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PowerUP Speakers and Handouts
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Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Web 2.0
An entertaining talk on Web 2.0 and the Internet World comparing Web 1.0 to Web 2.0; publishing/participation, content management/wikis, directories/tagging, etc. Rainie will discuss six halmarks describing how people use Web 2.0; the impact of the distribution of the broadband; student use; and how the variety of social networking tools and ease of access are facilitating the growth of Web 2.0.
Handouts: Keynote
Kelly Fonner, MS, Assistive/Educational Technology Consultant UDL
An international speaker in the area of Universal Design for Learning, Assitive Technology and Educational Technology. She will be presenting two sessions on Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Implementation Strategies in the Classroom.
Accessible Instructional Materials: What are they? Who are they for? What do they have to do with AT?
Students who use assistive technology tools and strategies often have difficulty with traditional print materials such as textbooks. Join Kelly to learn more about the IDEA 2004’s mandate that specialized
formats of core instructional materials be provided to students who require them. Find out what you need to think about when making decisions about accessible instructional materials and how NIMAS, the AIM
Consortium and lessons learned from over two decades of assistive technology can help.
Exploring Universal Access to the Curriculum through Technology in the Classroom
Universal Access can be an ominous term in the classroom. What impact does it have on how you teach? What impact is confronted in the technology lab or computers in the classroom? We’ll start by exploring the meaning and intention of universal access for students with disabilities in school settings with the emphasis on technology. We’ll look at universal access to all computers for students with a range of disabilities including learning disabilities, cognitive disabilities, physical disabilities and vision impairments.Finally, we will address connections to the classroom including how Universal Design is impacted by NCLB, IDEA and RTI.
Handouts: UDL Overview
Bruce Umpstead, Director of Technology, State of Michigan
A State Perspective
An overview of the state of technology use in Michigan and insitght into what tomorrow will bring. Bruce will highlight key initiatives and possibly clarify some issues.
Handouts: MDE Power Point
Oracle Flyer
Michigan Joint Education Conference
Julie Evans, Cheif Executive Officer, Project Tomorrow
Students Speak Up Data
Presenting the results of the 2007 Students Speak Up data. In the past, dat have been collected fro students and teachers and now the collection includes parents and principals. Julie will provide a summary of Oakland County and national data so that we can learn how students, teachers and parents are using technology and what erheir expections are.
Handouts: SpeakUP Data Presentation
Jody Roman, Teacher, Clarenceville School District
Students use Writer keyboards for daily keyboarding practice, Writers Workshop, and weekly keyboard generated writing prompts. The iScore and suggestions for improvement provided by the keyboard motivate students to revise and improve their writing without much teacher direction. Student Writer Response Teams gather and use the SMART Board to revise/edit each other's work. Dialogue is recorded on a digital voice recorder. Revised drafts are beamed to the computer and saved for publication/presentation "polish" in the computer lab.
Handouts: Using Technology PowerPoint
Nicole Green, Teacher, Southfield School District
Using Game Show Review and Voicethread.com with K-2 Students
This presentation will provide a review of how Game Show Review and Voicethread.com can be used at the 1st grade to engage students at Brace-Lederle K-8 School in the Southfield School District.
Handouts: Go to http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/Portals/0/Learning/NGREENPUP08HO.doc
Nicole Green's Blog at http://thehappyhappyapple.blogspot.com
John Shaw, Media Specialist, Walled Lake School District
Using Blogs and Flickr as Tools to Study Ecosystems
I will be discussing how my 4th grade students used Blogs at David Warlick’s Classblogmeister.com site and Flickr to develop reports. The Blog was used to post reports and Flickr was a storage tool from which we embedded images into the Blog.
Handouts: Go to
http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/Portals/0/Learning/BLOGSHAW.doc
Douglas Thompson, Teacher, Bloomfield Hills School District
Using the Document Camera to Address the Needs Of Multiple Learning Styles.
This presentation will discuss using the document camera to address multiple intelligences and the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The presenter will address several teaching models and how easily the document camera supports each model.
Handouts: Go to http://teacherweb.com/mi/bloomfieldhills/thompson/
Rachel Guinn. Teacher, Rochester School District
Teaching with Blackboard in English Grades 9 and 10
Ever wondered how to continue the class discussion outside of class? Ever wanted to use Blackboard in your classroom, but are afraid to take the first step? A PRACTICAL approach to teaching with Blackboard will be presented, including the use of the discussion board feature, assignment posts, the digital drop box and more.
Handouts: Teaching with Blackboard
Sarah Hershey, Teacher, Bloomfield Hills School District
The LandUse Project and the West Hills Middle Schools International Baccalaureate Program
The International Baccalaureate program strives to provide students the opportunity to use their knowledge and skills in real world settings and use technology as a learning tool. This presentation will review those standards and explain how students engaged themselves in this technology rich project using spreadsheets, the Internet, PowerPoint, Word and videoconferencing and Blogs to to answer the question “How can the use of land in our community be improved so that the quality of life will encourage us to stay?”.
Handouts: Land Use Presentation
Pam Shoemaker, Technology Integration Coordinator, Walled Lake School District
Moodle to Support an 8th Grade Social Studies Unit
This session will review a teacher-tested Moodle Railroad Unit. This Unit uses the content management tool Moodle to support an 8th grade social studies unit on the growth of the railroad industry at the turn of the last century. Developed with input from the teachers, Pam will discuss how this Moodle unit was used with all 8th grade students in Walled Lake for the past two years. She will also discuss exciting changes that have recently been added to incorporate collaborative on-line projects.
Handouts: Not Yet Available
Kris Deangelo, Teacher, Novi School District
Using Moodle to Support Instruction in a High School Biology Course.
This session will review how a Novi High School Science Teacher uses Moodle to support her Science Classes. This teacher, moving from Blackboard to Moodle, has been using Blackboard for eight years and is now switching to Moodle to support teaching. Kris will provide insight and strategies for using content management systems generally and Moodle specifically.
Handouts: Moodle
Lisa Haubert, Teacher and Cheryl Szymanski, Teachers, Lamphere School District
Videoconferencing Book Club
Lisa Haubert and Cheryl Szymanski will be discussing their use of videoconferencing to support a district wide Book Club and Kati Krolczyk will be explaining how videoconferencing can be used to connect student communities and enhance the learning process.
Handouts: Not Yet Available
Dawn Jones and Peter Zaremba, Consultants, Oakland Schools
UDL Strategies and Tools for Addressing the Online Learning Requirement and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Online Learning Requirement includes language addressing the need to “ensure accessibility for all students, any applications that are developed or resources used in an online environment should be compliant with the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended”. Peter Zaremba and Dawn Jones will discuss and demonstrate UDL strategies and tools that will enable all users of online resources developed by teachers to be successful.
Handouts: Color Accessibility for Online Learning
Discovery Streaming Captioning
Web Accessibility Resources
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