, some students raise their hands and offer verbal responses. What about the remaining students? Do they grasp the topic? CPS is an ideal way to receive a response from EVERY student. Chalk and talk is a fundamental lecture technique and is virtually used on a daily basis. Rolling an "on the fly" response question out is one mouse click away and does not require any preparation time. Another way to minimize lesson preparation is to use ExamView question banks with CPS software. ExamView is offered with over 6,000 text books readily available. ExamView integration will be demonstrated. One final demonstration showing how to automate existing paper tests using CPS will be done. During the last part of the session we will analyze reports on individual academic performance and how this can translate into remediation and drastically reduce intervention.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mr. Kurt Saulinas - Educational Specialist , eInstruction / Wilray Audio Visual
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Pick One
21st Century Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
This presentation will explore the relationship between instructional technology, 21st century learning skills, and student achievement. Participants will explore the technology integration continuum for the future in education and the clear need for change. The program will conclude with practical strategies and resources for using and integrating 21st century skills in teaching, learning, and assessment.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Dr. Christine Davis - Assistant Professor , Georgian Court University
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Math Game Show: Using Authentic Powerpoint Games & Clickers to Motivate Students
This workshop features a set of teacher-created PowerPoint math games that are of high student interest. The games can be useful in assessing the four major math benchmarks of number sense/operations, data analysis/probability, geometry & measurement, and patterns and Algebra. Participants will learn how to create and use the games, including the use of personal responders (clickers) and Mimio to increase student engagement and motivation during gameplay. Sample math games will include Math Bowl, Math Celebrity, and Super Math.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mr. Brian Corcoran - Special Education Teacher , Uptown Complex, Atlantic City
SubCategory: Math
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Moodle 2.0
Moodle 2.0 was released back in the fall of 2010. Come find out what is new and whether it is worth upgrading.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Dr. Alan Taylor - Teacher , Shamong Twp. School District
SubCategory: Pick One
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Special Needs
Theme Five-Using Technology to Serve Children and Families
This presentation will introduce the use of virtual environments as unique tools to augment traditional social skills training methods and counseling in order to achieve high levels of engagement, active participation and successful results. The presentation will draw on the experience of the presenters in adapting proven social skills training methods/counseling to build a curriculum that is enhanced by the unique interplay of social interactions within both the real and the virtual world. The program will draw on the existing body of research and publication related to virtual environments within clinical and educational settings, but will also empasize actual case studies. Talk therapy will never disappear, and Virtual Reality Technology isn't going to replace all the traditional methods, but it will enhance the capabilities of traditional methods. We have a promising future ahead of us to revolutionize how therapy and other areas of psychology are delivered.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Jeanine Miles - Director or Business Development and Marketing , InWorld Solutions, LLC.
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Technology Integration
20 Coolest Things (you can do with a SMART Board)
Explore some of the latest and least known uses for the SMART Board. This fast-paced session will explore twenty (20) resources, some academic and some just for fun. Following a countdown format, participants will explore topics such as Mixed Reality, Prezi, Ripping Flash, Recognizing Tables and more.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mr. Matt Ringh - Instructional Technology Specialist , TEQ Inc.
SubCategory: Advanced Technology
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Active Reading Project
E-readers are the "hot topic" and everyone wants one, but how are they used in the classroom or school library setting? Through our collaborative project, students are actively engaged in the reading process using the hand held devices. We will share with participants our idea of how the project worked with special needs students, the teacher/librarian connection and how the project is assessed. There will also be immediate practical application of e-books in the classroom setting to enhance the reading process.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Jennifer Jamison - School Library Media Specialist , Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Complex
SubCategory: Language Arts
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Adventures with avatars in a virtual world: Machinima
In this session, we will explore a 3D virtual world and Machinima as teaching and learning tools. Second Life is a free, real-time 3D virtual world that enables students to increase collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Students can create their avatars, interact with others, and create whatever they want. Machinima is a filmmaking technique using a virtual environment and a screen-recording program. Students Machinima projects and their experience working with Machinima will be also presented.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Dr. Jung Lee - Associate Professor Instructional Technology , The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Animoto: Taking Technology from the Stone Age to the Modern Age
Workshop participants will learn how to use Animoto to create technology-integrated presentations with language arts as a content platform. A key goal is to build understanding of why online web 2.0 tools are more useful and student-friendly than standard technology tools such as PowerPoint.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Ms. Mandi Dorrell - Librarian , Oakcrest High
SubCategory: Language Arts
Audience: Beginner

Buiding a Social Learning Network in Edmodo
Edmodo is the perfect tool to extend the classroom beyond the school day. Participants will explore and begin building their own online classrooms. Participants will be able to post and grade assignments, embed video and web 2.0 projects, poll classes, and reply to group posts and other educators. Attendees will leave feeling comfortable making Edmodo a part of their own students' learning environment.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Ms. Janel Schafer - Educational Technology Integration Specialist , William Davies Middle School
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Cast Your Vote
The presenters will offer a hands-on demonstration of two popular interactive realtime assessment systems. Participants will engage in activities that are designed to introduce the Smart Response and Mimio Vote technologies to those who are not familiar with these products. Attendees will collectively create a short survey and then utilize this survey to sample the basic applications of these two systems.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mr. Mark Deebold - SIOP Coach , Atlantic City High School
SubCategory: Advanced Technology
Audience: Beginner

Classroom Acoustics and Student Learning
The workshop offers a study of how a child's learning processes can be impaired by a noisy classroom environment. Children are immature listeners who have to listen more precisely than adults to recognize and comprehend speech. Poor classroom acoustics can contribute to problems with speech perception and interfere with comprehension. Acoustics and classroom amplification systems work together to improve the classroom learning environment. Learning Objectives: Participants will learn how classroom noise affects children's learning processes. Learning is also affected by distance from the teacher, softness of the signal, echoes in the room (reverberation) and interfering noise. At the end of the program,participants will understand that proper sound distribution using classroom amplification systems to complement the acoustical environment will greatly increase scholastic achievement. During the workshop, a combination of PowerPoint and video presentations are used to provide an in-depth overview of how noise in and around the classroom affects learning. Classroom acoustics complemented with classroom amplification work together to increase signal-to-noise ratio and improve student achievement. The program includes a video review showing live classroom footage and commentary from teachers and industry experts.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mr. Michael LaBate - Classroom Audio Consultant , Lightspeed Technologies
SubCategory: Advanced Technology
Audience: Doesn't Matter,Doesn't Matter

Creating a Communicative Classroom - backchanneling, polling, and higher-level questioning
Classroom communication is too often teacher-focused, superficial, and lifeless. Two-way communication, facilitated by both students and teachers, is essential in any classroom environment. Through the use of backchanneling, student polling systems, and engaging higher-order thinking questions, educators can bring their classroom discussion to new levels. Learn how to create a communicative environment where the teacher steps aside and watches the students facilitate their OWN deep discussions as they explore the essential understandings of a content area.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Christine Miles - Supervisor of English/Language Arts , Lindenwold Public School
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Creating a Student Yearbook using InDesign and Illustrator
A school yearbook can be created by your students! Our sixth grade class captures our yearly memories by creating pages using the applications in InDesign and Illustrator. Participants will learn how to create layouts ready to be published in a yearbook.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Anne Soprano - Computer Teacher , Eagleswood Elementary School
SubCategory: Computer Skills
Audience: Intermediate

Creativity and Communications in Today's Classroom
This workshop will highlight how today's young learners can communicate through technology and software to create pop-up books, illustrations to highlight writing, digital stories, biographies and drawings to express concepts. Student work samples using Wixie will also be demonstrated.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Jessica Estlow - Technology Coordinator , Brigantine Public Schools
SubCategory: Language Arts
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Cross-Curricular Technology Integration for MIddle School Grades 5-8
This workshop will focus on lessons created using various technology tools in middle school grades 5-8. Examples will include how to incorporate the use of the Ladibug, Mimiopad/screen clipping/video, and 2know Responders in Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Math lessons.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Carol Buzby - Teacher , Chelsea Heights School
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Downloading Videos Tips & Tricks
Do you find Youtube to be a valuable teaching resource but you are unable to access it? This workshop will offer solutions. We will explore the techniques necessary in aquiring web based video material and archiving it for classroom use. Free, we-based applications will be explored and appropriate file types will be covered.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Philip Polsinelli - Assistant Director of SRI & ETTC , Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
SubCategory: Technology Integration
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Flat Stanley Goes Digital
After sixteen years, cardboard Flat Stanleys have gone digital. Join the discussion on how one second grade class of students used digital cameras, Google Maps and laptops to learn about geography and their friends and family. There is now an App for that with the launch from Flatter World, but don't be afraid to try this type of project on your own.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Lisa Thumann - Assistant Director , School for Global Education and Innovation, Kean U
SubCategory: Social Studies
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Glogster: Using Digital Posters in Social Studies
This presentation will inform the audience of the features of Glogster, a Web 2.0 tool. This resource allows students to create an interactive, multimedia poster that can be applied to any discipline. Participants will see samples of Glogs from a 7th grade social studies classroom and will learn basic features to help students create their own.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Ms. Stefanie Parry - Teacher , Melvin H. Kreps Middle School
SubCategory: Social Studies
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Integrating Technology in the Bilingual Classroom
This presentation will provide an introduction to technology being implemented in the Bilingual Classroom. Technology resources such as iPads, iPods, SmartBoards and Senteo will be highlighted. The workshop will be hands-on, providing participants with practice in using a variety of resources to better serve their students. The audience will also see how some SmartBoard lessons can be created both in English and Spanish.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Elizabeth Rodriguez - Teacher , Catto Community School
SubCategory: World Languages
Audience: Doesn't Matter

iPads in Education: Apps for K-12
With over 15 million iPads sold, and hundreds of educational apps available, how does an educator decide which to use? This session will introduce some of the best free and paid apps available in a variety of content areas including science, math, language arts, music, art and social studies. Today's learners are a diverse group, and it can be difficult at times to capture everyone's attention. For instance, apps can allow students to interact with microscopic cells in a level of detail never before available with traditional classroom equipment.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mr. Kyle Calderwood - Computer Help Desk Technician , The Richard Stockton College of NJ
SubCategory: Advanced Technology
Audience: Doesn't Matter

iPads in the Classroom
Whether teachers have one iPad or one hundred iPads, this workshop will provide cross curricular lessons that integrate this technology in the Middle School classroom. This workshop will go well beyond listing Apps that are available to educators. Instead, participants will experience a series of lessons that use Apps appropriately to extend and enhance learning. Participants are asked to bring their iPads if possible. If not, iPads will be provided.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Kathleen Fox - Curriculum Coordinator , Brigantine Public Schools
SubCategory: Advanced Technology
Audience: Doesn't Matter

IT vs ET - It Does Not Have to Be a Battle
Information Technology and Educational Technology (IT and ET) can seem like different worlds within a school district. Different languages, goals and objectives can be high hurdles to jump. However, they must have a symbiotic relationship in order for each to survive. This session will focus on how each department can help the other to better integrate technology in the classroom. Strategies for effective communication and collaboration will be explored along with real world case studies and anecdotes to liven things up.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mr. Leonard Niebo - Director of IT and ET , Brick Township Public Schools
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

It's All Good for Everybody of All Ages!
Technology hardware and software will be demonstrated to allow educators the opportunity to consider what might support student engagement in learning. This focus will center on students becoming independent learners by using technology to achieve successful outcomes. Participants will have the opportunity to have hands-on experiences using our laptops with: SMART Pen, Sony Recorder with Dragon Speak Naturally, 3D Choreographer, Moo-O Reading, Newsmaker, Camtasia, Flip Camera, Second Life, PC Speech Recognition, on screen keyboard, readability, Inspiration and Movie Maker.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Dr. Rita Mulholland - Associate Professor , Richard Stockton
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Learning with the iPad
(THIS IS A HANDS-ON SESSION: BRING YOUR OWN iPad) Educators all over the country are describing the iPad as a revolutionary learning tool. Discover why in this collaborative and engaging session. Together we will explore how the iPad can enliven and expand possibilities in the classroom. Participants will learn how the iPad is being used by teachers and students, experience several apps, and explore how the iPad integrates with other educational technology such as the SMART Board, SMART Response, and Safari Montage's Digital Curriculum Presenter.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mr. David Dickman - Instructional Technology Specialist , TEQ Inc.
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Multimedia supports for mathematics
This presentation will include a demonstration of how to incorporate multimedia to support your mathematics curriculum as an avenue to meet the needs of all learners. The lesson itself will be a culmination of technology used during a three year period while participating in the Impact grant. The specific lesson involves the use of mimio interactive tablet, youtube, and the ladibug document camera to teach fractions.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mr. Tiffany Smith - Spcial Education Teacher , Sovereign Avenue School
SubCategory: Math
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Prezi: Mastering the Basics
Prezi is the new, non-linear alternative to creating presentations on the Web. It is a free web-based storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides. You can incorporate text, images, videos and other presentation objects and group them together into frames. As a web-based application, it also allows for collaboration from anywhere. This workshop will be a hands-on domonstration on creating Prezis. We will also look at practical applications of this new, cutting-edge, Web 2.0 application in the classroom.
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Philip Polsinelli - Assistant Director of SRI & ETTC , Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
SubCategory: Technology Integration
Audience: Doesn't Matter

QR Codes + Ipads/Smartphones = Student Engagement
Bring your own iPad or smartphone to learn what QR codes are. Participants will engage in a QR code activity and will explore ideas for using them in the classroom. There will also be practice focused on easily creating QR codes on the computer.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mr. Susan Ross - Adjunct Professor , Richard Stockton College
SubCategory: Advanced Technology
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Ready to try GIS?
This session offers an introduction to GIS (Geographic Information System). Participants will explore the program and explain how we are implementing it in our school. Discover how social studies, science, and other content areas come together through modern technology and data collection.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mr. Bill Handley - Social Studies Teacher , Middle Twp. Middle School
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Responding to Student's Needs
Utilizing the SMART Response system to gather data on student understanding quickly and easily not only provides immediate feedback to the students, but also guides class instruction. The value of formative assessment lies in responding to the needs of students in real-time to further their learning. This session will look at creating lessons that embed formative assessments in order to provide feedback to the students instantly and to aid the teacher in adjusting instruction accordingly. SMART Response allows you to create and deliver lessons, integrate technology, assess and evaluate student learning, and adjust instruction in real-time for instant data-driven decision making in the classroom.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mrs. Carolyn Bennett - SMART Certified Education Consultant , Keyboard Consultants, Inc.
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Screencasting to Engage Learning Using Camtasia.
Screencasting is a great tool for teachers to use in the classroom and has emerged as a prominent teaching tool on the Internet. Explored in this presentation are resources and advantages of using screencasting as an educational tool with a focus on using Camtasia for creating tutorials, demonstrations, and narrated PowerPoint presentations.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Dr. Michael Ruffini - Associate Professor , Bloomsburg University
SubCategory: Computer Skills
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Smartphones: Efficient, Effective, and Empowering in the Middle School Classroom
Incorporating Smartphone usage in the middle school classroom is a beneficial practice for both students and educators. Smartphone owners have the ability to check e-mail, conduct Internet searches, blog, record audio information, take notes, snap photographs, complete basic math functions, etc. By incorporating Smartphone usage in the middle school classroom, educators are afforded the opportunity to challenge and meet the needs of all students in an innovative manner resulting in a motivating environment where students are engaged in the learning process (Bryant & Hunton, 2000). Currently, eighth grade students in the Emma C. Attales Middle School utilize Smartphones to complete projects in language arts class. The students use their personal cell phones to conduct research, collaborate with peers, blog, maintain a Ning page, take notes on class discussions and literature, and make public presentations. Moreover, the students have used their Smartphones to collaborate with seventh grade special education students to prepare TED Talk presentations. Assessment of student performance is conducted on an informal and formal basis and is provided almost immediately.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Dr. Barbara Horner - Teacher , Emma C. Attales School
SubCategory: Language Arts
Audience: Doesn't Matter

The Social Network
Learn to meet the needs of young social media mavens (a.k.a. students) across the Garden State and globe through social networking themed educational technology tools while supporting curriculum, meeting content standards and cultivating 21st Century skills such as technology literacy, collaboration, communication and innovation. The best part: every tool covered in this session is FREE!
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Miss Alicia Discepola - Educational Technology Specialist , Millville Public Schools
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Using Google Forms to Assess, Collaborate, and Engage.
From data collection to self grading tests to choose your own adventure stories, Google forms is a versatile yet simple tool to meet the needs of learners. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to utilize Google-Forms to create engaging activities that complement and assess student understanding of the curriculum, create a more collaborative environment for teachers, and streamline workflow for administrators.
Session: 3
Presenter(s):
Mr. Michael Ritzius - Mr , Camden County Technical School
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Verizon Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation's comprehensive program and online portal to more than 55,000 FREE standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans and other educational resources provided in partnership with many of the nation's leading educational and literacy organizations. You will be exploring Thinkfinity's lesson plans, multi-media presentations, interactive games and much more. You will be also introduced to Thinkfinity's newest feature, Communities. You will learn how Thinkfinity Community uses Web 2.0 technology to provide opportunities for educators to engage in meaningful discussions, access topic-based online resources that can be saved and organized in a personal collection, and manage group communications. Please come and learn more about Thinkfinity resources and the Thinkfinity Community to see how they can be used to strengthen your educational program.
Session: 2
Presenter(s):
Mr. Virginia Hoden - Thinkfinity Trainer/Computer LiteracyTeacher , Verizon Thinkfinity
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Wake Up Your Classroom with Wix
Do you want to interest students while conveying information to parents? Create your own Wix website. Wix websites are professional looking yet easy to create and maintain. Participants will leave this workshop with a Wix website up and running.
Session: 4
Presenter(s):
Mr. Carrie Woodman - Teacher , Millville Bd of Education
SubCategory: Other
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Web 2.0 Tools for Professional Learning Communities
The days of classroom isolation are over. Both inside and outside the school environment, educators have a wide variety of opportunities to connect and collaborate with colleagues. This session will give participants the toolkit needed to do this effectively and efficiently, making the teaching experience even more rewarding than it already is. The workshop will address ways to organize PLCs effectively and efficiently using a variety of Web 2.0 tools, including the Google Apps suite of tools (Documents, Calendar, Forms, and Sites).
Session: 1
Presenter(s):
Mr. Darryl Ensminger - Assoc. Dir. Prof. Dev. , NJEA
SubCategory: Multidisciplinary Strategies / Special Needs
Audience: Doesn't Matter

Session list will be posted shortly.