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1:00 - 2:00   Session 3 - Session Descriptions

**Session Title** : e-Mission Explorations

 * Room**: 102
 * Presenter**: Heather Grimm & Rae Ann Smith, Hempfield School District
 * Description**: Share experience that a sixth grade class had last spring participating in the "Target Moon" e-mission. Learn about preparing for an e-mission of your own and hear what the students thought about theirs!

**Session Title** : Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, in the Intermediate Grades, by the Classroom Teacher.

 * Room**: 103
 * Presenter**: Ed Sykes, Suzi Agne, Mary Stauffer, Judy Sykes - Dayspring Christian Academy
 * Description**: Each teacher will briefly explain & show their project and explain how it enhances or reinforces classroom learning, while teaching the use of technology: Ed Sykes – Overview of program; Suzi Agne – 2nd grade teacher: Utilizing publisher to reinforce Literature; Mary Stauffer- 3rd grade teacher: Utilizing power point to reinforce concepts learned in history class; Judy Sykes – 4th grade teacher: Utilizing excel to enhance a science project

**Session Title** : Interactive, Integrated Projects with Photo Booth

 * Room**: 104
 * Presenter**: Becky Bair and Amanda Grossmann, Elizabethtown Area School District
 * Description**: Using research skills, Kid Pix, and Photo Booth, our students created a culminating project, a travel agency commercial, for our science unit about space. The commercials were posted to class websites, and visitors, using Google docs, were able to vote on their favorite commercial. This integrated project allows students to demonstrate literacy and science standards.

**Session Title** : Everyday SMARTboard: Using technology for classroom management

 * Room**: 106A
 * Presenter**: Andrea Hoglund, Warwick School District
 * Description**: This session will look at ways of using the SMARTboard for everyday activities such as morning work, reading groups and seating charts.

**Session Title** : Interactive Video Conferences Basics with CILC - Video Conference Content Provider & including 2 Video Conferences

 * Room**: 106B
 * Presenter**: Jill Greiner, Manheim Township School District
 * Description**: We will discuss why and how to use interactive video conferences with elementary students. We will explore steps for setting up a collaboarative conference. We will discover how to find interactive video conferences for K-6 using CILC and visit with CILC Provider - Royal Botanical Gardens - @http://www.rbg.ca/. (They have supplied links to the PA Science Standards and will give us a quick overview of those video conferences for k-6 students). We will also visit the Milwaukee Public Museum - @http://www.mpm.edu where we can "explore natural and cultural history in an exciting videoconference format with the Passport Distance Learning Series."

There will be web sites to explore, TWO video conferences, and a handout booklet of project templates and presentation tips for you to take home.

**Session Title** : Blogs: What, Why, and Where? From Inside the Classroom to the Community

 * Room**: 106C
 * Presenter**: Megan Urban, Penn Manor School District
 * Description**: Blogs are active websites that allow fast content publishing and promote social learning. Teachers in the elementary classroom are using blogs to rapidly create parent information sites, news portals, building websites and content-rich resources. This hands-on workshop will provide participants with the information, tools, and skills to create and maintain a classroom blog.

**Session Title** : Discovery Streaming - Not just videos anymore!

 * Room**: 106D
 * Presenter**: Vicki Reed, Hempfield School District
 * Description**: Discovery Education has recently updated their web interface and also has added many new resources. This workshop will be an overview of Discovery Education streaming site. Remember these videos, photos, speeches and songs can be used in any student project and unlike you-tube legally allows teachers to download the videos. If you have not recently looked at Discovery Education (formerly unitedstreaming) recently, you might be surprised to see what is there.

**Session Title** : CultureGrams : World Cultures resources for your classroom
//**Note:** All IU13 IMS members have access to CultureGrams - so come see what CultureGrams can do for your classroom! //
 * Room**: 106E
 * Presenter**: Mike Chmelewski, ProQuestPro
 * Description**: CultureGrams helps you and your students discover the world with concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations -- from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Local experts document the unique, intimate details of each country's customs, traditions and daily life. And whether it's Iraq, Canada, or Kenya, each CultureGram offers an equality of coverage detailing 25 different aspects of the country and its culture.