Technology
Sharing Conference
For Secondary Teachers and
Administrators
Sponsored
by the Salem State Collaborative and
CCS
Presentation Systems of Chelmsford
Location: Lynnfield High School, 275
Essex Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940
Audience: Grades 7-12 Teachers and
Administrators
Dates: April 17, 2008
Time: Registration
3 – 3:30 PM
Program 3:30
to 5:30 PM
Fee: $5 for
Member Schools $10 for Non-Member Schools
(Check
Website www.salemcollaborative.org)
PDP’s: 2
Hours
Program Description:
3:30 – 4PM What is happening with SmartBoard
Technology?
Presenter: Kim
Bishop CCS Presentation Systems
4 – 4:15 PM What are these new HandHeld Devices
appearing in our classrooms?
A brief look at the new TI-NSpires!
Presenter: Audrey Coats, TI Regional Trainer for TI-Nspire HqndHelds
4:30 – 5:30 PM Workshops
Workshop #1: Senteo
Assessment System
Presenter: Amy Dyment
Description: These interactive devices help get
feedback from individual students in a class, thus providing an alternative
method of assessment. Come see how to create questions using the Senteo
software and Notebook for Smart Board and evaluate the class results.
Workshop #2: Airliners
– An alternate Approach to Smart Boards or Is it Another Assessment Tool?
Presenter: Kim Bishop, CCS Presentations
Systems
Description: An Airliner with a projection system
can help you emulate a Smart Board in your classroom. It can also be used in
conjunction with your Smart Board as an input device by you or your students.
Workshop #3: Autograph
for Teaching Mathmatics (9-12)
Presenter: Steve
Smith
Description: This dynamical program is one of the
top selling educational programs in Europe and the private schools in the US.
It can be used for most courses from pre-algebra through college calculus.
Teachers can use it for presentations or in just preparing worksheets,
investigations and assessments. You have seen what the Geometers’
Sketchpad has done for Geometry. Now see what Autograph can do for the rest of
the high school mathematics curriculum.
Workshop #4: TI
N-spire: Mulitple Representations of Mathematical Concepts
Presenter: Audrey Coats
Description: Texas Instruments’ new handheld is more
than a calculator. While the N-spire has all the capabilities of the
TI-84, is has a connectivity between the applications that brings your work to
a new level, as well as a documents folder that organizes your work and makes
sharing documents easier. See the changes in the calculator capabilities,
the lists and spreadsheets, and the improvements to the geometry and graphing
applications.
Workshop #5: New
Features in Notebook Software for Smartboards
Presenter: Sarah Heller
Description: This
workshop will focus on using SMART Notebook software to enhance lessons,
presentations and create interactive classroom activities. It will focus on new techniques and tips on
making your lessons look more professional and user friendly. Participants will explore the new Toolkit in
Notebook and learn strategies for making games and interactive activities. There will also be a preview to the new
features in Notebook 10.0 (coming later this spring).
SmartBoards in the Classroom: The following workshops
will show how teachers are using the SmartNotebook in conjunction with the
internet, video and other software packages.
Workshop #6: Foreign Language
Presenter: Rachelle Meredith
Workshop #7: Science
Presenter: Karyn ONeill
Workshop #8: Social Studies
Presenter: Katie Silva
Registration Information:
Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.
DEADLINE to sign up for Sharing Conference is April 16th.