PROGRAM - TCEA

2011 Convention & Exposition
52
110577 Room 4A
Just an Old Fashioned Web
Quest with a Twist!
Jo Tucker, Texas Youth
Commission
Is the web too big and vast for
the time you have Develop a
self-contained web quest for
many assignments. Learn to use
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 as a
classroom tool in secondary core
subjects.
Learn | Intermediate | Middle
School (6-8), High School (9-12)
PC Workshop | z $190
6 CPE Hrs
MONDAY
3:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.
110966 Room 8A
Bare Is Beautiful: Software-Naked
Classroom Computing (Web 2.0)
J Tim Chase, Bend La Pine
School District
Modern creativity and productivity—wearing
nothing more
than our web-browsers! Let’s run
rampant with online tools, Firefox
add-ons, and the Google Docs
office suite.
Learn | All | All Levels
BYOD-Laptop Workshop; All Platforms
| z $95
3 CPE Hrs
110836 Room 8B
Learning Word 2010: Word
Processing Software Beyond
Imagination!
Sandy DuBose, Certiport, Inc.
This workshop will provide end
users information and materials
on the new features of Microsoft
Word 2010: ability to customize
ribbon, new protected view, improved
sharing/collaboration, and
much more!
Learn | All | All Levels
BYOD-Laptop Workshop; PC | z
$95
3 CPE Hrs
110920 Room 5C
Extraordinary Made Simple! Make
Your Lessons Come Alive with
the SMART Board Interactive
Whiteboard
Heather Lamb, SMART
Technologies
Tips, tricks, and techniques for
the SMART Board interactive
whiteboard user.
Learn | Intermediate | All Levels
PC Workshop | z $95
3 CPE Hrs
110046 Room 5A
To Integration and Beyond
Lisa Rogers, Forney ISD
Discover how to move beyond
technology use into technology
integration. Creating 21st century
technology integration workshops
using a blend of Moodle,
hands-on activities, Web 2.0
tools, and traditional staff development.
Learn | Intermediate | K-12
PC Workshop | z $95
3 CPE Hrs
110398 Room 6B
Eight Search Secrets to Think and
Search in Your Classroom
Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Digital Journey
Learn new skills to find, evaluate,
and use information effectively
and ethically. Learn five alternatives
to Google and why they are
better choices for research. Learn
advanced searching techniques.
Learn | Intermediate | All Levels
PC Workshop | z $95
3 CPE Hrs
TUESDAY
8:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
110399 Room 8C
50 Ways to Integrate Social
Media into Your Classroom
Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Digital Journey
Explore the elements of social
bookmarking and networking and
how it integrates into your classroom
for you and your students.
Learn what it is, how it works,
and how to develop instructional
strategies. Society, information,
knowledge, and learning all share
a critical foundational element:
connections.
Learn | All | All Levels
BYOD-Laptop Workshop; PC | z
$50
1.5 CPE Hrs
110854 Room 9B
Social Networking in the
Language Arts Classroom
Shelly Locke, Katy ISD
Web 2.0 and other social networking
tools create online
communities where students can
create content on the web and
collaborate with other students.
This workshop will contain information
on how to integrate Web
2.0 and social networking tools
into the language arts curriculum.
Tools included are PBworks,
Kidblog, Glogster, VoiceThread,
Wallwisher, and Edmodo.
Share | All | Elementary
(PreK-5)
BYOD-Laptop Workshop; PC | z
$50
1.5 CPE Hrs
110804 Room 9A
Immediate Response Required:
Engaging Students with
Technology
Richard Pierce, West Virginia
Teachers require innovative
ways to keep students focused
on learning activities. Developing
strategies that leverage free
web-based tools is one of the
main ways 21st century educators
delineate themselves from educators
stuck in traditional educational
roles. This session will
provide participants with multiple
tools they can use to engage students
in teaching and learning.
No Limits—Technology Beyond Imagination