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__** Laconia **** School District Spring Technology Conference **__ **- at the Laconia Middle School**

March 18, 2015 - 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration Fee: $35.00 (Open to ALL Staff - PD funds may be used) - You may also pay by check - payable to Laconia School District Register early to ensure your 1st choice in both sessions!

Registration is a 2 step process this year! []
 * Step 1: Register by March 6th in My Learning Plan (registration opens the week of February 16th)
 * Step 2: New this year - select session choices at registration- by March 6th!

~ Special gift to the first 25 staff members registering. (awarded during our closing raffle) . __** Conference Schedule **__
 * 3:30-4:00 Check in & snack **
 * 4:00-4:15 Welcome - //Terri Forsten, Superintendent// **
 * 4:20-5:10 Breakout session #1 **
 * 5:10-5:50 Dinner (Sal's pizza and salad) **
 * 5:55-6:45 Breakout session #2 **
 * 6:45-7:00 Closing & //HP Stream Raffle// **
 * (...must be present to win) **



BYOD - Bring your own device -if needed, check with your building District Technology Council representative to borrow a device before March 11. Catie Dwinal || The Maker: Getting Hands On with the Maker Mindset || Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making || The Maker Movement explores how getting hands on with learning can open up a whole new world of discovery in an evolved learning environment. Creating spaces and centers for making and building lets students take the lead while practically applying learned skills and knowledge in subject areas such as engineering and science. Come explore from the mind of the student, collaborating, problem solving, and even playing together as you check out fruit pianos, 3D Doodling, and even make your own maker toy. || All || All || Classroom || Edmodo, Quizlet and other useful apps will be highlighted grade level 6-12 but could be really k-12 || All || Intermediate || iPad Cart || Sonya Roberts || Excel Survey; You have it and should use it...because it's easy and effective || Communication and Collaboration || During this workshop participants will create an Excel Survey and discuss many different ways to use it. Feel free to bring quiz questions and topics to create surveys you can use right away. The workshop will also look at ways for students to share digital work with teachers and with each other. || All || All || Computer lab || Karen Switzer || One Note - The digital notebook || Technology Operations and Concepts || Come learn how to use One Note in Office 365. We are able to access One Note, our digital notebook, anywhere. Bring a laptop or mobile device. || All || Beginner || Computer lab ||
 * **Session #** || **Presenter Name** || **Title of Workshop** || **ISTE Standard** || **Session Description** || **Grade Level** || **Skill Level** || **Session Type** ||
 * 1-1 || Karen Switzer || Office 365-Create, Organize and Collaborate || Communication and Collaboration || Office 365 is more than email! Create documents to keep private or share and collaborate with others. Learn about file management of email and documents. Use a mobile device or computer. It’s all at our fingertips! || All || All || Computer lab ||
 * 1-2 || Chris Ulrich || Introduction to the Flipped Classroom || Technology Operations and Concepts || This presentation will introduce participants to the concept of a Flipped Classroom, and will introduce the theory, implementation, and various software and hardware platforms to utilize. || All || Advanced || Computer lab ||
 * 1-3 || Bobbie Stormann || Brainpop: more than just the videos! || Creativity and Innovation || Brainpop is more than just watching videos. Learn how to create your own quizzes using Brainpop materials, discover how to differentiate your instruction using the information available in Brainpop, and find out how to make the most of this resource within our school district. || All || All || BYOD ||
 * 1-4 || Coni Dwinal
 * 1-5 || Michelle Plourde || Computer Coding: More than just a video game. || Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making || Teach your students to be "Technology Rock Stars", teach them to Code! Students get so excited and are thoroughly engaged while using critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students are introduced to Computer Science through a collection of online puzzles & “unplugged” lessons while reinforcing skills and concepts taught in content areas by integrating Math, Literacy and Science Standards. No experience in coding is necessary…easy to implement, get your students started today! || K-8 || Beginner || Computer lab ||
 * 2-1 || Bobbie Stormann || Planbook: easy digital planning || Communication and Collaboration || Introduce Planbook.com to teachers as a low cost way to use an online planbook. Planbook allows you to share lessons with other educators, link standards to lessons, and attach documents and webpages to your plans. It is easy to use and you can customize it to your schedule. || All || All || BYOD ||
 * 2-2 || Seth Pingree || Digital Reading and Writing Using Newsela || Research and Information Fluency || Using Newsela to improve reading comprehension for students of every reading level. || All || All || BYOD ||
 * 2-3 || Andrew Paronto || Productivity apps for the classroom || Communication and Collaboration || Applications that are useful for use in classrooms.
 * 2-3 || Andrew Paronto || Productivity apps for the classroom || Communication and Collaboration || Applications that are useful for use in classrooms.
 * 2-4 || Sarah Roberts || One iPad to engage and organize || Communication and Collaboration || Learn how one device can be used for organization, management, and instruction. Explore student self assessment tools, brain break resources, and video makers. Many of the apps are for teacher use and can used for any grade level. A few of the student apps are more appropriate for 4th grade or higher. || All || Beginner || BYOD ||
 * 2-5 || Whitney McCallum
 * 2-6 || Shannon Siegler || #TweetingTeachers: Creating Professional Learning Networks and Extending Student Learning || Communication and Collaboration || Educators will learn how to use Twitter to create a global professional learning network, offer extension opportunities for students, and model responsible use of social media. This session will take the mystery out of tweets, hashtags and shrinking URLs. Participants will examine teacher accounts, review free resources, create an account, and compose their first tweet. I will also share how Hootsuite can be used to schedule tweets and manage multiple social media accounts. The culminating activity will be the creation of a cache of tweet-worthy classroom ideas to showcase student work and interests. || All || Beginner || Computer lab ||
 * 2-7 || Terri Forsten