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** Session 1** Discover the power of Moodle - your online classroom resource Room: 102 Presenter: Shelby Foster from Penn Manor School District Description: Participants will leave the hands-on workshop with a sound understanding of how to construct an online learning environment. Experience & create an interactive threaded discussion, online glossaries, web based journals & writing activities, online polls, learning survey tools, quiz & lesson modules.

 The Wonderful Wiki Room: 103 Presenter: Dave Hull from ELCO School District Description: A wiki is a web page that can be used and modified by multiple users. There are many ways to use a wiki in order to challenge high-achievers, foster home/school collaboration, or have students create something together during their own down time. They can create a story from the prewriting stage to the final draft, or they can be challenged to create their own thematic web page on a topic of your choice.

**Interactive Boards - Intro**  Room: 105 Presenters: from Polyvision, Promethean, and Smartboard Description: Come learn how an interactive whiteboard enhances the classroom experience!

 Blogging Basics Room: 106a Presenter: Charlie Reisinger from Penn Manor School District Description: Blogs are fast and easy tools designed to quickly publish content on the web. Come discover how blogs can help engage your students and connect with parents. This session will demonstrate the basics of using the Wordpress blogging system to post classroom announcements, upload files, manage blog themes and control access to comments and posting options. Specific elementary classroom blog examples and activities will also be demonstrated.

 Technology Solutions in First Grade Room: 106b Presenters: Christine Ruhl, Melissa Paup, Jennifer Miller and Amy Saporetti from Hempfield School District Description: This session is open to all teachers, but will focus specifically on technology and integrated activities being used in first grade classrooms. The presenters for this session will share how they use technology and then open the floor for participants to share activities happening in their buildings. This is a super session to attend to collaborate with other first grade teachers across the area.

Technology Solutions in Third Grade Room: 106c Presenter: Leslie Morgan and Kay Wenger from Warwick School District; Cheryl Plotner from Hempfield School District; and Brandy Smith from Penn Manor School District Description: This session is open to all teachers, but will focus specifically on technology and integrated activities being used in third grade classrooms. The presenters for this session will share how they use technology and then open the floor for participants to share activities happening in their buildings. This is a super session to attend to collaborate with other third grade teachers across the area.

Google Docs from a Teacher Perspective Room: 107 Presenter: Fred Griffith from Warwick School District Description: This workshop is an overview of Educational Google docs. We'll discuss the pros and cons of GoogleDocs how it differs from other tools. This hands-on workshop will provide lesson ideas, hints and pitfalls to avoid as we explore the implementation from a teacher perspective in a classroom setting.

 iLife 08 - iPhoto Room: 108 (Mac Lab) Presenter: Steve Zalot from Apple Inc. Description: Learn how to use iPhoto to import digital images from your camera or a CD and about image manipulation using the tools built into iPhoto.