RESOURCES
After the PLATE conference, you will be able to access resources from each of the presentations. It will work as a resource for you to reference throughout the year. We invite you to also email any of the presenters with additional questions you may have once you have exhausted the resources on this page.
Session 1 - 1:30-2:00pm
Telling Stories Without PowerPoint
RESOURCES: http://photostory.weebly.com/
Presented By: Kristin Bergeron, Jacquie Courtney, Dean Halverson, Alfred McDonnell, Ashley Priem
Room Number: 202
Audience: K - 12 Educators
Description: In this session we will explore how to use "Photo Story for Windows" and "Apple - iMovie" to create a presentation that can be applied across all subject areas. You will learn how easy it is to incorporate a digital story into your classroom environment no matter what grade you teach.
RESOURCES: http://photostory.weebly.com/
Presented By: Kristin Bergeron, Jacquie Courtney, Dean Halverson, Alfred McDonnell, Ashley Priem
Room Number: 202
Audience: K - 12 Educators
Description: In this session we will explore how to use "Photo Story for Windows" and "Apple - iMovie" to create a presentation that can be applied across all subject areas. You will learn how easy it is to incorporate a digital story into your classroom environment no matter what grade you teach.
Let's Get Together...Ya, Ya, Ya: Online Collaborative Learning
RESOURCE: http://www.johnnyhogan.com/PLATE/Social_Networking.html
Presentated By: Shaza Ahmed, Michelle Cox, Johnny Hogan, Camilla Hudson, Eliza Mantyh
Room Number: 204
Audience: All School Staff
Description: Looking beyond Facebook, we will explore more controlled options for social networking in education and narrow down the choices to our favorites. This session addresses applications in the classroom and for collaboration among school staff.
RESOURCE: http://www.johnnyhogan.com/PLATE/Social_Networking.html
Presentated By: Shaza Ahmed, Michelle Cox, Johnny Hogan, Camilla Hudson, Eliza Mantyh
Room Number: 204
Audience: All School Staff
Description: Looking beyond Facebook, we will explore more controlled options for social networking in education and narrow down the choices to our favorites. This session addresses applications in the classroom and for collaboration among school staff.
Take Everyday Tasks Off Your Plate: Let Web 2.0 Do the Work For You!
RESOURCES: http://2009group3plate.weebly.com/take-it-off-your-plate.html
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Middle School and High School
Description: Feel like you're working too hard to provide your students with bell ringers, updated agendas, and online resources in addition to communicating with parents? Allow innovative Web 2.0 applications to effectively do the work for you.
RESOURCES: http://2009group3plate.weebly.com/take-it-off-your-plate.html
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Middle School and High School
Description: Feel like you're working too hard to provide your students with bell ringers, updated agendas, and online resources in addition to communicating with parents? Allow innovative Web 2.0 applications to effectively do the work for you.
Session 2 - 2:10-2:40pm
Free Thinkers, Freebies for Teachers
RESOURCES: http://sites.google.com/site/freebiesforteachers/
Presented By: Kristin Bergeron, Jacquie Courtney, Dean Halverson, Alfred McDonnell, Ashley Priem
Room Number: 202
Audience: K - 12 Educators
Description: In this session we will share free applications, websites, and plugins that can be adapted to any classroom or grade level. The goal of the session is to share a database of these resources for you to use.
RESOURCES: http://sites.google.com/site/freebiesforteachers/
Presented By: Kristin Bergeron, Jacquie Courtney, Dean Halverson, Alfred McDonnell, Ashley Priem
Room Number: 202
Audience: K - 12 Educators
Description: In this session we will share free applications, websites, and plugins that can be adapted to any classroom or grade level. The goal of the session is to share a database of these resources for you to use.
Technological Drama
RESOURCES:http://docs.google.com/View?id=dzv588h_87c32fk2dr
Presented By: Rehab Ragab, Jon Bennett, Kelley Cunningham, Jason Shulha
Room Number: 204
Audience: K - 12 Educators
Description: This is an active session which will explore, through drama, those moments when your use of technology is questioned by the skeptic and the non-believer. Join us as we role play our way to finding the arguments that will silence the skeptic and the non-believer and hopefully turn them into ET practitioners.
RESOURCES:http://docs.google.com/View?id=dzv588h_87c32fk2dr
Presented By: Rehab Ragab, Jon Bennett, Kelley Cunningham, Jason Shulha
Room Number: 204
Audience: K - 12 Educators
Description: This is an active session which will explore, through drama, those moments when your use of technology is questioned by the skeptic and the non-believer. Join us as we role play our way to finding the arguments that will silence the skeptic and the non-believer and hopefully turn them into ET practitioners.
Session 3 - 2:50-3:20pm
Absent or Not, You Will Be Held Accountable
RESOURCES: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dzv588h_118kfwnfgft
Presented By: Rehab Ragab, Jon Bennett, Kelley Cunningham, Jason Shulha
Room Number: 202
Audience: Middle School and High School
Description: Students miss class. Although they are theoretically responsible for making up the work, it is ultimately the teacher’s responsibility to disseminate the information covered during the student’s absence. We have found innovative ways to teach our absent students remotely through web quests, online discussion boards, and computer assisted instruction.
RESOURCES: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dzv588h_118kfwnfgft
Presented By: Rehab Ragab, Jon Bennett, Kelley Cunningham, Jason Shulha
Room Number: 202
Audience: Middle School and High School
Description: Students miss class. Although they are theoretically responsible for making up the work, it is ultimately the teacher’s responsibility to disseminate the information covered during the student’s absence. We have found innovative ways to teach our absent students remotely through web quests, online discussion boards, and computer assisted instruction.
That's a Wrap: Video Podcasting for Authentic Assessment and Advocacy
RESOURCES: http://www.johnnyhogan.com/PLATE
Presented By: Shaza Ahmed, Michelle Cox, John Hogan, Camilla Hudson, Eliza Mantyh
Room Number: 204
Audience: All Educators
Description: Why vodcasting? How does vodcasting apply to assessment? How can vodcasting help you advocate for your program? This session will explore the answers to these questions and give a brief overview of how to get started with vodcasting.
RESOURCES: http://www.johnnyhogan.com/PLATE
Presented By: Shaza Ahmed, Michelle Cox, John Hogan, Camilla Hudson, Eliza Mantyh
Room Number: 204
Audience: All Educators
Description: Why vodcasting? How does vodcasting apply to assessment? How can vodcasting help you advocate for your program? This session will explore the answers to these questions and give a brief overview of how to get started with vodcasting.
"But I hate reading!" Using Technology to Hook and Engage Students in Independent Reading
RESOURCES:http://2009group3plate.weebly.com/engaging-independent-readers.html
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Reading and Language Arts Teachers at All Levels
Description: Frustrated by the lack of quality online resources to motivate and guide students to read independently? Become familiar with online resources that will help students to select "just right" books, share and discuss their independent reading choices with peers, and encourage creative culminating activities that go beyond the traditional book reports.
RESOURCES:http://2009group3plate.weebly.com/engaging-independent-readers.html
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Reading and Language Arts Teachers at All Levels
Description: Frustrated by the lack of quality online resources to motivate and guide students to read independently? Become familiar with online resources that will help students to select "just right" books, share and discuss their independent reading choices with peers, and encourage creative culminating activities that go beyond the traditional book reports.
