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Internet@Schools East 2004 — Conference
Program
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| Thursday,
March 11 — Opening Keynote |
The Next New Thing: Create, Communicate, &
Collaborate with Blogs
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Will Richardson,
Supervisor of Instructional Technology, Hunterdon
Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
Weblogs (blogs) offer an innovative way for teachers,
staff, and students to create and publish content
on the Web. This two-way, readwrite Web capability
develops students’ creativity and communication
skills and raises the excitement level of classroom
projects. Supporting technologies like rich site
summary (RSS) add the exciting potential to expand
students’ horizons far beyond your school’s
geographic boundaries. In this stimulating keynote,
learn from Will Richardson, a veteran classroom
teacher and technology supervisor, about using
blogs to enhance your curriculum and challenge
your students. |
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Coffee
Break — Visit the Computers in Libraries Exhibit
Hall
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
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| Internet
Tools & Tips |
Session
S101: Shrink the World with Webcams and E-Mail
10:30 a.m. – 11:15
a.m.
Janet Luch, Adjunct Professor, SUNY New
Paltz, & Sullivan County Community College,
NY
Elizabeth Woodard, School Library
Media Specialist, Norfolk Public Schools, VA
The Internet can deliver knowledge and a global
perspective when you and your students use the
right tools in the right way. In this session,
learn how to find and use Webcams to allow students
to safely visit places and see sites far from
home in real time. Discover cooperative projects
with a global reach, including publishing on the
Net, sharing information about communities, or
conducting scientific experiments. If you are
reluctant to allow student use of e-mail, learn
how you can safely integrate e-mail into lessons
as a tool for primary source research and an efficient
method of class communication and work submission. |
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Session
S102: Multimedia Literacy: Embedding Technology
into Student Projects
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Stephen Abram, President-elect,
Canadian Library Association
What is multimedia literacy? There’s
a lot of hype about applying technology in the service
of learning. Let’s think about what our learners
are actually learning. Are they moving beyond their
teachers and coaches technologically? Do computer
games have a place in their studies? George Lucas
of Star Wars and Industrial Light and Magic fame,
asked: “If students aren’t taught the
language of sound and images, shouldn’t they
be considered as illiterate as if they left college
without being able to read or write?” This
session explores what we think about this forward-looking
topic. |
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Lunch
Break — Visit the Computers In Libraries Exhibit
Hall
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
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| Web
Search Strategies & Resources |
Session
S103: Advanced Web Searching for K-12 Media &
Technology Specialists
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Paul Barron, Library Manager, James
Monroe Center for Graduate & Professional Studies,
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
Learn how to power search using the advanced search
features of Google, and AltaVista, and understand
how to employ Boolean and proximity operators, search
the title field, and limit your results to only
K-12 sites in this fast-paced, intensive presentation.
Move beyond the basics and learn about specialized
search engines that will spark student interest,
including mapped results from the KartOO metasearch,
the Picsearch image search tool, and how to find
audio clips with Singing Fish. |
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Session
S104: Finding Free Education Resources on the Web
for Teachers & Librarians
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Robert Lackie, Assistant Professor-Librarian,
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
As Web coverage and content expands and changes,
it becomes more difficult and time consuming for
teachers and librarians to find accurate, reliable
education sites. This practical session will cover
some highly rated educational directories and portals
that carefully evaluate resources for inclusion
into their collections. Robert Lackie will also
explore an educator’s list of “top ten”
Web sites that can make teaching, learning, and
research easier. Attendees will learn how to find
and select appropriate Web-based educational resources
and how to find invisible Web resources for educational
topics. |
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Session
S105: Primary Sources & the American Memory
Project
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Mary Alice Anderson,
Lead Media Specialist, Winona Area Public Schools,
MN
Gail Petri, Education Resource
Specialist, Library of Congress
The Library of Congress American Memory Collection
is a unique multimedia and text-based collection
of millions of primary source documents representing
diverse aspects of the American experience. Hear
a review of these unique collections and get an
overview of teaching materials and resources for
educators that are on the Learning Page. Discover
how media specialists and teachers can use primary
resources in all curricular areas and how primary
sources can add a higher level of thinking and questioning
to the curriculum. |
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Session
S106: Internet Tactics & Tools: Tapping the
Total Internet
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ran Hock, Principal,
Online Strategies
This session will provide a tactical framework for
incorporating and maximizing the valuable resources
and tools that have been outlined by the other speakers
in this afternoon’s track. Ran Hock will emphasize
the range and breath of alternative Internet resources
and tools that are available to teachers and that
need to be used effectively. Seven general Internet
discovery and utilization tactics will be covered:
going beyond the home page of search engines and
Web sites; going beyond your favorite tools; finding
and using resource guides; going beyond “Web
pages;” developing your own reference collection;
giving and receiving; and establishing the right
balance for using Internet tools and resources. |
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| Friday,
March 12 — Hot Topics for Library Media
Specialists |
Session
S201: Taking Advantage of PDAs and Handhelds in the Media Center
9:00
a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Ann Bell, Library Media Specialist, Camanche
High School, IA
Hand-held computers and PDAs can increase
productivity and information literacy skills—not
a bad thing for media specialists, their media
centers, and their students! In this session,
you’ll learn about a variety of hardware,
software, and peripherals for hand-held computers
that you can press into service. Tips and resources
will help you use these tools with inventory;
collecting, assessing, and analyzing data; doing
online and off-line research; understanding and
using e-books; and using presentation and production
tools. Along the way, you’ll pick up some
great communication and collaboration ideas. This
session will help you meet the National Educational
Technology Standards for Teachers and prepare
students to meet the National Educational Technology
Standards for Students (NETS). |
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Session
S202: Successfully Teaching Research Skills
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger,
Instruction Librarian, Longwood University, &
Jill Wilkinson, Library Media Specialist,
Heritage High School, Newport News, VA
Craig Odle, Library Media Specialist,
Blue Valley Unified School District #229, KS, &
Adjunct Instructor, University of Missouri School
of Information Science and Learning Technologies
You use national and local guidelines to create
information-literate, lifelong learners. But as
your students go off to a university library, do
you wonder, “Are my students prepared to do
research in an academic library?” Join a lively
discussion on how the school LMS and the academic
librarian can bridge the Internet/research knowledge
gap between high school and university students.
Then, for a new twist on information literacy and
research skills, learn about a customized research
process that is “individualized” to
the specific needs of each student. You will also
learn how to do a task analysis of the research
process and how to design an interactive, user-adaptable
Web site. |
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Break
— Visit the Computers in Libraries Exhibit
Hall
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
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Session
S203: Securing the Basics: Simple Strategies to
Increase Information Security Awareness
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Judith Lewandowski, Assistant
Professor of Instructional Technology, Indiana University
South Bend
With the rush to integrate technology throughout
the K-12 curriculum, information security skills
are taking on ever greater importance. You, your
teacher colleagues, and your students need an understanding
of such issues as
the protection of data, programs, and information
stored on disks, networks, hard drives, etc., as
well as the issues of privacy, ethics, and copyright
protection.
Based upon the recommendations of the National Infrastructure
Protection Center, this session will provide you
with a set of proactive, fundamental strategies
to develop information security awareness in both
your teachers and your students. |
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Lunch
Break — Visit the Computers in Libraries Exhibit
Hall
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
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| Curriculum
Currents & Trends |
Session
S204: Helping Them Do It at Home
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Mary Alice Anderson,
Lead Media Specialist, Winona Area Public Schools,
MN
The possibilities of plagiarism and of over-involvement
by parents escalate as an increasing number of our
students have home access to the Internet. Add in
Internet cockiness and misperceptions, and the problems
of home information misuse increase even more. However,
there are many ways media specialists can help students
be successful users of information when doing school
work at home. Learn how to develop curriculum link
collections suitable for your curriculum, how to
help students with note-taking, and suggestions
for communicating with parents. This is a practical
session with ideas you can implement now. |
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Break—Visit
the Computers in Libraries Exhibit Hall
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Session
S205: Web Tools for Curriculum Design & Collaboration
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Debbie Abilock,
Editor of AASL’s Knowledge Quest and Co-Creator
of NoodleTools
Online tools can leverage curriculum collaboration
among teachers and librarians, and strategic use
of simple technology can provoke critical thinking
and authentic, engaged learning among students.
Look in this session at examples of curriculum design
that take advantage of Web tools to achieve these
goals. |
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| Friday,
March 12 — Closing Keynote |
Teaching
with Computers: Curriculum Integration Strategies
that Work
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Ellen Jay, School
Library Media Professional Development Consultant
In the struggle to provide computer access and
training, the most important learning issue of
all—how to use technology to enhance student
thinking and performance—is often ignored.
Our closing keynote speaker will change the way
you think about providing the best learning experiences
for students through integrated use of computers.
Her focus is on recognizing the information-handling
functions of different types of software and designing
assignments that make use of these functions.
She explores curriculum integration strategies
related to four main categories of software: basic
utilities, curriculum-based software, online resources,
and presentation software. |
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