2006- Overcoming Obstacles
Getting Started
“Traveling Through The Dark”
Steven Kimmi Salina, KS, United States
Blog: http://expeintech.blogspot.com
Bio: Steven is a fifth grade teacher in Salina, KS. He graduated from Kansas State University three years ago, where he pursued many other majors before choosing on Elementary Education. He is the author of Experiments in Technology and In Transit(ion). He is in the process of creating numerous [...]
Getting Started
“Video-Conferencing It’s Easy, Free and Powerful”
Brian Crosby Reno, Nevada, USA
Blog: http://learningismessy.com/blog/
Bio: Brian Crosby, an elementary teacher for 26 years, teaches sixth grade in Sparks, Nevada, and has infused technology into teaching since the 1980’s. While piloting a 1:1 laptop program, students in his class utilize many Web 2.0 tools including Skype, Fiickr, blogs and wikis. Brian teaches several popular tech [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“Selling Web 2.0 to Senior Management”
Terry Freedman
Essex, United Kingdom
Blog: http://www.ictineducation.org/
Presentation Title
“Selling Web 2.0 to Senior Management”
Bio
Terry is an independent educational technology consultant with experience of bringing about cultural change throughout local authorities (equivalent to USA school districts) and in schools. He also tries to spread practical advice about managing educational technology and using it in the classroom through his website and blog [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“It’s Elementary Kids, Working Web 2.0 With Grade 3-4″
John Pearce
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
http://jpearce.suprglu.com/
Presentation Title
“It’s Elementary Kids, Working Web 2.0 With Grade 3-4″
Bio
John Pearce teaches grade 3-4 children at a school in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Over the past two years he and his students have experimented with the use of blogs, wikis and podcasts in assisting learning in a range of interesting formats. These have [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“Trash to Treasures: Creating Your Own Computer Lab”
Brandi Caldwell
Pinson, Alabama, USA
Blog: http://mtnbrookseniors.blogspot.com/
Presentation Title
“Trash to Treasures: Creating Your Own Computer Lab”
Bio
Having been a classroom teacher for ten years, Brandi has watched the evolution of technology in her classroom. She is a National Board Certified teacher who has taught in rural schools with no equipment, middle class schools with very little accessibility, and her [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“Mobile Learning Redefined”
Steve Dembo
Skokie, Illinois, USA
Blog: http://teach42.com/
Presentation Title
“Mobile Learning Redefined”
Bio
Steve Dembo served as both a Kindergarten teacher and Director of Technology before joining Discovery Education. As the Online Community Manager for the Discovery Educator Network, he oversees the DEN virtual community including a network of over 20 educational blogs. The Teach42 podcast was one of the first [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“Cultivating Digital Educators”
Frieda Foxworth
Lexington, South Carolina, USA
Blog: http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/
Ron Bosch
Lexington, South Carolina, USA
http://www.lexington1.net/rbe/21cc/index.html
John Geanangel
Lexington, South Carolina, USA
https://www.edline.net/pages/Red_Bank_Elementary_School/Instructional_Coaches/Technology_Coach_-_John_Geanan
Presentation Title
“Cultivating Digital Educators”
Bio
Frieda Foxworth and Ron Bosch are fifth grade teachers at Red Bank Elementary School. They are partner teachers in a technology-enriched classroom. Their class, the 21st Century Classroom, was begun as a pilot program in their district in 2003. John [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“Internet Access with Minimal Filtering”
Shawn Nutting
Trussville, Alabama, USA
Blog: http://vwnutt.blogspot.com/
Presentation Title
“Internet Access with Minimal Filtering”
Bio
Shawn has been involved with IT for over 16 years. Most of his expericnce comes from emerging software development companies. For almost two years now Shawn has been the Director of Technology for Trussville City Schools. He enjoys applying current technology in his schools. Shawn believes that Web 2.0 tools [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“No Teacher Left Behind – The Urgency Of Web 2.0″
Graham Wegner
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Blog: http://gwegner.edublogs.org/
Presentation Title
“No Teacher Left Behind – The Urgency Of Web 2.0″
Bio
Graham is an ICT Coordinator in a primary school in suburban Adelaide with a focus on inquiry based learning and interactive whiteboards. He sees that information literacy and Web 2.0 technologies go hand in hand and will have a significant [...]
Overcoming Obstacles
“Glow: Lighting Up Learning in Scotland”
John Connell
Scotland, United Kingdom
Blog: http://www.johnconnell.co.uk/blog/
Presentation Title
“Glow: Lighting Up Learning in Scotland”
Bio
John was until recently Director of the Scottish Schools Digital Network, an ambitious programme of ICT and telecommunications developments for education in Scotland. The national schools’ intranet, known as Glow, will go live for every teacher and student in Scotland by Summer 07. He has [...]
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