Training will take place at Woolwich Central School, starting at 8:00AM and will continue all day long. Refreshments will be provided, but please plan to bring your own "bag lunch."
Here is the Schedule for the day:
8:00-8:20 Opening
8:30-9:20 Session One
9:30-10:20 Session Two
10:30-10:50 Time for talk and refreshments
11:00-11:50 Session Three
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:10-2:30 iMovie Trailer activity for everyone
2:30-3:00 Grade level sharing out
Topics:
Sessions will be 50 minutes in length (one topic is a double-session event), on a variety of topics. You will have the opportunity to participate in three sessions over the course of the day. Please read through the topic descriptions below before visiting the Registration page to enter your first and second choices for each session.
8:30-
9:20
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Basic iPad Navigation- Tyler Patten
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NWEA Web Version- What’s new? Matt Frey-Davis
| The Sewall Woods Digital Trail Project- Becky Kolak, Joan Newkirk | Using Screen Casting, Video, and Audio to Document Thinking and Learning in Digital Portfolios- Part one- Wanda Brown |
Book Trailers with iMovie- Roberta Jordan
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Using Technology to Support the Daily 5- Laura Phelps
| iPad as Doc Camera- Damien Austin |
9:30-
10:20
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Digital Storytelling - Lawrence Kovacs
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Recording screen captures to create video with voice - Damien Austin
| iPads, Useful Apps, and Ideas For The Novice Techie- Nancy Riggs | Using Screen Casting, Video, and Audio to Document Thinking and Learning in Digital Portfolios- Part Two- Wanda Brown |
OverDrive- Roberta Jordan
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QR Codes in the Classroom- Laura Phelps and Mary Moran
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Basic iPad Navigation- Tyler Patten
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11:00-
11:50
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Making Stop Action Videos with Kids- Lawrence Kovacs
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NWEA Web Version- What’s new? Matt Frey-Davis
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Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship Resources- Dean Emmerson
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iPad as Doc Camera- Damien Austin
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Appy Hour- Roberta Jordan
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Website Tune-Up- Laura Phelps
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Registration:
The registration page will ask for you to select a first and second choice for each session. We will do our best to get everyone into their first choices, though we also want to keep the class sizes small so that everyone can get the help they need, and have an opportunity to share with colleagues.
Please register by Sunday, March 9th.
Registration Page
Session One Descriptions
Basic iPad Navigation: This session will help you become familiar with basic functions of the iPad. Participants will learn to find and download apps, change settings, configure multi-touch swipes and develop a better understanding of the device. Presenter: Tyler Patten.
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NWEA Web Version: RSU1 will be moving to the new web version of the NWEA starting with the Spring 2014 testing window. This session will provide you with an overview of the changes ahead. Presenter: Matt Frey-Davis.
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The Sewall Woods Digital Trail Project: The Sewall Woods Digital Trail Project is a collaboration between the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT), KELT's Education Coordinator Becky Kolak, Joan Newkirk’s third-grade class at Fisher Mitchell School, and Monica Wright’s seventh-grade students from BMS. The project was originally funded with a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant.
We focused on the Sewall Woods section of the popular five-mile-long Whiskeag Trail which winds its way through Bath. The students created a digital interpretative guide—the first of its kind in the region!—that can be accessed online or on the trail by QR (Quick Response) technology, activated by smart-mobile phones. The project incorporated learning about the natural history of a local forest, an authentic purpose for writing, poetry, and using technology to enable others to learn about a section of the preserve.
During this session we will share our experiences with collaboration, learning about the QR app, and how the project impacted our students. Presenters: Becky Kolak and Joan Newkirk
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Using Screen Casting, Video, and Audio to Document Thinking and Learning in Digital Portfolios PART ONE: Learn how to turn consumers into producers. Please bring your devices (phones, tablets, laptops) and be prepared to explore with them! Featuring lots of apps...Educreations, Explain Everything, Spreaker DJ, Sock Puppets, Tell About, Camera, Evernote, Skitch and more. Please note that this topic lasts two sessions. Presenter: Wanda Brown
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Making Book Trailers with iMovie: This session will provide an overview of what makes a good book trailer, as well as the technical skills to create one using your iPad. Presenter: Roberta Jordan
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Using Technology to Support the Daily 5: Discover the many ways that technology can help you incorporate the Daily 5 into your classroom. We will explore a variety of web tools and apps that support reading to self, reading to someone, listening to reading, working on writing, and word work. This session will be geared mainly towards K-3 classrooms. Presenter: Laura Phelps
Session Two Descriptions
Digital Storytelling with Meridian Stories: Meridian Stories is a series of curricular-driven digital storytelling competitions for Middle and High schools. Each competition challenges teams of students to create short-form stories using images, words, video and music. Learn more about Meridian Stories and discuss how you can adapt these storytelling strategies to the elementary classroom. Presenter: Lawrence Kovacs
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Recording Video for The Classroom and Beyond: Have you ever wanted to give someone directions about how to do something on your computer? Learn some steps that will allow you to record your screen, with voice instruction! Give substitutes or students the exact steps or directions that you want, even "Flip," your classroom. You will also learn how to upload your videos to Youtube. Presenter: Damien Austin
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iPads, Useful Apps, and Ideas For The Novice Techie: Utilizing a Building Background Knowledge Workshop structure participants in this session will be exposed to selecting and using appropriate apps, time saving tips for iPad use in the classroom, and how iPads can be used as a tool for differentiation. This session is designed for the novice techie looking to build basic iPad skills and knowledge. Presenter: Nancy Riggs
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Using Screen Casting, Video, and Audio to Document Thinking and Learning in Digital Portfolios PART TWO: Learn how to turn consumers into producers. Please bring your devices (phones, tablets, laptops) and be prepared to explore with them! Featuring lots of apps...Educreations, Explain Everything, Spreaker DJ, Sock Puppets, Tell About, Camera, Evernote, Skitch and more. Please note that this topic lasts two sessions. Presenter: Wanda Brown
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OverDrive: Overdrive Media Console is an iPad app that allows you to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries. If you have a Patten Free Library Card and want to stop paying for eBooks and audio books, this session will help you learn how to browse, select, download, and read (or listen to) eBooks and audiobooks on your iPad from the Maine Infonet Download Library. Presenter: Roberta Jordan
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QR Codes In The Classroom: Now that all the elementary schools have iPads, we have a great opportunity to incorporate QR codes into our classrooms. Come discover how to direct students to specific resources, share and assess student work, and make audio files that can be embedded into a QR code. Perfect for poetry and other writing projects! Presenters: Laura Phelps and Mary Moran
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Session Three Descriptions
Making Stop Action Movies with Kids: Stop action video is an engaging way for kids to make their own movies using simple resources and techniques. No fancy apps or equipment is required! Says Lawrence Kovacs of his work this year, "We draw on a note taking or drawing app, screenshot the image, then add to it and repeat. We just drag the screenshots into iMovie, and VOILA! Animation! Cool, right?" Presenter: Lawrence Kovacs
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NWEA Web Version: RSU1 will be moving to the new web version of the NWEA starting with the Spring 2014 testing window. This session will provide you with an overview of the changes ahead. Presenter: Matt Frey-Davis.
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Common Sense Media's Digital Citizenship Resources: CommonSense.org provides an entire curriculum for teachers to share with students about safe computing in the 21st Century. This session will explore the scope and sequence of the CommonSense curriculum, and look at sample lessons. Presenter: Dean Emmerson-----
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Your iPad as Doc Camera and Annotation Tool: In this session, attendees will learn to use their iPads as document cameras, but also make the experience interactive for students. Take any document and make it accessible on the iPad, annotate right on it, pass the iPad around the room. Move beyond the overhead! Presenter: Damien Austin
-----Your iPad as Doc Camera and Annotation Tool: In this session, attendees will learn to use their iPads as document cameras, but also make the experience interactive for students. Take any document and make it accessible on the iPad, annotate right on it, pass the iPad around the room. Move beyond the overhead! Presenter: Damien Austin
Appy Hour with Roberta: Appy Hour for Kindergarten and early grade teachers for early literacy apps and book apps. Presenter: Roberta Jordan
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Website Tune-Up: Do you have a classroom website that you haven't updated lately? Or a website that functions, but doesn't sparkle? This will be a working session - come with your ideas and questions, ready to make your website an integral part of your classroom community! Presenter: Laura Phelps
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