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Technology Integration Workshop SERESC, Bedford, NH Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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**//The Animated Classroom: Word & Image, Symbol & Sequence presented by Margo Burns, Director of The Language Center, St. Paul’s School (margoburns@gmail.com) //** <span style="font-family: Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Animation is everywhere in our student’s lives: at the movies, on TV, on their phones, online, in their games, and in all the advertising targeting them. To be literate in the 21st century, one must go beyond words and static images on a page and include dynamic moving symbols and sequences. This presentation provides an overview of a wide assortment of animation software, both free and commercial software designed for education, with examples to inspire you with possibilities for your students in science, social studies, math, English, and world language K-12 classrooms. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Useful Links **AM CONCURRENT SESSIONS** Session 1: 9:50 to 10:25 **~ Please select one of the following sessions:**

//** Civilization Using Video Games to Build a Cross Curriculum Class **// **//~//** **//Ed Kissell, Business Teacher, Manchester Central HS, edkissell@mansd.org//** Civilization is a class where the students design and build their own civilizations from a tribe of wandering barbarians past the modern age. They compete against each other over the network and use a variety of skills to complete projects that range from the arts to political and tactical analysis. Some of the other areas explored include but not limited to anthropology, revisionist history, propaganda, art, music, sculpture, computers, politics, language, culture, mythology, business, economics, science, genetic engineering, environmental issues, and problem solving. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** **//Symphony of Art~Using Music and Art to Create an Engaging Multimedia Project//** **//~//** **//Susan MacMillan, Instructional Technology Specialist, macmillans@sau25.net & Rebecca Coughlin, Music Educator, coughlinr@sau25.net, McKelvie Intermediate School, Bedford//** Discover how one innovative music teacher transformed her passion for music, technology and art into a technology-rich curriculum that correlates to state and national standards in music, art, library research, history, language arts, and technology. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** // Using Google SketchUp in the Classroom // **// ~ //** **// Rich Descoteau, Integration Specialist, Cooperative MS, Exeter, rdescoteaux@sau16.org //** Discover how teachers are using Google SketchUp in their classroom. Specific projects used by middle school teachers are presented. Online resources are provided that teachers can use for themselves and with their students. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** //Teaching 21st Century Skills: Discover New Ways to Engage Students Across the Curriculum// **//~//** **//Caitlin Andrews, Adobe Northeast Account Manager, caandrew@adobe.com & Darlene Beardsley, Darlene@adobe.com//** Today’s technology provides educators with highly effective ways to address a wide variety of learning styles—and engage all types of students, regardless of academic strengths and interests. Beyond the textbook alone, teachers now can use digital images, graphics, video, audio, and animation to engage students in learning across the curriculum. Students can express what they’ve learned through sights and sounds that go far beyond text-based reports. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:**

Session 2: 10:50 to 11:25 **~ Please select one of the following sessions:** //Being Creative with MIT's Scratch Programming Language// **//~//** **//Herb Moyer, Computer Literacy Instructor, Pittsfield MS/HS, hmoyer@pittsfield.k12.nh.us//** Experience an overview of the different functions of the Scratch Programming Language components, participants see how to create interactive stories, animations, simulations, games, music, or art -- and how to share creations on the Scratch website. As students create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** //Motivate, Invigorate, Animate with Animation-ish// **//~//** **//Jimi Emery, Tech Educator, Josiah Bartlett Elementary School, jemery@jbartlett.k12.nh.us & Janice Mudgett, School Librarian, Bartlett School District, jmudgett@jbartlett.k12.nh.us//** Enter the exciting world of animation. Learn how to engage your students in active learning when you ‘bring’ this program out. From creating animations to teach children, to children creating animations to learn, this is the program to put the ‘fun’ in learning. View student created products and see for yourself how to bring images to life. Discover how you can share your students’ animations with other students, parents, and the world because the finished animations can be saved in a movie format. Join us to learn more. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Explore RM EasiLabs that offer teachers the TOTAL web 2.0 solution for the classroom in a turnkey solution. Classroom lessons are infused through cross-curricular activities, lesson plans, and templates using Tuff Tools and engaging interactive software. EasiLearn Labs can make your daily lessons more exciting for both you and your students. The 35-minute session focuses on the EasiMusic and EasiPodcasting Labs. This session is appropriate for all grade levels. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Explore different ways to use "Garageband" in a variety of classroom settings and content areas. Learn the basics of Garageband as well as practical applications for classroom use. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:**
 * //Infusing Cross Curricular Activities in TOTAL (Totally Offering Technology & Learning)//** //~ Diane Houle, NH Account Representative, RM Education, dhoule@rmeducation.com//
 * //Garageband: Not Just for Musicians//** //~// //Ernie Mills, Kearsarge High School, emills@kearsarge.org//

**POST LUNCHEON PRESENTATION (12:35 to 1:05) in Rooms 200/201**

**//What’s Happening in Oyster River? presented by Danielle Bolduc, Director of Learning, Instruction & Technology, Oyster River Cooperative SD //** Always informative and entertaining, Danielle shares with the group highlights from her school district! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:**

**PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS** //Garageband: Not Just for Musicians// //~// **//Ernie Mills, Kearsarge High School, emills@kearsarge.org//** Explore different ways to use "Garageband" in a variety of classroom settings and content areas. Learn the basics of Garageband as well as practical applications for classroom use. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** One way to integrate the arts is through distance learning sessions. Hear how Timberlane is enriching their students' learning with Distance Learning Programs across the world. Take a trip to the Cleveland Music Institute in Cleveland, OH to see how math skills are used in the music industry. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Explore RM EasiLabs that offer teachers the TOTAL web 2.0 solution for the classroom in a turnkey solution. Classroom lessons are infused through cross-curricular activities, lesson plans, and templates using Tuff Tools and engaging interactive software. EasiLearn Labs can make your daily lessons more exciting for both you and your students. The 35-minute session focuses on the EasiMusic and EasiPodcasting Labs. This session is appropriate for all grade levels. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Acrobat 9 Pro makes it easy to combine a wide range of digital content—including documents, images, audio, 3D drawings, and video—in a single, compressed PDF Portfolio. PDF Portfolios and documents, combined in one of the most portable file formats used today, can enable student assessment, peer review, online collaboration and much more. Acrobat 9 Pro lets teachers easily create and distribute curriculum, media-rich lesson plans, and homework assignments electronically to improve classroom efficiency and enhance communication. Commenting tools in Acrobat give students a quick way to review and collaborate on projects, while a more streamlined grading and record-keeping process can save teachers valuable time. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:**
 * Session 3: 1:20 to 1:55** ~ Please select one of the following sessions:
 * //Let the World Help with Your Arts Integration//** //~// //Christy Hubley, Technology Integration Specialist, Timberlane Regional School District, christina.hubley@timberlane.net//
 * //Infusing Cross Curricular Activities in TOTAL (Totally Offering Technology & Learning)//** //~ Diane Houle, NH Account Representative, RM Education, dhoule@rmeducation.com//
 * //Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 for NH’s E-portfolio Initiative//** **//~//** //Caitlin Andrews, Adobe Northeast Account Manager, caandrew@adobe.com & Darlene Beardsley, Darlene@adobe.com//

Using Smartmusic, digital voice recordings, Moodle, and other resources this session demonstrates the use of various techniques in assessing student performance in band. As band directors we are constantly required to show concrete evidence of our students' performance and reasons for the grades we give them. The use of various technologies gives us that concrete evidence. Learn how the use of these tools makes grading students much easier and very objective. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Discover how teachers are using Google SketchUp in their classroom. Specific projects used by middle school teachers are presented. Online resources are provided that teachers can use for themselves and with their students. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** ArtSpider is a new online resource for members of all the creative communities in NH to connect with others within - and across - disciplines. Come meet ArtSpider co-founders/co-owners, Justine and Larry Graykin, to learn more about this initiative and help them explore how they can best refine the project to make it useful for you and other educators. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:** Discover how one innovative music teacher transformed her passion for music, technology and art into a technology-rich curriculum that correlates to state and national standards in music, art, library research, history, language arts, and technology. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Resources/Handouts:**
 * Session 4: 2:20 to 2:55** ~ Please select one of the following sessions:
 * //Performance Assessment of Band Students with Technology//** //~ John Mainella, Band Director, Timberlane HS,// // John.Mainella@timberlane.net //
 * //Using Google SketchUp in the Classroom//** //~// //Rich Descoteau, Integration Specialist, Cooperative MS, Exeter, rdescoteaux@sau16.org//
 * //Connecting to New Hampshire Arts via ArtSpider//** //~// //Justine & Larry Graykin,Co-owners, ArtSpider, LLC, larry@artspider.net//
 * //Symphony of Art~Using Music and Art to Create an Engaging Multimedia Project//** ~ //Susan MacMillan, Instructional Technology Specialist, macmillans@sau25.net & Rebecca Coughlin, Music Educator, coughlinr@sau25.net, McKelvie Intermediate School, Bedford//