WDM staff presenting at state tech conference

Congratulations to the following West Des Moines Schools staff…   their proposals were accepted for the state technology conference which begins on Monday, Oct 17th.   We’ve had staff present in prior years, but I believe this is the largest number we’ve had in a long time:  a total of 6 sessions, handled by 7 presenters.

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Carrie Jacobs, Walnut Creek Campus Alt High School

Title:  Flattening the world, one classroom @ a time
Monday, 8am, Room 137

Title: Instilling Cultural Awareness in Teens
Tuesday, 8am, Room 143
Description: Our Global Society is a class created and taught by Carrie. Using web 2.0 tools, students experience culture firsthand, learning to appreciate their own as well as other’s cultural backgrounds. Participants learn techniques that are useful in any classroom.

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Jackie Neuberger and Mark Vance,  WDM Schools

Title: Teacher Laptop Initiative – Not the Same Old, Same Old!
Monday, 10:45am, Room 143
Description: Check out the WDMCSD formula: one laptop + 15 hours of training x 300 staff members = successful teacher laptop initiative.  Learn how we did it!

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Adam Nidey and Beau Barrett, Crestview Elementary

Title:  Engage your students using only ONE iPad in an Elementary Classroom!
Monday, 12:40pm, Room 136
Description: Experience the iPad firsthand as we explore many apps, uses, and benefits currently implemented by Crestview Elementary teachers. Learn to engage diverse learners in literacy, math and science. 21st century learning with ONE iPad is easier than you think!

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Carl Sundermann, Valley High School

Title: Getting a Grip on Staff and Student Printing
Tuesday, 8am, Room 140
Description: We revamped our printing procedures, starting with our print shop, then went to a badge system at our building copiers, then implemented a program called PaperCut to manage student and staff printing at the building HP printers.

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Brian Abeling, WDM District
with Ray Coffey, Indianola & Keith Lyles, SE Polk

Title: Banned Technologies in Iowa
Monday, 3:15pm, Room 138
Description:  Find out who’s opening access to what… and why… and why you should too.   Hear how other districts are handling cell phones, social media, personal wi-fi devices, and more.  Preview the results of the state wide survey that was used for the basis of this presentation:

https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/banned-technology-in-iowa/

Preview of Oct 10th Professional Development for elementary staff

Oct 10th, 2011 is a professional development day for West Des Moines Schools.  During the afternoon, 1pm to 4pm, staff from most of our elementary schools will have the opportunity to participate in a mini-conference called TechnologEEI.

Download a printable version of the schedule

Why is the event called TechnologEEI?
The mini-conference is focused on technologies that related to best instructional practices or EEI (Essentials of Effective Instruction). Each presentation is no longer than 40 minutes and teachers get to self-select which sessions they attend.

 

Handouts / References for Elementary Sessions…..

Edmodo, presented by Ted Van Deventer
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/edmodo-teacher-training-presentation.pdf

Dragon Dictation, presented by Brian Abeling
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dragon-dictation.pdf

Flat Classroom Project, presented by Carrie Jacobs
Document:  https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/flat-classroom-handout.pdf

Lumens Document Camera, presented by Jackie Neuberger
Document:   https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lumens-document-camera-dc260-advanced-features.pdf

Creating a Classroom Blog, presented by Carrie Jacobs
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/blogger_session.pdf

Kidblog.org, presented by Keith Wise
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/kidblog1.pdf

Creating and Using Wikipages, presented by Jeff VerHelst
Document:https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/wikispaces-in-the-classroom-handout.pdf

TweenTribune, presented by Rachel Aherns
Presentation: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/using-tween-tribune-in-your-classroom
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/using-tween-tribune-in-your-classroom

Infinite Campus Messenger, presented by Julie Martinez
Presentation: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/infinite-campus-messenger.pdf
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/teacher-messenger.pdf

What’s new in HEART?, presented by Mariann Culver
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/heart-notes-for-oct-10-wdm.pdf

Symbaloo & Answer Garden, presented by Ann Reynolds
https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/smybaloo_answergarden.pdf

Animoto, presented by Lydna Niffenegger
Document: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/animoto.pdf

Using PowerPoints for simulations, presented by Lynda Niffenegger
Using Powerpoint for simulations – outline: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/using-powerpoint-for-simulations-outline-version.pdf
Using Powerpoint for simulations: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/using-powerpoint-for-simulations.pdf

K-2 iPads Applications, presented by Brooke Dey and Michelle Dodd
Presentation: https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/ipad-apps-in-the-k-2-classroom.pdf