THE GREAT
TECHNOLOGY
STIMULUS
CONFERENCE
JUNE 1-3, 2010
ESC 17
T3
Welcome to the Technology Stimulus Conference,
The second annual Technology Stimulus Conference is full of outstanding professionals that implement
technology into their instruction. We are fortunate to have the expertise and financial support of the
Region 17 ESC T3 grant step up as a leader with this conference. With the input from Krista Scott and
T3, we are able to provide an outstanding full-day presentation with Dr. Curtis Bonk from Indiana State
University.
You will find the session presenters are regional teachers that are utilizing technology in their classroom
through innovative instruction. We hope that you will find these sessions provide you with the latest and
greatest in technology. Our region is fortunate to have passionate, innovative educators that are keeping
up with their student’s interests through technology. We appreciate each of the presenters stepping up
to present at this second annual conference.
With collaboration between Tech Prep, ESC17 CTE, and T3, we are excited to have secondary educators
from both academic and CTE areas. This collaboration will further enhance the learning environment for
all students.
We hope you enjoy the conference and take away many valuable resources that will help you implement
technology in your classroom!
South Plains Tech Prep & Region 17 ESC: Career & Technical Education and T3
Conference Agenda at a Glance
Monday, June 1
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Coffee with Dr. Bonk Main Hall
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Registration Conference Center Foyer
9:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Dr. Curtis Bonk Main Hall
Morning Session
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Dr. Curtis Bonk Main Hall
Afternoon Session
3:00 p.m. Dismissed
Tuesday, June 2
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Registration Conference Center Foyer
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Opening Session Main Hall
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break-Out Sessions
11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Break-Out Sessions
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Main Hall
Provided by ProComputing
1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Break-Out Sessions
2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Break-Out Sessions
2:45 p.m. Dismissed
Wednesday, June 3
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Registration Conference Center Foyer
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Opening Session Main Hall
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break-Out Sessions
11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Break-Out Sessions
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Main Hall
Provided by CEV Multimedia
1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Break-Out Sessions
2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Break-Out Sessions
2:45 p.m. Dismissed
Please complete an evaluation before you leave the Conference. One
evaluation can be used for each day.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Coffee with Dr. Bonk Main Hall
Conference
8:30 am -9:00 am Registration
Center Foyer
9:00 am -11:30 am Keynote Address: (M ade possible through sponsorship of TCP N) Main Hall
Learning Environments in the 21st Century
Dr. Curtis Bonk, I ndiana State University
The Flat World has Swung Open: How Web Technology is
Revolutionizing Education
Building on Thomas Friedman's book, The
World is Flat, in his book, The World is Open:
How Web Technology is Revolutionizing
Education, Curt Bonk offers an intriguing look
at ten technology trends which he called
educational openers. When combined, the
first letter of each opener spells the acronym:
"WE-ALL-LEARN." This model helps make
sense of the role of various technologies in
open education, including online content in
the form of e-books, podcasts, streamed
videos, open courseware, and online learning
portals as well as participatory environments
such as social networking tools like Facebook
and Ning, YouTube videos, wikis, and virtual
worlds. Clearly, Web technology continues to open new learning pathways for
all the connected learners of this planet. At the same time, thousands of people
and educational organizations are sharing their course materials, expertise, and
teaching ideas globally, thereby expanding learning opportunities and resources
even further. As this occurs, members of the media, politicians, educators,
students, parents, and others are asking important questions about the quality
of such contents. Some want to know if personally selected content might lead
to school or college credits or even degrees. Curt Bonk provides some answers
while helping you make sense of all the technologies emerging for use by
teachers and students. Bonk also addresses questions related to the digital
divide and how, from a learning perspective, those without Internet access still
benefit immensely and in interesting ways. The economic world of Friedman
may be flatter, but the educational world is definitely more open than is was a
decade or even a few years ago. Open up and enjoy it. When you do WE-ALL-
LEARN.
Blended Learning: Situations, Solutions,
and Several Surprises
During the twenty-first century, active and
engaging learning is the focus. In response,
teachers, schools, students, and even parents
are talking about using technology for
"continuous learning." School personnel
throughout the world are seeking to integrate
technology in effective and creative ways. Not
surprisingly, many are turning to the notion of blended learning. There is both
extensive confusion and much optimism about blended learning due to multiple
blended learning definitions and approaches. Some might blend to take
advantage of face-to-face and virtual learning opportunities. Others might
blend to combine synchronous and asynchronous technologies to best meet
student needs. In fact, it seems every person and organization has its own
definition or model of blended learning. To make sense of the possibilities, Dr.
Bonk will lay out several different models and definitions of blended learning as
well as the advantages and disadvantages of blended learning. Importantly, the
session will a dozen different situations or problems and more than two dozen
potential blended learning solutions addressing a wide range of disciplines,
grade levels, and learner needs. Many of the examples will come from Dr.
Bonk’s recent Handbook of Blended learning: Global Perspectives, Local
Designs.
11:30 am -1:00 pm Lunch Break
The Perfect E-Storm: Emerging Technologies, Enormous Demand, Main Hall
Enhanced Pedagogy, and Erased Budgets
Dr. Curtis Bonk
Dr. Bonk will discuss the reasons for
the growing demand related to Web-
based learning. He will then highlight
the emerging technologies with the
biggest educational payoffs with the
least educational payouts. As we all
know, our students are living in a
digital world and it’s our responsibility
as educators to prepare them to be
successful in that world. That means
that we incorporate shared online
video, digital portfolios, games and simulations, and social networking
1:30 pm -3:00 pm technology to enhance the curriculum and engage our students. But budgets
are tight and getting tighter. How do we meet the needs of our 21st century
learners on a 20th century budget? And where should we spend our money and
focus our time? It’s a perfect storm of the electrical kind.
Part II: In the second part of this talk, Curt Bonk will discuss his famed R2D2
(Read, Reflect, Display, and Do) model for addressing diverse learners and
learning styles or preferences as well as his popular online learning and
retention model called TEC-VARIETY (e.g., tone, encouragement, curiosity,
variety, autonomy, relevance, interactivity, engagement, tension, and yielding
products, etc.). With R2D2 and TEC-VARIETY, Curt Bonk will provide dozens of
pedagogical ideas and solutions that motivate students in the online learning
environments and creatively engage them into deeper and better learning. No
matter what planet you are on, these ideas and techniques can be linked
student motivation, collaboration, interaction, and general engagement in the
learning process.
3:00 p.m. Dismiss
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Conference
8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
Center Foyer
Opening Session Main Hall
9:00 am -9:45 am
9:45 am -10:00 am Break
Text-to-Speech Technology: Multimodal Learning, Proofreading, and Lecture Hall
Struggling Readers
P hillip Hall, Assistant Technology Director, M uleshoe I SD
Digital text is making TTS easier than ever. We will be discussing how Text-To-
Speech Technology reduces frustration and aids comprehension and
acceleration for struggling readers, assists multimodal learning by allowing
readers to hear and see the text, assists proofreading by hearing mistakes, and
how it can be implemented on any budget.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Social Bookmarking with Diigo Douglas
Elisha Reese, I nstructional Technologist, Frenship High School Room
10:00 am -10:45 am Diigo is an amazing Web2.0 application that lets you store bookmarks, share
with others, archive web pages, and annotate web pages by highlighting and
adding sticky notes. Come see how your campus can collaborate and share
web pages with each other!
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
Yikes! I Have an Interactive White Board in My Classroom! Rogers
Glinda Hagood, Teacher, W estw ind Elem entary Room
Do you have an interactive white board in your classroom? Are you trying to
figure out the best way to use it? If so, this session is for you! We will
discover different ways to utilize an interactive white board to increase student
interaction and engagement in your classroom!
*Beginner
Teaching Web Literacy Room 302-
K yle K uehler, Education Specialist, ESC 17 304
With the ever increasing role of the Web, it is essential that we become Web
10:00 am-11:45 am literate. Many of us never received training on searching and utilizing the Web
effectively. Come learn methods to effectively find, sort, and evaluate
information on the Web.
*Beginner
Content Collaboration Using Open Source Social Media Software Neely Room
Johnny K issko, Algebra I Teacher, Frenship High School
Participants will learn how to develop a customized “content-driven” social
media network that meets the needs and desires of teachers, students, and
10:00 am-11:45 am school districts.
Your personalized network connects individual classrooms, schools, and entire
districts. Schools that truly value collaboration have much to gain from this
model. Created with familiar technology.
*I nterm ediate
10:45 am-11:00 am Break
Bridging the Gap Between CTE & Core Curriculum with Technology Lecture Hall
M aggie B igham , P roduction M anager, CEV M ultim edia
Grades, papers, email, Facebook, Twitter…Are you exhausted yet? Create
engaging projects that are still teacher-friendly. Align your core and career
classrooms by integrating the technology we’re already using.
*Beginner
Let’s Moodle Douglas
Elisha Reese, I nstructional Technologist, Frenship High School Room
Moodle is an open-source learning management system for creating online
11:00 am -11:45 am courses. Whether you want to teach solely online, integrate online instruction
into your current classroom or simply desire a virtual classroom for your
students to access as a resource…Moodle is your solution!
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
Using Technology in an Everyday Social Studies Classroom Rogers
Joseph Hannaw ay, Social Studies Teacher, P ost High School Room
Chris Edw ards, Social Studies Teacher, P ost High School
Using today's technology to enhance student’s knowledge in social studies. By
using CPS clickers, Smart Board, MySatori, and Mobis we are able to enhance
student participation and create an active learning environment.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Lunch Main Hall
11:45 pm -1:00 pm
Sponsored by ProComputing
The ABC’s of PLN’s Lecture Hall
M arti Sides, Curriculum Technologist, Frenship I SD
No time for training? No funding available for training? District won’t send you
out of town? Learn how you can utilize free services such as Twitter and
1:00 pm-1:45 pm Google Reader to build your own Personal Learning Network. Collaborate with
other educators from around the world and customize your learning to fit your
classroom, curriculum, personal, and educational needs.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Google Earth for Beginners Douglas
Geoff Scott, Science Teacher, Frenship High School Room
This is an introduction to Google Earth. We will explore the basic features and
navigation of GE. Some features include route directions and fly by, 3-D cities
and landforms, and built in layers Google already includes (weather, pictures,
and more).
*Beginner
1:00 pm-1:45 pm
MMORPG’s – Can online role playing games be useful at school? Rogers
K evin Helm er, Theatre Arts Teacher, Brow nfield High School Room
This session will look at recent research into the effectiveness of online RPGs
at teaching skills useful in the 21st century workplace. Examples of in
game activity will be shown, and benefits and disadvantages will be covered.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
Using Discovery Streaming in the Classroom Rooms 302-
K yle K uehler, Education Specialist, ESC 17 304
Discovery Streaming is the most comprehensive digital video-on-demand and
online teaching resource available today. Come learn to use this amazing
product effectively to enhance instruction.
1:00 pm-2:45 pm *Beginner
Moodle Mania: Making the Most of Student Computer Access Neely Room
K athylyn Sedgw ick, Business Teacher, Ralls High School
Do you Moodle? Want to learn to Hot Potato? Learn tools, tricks and ideas for
surviving the transition to full computer access in the classroom. Explore
online classroom management through Moodle and learn to create online
quizzes and tests in Hot Potato.
*I nterm ediate, Advanced
1:45 pm-2:00 pm Break
Call Attention to Upcoming Activities with The Toilet Tim es Lecture Hall
Tam m y Lane, Technology Teacher, Littlefield High School
The Toilet Times is a newsletter designed to call attention to upcoming school
2:00 pm-2:45 pm activities. This one-page publication features short stories and pressing news
related to UIL activities, club events, staff /student birthdays, student/teacher
recognition, facts to support annual causes/awareness, etc, all on the back of
bathroom stalls within the building.
*Beginner
Intermediate Google Earth Douglas
Geoff Scott, Science Teacher, Frenship High School Room
This session will delve into more features and options in Google Earth. We will
explore pinpoints and adding additional information to a place marker, adding
your own layer, creating a flying tour and importing other layers from the
internet.
2:00 pm-2:45 pm *I nterm ediate
Online Safety and Freedom of Expression Rogers
K evin Helm er, Theatre Arts Teacher, Brow nfield High School Room
An in-depth look at tools teachers and administrators can use to keep students
and teachers safe online, as well as a study of how freedom of speech is
affected by tools used to protect educators and students online.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
3:00 p.m. Dismiss
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Conference
8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
Center Foyer
Apple iPad – Is this the future of education? Lecture Hall
Kevin Helm er, Theatre Arts Teacher, Brow nfield High School
This session will focus on the Apple iPad and its applications in the classroom.
Software, hardware, and implementation will be discussed.
*Beginner
Utilizing Career Cruising: Using the computer and the internet to Rooms 302-
assess students’ interests and help design school plan 304
W hit Hunt, Business Education I nstructor, Plainview High School
9:00 am -9:45 am Demonstration and hands on experience using the Career Cruising program
to identify the many facets available to students, teachers and counselors.
*Beginner
Add a Little “Rock-n-Roll” to your Presentations with Animoto! Neely Room
Gw en M ayo, Teacher, Lubbock -Cooper I SD
Animoto is an exciting way to pack a punch with presentations! Find out how
to ignite student enthusiasm about presentations as you learn to set up a FREE
educator’s account, set up student accounts, learn tips and tricks about this
exciting site, and create your own 30 second Animoto.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
Screencasting: Capturing Lessons for Students to Use Douglas
Anytime/Anywhere Room
Tasha Hughes, B usiness Teacher, Floydada High School
Have you ever been frustrated when students are absent or behind in your
class? Are you tired of re-teaching lessons over and over again? Screencasting
may be your answer! Screencasting will save you and your student’s time and
allow them to complete assignments on their own.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
9:00 am -9:45 am Yikes! I Have an Interactive White Board in My Classroom! Rogers
Glinda Hagood, Teacher, W estw ind Elem entary Room
Do you have an interactive white board in your classroom? Are you trying to
figure out the best way to use it? If so, this session is for you! We will
discover different ways to utilize an interactive white board to increase student
interaction and engagement in your classroom!
*Beginner
9:45 am -10:00 am Break
Create an ePortfolio with Project Share Lecture Hall
Austin M cDaniel, Technology Specialist, ESC 17
Learn how to create and enhance your online ePortfolio in Project Share. In this
training we will discuss every detail of what an ePortfolio can be used for and
the variety of different resources that can be used such as videos, blogs, web
resources, and other content. This is the groundwork to make Project Share a
powerful learning tool for students and teachers to deliver and share content.
In this training you will become an ePortfolio expert.
*Beginner
Why Be Xtranormal? Douglas
Geoff Scott, Science Teacher, Frenship High School Room
10:00 am -10:45 am Xtranormal is a text to speech/movie program. “If you can type, you can make
movies.” We will explore the basics behind the online program, and show you
some of the features you or your students can use to make animated movies.
We will also discuss how it can be used in your classroom.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
Using Technology to Teach the Student Expectations of Science Rogers
K athy W hitfill, Teacher, P ost High School Room
Cheyenne W hite, Teacher, P ost High School
The presentation will show how we use CPS, My Satori, Promethean boards
and Mobi tablets to correlate what we teach and how we assess each day to
the state science curriculum.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Google Sites Room 302-
K evin Helm er, Theatre Arts Teacher, Brow nfield High School 304
This presentation is an overview of Google Sites. Attendees
will create a simple web site during the presentation and will see how this
tool can be used across disciplines to create meaningful and immersive
lessons.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate
10:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Using Digital Movies for Instruction and Assessment Neely Room
Doug Ham m an, Faculty, Tex as Tech University
Susan Talkm itt, Faculty, Tex as Tech University
The purpose of this session is to familiarize teachers with common digital
resources available in school computer labs and in-class workstations, and to
provide suggestions and lesson ideas about how to incorporate digital movies
into instruction. The presentation will include a detailed “how to” for using
Microsoft’s Moviemaker.
*I nterm ediate
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Break
New TEK S & 4x 4 I m plem entation Lecture Hall
M aggie B igham , P roduction M anager, CEV M ultim edia
Called upon to teach the new TEKS, but wondering what curriculum resources
to use? Learn how you can use existing resources to satisfy the new
standards. Curious how you are going to implement the 4x4 courses in your
classroom? Learn more about the Recommended & Distinguished Achievement
Graduation Plan, teacher training and available curriculum to better prepare for
the new 4x4 requirements.
*Beginner
RSCCC Douglas
Betty W illiam s, RSCCC Student Consultant, ESC 17 Room
11:00 am -11:45 am This session is intended for the teachers and/or other staff members that utilize
the RSCCC web-based application txConnect Suite, which includes txGradebook
and txConnect. Attendees will learn tips and techniques of how to get the
most out of their teacher grade books, reports, and attendance. Attendees
will also see how to effectively get the most from the txConnect parent portal,
the web-based application that allows parent access to student information
entered in the txGradebook.
*Beginner
Using Technology in an Everyday Math Classroom Rogers
Lee Edw ards, Algebra Teacher, P ost High School Room
Angie Cashiola, Geom etry Teacher, P ost High School
Using today's technology to enhance student’s knowledge in mathematics. By
using CPS clickers, Smart Board, MySatori, and Mobis we are able to enhance
student participation and create an active learning environment.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Lunch Main Hall
11:45 pm -1:00 pm
Partially Sponsored by CEV Multimedia
Why Re-Invent the Wheel? BIM1 Resources Go Live! Lecture Hall
K im Hurst, B usiness/ Technology Teacher, Frenship High School
We have excellent business educators in Region 17! Are you a little stressed
about our new TEKS? This session will explain and show you how to join a wiki
that has been set up for Region 17 Business Educators ...a place for us to
share our expertise, our lesson plans, our projects, our grading rubrics. It's a
chance for us to collaborate, to bounce ideas, to support each other in our ever
changing, fast-paced profession. So dive in...sign up...contribute. We need
each other and we need you!
*Beginner
Twitter: A Waste of Time or a Great Tool? Douglas
Cindy M iller, CTE Coordinator, Frenship I SD Room
An entire session about Twitter? Why not! If you are a Twitter beginner or
seasoned veteran, this session is for you! We will first overview Twitter and
1:00 pm-1:45 pm discover why it became such a sensation. You will then discover some of the
best Twitter add-ons available that will help you tweet more effectively as well
as discover people to follow. The session will conclude with some stories about
people effectively using Twitter in the classroom and beyond.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Web Wise: An Introduction of FREE Web applications that can easily Rogers
be used in the classroom. Room
Heather Blount, Curriculum Specialist, The Curriculum Center for FCS
The presentation will begin with a brief rationale for using Web applications in
the classroom as well as information about new online curriculum materials.
This will be followed by demonstrations of how to use various Web applications
in classroom lessons such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Wikis, Google Docs, and
a few others. Teachers will leave the presentation with specific examples that
can be used in their classroom lessons.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Prezi: A New Way to Create Presentations Online Rooms 302-
Debbi Ball, B usiness/ Tech Apps Teacher, Spur I SD 304
Welcome to prezi.com...a web site that provides you the tools to create
"astonishing" presentations live and on the web. The web site provides free
1:00 pm-2:30 pm services to educators. Presenters everywhere are utilizing this web site for a
new look to their presentations that can be saved online and accessed
anywhere that has Internet access. Come see what it is all about and learn how
to get started on your own presentations.
*Beginner
Repeat a Lesson-Correction, Practice, Enrichment Neely Room
Tam m y Lane, Technology Teacher, Littlefield High School
Use available classroom technologies to add Action Buttons, Hidden Slides,
Sounds and Assessments to create Interactive Lessons that are self paced,
student controlled and individualized. These lessons are designed for repetitive
1:00 pm-2:30 pm instruction, corrective instruction, additional practice, or enrichment activities.
PowerPoint’s options and features make it a powerful tool for an interactive
lesson that can then be copied many times for the classroom, computer lab, or
home computers. The interactive lesson has many practical applications for
science lab instructions, math concepts or content rich subjects.
*Beginner
1:45 pm-2:00 pm Break
The ABC’s of PLN’s Lecture Hall
M arti Sides, Curriculum Technologist, Frenship I SD
No time for training? No funding available for training? District won’t send you
out of town? Learn how you can utilize free services such as Twitter and
Google Reader to build your own Personal Learning Network. Collaborate with
other educators from around the world and customize your learning to fit your
classroom, curriculum, personal, and educational needs.
*Beginner, I nterm ediate, Advanced
Podcasting 101 Douglas
Sarah Allen, Assistant Director, South P lains Tech P rep Room
K athylyn Sedgw ick, Business Teacher, Ralls High School
Hear about a colloborative Podcast Academy that helped beginners implement
podcasting for classroom instruction, including lessons used by substitutes,
2:00 pm-2:45 pm
school announcements, and software training. Discover technology that
allowed the group to meet online, share information and provide feedback.
Learn how a district can implement podcasting on a limited budget.
*Beginner
Speaking English: The Sights and Sounds of Today’s Written Word Rogers
Carlen Cagle, B usiness/ Technology Teacher, R oosevelt High School Room
Dr. Jam ie W orm sbak er, English Teacher, R oosevelt High School
Today’s students live in a media saturated world, where the written word is
often a footnote in cryptic text and exasperatingly short blog posts. This
session features two students and two instructors who have found ways to
incorporate various technology applications to enhance, improve, and extend
learning in ELA classrooms.
*Beginner
3:00 p.m. Dismiss
We would like to thank all of our generous sponsors for their support
and partnership with the Technology Stimulus Conference.
T3
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free of charge, no dues, no fees, nothing.
ProComputing Corporation is proud to sponsor the luncheon on June 2nd. We are also excited about the
opportunity to provide the Promethean classroom products for everyone in Region 17. We strive to
provide excellent customer service, as well as top of the line technology products for your classrooms.
We have had the privilege to work with many of you, and look forward to working with the rest of you in
the near future. Please remember that when you need any Promethean or technology products, feel free
to contact us.
Kyle Motheral Ladd Winn
806-773-0477 806-786-8561
motheral@procomputing.com winn@procomputing.com
Join us for the 3rd Annual Great Technology Stimulus Conference
next summer!