| MLTI iTEAM Conference- Session Descriptions | |||||
| (Sessions are subject to change. Refer to this page for most current updates.) | |||||
| Session Title | Presenter | Organization | Session Description | Room Number | Session Number |
| I Team with the iTEAM | iTEAM- Cape ElizabethÕs | Cape Elizabeth Middle School | Join us as our iTeam shares how its members help to support the MLTI laptop program at the Cape Elizabeth Middle School. The initial formation of our team, the regular meetings, the sharing of skills, and the classroom assistance methods will be discussed. Listen to the students as they talked about what they have learned and how they have helped others to learn more about technology. | A101- Library | 1 |
| Digital Imaging | Doug Snow and Bob Trikakis | Apple Computer | What is the difference between a jpeg, bmp, or gif? How do you know how big an image really is? What size image is best for e-mail, iMovies, or presentations? How can you edit images using iPhoto? Learn the answer to these questions, as well as others, as you explore digital imaging with the experts. | A103 | 1 |
| Trouble Shooting Tips and Tricks | Crystal Priest | Guilford Schools | Things won't print? Can't get on the network? Your WorldBook is gone? Come learn how to solve these simple problems and other problems that arise in the classroom. Beware...you may learn some "cool" tricks, too. | B101 | 1 |
| Creating Databases | Barbara Greenstone | Maine Learning Technology Initiative | Databases are great for organizing research information and school work, but did you know that it can be used for keeping track of your CDs, friendÕs addresses, and sport statistics? Learn to put pictures and graphics with your information and to utilize this powerful tool for all your needs. | B102 | 1 |
| Geographic Information Systems: A Tool for School | Brigit Kirouac/Terry Martin | Maine Office of the GIS/ESRI | A demonstration of some of the many ways GIS can be used to help educate students across the curriculum. Specifically, use of the IMS project that displays Maine's new high resolution orthoimagery (aerial photography corrected for elevation). Find your house! | B103 | 1 |
| Hands-on Science learning using iBooks and PASCO probeware | David Small | Pasco | LetÕs get our hands dirty! LetÕs get rambunctious! LetÕs do some real-life, hands-on math and science! WeÕll begin with some temperature measurements and then explore math and graphing with a motion sensor. For those brave and hardy souls thereÕs even calculus, but donÕt worry, Ôcoz itÕs an awful lot easier than you think, once you have these simple tools and real-world applications. Then weÕll investigate the perils of wearing just a cotton T-shirt when you go hiking above treeline, as well as explore why� acid rain truly is an urgent and real threat to our watersheds. Then weÕll finish up with some explorations of light and sound, both from a practical and mathematical point of view. So come prepared to ask questions and participate but most of all, be sure to wear comfortable shoes, because you wonÕt be sitting down much during this workshop! | B104 | 1 |
| Fun with Animation Using iMovie | Lucille Hussey | Massabesic Jr. High | Learn how to make a cartoon with iMovie. Students like to draw cartoons, why not animate them. All you need is a digital camera (DV or Still) and iMovie. | B108 | 1 |
| Tech Skills and People Skills | Jim Moulton | Jim Moulton.org, Inc | Knowing how to troubleshoot and fix technical issues is great. But when you put that together with effective people skills, the possibilities really open up! | B109 | 1 |
| Math Applets | John M. Robbins | SEED/Technology Integrators and Collaborators | Math applets are web-based, interactive, self-contained applications that are free and easily adaptable to fit your math curriculum needs. Math applets allow students to understand math concepts with greater fluency in a shorter amount of time. From fractions to graphing quadratic equations, students are able to visualize and manipulate data, understand how and when to apply these concepts and build their understanding through individualized instruction. | B110 | 1 |
| Using the Maine Memory Network to Bring Local History to Life | Steve Bromage | Maine Historical Society | During this session, you will experience a hands-on demonstration of the Maine Memory Network and discuss local history projects made possible and supported by it. The Maine Memory Network (www.mainememory.net) is a statewide digital museum, developed by the Maine Historical Society, that enables historical societies, museums, and libraries throughout Maine to share their collections through one centralized, Web accessible database. The site provides teachers, students, and the general public with unprecedented access to a growing digital archive of primary source documents (currently more than 4,000) of local, state, and national significance. | B114 | 1 |
| Electronic Booklogs | Beverly Bisbee | Cape Elizabeth Middle School | Electronic Booklogs - Transferring your pen-and-paper booklogs to your iBook is easy. Join us to learn how to design your layout and enter new records for all the books you read. The simple directions and a sample booklog database can be loaded onto your laptop during this session. | A101 | 2 |
| Gorham Middle School Tech Team | iTEAM- Gorham Middle School | Gorham Middle School | Gorham Middle SchoolÕs Tech Team is a large organization that meets a couple days a week. Looking for next year, this tech team includes 6th graders on its roster. Tia Lord and her students will share how their team is organized and works to meet the needs of teachers and students in a large, new school. | A103 | 2 |
| Trouble Shooting Tips and Tricks | Crystal Priest | Guilford Schools | Things won't print? Can't get on the network? Your WorldBook is gone? Come learn how to solve these simple problems and other problems that arise in the classroom. Beware...you may learn some "cool" tricks, too. | B101 | 2 |
| iMovie: Before the Filming | Jim Doane | Scarborough Middle School | There is a lot more to making an iMovie than filming and editing. Come to this session to learn how to be really be prepared before putting a camera in your hand. Tips and tricks on how to save time while being a creative story teller. | B102 | 2 |
| Using iPhoto and Appleworks Together | Ernie Easter | New Sweden School | We will use iPhoto and Appleworks to create presentations with photos and text. A brief demonstration will be made showing participants how to download pictures into iPhoto. Participants are encouraged to bring pre loaded photos in iPhoto to use in the workshop, although this is not a requirement for participation. | B103 | 2 |
| Hands-on Science learning using iBooks and PASCO probeware | David Small | Pasco | LetÕs get our hands dirty! LetÕs get rambunctious! LetÕs do some real-life, hands-on math and science! WeÕll begin with some temperature measurements and then explore math and graphing with a motion sensor. For those brave and hardy souls thereÕs even calculus, but donÕt worry, Ôcoz itÕs an awful lot easier than you think, once you have these simple tools and real-world applications. Then weÕll investigate the perils of wearing just a cotton T-shirt when you go hiking above treeline, as well as explore why� acid rain truly is an urgent and real threat to our watersheds. Then weÕll finish up with some explorations of light and sound, both from a practical and mathematical point of view. So come prepared to ask questions and participate but most of all, be sure to wear comfortable shoes, because you wonÕt be sitting down much during this workshop! | B104 | 2 |
| Technology at MIT: A Student's Perspective | Jennifer Gagne | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Every student knows that learning about computers is important- but why? At MIT, technology is part of everything we do. This presentation will outline why students should know basic technology skills, and how at MIT they are essential to doing well in class, get research opportunities with professors, and impress your friends. | B108 | 2 |
| Writing Technical Documentation | Jim Moulton | Jim Moulton.org, Inc | All great tech support leaves documentation (steps on how it is done) behind. Come learn how easy it is to write technical documentation like a pro! | B109 | 2 |
| Healthy Laptop Computing | John M. Robbins | Technology Integrators and Collaborators | As part of TIC's research into the ergonomics of laptop computing for MLTI students, this presentation will provide practical recommendations for student behaviors and educator strategies for creating a healthy interaction with laptops. Learn about current ergonomic research and how work style, ergonomics, somatic awareness, stress management, regeneration, vision care and fitness play a role in healthy laptop computing. Discuss economical & innovative solutions for ergonomic safety in your laptop classroom. | B110 | 2 |
| Using the Maine Memory Network to Bring Local History to Life | Steve Bromage | Maine Historical Society | During this session, you will experience a hands-on demonstration of the Maine MemoryNetwork and discuss local history projects made possible and supported by it. The Maine Memory Network (www.mainememory.net) is a statewide digital museum, developed by the Maine Historical Society, that enables historical societies, museums, and libraries throughout Maine to share their collections through one centralized, Web accessible database. The site provides teachers, students, and the general public with unprecedented access to a growing digital archive of primary source documents (currently more than 4,000) of local, state, and national significance. | B114 | 2 |
| Cool Tips and Tricks for Trouble Shooting | Gary Lanoie | Cape Elizabeth Middle School | Knowing the basics will help any iTEAM member solve a number of problems teachers and students may come across. Learn some great trouble shooting tips and what to look for first. | A101 | 3 |
| Digital Imaging | Doug Snow and Bob Trikakis | Apple Computer | What is the difference between a jpeg, bmp, or gif? How do you know how big an image really is? What size image is best for e-mail, iMovies, or presentations? How can you edit images using iPhoto? Learn the answer to these questions, as well as others, as you explore digital imaging with the experts. | A103 | 3 |
| MLTI Questions, Answers, and Good Practices | Bette Manchester | Director of Special Projects, Department of | This session will allow you to ask the questions you've been dying to ask about MLTI and to come away with successful strategies for working with the Leadership Team (principals, teachers, superintendent's, and tech coordinators) in utilizing technology as a powerful tool for learning. | B101 | 3 |
| EBSCO Databases | Sherry Connally | Rangeley Schools | Have you noticed the red circle with the letter ÒiÓ on your MLTI iBook dock? That icon is one click away to fabulous resources that will help you with research, school work, discovering new things about your favorite hobbies, interests, and much, much more. Learn to search the EBSCO Databases and find the answers to your most important questions. | B102 | 3 |
| AppleWorks Suite | Jeff Mao | MSAD #60 | Learn some tips and tricks about using Appleworks and then learn to combine text, drawing, painting, and spreadsheets onto a single document. We will not cover the Presentation module. | B103 | 3 |
| MicroWorlds Pro-Session 1 | Robin Jettinghoff | The Learning Barn/Seymour Papert Institute | Come to an introduction to Logo through MicroWorlds Pro, including applications and programming techniques. Session 1 gives an introduction. The optional session 2 allows you to explore more and possibly learn to program your own projects. MicroWorlds Pro allows students to create dynamic, interactive school and Internet projects using the most powerful Logo ever developed! MicroWorlds Pro is so versatile it can be used in any subject area. | B104 | 3 |
| Lobster Tales | Mike Felton | Island Institute | LobsterTales.org is an educational project developed by the Island Institute in cooperation with students, teachers and fishermen in Maine's island and coastal communities. Through participation in this web site, consumers who purchase lobsters with a LobsterTales.org band will have a chance to ""meet"" the lobsterman who actually pulled the lobster from Maine waters, learn about their community and provide students with data useful in many projects and learning opportunities. | B108 | 3 |
| The Care and Feeding of Your Human Network | Jim Moulton | Jim Moulton.org, Inc | No one can know everything - but if you know the people who know things, and stay connected to them, you'll go far!" | B109 | 3 |
| 10 Tips for Transforming Education Through Technology | Mary Ann McGarry | Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute | The Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute offers a successful model for transforming education through technology. Our award winning educational program is now featured on the George Lucas Educational Foundation's web site at www.glef.org, We'll creatively present- with a little theater, using a few costumes and props, and of course technology- our ten tips for productively engaging students and educators in a partnership for learning. You'll hear the valuable stories behind our Internet based Students' Portal which was envisioned to be a place of learning and sharing about the freshwater natural resource jewels of Maine-her lakes, but which has proved to be much more. | B110 | 3 |
| Let's Chat! | Vinitha Nair | Platform Shoes | This workshop discusses the constructive uses of online communication tools for educators. An interactive way to explore chat rooms, instant messaging, and message boards that can be integrated into educational programs or in the classroom. Also, discussed is online safety and proper nettiquete. | B114 | 3 |
| Technology Hardware and GMS Infrastructure Tour | Tia Lord | Gorham Middle School | It isn't Emerald City, but seeing the room full of hardware that supports computer service may remind you of the movie scene in which Dorothy meets the wizard. This tour includes items such as a T-1 demark box, a router, fiber optic cables. There will also be internal hardware components from a personal (non-laptop) computer for examination. | A101 | 4 |
| Helping the Web Surfers | Nancy Grant-Library Media Specialist | Penquis Valley Schools | Do your friends spend too much time lost in the Web ocean of information? Tips on how to help other students get what they need, when they need it, without drowning in web pages. | A103 | 4 |
| iMovie as a Training Tool | Eric Chamberlain | Boothbay Middle School | iMovie is not only a great way to communicate learning, but also a fantastic teaching tool. Come and learn some tips and tricks on utilizing iMovie as a tool for teaching staff and students how to use and care for their iBooks. Weekly "tech tips", useful screen shots, easily emailed "QuickTime" movies, and more will be discussed. | B101 | 4 |
| Digital Music...the Right Way | Barbara Greenstone | Maine Learning Technology Initiative | There is a right way and a wrong way to get music for digital presentations. In this session you will learn the basics of copyright laws and where to get digital music for projects. Create your own original, copyright free music using Sound Studio and other applications. | B102 | 4 |
| Navigating Your iBook | Jeff Mao | MSAD #60 | Where do things go when you save them? How should you set up your file structure? How do you back up files using Middlemaine e-mail? These questions and other tips and tricks on managing folders and documents will be covered in this session. | B103 | 4 |
| MicroWorlds Pro-Session 2 | Robin Jettinghoff | The Learning Barn/Seymour Papert Institute | Come to an introduction to Logo through MicroWorlds Pro, including applications and programming techniques. Session 1 gives an introduction. The optional session 2 allows you to explore more and possibly learn to program your own projects. MicroWorlds Pro allows students to create dynamic, interactive school and Internet projects using the most powerful Logo ever developed! MicroWorlds Pro is so versatile it can be used in any subject area. | B104 | 4 |
| Massabesic Wizards | iTEAM- MassabesicÕs Wizards | Massabesic Jr. High | Wizards! Thinking of setting up a tech team in your school? Come see how Massabesic does theirs. They are in their second year of the Wizards program. Included will be, how to plan a Wizards program, the paperwork in AppleWorks format for you to customize, and online links to Massabesic's iBook web help tutorials that their own Wizards use when they need to know how to do something. Also, student experiences from actual Wizards! | B108 | 4 |
| E-mail Etiquette 101 | Jim Moulton | Jim Moulton.org, Inc | E-mail is a great communication tool. Learn to use this tool effectively: making your message clear, easily understood, and appropriate for all receivers. | B109 | 4 |
| Oral Histories | John M. Robbins | SEED/Technology Integrators and Collaborators | Receive curriculum support, practical hardware and software solutions, interviewing strategies and project management ideas to support oral history projects for your classroom. Connect students to the rich living histories of family and community as these projects bring social studies curriculum to life. | B110 | 4 |
| Girls in Cyberspace | Vinitha Nair | Platform Shoes | Is technology education for girls really still an
issue today? In an interactive session, the creators of Zoey?s Room, a tech
program for middle-school girls, will chat with you about the gender differences in technology education for youth and the importance of girl-centered programs. Participants will do a creative tech activity to encourage their exploration into new technology and cyberspace. All ages welcome as mentoring opportunities and role models for girls will also be part of the discussion |
B114 | 4 |