TWT2011-Schedule

Teaching with Technology 2011: Best Practices for Classroom Teachers
=== April 27, 2011 at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School === > 8:30 AM Registration and Coffee, Introductions > 9:30 AM Opening Remarks > **10:00 AM Workshops 1 - See workshops 1-10 below** > 11:00 AM Break > **11:15 AM Workshops 2 -** **See workshops 11-21 below** > 12:15 PM Lunch > **1:00 PM Workshops 3 -** **See workshops 22-31 below** > 2:00 PM Break > **2:15 PM Workshops 4 -** **See workshops 33-44 below** > 3:15 PM Wrap-up
 * 20 West End Avenue (at 60th Street) New York, NY 10023 **

your school, even if you have a limited budget and few tech staff ||
 * ~ ** Session 1 ** **10:00 - 11:00 am** ||
 * 1. PBworks, Motivate, Collaborate, Communicate ||
 * 2. Strategies for Teaching with the Smartboard ||
 * 3. Cancelled (combined with #11) Spreadsheets in the Middle School Mathematics Classroom ||
 * 4. iCreate. iPublish. iPad. ||
 * 5. The Virtual Classroom: A Look at a Completely Online Upper School Class ||
 * 6. BeeBot: Integrating Simple Robots into K-1 Math Curricula ||
 * 7. Google Maps ||
 * 8. What Do I Do with a Set of iPads ||
 * 9. Building a Grass Roots Tech Movement - How to jump start tech integration
 * 10. Cancelled session Using Technology to Improve Reading ||

11:15 - 12:15 ||
 * ~ == Session 2 ==
 * 11. Using Spreadsheets in the Math Classroom ||
 * 12. You Too Can Flash (CS4) ||
 * 13. Implementing the Tablet PC into the Math Classroom ||
 * 14. Cancelled session- Paperless Learning - Online Science Journals ||
 * 15. Assistive Technology Sampler: Using Computers to Help Struggling Students ||
 * 16. All About VoiceThread ||
 * 17. Storytelling with StopMotion Animation ||
 * 18. Using Google Apps to Communicate ||
 * 19. Using Technology to Teach Literacy ||
 * 20. How to set up and use Engrade - best practices ||
 * 21. Using Classroom Blogs to Enhance Student Writing ||

1:00 - 2:00 pm || Repeat session What Do I Do with a Set of iPads ||
 * ~ == Session 3 ==
 * 22. Comic Relief ||
 * 23. Using Technology to Improve Reading in the Middle School Classroom ||
 * 24. Use VoiceThread to Scaffold Research and Homework Projects ||
 * 25. Using Styx animation to model biological processes ||
 * 26. Archimedes Rediscovered through Technology ||
 * 27. Creativity and Technology ||
 * 28. Publishing Student Books on the iPad ||
 * 29. Enhancing multi-sensory reading programs using the SMARTBoard ||
 * 30. What's all the Fuss About? Twitter for Beginners ||
 * 31. How to create and use Prezzi - best practices
 * Repeat session Strategies for Teaching with the Smartboard ||

2:15 - 3:15 pm ||
 * ~ == Session 4 ==
 * 33. Literature Circles: Using a digital discussion space ||
 * 34. Wikis that Work ||
 * 35. ||
 * 36. Stepping into the Future: A Practical Guide to the Educational Uses of iPads and iTouches in the Classroom ||
 * 38. Prezi ||
 * 39. More Than Just a Table: Using the SMART Table in the Primary Classroom ||
 * 40. Publish or Perish: No Problems ||
 * 41. Uses for Technology in Specials Classes ||
 * 42. But I just want to teach my class! Simplify your non-teaching workload with technology ||
 * 43. More than Flash & Dash: Using Technology to Engage & Support Students with LD ||
 * 44. Google Sites as Team Meetings ||