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What do you want to learn? What sessions would you like to offer?
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A session I'd like to attend:

 * Showcase something you learned last year at NEIT2009 and are using in your school.
 * A session about digital textbooks. What's available, what's coming, what do we want, etc.
 * A session about blended and online learning.
 * A session about how to teach Scratch to elementary school students and also showcases sample projects. - Ellen Nickles
 * a session on Google Apps for Ed implementations - setup strategies, troubleshooting, optimizing the appearance, issues - Tim Cooper
 * useful iPad apps especially those not on the first few pages of the app store - Tim Cooper
 * IT Department Structure, reporting relationships and responsibilities- Kerri Richardson-Redding
 * Building a library in 2011 -- E-books, rich-media, print-on-demand texts etc... How would you do it?
 * A session on using social networking in the classroom - John Faig
 * A session about managing a cart of iPads- Yumi Nakanishi

A session I'd like to lead:
I'd like to lead a session where we practice using the Heath brothers Switch: How to change things when change is hard model - arvind I'd like to lead a session on Evernote software, and how you can be more productive using it - arvind I realize I'm writing a lot but I might lead a session on the book "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" about optimizing productivity for work and personal wellness - arvind •A session on programming iOS devices. - Fred Bartels •A session exploring using technology to support our schools' public purpose efforts - Fred Bartels •A session exploring the issues facing the gray-haired (if any is left) I.T. director. - Fred Bartels I'd like to lead a session/discussion on teaching "tech" - programming, robotics, electronics - in MS and HS/US (though this should not conflict with Fred's iOS class :) - Tim Cooper I'd also like to lead/have a session on Green Energy experiments/lessons at schools - solar powered stuff, kill-a-watts, energy management, wind turbines, flux capacitors, warp drives. Bring cool gizmos. Safety goggles and radiation suit optional. -Tim Cooper. ° a session on Google Apps for Ed implementations - setup strategies, troubleshooting, optimizing the appearance, issues - Jen Davenport - a conversation around the role of the 21st century librarian, based on Joyce Valenza's "manifesto" ( @http://tinyurl.com/274zkpz), the Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto (http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/11/a_librarians_20_manifesto.html) and ISTE-SIGMS' "job description" ( http://sigms. iste .wikispaces.net/file/view/The+Role+of+School+Librarians+in+Promoting+the+Use+of+Educational+Technologies_9-10.pdf) Would particularly love feedback from technology and administration POV. - Laura Pearle
 * 1) I would like to host a discussion on cyber bullying.
 * 2) Some subtopics (feel free to add):
 * 3) In what grades do you see it most frequently?
 * 4) What are some best practices regarding cyber bullying?
 * 5) What does your school currently do?
 * 6) What is the role of the school in teaching students about cyber bullying?
 * 7) Is cyber bullying different from bullying in real life?
 * 8) What do we do about it?
 * 9) Roman Usatin

• I would like to lead two sessions: > > > -- Bill Waldman
 * 1) "Intro to Programming Using Runtime Revolution" ( http://www.runrev.com/ ) Explore Runtime Revolution as a first programming language, a teaching language and a rapid development tool. Use it as a tool to teach, solve problems and inspire new modes of information presentation, modeling and analysis. Runtime Revolution uses "LiveCode," described as "a very high level, English-like language which makes writing readable code easy." An environment in the tradition of HyperCard, SuperCard, MetaCard, ToolBook, Oracle Media Objects. Discuss use in programming curriculum for Middle and Upper School students.
 * 1) "iDevelopment with Runtime Revolution" Develop software for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad using Runtime Revolution ( http://www.runrev.com/ ) Plugin extensions allow Runtime Revolution to output code for various platforms, including iOS devices such as the Apple iPhone. iPod Touch and iPads. Learn how to use Apple's developemnt tools along with Runtime Revolution to leverage your "LiveCode" skills to create apps for iOS.


 * I'd like to lead/faciliate a PhotoPuppet animation (iPad App) "play" session. Download the free lite version here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photopuppet-lite/id397682865?mt=8 - i'm also working on getting copies of the full version too for all interested parties. - Reshan Richards
 * I'd like to facilitate a session to talk about teacher tech-professional development. I am happy to share information about our current (formalized) efforts and I'd also like to learn about what other schools have been doing. - Reshan Richards
 * I'm happy to lead a session in using glogster (www.glogster.com) - Glogster is a free service that lets you make multimedia collages. It's a pretty cool alternative to traditional poster presentations. - Reshan Richards
 * A session on iPads apps for LS classrooms- Yumi Nakanishi

Issues of BANDWIDTH for independent schools... Incresing the pipe vs. Bandwidth monitoring vs Bandwidth management vs Bandwidth Shaping Discussion of the challenges we face, philosohies of approaching the issue and technical options that exist to address it. --John Ment