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Spotlight Speaker Information for IL-TCE 2005
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Joe Brennan
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Joe taught Spanish and coached soccer and basketball for twenty years before becoming the AV/Media Coordinator at Niles West H.S. in Skokie. A frequent presenter at conferences, Joe is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and was the ICE Technology Educator of the Year in 2003.
Thursday & Friday Spotlight Sessions:
Guerilla Graphics
Make the most out of software you and your students already have easy access to and know how to use. See how to create graphics and backgrounds for documents, presentations, web pages, and videos using such common software tools as AppleWorks, HyperStudio, PowerPoint, Word, and iMovie. Tap into free Internet resources for clip art, fonts, and special effects. This popular conference session will have new information for those of you who have seen it before!
Holy Toledo! How This Millennium is Starting Out Exactly Like the Last One (Give or Take a Century or Two)
Being part of the "Millennial" generation and the Information/Technology Age is nothing new. It happened over a few centuries at the beginning of the last millennium. However, our society and educational community are now going through that same upheaval in less than a generation. From the Moors' invasion of Spain to the Renaissance, get a sense of where we've been to help you steer or cope with where we might be going.
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Jim Hirsch
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Jim worked for more than 20 years in Minnesota schools before moving to Texas in 1996 to become assistant superintendent of technology in the Plano school district. He is a nationally recognized expert in technology-enhanced K-12 education. Jim still finds excitement in everyday inventions and getting children actively involved in their education. He considers himself a student still, constantly exploring new options for technology-enhanced learning.
Thursday Spotlight Sessions:
HyperQuests - Interactive, Student-Centered Multimedia & Internet Activities
The process of a HyperQuest is most closely associated with student activities that center around five 'I' concepts: inquiry, investigation, integration, interaction and the Internet. Experience in this session how teachers can produce HyperQuests and how students participate in them to create exciting, interactive multimedia writing projects. Examples from elementary and secondary will be shared.
Computing @ Every Student
Handheld computers are ready to take their place in the mainstream of public education and instructional technology. These low-cost, yet powerful personal computing devices offer educators the best opportunity they have ever had to provide 1-to-1 student computing experiences. Going well beyond personal information management , these devices have thousands of high-quality applications available for use in areas from language arts to science and everything in between. This session will give you the knowledge to make informed decisions about the future of handheld computing in your classroom, school or district. |
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David Jakes
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David currently serves as the Instructional Technology Coordinator for Community High School District 99 in Downers Grove, IL. David's interest in technology developed from his 15 years as a classroom science teacher. In addition to speaking at many technology conferences, David conducts technology staff development projects in his school district and throughout the United States. He currently manages two technology-related Web sites, Biopoint.com and myprojectpages.com that seek to help teachers use technology, and particularly the World Wide Web, to increase student achievement and performance.
Thursday & Friday Spotlight Sessions:
Capturing Stories, Capturing Lives: The Power of Digital Storytelling
Everyone has stories. Stories can originate from a variety of sources, from one’s collective experience to a person’s imagination. Digital storytelling is the process of capturing those stories, first by writing, and then by extending that writing by the inclusion of powerful multimedia elements to make the story come alive. In this session, we will explore the process of digital storytelling from its theoretical basis to the practical “how to” processes necessary to integrate this instructional technique into your instruction. See examples of student projects, and watch the creation of a digital story. Leave the session with a clear vision of how technology can truly add value to an instructional process, and in the process, create a magical learning experience for all students.
The One Room Schoolhouse: Creating Community in the Digital Age
In the one room schoolhouses of the past, community was narrowly defined, composed of students from families over a limited geographical area. However, in today’s digital world, community is not necessarily defined by geography but by shared, common interest. Today’s typical student has the power to connect globally to their own personally-defined network and to interact with people and ideas in a way that was unimaginable ten years ago. With this in mind, this session will explore the power of community as a learning environment, why community is critically important for today’s student, and how learning can be extended by leveraging the natural affinity of students for digital environments. Learn about the tools and instructional techniques that are available to you to increase the connections between students that result in higher levels of engagement, creativity and productivity, and that empower you to literally create a globally-connected one room schoolhouse.
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Glenna Shaw |
Glenna's husband nicknamed her the PowerPoint Magician because she loves the "magic" of PowerPoint. She likes to use PowerPoint's native audio and video features to create Flash-like effects. She calls this technique "PowerPoint Sleight of Hand". Because of her quirky sense of humor and advanced skills, she is frequently sought out for her expertise on presentations, training and desktop publishing. Glenna teaches classes on a variety of topics nationwide. She was recognized by Microsoft as a PowerPoint Most Valuable Professional in January 2004.
Thursday Spotlight Sessions:
PowerPoint as a Tool for Students with Learning Challenges
In 2002, ten percent of boys and six percent of girls ages three to 17 were identified by a school official or health professional as having a learning disability. Learning disabilities include a number of discrete disorders that affect children's ability to learn. Professionals have defined three categories of learning disorders:
- speech and language disorders (e.g., trouble with articulation, difficulty understanding certain aspects of speech);
- academic skill disorders (e.g., dyslexia, writing difficulties related to hand movement, vocabulary or memory and mathematics disorders); and
- other disorders (including a set of diagnoses not meeting the criteria of the other two categories).
When we include children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder or those for whom English is a second language, the numbers are even higher. This session demonstrates how to use PowerPoint as an effective teaching aide for students with learning challenges.
Thursday Spotlight Sessions:
Dynamic PowerPoint
PowerPoint was originally created as an easy method to publish slides, but today's PowerPoint has moved well beyond the limitations of the electronic flipchart. This session demonstrates how to use the interactivity features of PowerPoint to create games, quizzes, menus, tutorials, computer-based training modules and more.
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Sharnell Jackson
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Sharnell Jackson is the Chief eLearning Officer for the Chicago Public Schools Office of Technology Services. She has served as an educator for more than thirty years and is passionate about improving technology literacy for students, teachers, and administrators of Chicago Public Schools. She interprets and applies research for technology integration, best practices, and differentiation.
Thursday & Friday Spotlight Session:
Data-Driven Decision Making and Professional Development
The phrase Data-Driven Decisions has made its way into the educational vernacular, but what does it really mean? What is the role of technology in making sense of data? Find out how to use technology to support effective data-driven decisions for school improvement and technology integrated professional development, materials, and resources. This session will focus on basic skills assessment and targeted training, assessment of general technology literacy for eighth-grade students, technology literacy materials for eighth-grade teachers, assessment of technology integration for all teachers, professional purposes materials for all teachers, curriculum enhancement materials for all teachers, technology integration materials for all teachers, assessment of technology integration for school administrators, and professional purposes materials for school administrators.
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Meg Ormiston
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Meg's goal is to connect technology to curriculum to transform teaching and learning. Professional development projects should be focused on improving instruction to directly boost student achievement. Meg presents keynotes and workshops to educators nationally, as well as internationally. And she has even found the time to serve on her local school board!
Friday Spotlight Session:
Paper-Trained Teachers in a Video-Game World
Students today ARE different in many ways. It takes about 20 seconds of trying to compete at Playstation with my son to realize we process information in completely different ways. He zooms up a ramp, does a trick and I am still trying to figure out the controls. I am clueless (direct quote from son) and I give up. My brain can’t seem to keep up with action on the screen while somehow commanding the players to do something with the buttons on the controller. Luckily science supports my unscientific discovery that the brain has actually changed over the years because of exposure to so many visual images. In the classroom I am a “paper-trained teacher” trying to help these visual learners learn the way I do. Luckily there are some strategies you can start using immediately after this session!
Personal Computers in Your Hand
Technology will not transform teaching and learning until we get technology into the hands of every student. Personal technology, not a lab of desktop computers locked up at 3:30. Everyone needs these tools to process the vast amount of information available 24/7. I have transformed my thinking in the past few months as I have watched teachers and students process information in new and amazing ways using handheld computers. With a change in instructional strategies we have witnessed beaming and syncing to boost student achievement. One-to-one computing is the future. Are you ready?
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