Western NSW Region, ICT in Education Conference Program, 29-30 June 2011, Dubbo RSL Code 1a Session 1 Descriptions Title DER NSW – Technical Support in Schools Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Information session School leaders in ICT & computer coordinators nil This session provides information on the support personnel and procedures for the DER NSW in Western NSW Region. Karyn Simons – Regional Manager, Digital Education Revolution NSW, Western NSW Region Title Effective School Communications Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Information & Demonstration. NB: limited to 12 participants Any school staff wanting to promote their school online nil Many schools are using websites to communicate with parents and the wider school community and as a primary communication tool. This workshop explores the fundamentals of effective communication and applying these in an online context. Topics covered include writing quality on-line content and effective use of school websites using the department’s school website service. Andrew Woodcock - Regional School Promotions Officer, Western NSW Title Leading Your School with Sentral Duration / Style 1 hour - Presentation Primary & secondary teachers, computer coordinators nil This workshop begins with an outline of the way Lithgow Public School have streamlined their School Data, Attendance, School Management, Student Reports , Student Learning Plans and Student Welfare into one Sentral system. The workshop will give you a snapshot of the tools and modules available for use in a school. Information is available at your fingertips, from classroom, office computer and home. Sentral makes the information accessible, usable and “just in time”, helping teachers work more efficiently and effectively. Teachers spend less time on paperwork and more time on their teaching. (SENTRAL is a web-based, modular School Administration, On-line Learning and Student Management software suite designed for use in Primary and Secondary schools). Kerry Griffiths – Principal, Lithgow Public School Jodie Klein – Assistant Principal, Lithgow Public School Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 1b Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 1c Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 1d Title Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on NB: limited to 15 participants People who haven’t used Acrobat Pro before Target Audience Page | 1 Presenter Requires basic computer skills Acrobat Pro is part of the Adobe software package available on the DER laptops and newer DET computers. In this workshop you will learn how to create PDF portfolios (great for learning portfolios and presentation of electronic files) and the basics of creating a digital form. Sheridan Wilkins – Connected Learning Coach, Lachlan SEG Title Excel’ing in the Classroom Duration / Style 1 hour - hands-on NB: limited to 15 participants Primary & Secondary teachers No prior knowledge of Excel required Explore ways to use Microsoft Excel 2010 in your primary or secondary classrooms and across KLAs. Learn some basic Excel skills that can be applied to your professional record keeping. Meg Parsons – Manager, iTeach21 Pam Davis – Connected Learning Coach, Dubbo SEG Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 1e Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 1f Title Biosphere 2 Duration / Style 1 hour – Information session K-12 nil The University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources at Biosphere 2 heads the Biosphere 2 Evapotranspiration Project which carries out experiments to understand how changes in vegetation cover influence the transfer of water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere; evaluate the influence of tree cover over the microclimate (temperature and light regime) and evaluate the potential consequences of climate change on the transfer of water to the atmosphere via evaporation and transpiration. One of Biosphere 2's goals is to support STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) by bringing the current, cutting-edge science research being done there, into the classroom. Delivering content over a realtime video link allows the scientists to interact with students who may never visit the U.S. Ultimately, Biosphere 2 hopes to inspire young people around the world to be excited about science since they'll be the ones solving many of the problems we face today. Matt Adamson – Program Coordinator, Senior Education Outreach, Biosphere 2 Andrew Foley – Parent, Dubbo Public School Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 2a Session 2 Descriptions Title Sentral Education in Schools Duration / Style 1 hour presentation / discussion All school staff nil Demonstration of the 5 main modules of Sentral - Attendance, Reporting, Welfare, Student Profiles and e-learning. Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 2 2b Presenter By the end of the session, you will have a clear understanding of the role that Sentral can provide school and student management. Geoff Byers – Director, Sentral Education (Gold Sponsor of Western NSW Region ICT in Education Conference 2011) Title Adobe Captivate Quizzes Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Hands-on NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 teachers, technology beginners. nil Have you ever wanted to make an interactive quiz of any type that you can download to your kids as a flash file? Here is a chance to develop them easily, with all your reporting back to the student done automatically for you. You need minimal computer skills to make them. Bring your own laptop if it has Captivate on it, or we will supply one. This is definitely hands on! Ron Payne – iTeach21 DER Support Officer Title xsel - NSW First Virtual Selective School Provision Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Information session K-12 Teachers nil. The vision of xsel is to bring the selective school curriculum to students in their local public secondary school using a complex mix of web-based technologies and residential schools. xsel represents a partnership between base schools, families, students and xsel staff who cater for and support the educational and emotional needs of individual students within the context of their local school. Each partner school has dedicated physical resources and personnel to support the needs of the student. xsel is utilising Adobe Connect, Moodle, email and the DER suite of software to address the equity and access challenges of gifted and talented students. This session features a VC with xsel students and teachers who will offer their impressions of school life in xsel. Pauline Freeburn - Manager, Western NSW Region Virtual Selective High School Provision Title First Steps in Fireworks Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants People who haven’t used Fireworks before Requires basic computer skills Fireworks is part of the Adobe Design Suite available on the DER laptops and newer DET computers. It can be used as a graphics creation program to perform such tasks as altering images, creating composite images and creating visual web content. In this workshop you will learn the basic operations of selection and transformation as well as applying these to create a composite image. Great for creating collages, visual representations etc. Sheridan Wilkins – Connected Learning Coach, Lachlan SEG Title Dean Groom - Planning to Succeed with ICT in the Classroom Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 2c Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 2d Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 2e 3 Duration / Style Target Audience Prior Knowledge 2 hours – hands-on workshop K-12 Teachers nil Topics / Content 2f Presenter Dean Groom – Title Photography for Schools Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Information & demonstration K-12 Teachers nil The use of digital cameras (both compact and SLR) has greatly improved the ease of photographing students and school events. This workshop looks at taking quality photographs by reviewing photo composition, changing depth of field and techniques for lighting subjects. This will be followed by an open Q&A session on managing and using photographs in documents, websites and presentations including compressing photos, wrapping text around photos, reshaping and resizing photos to fit and combining objects for interesting effect. Andrew Woodcock – Regional School Promotions Officer, Western NSW Title Adobe Photoshop Elements Duration / Style 2 hours – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers nil Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 2g Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 2h Presenter Sean O’Keeffe & Sandi Brownlow – Visual Arts Teachers, Lithgow High School Title blogED Duration / Style 2 hours – Hands-on K-12 Teachers nil This workshop is designed to provide participants with all the necessary information required to access and setup blogED ready for use in the classroom. The presentation will also include practical demonstrations of how blogED can be used as a collaborative learning tool to engage and inspire students using digital content. BlogED allows teachers and students to create blogs in a safe environment through the DET portal. Participants will experience how blogging with students can enhance learning opportunities in the classroom and beyond. Demonstration lesson- no participant equipment required. An information pack will be available for participants to take away from the workshop. Shaun Dixon – Connected Learning Coach, Orange SEG Pam Davis – Connected Learning Coach, Dubbo SEG Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 4 3a Session 3 Descriptions Title Moodle Administration - a beginner’s look Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Information & Demonstration Beginning Moodle Administrators A good understanding of the Moodle basics Moodle administrators play an important role in managing their Moodle site. They often have exclusive access to settings and options that can impact dramatically on the experience of participants within courses. This workshop provides an overview of the administrative functionality that you will need to be familiar with to manage a Moodle site effectively. Topics include: Site settings Site front page, and course category structure Managing user accounts, roles, authentication and enrolment methods (including CSV upload) NB: This workshop is an overview only and is not meant to replace a full Moodle Administrator course. Geoff Byers – Director, Sentral Education (Gold Sponsor of Western NSW Region ICT in Education Conference 2011) Title Adobe Captivate Software Simulations Duration / Style Presenter 1 hours – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 12 participants K-12 teachers, technology beginners. nil Make a flash file that shows how to do a task on a computer. Give it to your kids or other teachers at your school so that they can learn the process. You will learn how to do this with a series of screen shots that you can make in the workshop. The software will provide the movement on screen between the shots and label it automatically for you. You can even record over the slides so that you can add your commentary Ron Payne – iTeach21 DER Support Officer Title Inspire Engage Connect – Free resources for classroom use Duration / Style 1 hour – Presentation/Exploration/Workshop K-12 Teachers nil In this workshop participants will have the opportunity to explore the scope of resources available to the through the DET and beyond. We will focus on DET portal resources, software information and help links, KLA resource links, TaLe resources, DER support, and IWB resource links. Resources for this workshop will be available in an online environment for easy reference. (Bring your own laptop/netbook/device.) Karin Mawhood, Connected Learning Coach Bathurst SEG Sally Fitzalan, Connected Learning Coach Broken Hill SEG Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 3b Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 3c Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 3d Title Creating Basic Web Pages with DET Software 5 Presenter 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers Nil How many teachers make full use of the fantastic Adobe software on DET computers? Web Pages can be a great way to organise and present teacher notes and student work. Learn how web pages are created and uploaded to the Internet. In this workshop you will become familiar with a range of DER web editing software by: creating a simple web page using Notepad and html code to embed a YouTube video in Smart Notebook; optimising graphics for the web using Adobe Fireworks; creating or modifying a simple web page using Adobe Dreamweaver; and using Adobe Contribute to create and modify a webpage. This session will be useful for teachers at all computer skill levels from beginner to expert. Participants need a laptop with Windows Notepad, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Contribute installed. Peter Morrissey – Connected Learning Coach, Warrumbungle SEG Title Digital Citizenship Duration / Style 1 hour - Presentation via video conference (VMR 5605592) K-12 Teachers nil This workshop will cover the suite of resources available to NSW teachers to support learning on Digital Citizenship. It will demonstrate the games, videos, learning opportunities and parental & teacher professional learning that are available as part of the DER NSW package. In particular, the session will highlight the journey of TWO schools - the planning and approach used within their particular context and their approach to implementation. Damian Wanstall - Learning Designer 5-12, NSW Curriculum & Learning Innovation Centre Clarinda Brown - Head Teacher PDHPE, Cumberland High School, Western Sydney Region Alice Leung - Head Teacher Science, Merrylands High School – South Western Sydney Region Duration / Style Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 3e Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 4a Session 4 Descriptions Title ICT Toolkit Duration / Style 1 hour – Information / Discussion K-12 Teachers nil How often have you witnessed substantial investment in ICT hardware only to see limited implementation in “all” classrooms? You can fix this with the ICT Toolkit! This resource should be seen as part of the school improvement journey; it will be particularly helpful in the planning and study phases of the PDSA cycle. Schools that use the combined material to assist them in the development of their ICT Plan will be well placed to ensure a strong connection between the development of teachers’ skills and competencies and student learning. Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 6 4b Presenter Activities in the ICT Toolkit will help principals to engage staff in deep conversations about student learning and professional learning relating to ICT. Completing all the activities in the toolkit will help to establish across the school community a sense of shared meaning and understanding in relation to ICT planning. The artefacts developed will provide a solid foundation for a school seeking to achieve lasting and substantial growth in whole school digital literacy. Ann-Marie Furney – Acting Regional Director Western NSW Region, Senior Education Director Dubbo SEG Title Audacity & Its Use in the Classroom Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers nil You can create your own sounds to use in the classroom and with SMART Notebook. Students and teachers can record audio, edit the file and export it to use in Smart Notebook, animated movies or multimedia presentations (e.g. talking books). This workshop covers the use of Audacity (Free Open Source software) for editing audio files. Any student or teacher can edit and enhance an audio file. Recording, editing, export and file format issues are to be covered. Exploring the use of audio files in a range of classroom situations including SMART Notebook. You can bring your own laptop with headset / microphone or use the inbuilt microphone. Audacity should be part of the standard DET software. Software can be supplied if necessary. Peter Morrissey - Connected Learning Coach, Warrumbungles SEG Title Music for the Uninitiated Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Demonstration / Practical Stage3, Stage 4 Mandatory 100 hours Nil, Laptop useful This course is designed to help the teacher who has little or no knowledge of music theory, language, concepts or knowledge of the syllabus. It is aimed particularly for the Year 7 Mandatory Music 100 hour course. A scope and sequence suitable for the teacher based on the syllabus will be developed and resources will be linked to the sequence. Resources will include written materials, DVD’s, Web 2.0 tools, and Internet sites. Assessment strategies will be also be linked to the topics studied. Sue Roberts – Generalist Teacher, Oberon High School Title SMART IWB Resources Making Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers nil. Participants will revise how to use Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0 and how to use these resources to create interactive activities. Participants will also capture content from useful websites and begin developing resources for their My Content folder. Ben Arber – Educational Consultant, Electroboard Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 4c Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 4d Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 7 4e Title Dean Groom - Planning to Succeed with ICT in the Classroom Repeat of 2e 4f Title Copyright in the Classroom Duration / Style 1.5 hour – Presentation K-12 Teachers nil. Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 4g Presenter Delia Browne – Title Adobe Premier Elements Duration / Style 2 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 4h Presenter Sean O’Keeffe & Sandi Brownlow – Visual Arts Teachers, Lithgow HS Title Creating a Laptop Wrap Duration / Style 2 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 20 participants All secondary teachers interested in making the most of a 1:1 laptop environment. Also applicable to Primary Teachers who want to create a set of digital activities on a related theme. Just some ideas on what you would like to make. Bring some electronic resources including pictures. Examine a laptop in terms of pedagogy and ICT skills. See how Fireworks and a Dreamweaver template are used to create your own laptop wrap. Pass the skills on to your students or other teachers and learn how you can gain accreditation with NSW Institute of Teachers for doing it! This is a hands on workshop where you will be tailoring your ideas to create a resource for your own students. By the end of the session, you will have made a laptop wrap specifically designed for your class. Katie Graham, Connected Learning Coach, Bourke SEG Karin Mawhood, Connected Learning Coach, Bathurst SEG Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 5a Session 5 Descriptions Title iPods Beginners Workshop Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on 8 Presenter K-12 Teachers nil Are you looking for a way to engage your students in numeracy and literacy? Have you heard about iPods and want to have a try before you buy? Do you need to know where to start? Why use iPods Getting Started-how it all works How to find apps How to buy apps and the Apple user agreement How to download apps How to sync apps Which apps and why Accessories. Tracy Clements – Librarian/Technology Coordinator, Canowindra Public School Title Wicked Web Tools – Using web2.0 tools to improve your efficiency Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – hands-on NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 teachers nil In this workshop participants will be using Web2.0 tools, Live Binders, Prezi and Delicious. Live Binders is an online collating tool, where you can store online resources in sections/topics to find and share with colleagues/students quickly and easily. Create engaging multimedia presentations online using Prezi, a great alternative to PowerPoint for both teachers and students. Delicious is a fabulous online social bookmarking site, storing bookmarks online allows you to have access from anywhere in the world, this tool also has sharing capabilities. Participants will need to bring a laptop with internet connectivity and may also wish to bring audio, video and images to use is this workshop. Sally Fitzalan – Connected Learning Coach, Broken Hill SEG Title 20 Top Tech Tips Duration / Style 1 hour – hands-on K-12 nil This workshop has 20 top ideas to save you time and increase your productivity using technology. Participants will discover how to take advantage of DET software and web based content to aid the teaching and learning process. Ever wondered how to easily edit images, screencast, zip multiple files, take screen clippings, use advanced Google search etc…. We’ll come and fill your toolbox with a range of exciting and easy to use ideas that you can learn today and use tomorrow with confidence. Shaun Dixon – Connected Learning Coach, Orange SEG Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 5b Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 5c Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 9 6a Session 6 Descriptions Title Deploying Wireless Successfully in Schools - Matrix CNI Duration / Style Presenter 40 minutes – Seminar, demo & discussion K-12 Computer Coordinators and Regional ICT Staff General IT and networks Matrix CNI has assisted the department for the past 8 years in deploying switching and wireless technology to many school and TAFE sites throughout the state. This will be a comprehensive presentation covering the foundations of wireless technology and all the options required to deploy wireless successfully in schools. Topics covered will include wireless standards, the network infrastructure pre-requisites for successful wireless (ie cabling, power and network switches), the latest 802.11n wireless technology available from Aruba and HP, design and architecture options, Airwave multisite management options, authentication options including RADIUS, connecting to the network with school owned (SoE) devices as well as other user owned devices such as iPad’s and iPhone’s. Demonstration of set up and administration using the latest Aruba Instant wireless technology. Scott Doorey – Network Engineer, Matrix CNI Title SMART Boards – Beyond the Basics (Intermediate) Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Information session K-12 Teachers, Intermediate level SMART Board users Knowledge of SMART Basics will help. This session will cover grouping objects, ordering objects, revealing techniques, linking, and object animation. Ben Arber – Educational Consultant, Electroboard Title Mobile Devices in the Classroom Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 6b Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 6c Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 6d Presenter Ben Jones - Professional Learning and Curriculum Support Project Officer for DERNSW Title Slowmation Animation with NSW DER Software Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 teachers nil What is Slowmation animation? How it can be used in the classroom? The use of storyboarding and techniques for claymation, papermation and computer animation will be discussed. Students can use a range of DER software for the quick and easy construction of sophisticated, short animated movies. This practical session will use PowerPoint as an easy and accessible animation tool to create frames. These frames will Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 10 Presenter be animated using Captivate 4 and published to use in Windows Moviemaker to create a short movie. Examples of movies made using Slowmation will be shown. Slowmation can be used in student-centred activities by all age groups from Primary to Senior Secondary. This session will be useful for teachers at all computer skill levels from beginner to expert. Participants need a laptop with Microsoft PowerPoint, Moviemaker and Adobe Captivate 4 installed. Peter Morrissey – Connected Learning Coach Warrumbungle SEG 6e Title Inspire Engage Connect – Free resources for classroom use repeat of 3c 6f Title Video Conference Projects Duration / Style 1 hour Presentation & workshop K-12 teachers Nil Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 7a Presenter David Foley – Manager, Distance Education Technology Infrastructure Dubbo Workshop 7 Descriptions Title “Making Moodle” Duration / Style 1 hours – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants Target Audience Presenter nil In this session participants will be actively involved in planning a Moodle resource based on a simple TaLE Learning Object. You will be shown how to upload a "learning Object" and spend time planning Moodle activities linked to the resource. Cross-KLA ideas will be encouraged in this session. NB: Please BYO laptop! Debbie Murray – Teacher, Dubbo School of Distance Education Title SMART Boards – Above & Beyond (Advanced) Duration / Style 1 hour – Demonstration & Information K-12 Teachers, Advanced level SMART Board users At least the SMART Basics This session will cover Page Recorder, SMART Recorder, Adding Sound, SMART Video Player and how to use these techniques to make your lessons more interactive. Ben Arber – Educational Consultant, Electroboard Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 7b Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 11 7c Title Digital Assessment in the Classroom Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Demonstration / Practical NB: limited to 15 participants Stages 4 & 5 nil This course shows Clickview, Moodle, One Note and school intranet being accessed by students and then used in creating a Glog as an assessment task for the unit. My aim was to enable students to use Glogster as a different presentation technique and provide an interesting extension for students in Stage 5 History for the final task of the Vietnam War unit. Sue Roberts – Generalist Teacher, Oberon High School Title Windows Live Movie Maker Duration / Style Presenter 1 hours – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers nil This workshop will focus on the use of Windows Live Movie Maker to create movies from photos and videos. During the presentation participants will be actively engaged in the instructional process to create, edit, narrate and collaborate with others to explore the endless possibilities that this application offers to teachers and students. Shaun Dixon – Connected Learning Coach, Orange SEG Title Microsoft – Building Skills for Tomorrow Duration / Style 2 hour – Presentation K-12 School leaders & Teachers nil The seminar aims to assist school leadership teams with developing their 21st century learning goals, as well as provide them with practical teaching and learning examples and best practices from around the world, using Microsoft software and devices from our key partners. School leadership teams will be able to see rich curriculum samples and global examples of best practice that will demonstrate how technology can enhance teaching, learning and assessment for students. Joanna Walker – ICT Education Specialist, Microsoft Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 7d Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 7e Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 7f Title Copyright in the Classroom repeat of 4f 7g Title First steps in Dreamweaver Duration / Style 2 hours – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants People who haven’t used Dreamweaver before Requires basic computer skills Target Audience Prior Knowledge 12 Presenter It is an industry standard web creation application. In this workshop you will learn the basic skills to create a webpage/site (without having to know anything about code), which you can share with your students. Sheridan Wilkins – Connected Learning Coach, Lachlan SEG Title Starting with SCRATCH Duration / Style Presenter 2 hours – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants Stage 2,3,4,5 Teachers nil Create games, animations, music, art and stories and use mathematical logic and reasoning in the classroom using ‘SCRATCH’. This workshop will cover the following - What is SCRATCH? - Why use SCRATCH? - SCRATCH basics - Writing scripts? - Adding effects - The SCRATCH website - Sharing your work - Resources Tracy Clements – iTeach21 Outreach Workshop 8 Descriptions Title Web 2.0 Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers Basic Topics / Content 7h Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 8a Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 8b Presenter Phillipa Cleaves - Professional Learning and Curriculum Support Project Officer for DERNSW Title Glorious Glogster – Creating Interactive Multimedia Posters Online Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on workshop NB: limited to 15 participants K-12 Teachers nil A “glog” is a free interactive multimedia presentation tool available online, that is easy to use to create engaging posters. During this workshop participants will learn how to create a “glog” for use as classroom stimulus, an alternate presentation tool, or even for use as an assessment task. Participants will need to bring a laptop with internet connectivity and may also wish to bring audio, video and images to use is this workshop. Sally Fitzalan – Connected Learning Coach, Broken Hill SEG Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 13 9a Workshop 9 Descriptions Title iPods – The Next Step Duration / Style 1 hour – Hands-on NB: limited to 15 participants iPod users K-12 Target Audience Prior Knowledge Presenter So you saw the iPods last year and bought them for your school, are you using them effectively? What’s new Pedagogy of hand held devices Apple user agreement Evaluating apps Quality teaching and iPods Programming for 21st century learners Keeping data Personal learning networks Tracy Clements – Librarian/Technology Coordinator, Canowindra Public School Title Orana Connected Learning Community 4U Duration / Style Presenter 1 hour – Presentation K-12 Teachers nil In this session, participants will be actively involved in planning how Moodle can work for your school on a shared community server. OCLC (Orana connected Learning Community) has been established for teachers to: learn how to use Moodle in your classroom develop resources for your class in your own school share ideas and lessons with students and other teachers Come and see how OCLC can help you! Debbie Murray – Teacher, Dubbo School of Distance Education Title Using mobile Devices in the Classroom Topics / Content 9b Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 9c repeat of 6c 9d Title 20 Top Tech Tips repeat of 5c 9e Title eBackpack Duration / Style 1 hour – Presentation 14 Presenter Principals and teachers nil This session will give participants an insight into the eBackpack application to be delivered in Term 3. More than just a storage solution, the eBackpack is a workspace for both teachers and students to store their own files and collaborate. It offers opportunities for teachers and students to create and participate in their own workspaces to coordinate class work, through sharing of documents and links, all of which can be accompanied by announcements and email alerts. Participants will walk through the eBackpack and given an understanding of user roles and its relation to other applications (such as blogED). Ideas in relation to its classroom and personal application for teaching and learning will be sought. Tim Hand & Evonne Webb – Connected Classrooms Program Title Web 2.0 Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content 9f repeat of 8a 9g Title DER: Integrating DER Devices with the School Network Duration / Style 1 hour – Presentation / Workshop Computer Coordinators or TSO (Others welcome) Basic ICT skills Learn how to integrate the DER device with network shares, printers and IWB resources in your school. By the end of the session, you will be able to connect a DER device to shared resources on your school network as well as use IWB resources with the DER device. Bring your DER device and follow along. Regional DER Team Target Audience Prior Knowledge Topics / Content Presenter 15