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Spotlight Speaker Information for IL-TCE 2006
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Glenda Bequette
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Glenda is a Principal Education Consultant for the division of Curriculum & Instruction at the Illinois State Board of Education. Glenda taught Third Grade and Junior High Social Studies in both the private and public school systems in Illinois. She has received numerous awards including the Pioneering Partners Award, the Making It Happen Award and recently was recognized at the National Education Technology Conference 2005 in Philadelphia as one of the "BEST OF NECC" presenters. She has presented at national conferences in Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey and is always a favorite in Illinois.
Thursday and Friday Spotlight Sessions:
An Administrator’s Bag of Tricks
Having trouble getting your staff together for a meeting? Want to meet colleagues and engage in professional development activities online using the latest Internet technology? Are you looking for resources (networking, instructional, etc.) that will make your job easier? If so, this is the session for you!!
TOOTLES – Tons of Outstanding and Original Tools for Library Specialists
Are you looking for a few good websites for students, teachers and parents to use in the library? This session will provide you with a wide variety of resources that can be used by students, teachers, parents, and library media specialists.
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Tim Lauer
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Tim Lauer serves as the principal of Lewis Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. He routinely works with school administrators and teachers to plan practical, supportable uses of technology in teaching and learning. Besides his work as an elementary school principal, he is also an adjunct professor at Pacific University.
Thursday Spotlight Session:
Web Based Communication Tools for Schools
Wikis and Weblogs are two of the tools that schools are beginning to use to increase communication and dialog with staffs and communities. This session will provide an introduction to these tools and share examples of how schools from throughout the country are using them to increase involvement and communication.
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Gail Lovely
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Gail is a former classroom teacher in grades K-8. She believes that teaching is her calling and a deep part of who she is. She taught in Southern California inner-city schools for 9 years before moving into first district, and later county-level positions in staff development and technology in the classroom. She founded a company, Lovely and Associates, to help educators integrate technology and curriculum through excellent staff development and support. Along the way she developed integrated curriculum experiences for teachers and students and provided innovative staff development using innovative models of meaningful and active learning in realistic curriculum-rich settings. She enjoyed being an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University for many years, teaching technology integration courses to students in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. She has hosted an online community for K-2 teachers on Scholastic Network, founded the K-2 Email List for Classroom Connect, and written ongoing columns in Learning and Leading with Technology, Instructor Magazine, Electronic Learning, and Curriculum Administrator Magazine. She loves to teach and continues to do so by sharing her vision for the active classroom, the improvement of the relationship between teacher, learner and curriculum and other inspirational yet practical messages through many keynote sessions at educational conferences, as well as by hosting professional development seminars. She is the proud mother of two technology-savvy boys ages 12 and 15 and currently calls Friendswood, Texas home.
Thursday Spotlight Session:
Early Reading and the Net
Explore a wide variety of online learning experiences for young learners (PK-2). Online reading activities, online tools and online practice for young learners will be shared. Investigate great teaching resources, excellent teaching/management strategies and a few cool little tricks!
My WORD the Things Word can Do! And What's the Point of PowerPoint other than Presentations?
Are you using Word to help you teach and to help your students learn? Come explore some of the teaching and learning tools built into Word which can be harnessed to great benefit YOUR classroom. Use PowerPoint to create learning tools and experiences which are NOT presentations. Think about using "Track Changes", "Comments" and more in Word and explore PowerPoint as a printing press or activity tool.
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Susim Munshi and Susan Switzer
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Susim Munshi is a Technology Integration Specialist, Office of Technology Services-eLearning, Chicago Public Schools. Susim has over twenty years of experience working with students, teachers and administrators. In his current position Susim assists schools with professional development, curriculum design, technology planning, and grant writing.
Susan Switzer is the Assistant Principal at George Rogers Clark School. Susan has worked for the Chicago Board of Education as a classroom teacher, area instructional technology coordinator, and assistant principal. Throughout her service as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, Susan was committed to increasing student achievement through the support of her colleagues at CPS and the Golden Apple Foundation.
Thursday and Friday Spotlight Session:
Blogging—Revolutionize Education
How much time are elementary school students spending on the Internet? Why are both veteran and novice teachers always wondering why they can’t get their students engaged? U.S. schools have spent roughly $80 billion on school computing just in the last decade. We spent all this money on technology! Why isn’t it working?
There is a compelling need to advance teachers from simply applying technology to existing ways of teaching to challenging educators to transform their instructional practices and expectations of students. With more than 78 percent of children between the ages of 12 and 17 Online at home or at school, we have incredible opportunities to leverage the Internet as a communications tool and to deepen its educational potential. The prospective educational implications are being realized by trailblazing teachers and teacher leaders throughout the country through the use of blogs and other online communication tools.
Educational blogs are transforming the use of technology in schools. As students’ thinking processes are captured and learning is made more public, the net result is learners that are ignited and impassioned by the reality that their voices are valued and relevant.
From sharing reactions and interpretations of literature, to exchanging scientific data around the world, to communicating about school-community problem-solving, blogs have definite potential in each school. Join us as we share our realization of the vision-igniting student thinking and achievement.
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Will Richardson
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Will Richardson is a "blogvangelist" and Supervisor of Instructional Technology and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ. He maintains Weblogg-ed, a site dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 realm, technologies that are transforming classrooms around the world.
Thursday Spotlight Session:
The New Read/Write Web: Transforming the Classroom
A host of new Internet technologies are changing the way we find, manage, and distribute information. From Weblogs to Wikis to RSS to online bookmarking services, the possibilities for collaboration and sharing are almost limitless, as are the ways students and teachers can benefit in the classroom. Get an overview of the tools being used to foster this new literacy, the changes they are bringing about, and a framework for integrating them into teaching practices.
What's Up With Wikis?
Wikis are an incredibly simple collaborative tool that educators are beginning to use in imaginative ways. And Wikipedia has become one of the most popular and at the same time intriguing sites on the Web. But wikis also present a host of questions and challenges that make many hesitant to take the plunge. Find out why wikis have such great potential in the classroom and how to address the challenges they carry with them.
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Tony Vincent
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Tony Vincent's passion for teaching and technology can be seen in everything he does. Tony taught fifth grade for six years, and three of those years his students were pioneers in educational handheld computing. His current role as technology specialist at Willowdale Elementary in Omaha, Nebraska gives him the opportunity to bring the newest technologies into classrooms. Whether it's digital video, blogs, email, podcasts, or handhelds, Tony helps Willowdale teachers and students understand the power of new technologies. In addition, he's the webmaster for the school's site, WillowWeb, at http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow.
Friday Spotlight Session:
I Like Handhelds Because...
Palm* and Pocket PC* handhelds aren't simply organizers-they are fully functional computers that can run a variety of software applications! In fact, they are a great way to put a computer in the hands of every student. Classrooms all over the world are using handhelds for teaching and learning because of their low cost, portability, ease-of-use, and versatility. However, Tony Vincent has other reasons that he loves handheld computers in his school. From time saving software for teachers to creative ways to teach parts of speech, learn about how handhelds are great for teachers, students, and learning.
Radio for Kids, by Kids
Podcasting is a way for people to subscribe to audio content that can be automatically downloaded to a computer or mobile device. More and more educational content is available as podcasts, giving teachers and students access to audio for learning and professional development. Tony Vincent and his students at Willowdale Elementary have found that the real power of podcasting comes from the creation of these audio programs. Willowdale students in second through fifth grades participate in Radio WillowWeb, a podcast for kids and by kids. Learn about the process of creating podcasts and the benefits that follow!
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Tammy Worcester
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Tammy Worcester (pronounced Wooster) is the Instructional Technology Specialist at ESSDACK. Tammy has thirteen years of teaching experience at various levels from kindergarten to 8th grade. Tammy also served as the technology director for her K-8 school.
Tammy is extremely innovative and resourceful and specializes in finding unique and creative ways to use traditional computer programs in the classroom. She enjoys sharing her ideas with teachers throughout the nation and has a presentation style that can be described as inspiring.
Tammy models effective teaching strategies in her training sessions and provides graphical handouts that are easy to follow. Participants leave Tammy's sessions energized and anxious to try out what they've learned!
Friday Spotlight Session:
Is This Really PowerPoint?
Tired of the same old PowerPoint slide shows? If so, this is the session for you! During this session, you will gain tons of ideas for creative and innovative ways to use PowerPoint in your classroom. Ideas will include a variety of slide show and desktop publishing activities for all content areas grades 3 - 12.
Quick and Easy Computer Activities for Kids
In this fast-paced session, you'll discover many quick and easy-to-create projects that integrate technology into all areas of the elementary curriculum, using Kidspiration, Inspiration, Microsoft Office, and the Internet. You'll leave with dozens of clever ideas you can use tomorrow in your classroom!
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