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= Middle School Technology Conference = =November 17, 2009 at IU 13= ===//**Middle School (Grades 6-8) teachers are invited to join us for a day of sharing, exploring, and learning designed just for middle school teachers. Come join your colleagues as they share ways to engage your students with technology-rich lessons and ideas using Moodle, Google Earth, podcasting, student response systems, Discovery Education, videoconferencing, Geocaching, Google docs and more. Product vendors will be demonstrating Polyvision, Promethean and SMART interactive whiteboards.**//===

Agenda for the Day

 * 8:00-8:30 Registration
 * 8:30 - 9:15 Welcome and Keynote Speaker
 * 9:30 - 10:30 Session I (Click here for descriptions)
 * 10:45 - 11:45 Session II (Click here for descriptions)
 * 11:45 - 12:35 Lunch
 * 12:45 - 1:45 Session III (Click here for descriptions)
 * 2:00 - 3:00 Session IV (Click here for descriptions)
 * 3:00 - 3:30 Collaboration Time

Ask an Integrator || == 103 == || == 105 == Touch Tank || ==** 106A **== || ==** 106B **== || ==** 106C **== Video Conferencing || ==** 106D **== || == 106E == |||| ==** 109 **== || 8:30am |||||||||||||||| ** Registration ** ||||  || 9:15am **Keynote** |||||||||||||||||| ** Keynote Jim Gates Change in Education ** || || Ask an Integrator room || Podcasting with iMovie ||  Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART   || The World of Quia - Interactive Lessons in Social Studies, teaching with assessment ||  Integrating a IWB Into Your Lessons Life Science  ||   eMission - //Space Station Alpha//   ||  FLIP and iMovie - Language Arts   ||  GarageBand - "It's Not Just for Music Class!" || //Open Computer Lab access// || in the classroom  ||    Google Docs A Teacher Perspective   ||  Cleveland Museum of Art - Age of Adornment   || Moodle in the Language Arts Classroom || Wonderful World of Wiki's and Words || Study Island: Intervention and Differentiation for All students! (vendor) || conference - How to get started MAGPI || Internet Safety Curriculum || Technology Applications for the instrumental music classroom || //Open Computer Lab access// || District-Focused Time - 3:00 - 3:30pm (network to discuss the day, path forward, etc.) ** || ||  ||   ||
 * || == 102 ==
 * 8:00-
 * 8:30-
 * Session.I 9:30- 10:30am || Ask an Integrator room || Social Studies - Google Earth and Digital Storytelling ||  Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART   ||  <span class="wiki_link">Math - IWB/clickers for form assess  || <span class="wiki_link"> FCS & Tech with Moodle, iMovie, Wiki and more   || <span class="wiki_link"> eMission - //Operation Montserra//   t || <span class="wiki_link"> Sharing the student-built Haiti Wiki   || Adding Pizzazz to Student Projects || //Open Computer Lab access// ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Session.II 10:45 - 11:45am
 * ||  |||||||||||||| =** Lunch 11:45 - 12:35 pm ** = || //Open Computer Lab access// ||
 * Session.III 12:45 - 1:45pm || Ask an Integrator room || Open || <span class="wiki_link"> Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART  || <span class="wiki_link"> Earth Science - Geocaching
 * Session.IV 2:00- 3:00 pm || Ask an Integrator room || Using technology in the foreign language classroom || <span class="wiki_link"> Vendors - Informal - Polyvision, Promethian, SMART  || Earth Science - IWB & Google presentations || Geometers SketchPad - "Bring your own laptop" || Planning a collaborative video

Information Flyer
Registration deadline is Nov 3, 2009

**Location**
[|Directions to the Conference and Training Center]

**Charges**
$50 for IU 13 affiliated districts, $75 for non-IU 13 districts

Sign up in MyLearningPlan - by Nov 3, 2009
Registration for the Middle School Technology Conference will be handled on My Learning Plan. Please use that link to register and follow the directions. (If you have used My Learning Plan before, sign in with your account. If not, click the "I'm a New User" option.)

<span class="wiki_link">[|Click here] to see sessions being presented. Session descriptions are listed on each session page.
During all sessions there will be an Ask the Integrator room available for questions/answers on tech tools for the classroom.

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