Monday, February 13, 2006 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Session 1
Growing Videoconferencing Beyond Grants Interested in increasing your teacher's interest and use of videoconferencing? Join us as we share a proven and successful model for professional development. The Lorain County Distance Learning Consortium actively has over 150 teachers using IVDL & conducted approximately one thousand videoconferences during the 2004/2005 school year.
Presenter: Miller, Dave Lorain County DLCLocation: E150
Monday, February 13, 2006 (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM) Session 2
Expanding the Walls of the Classroom through a Portable Satellite Dish Through the use of portable videoconferencing technology, students can break down the walls of their classroom by bringing rich, real world experiences to their education. Learn how this technology can be used to enhance your teaching as well.
Presenter: Vincent, Jim SPARRCLocation: E150
Monday, February 13, 2006 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) Session 3
Researchers Wanted: Distance Learning at the Alaska SeaLife Center Why are Steller sea lions declining? Researchers at the Alaska SeaLife Center need your help to find out. Using hands-on, research-based, multimedia interactive videoconferencing, students will visit and work in Alaska to help solve some of our most pressing environmental and scientific problems. We will have animal "guests" and mimic real scientific work being done at the SeaLife Center.
Presenter: Simon, Rachel Alaska SeaLife CenterLocation: E150
Monday, February 13, 2006 (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM) Session 4
Medical Investigations: Connecting Health and Science to Promote Wellness Using gross facts, fun games and intriguing demonstrations, HealthSpace Cleveland IVDL programs engage students in thoughtful discussions and activities that encourage them to make informed decisions that prevent disease, promote wellness and foster academic success. Learn about standards-based programs from HealthSpace that tie in with school curriculum and give your students knowledge for life.
Presenter: Bills, Thomas HealthSpace ClevelandLocation: E150
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Session 1
Student Created Standards-Based Math Lessons The best way to learn a subject is to teach it. Following this adage, middle school students have been creating standards-based math lessons to teach to their peers. This session will focus on content delivery via direct teaching and video distance learning. Learn how to develop this type of lesson in your own setting. Students will connect via IVDL to showcase their created lessons and materials.
Presenter: Garton, Steve Trumbull County ESCLocation: E150
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM) Session 2
COSI Columbus--In Depth: Autopsy See a real autopsy! Conference attendees will join a COSI multipoint videoconference with student participants. Join students for a truly memorable learning experience asking questions and interacting with a forensic pathologist while watching a taped autopsy. Onsite COSI team members will answer questions about the program, kit materials and program registration. WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT
Presenter: Wheatley, Gail COSI ColumbusLocation: E150
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM) Session 3
High School Trigonometry via Distance Learning...It Really Can Work! LIVE IVDL class session from Bluffton, Ohio! See how one teacher's desire to re-energize a trigonometry lesson, developed into a yearly IVDL session for a high school trigonometry class. This session is an example of using IVDL to import a guest instructor who presents a role-playing excersise that requires students to apply trigonometry formulas to reach a critical decision.
Presenter: Baker, Melvin Bluffton MSLocation: E150
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM) Session 4
Out of this World without Leaving Class Learn how the Challenger Learning Center (CLC) simulation Moon, Mars, and Beyond turn students into active problem-solvers. Elementary students assume the roles of scientists within three specialist teams: Transmission Team, Navigation Team or Cargo Team. The students are assigned to one of five outer planet teams during the distance-learning videoconference.
Presenter: Shia, Jackie Challenger Learning CenterLocation: E150
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) Session 1
Middle School Math Magic Discover the ways content providers of University Circle Interactive, Cleveland (UCIC) embed mathematical challenges in their videoconferencing. Math challenges through distance learning programs can be captivating and fun for students. Math standards are aligned to in many UCIC programs--from measuring and drawing portraits to understanding how automobiles work to calculating your caloric intake.
Presenter: Kreisman, Sandy UCIC Location: E150
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM) Session 2
Hola, Amigos: A Primary Language and Culture Exchange With Mexico This session will demonstrate the integration of technology with foreign language, English language arts and social studies through an interactive culture and language exchange. A kindergarten class in East Liverpool will connect to their friends at Instituto Thomas Jefferson to share their pilot model lessons and demonstrate the effectiveness of videoconferencing for student learning.
Presenter: Straub, Carol Ed.S Columbiana County ESCLocation: E150
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (12:30 PM - 1:30 PM) Session 3
Chapters: A Collaborative Online and Videoconference Writing Project Chapters is a collaborative web-based and videoconference writing activity. Come see three second grade classes present via videoconference a chapter book that they collaboratively wrote online using the Chapters website. Participants will be entertained by this learning activity and will be given guidelines on how to implement a Chapters project or join the existing project.
Presenter: Mohr, Kathy NOECALocation: E150
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) Session 4
Sliding Across the Curriculum: Electronically Bringing Baseball Education to Students Experience how technology can be a vital part of your curriculum using the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's standards based videoconference programs.
Presenter: Faria, Samantha Baseball Hall of FameLocation: E150
