Below are details of last year's IETC 2012 Conference. This page will be updated with 2013 information at a later date.
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PRE-CONFERENCE FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS - Wed., Nov. 28, 2012
GENERAL CONFERENCE DAYS - Thurs., Nov. 29 and Fri., Nov. 30, 2012
Below is a list of IETC 2012 General Conference sessions.
You may view the IETC 2012 program booklet, program booklet changes and an updated schedule here.
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 General Conference Concurrent Sessions:
| 1st Half: Rethinking the Role - The District's Technology Leader / 2nd Half: IL-CTO Meeting (2 hours) |
| 5 Sure Strategies, Using the TI-84 to Boost Student
Performance on the Math Portion of the EXPLORE/ACT (2 hours) (Canceled 11/28/12) |
| 50 in 50 |
| Amazing (photographic) stuff I can do with my iPad/iPhone! (2 hours) |
| Arts & Education Exchange: Bringing the arts to every Illinois student |
| Bridging the Learning Gap with iAuthor |
| Bronze Sponsor Session: Windows in the Classroom: Windows 8 and More (2 hours) |
| Calculate and Search Real Data Using Wolfram Alpha |
| Come One; Come Small: "Apptivities" for Small Groups |
| Computer-based Geometric and Generative Art: A Fusion of Art, Math, and Computer Science |
| Content Specific Apps for Mobile Learning and More (2 hours) |
| Create Videos that Inspire with Movie Maker |
| Digital Differentiation (2 hours) |
| Digital Literacy in an ELA Curriculum Review |
| DIY Technology and Low Cost Alternatives |
| Education 2.0 with 1:1 Learning |
| Elevate Education with Edmodo |
| Enhancing Mathematics Instruction and Connecting to CCSSM in 1 to 1 Classrooms (2 hours) |
| Extreme Makeover: Revolutionize Student Projects with Free Web-based Resources |
| Facilitating Meaningful Online Discussions |
| Featured Presentation: A Conversation with Gary Stager |
| Featured Presentation: How Tinkering, the Maker Culture and Reality TV are Transforming Learning |
| Featured Presentation: Keep It Clean! |
| Featured Presentation: So I Have Firefox...Now What? |
| Featured Presentation: Websites I Found So You Don't Need To |
| Featured Presentation: You Get What You Pay For? |
| From Apps to Application - Part 1 |
| From Egg to Flight |
| From Mediocre to Magnificent: Transforming a Library to a Media Center and Beyond |
| Get Snapping with QR Codes |
| Going Digital - Digital Portfolios With Elementary Students |
| Going Google In Your School |
| Gold Sponsor Session: Engaging Learners with SMART Notebook 11 |
| Gold Sponsor Session: Thinking of Flipping your Classroom? |
| Gold Sponsor Session: What Does it Mean to be Media Literate in the 21st Century? |
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New add to program booklet 11/28/12: Google Apps -- The Basics (And More!) Google Earth, GPS and Educational Mapping |
| Hoverboards and Economics in Virtual Worlds Elementary Education |
| How long does it REALLY take to build a one to one program? |
| Hyperstudio5 for Midwestern 5th Graders |
| IlliniCloud Updates - State of the Art Computing for K-12 |
| Illinois Veterans' and Community Story Portal |
| Introducing Meraki Systems Manager: Manage Your PCs and Macs from the Cloud! |
| iMovie in an iPad Classroom |
| Integrating Project Based Technology in the Content Area |
| Integrating Technology into the Daily Five |
| iPad Basics, Tips & Tricks for Everyone (2 hours) |
| iPads in 6th Grade Science |
| iPads in the Classroom |
| Just Connect! |
| LEARN with a Strong PLN |
| Learning 24/7 |
| Never Miss a Sound |
| O'ER, The Land of the Free |
| Planning for Online or Blended Learning |
| Preserve Your Sanity: Purposeful Online Discussions to Avoid Instructor and Student Burnout |
| Retrograde to Prograde, Document Management |
| Screencast Before You Flip - Tips and Tricks for Making Your Own Instruction Videos |
| Screenr: Record & Replay the Action on Your Desktop |
| Silver Sponsor Session: Intel's Learning Series, Open Source Teaching Tools, and Grant Resources and Tips |
| Silver Sponsor Session: Protecting Data as the Data Center Evolves from Physical to Virtual to Cloud |
| SMART Boards, Video, and Student Learning |
| STEM in the High School Science and Math Classrooms |
| Strengthening The CORE: Technology Meets PBL |
| Student Led IEP's: Process and Student Example |
| Student Response Systems (2 hours) |
| Tap the Screen: Technology Integration in Our Students' Lives |
| Teacher Toolbox for Connected Learning |
| Technology of the Common Core (2 hours) |
| The Evernote Workflow (2 hours) |
| The Future of Education: Experiences from the Flipped Classroom |
| There's an App for That! Mobile Device Possibilities |
| Tips and Tricks for More Exciting SMART Board Lessons |
| Using the Arts in the Common Core |
| Vendor: Adobe and Education - A Partnership for the Future |
| Vendor: Cloud-based NETWORKING - A real discussion and comparison |
| Vendor: Flipping, Blending and 1:1'ing with Canvas |
| Vendor: Friends, Buddies, and Followers: Connecting Teachers and Students |
| Vendor: Inspire Literacy through Innovation-iLit |
| Vendor: Keyboarding Online--Real Skills! NO Hunting & Pecking! |
| Vendor: Managing 1-to-1 Computing Data Chaos |
| Vendor: Open Records Law Session |
| Vendor: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
| We've got the HOTS for iPads (2 hours) |
| Webquests How and Why |
Thursday's Poster Sessions, 10:35am-11:15am:
| Adopting a PBL Approach in a STEM Course |
| An In-Depth Look at Natural Disasters Around the World |
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Desktop Virtualization - Seeing is Believing Digital Yearbook 2012-2013 |
| Documentaries and the Red Carpet |
| Edmodo in the Classroom |
| Engaging Students Digitally |
| iDiscover the World with iTourWrist |
| Let's Talk About Math: Blogging Common Core |
| Problem-Based Learning in the 1:1 Classroom |
| Sandburg Elementary Student News Team |
| Sometimes You've Got to Flip It |
| The Way Clark County Worked Oral History Project |
| Using GPS in Local History |
| Using Web 2.0 to Improve Instruction |
| Websites and Wikis for Wellness |
Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 General Conference Concurrent Sessions:
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A SMARTer Way to Assess your Students New add to program booklet 11/9/12: A Tale of a School and their Androids |
| A Technology Adventure with Cool Tools |
| Assessing how SMART your Students are with Smart
Response (canceled 11/9/12) |
| BrainPOP Jr. - From Novice to Pro |
| Bring Your Data Into FOCUS! |
| Bronze Sponsor Session Make Mobile Device Management Easy; Keep Mobile Device Use Safe and Effective |
| Build Your Own Prezi |
| Common Core Research the "Easy" Way |
| Create, Collaborate and Innovate with iPads |
| Creating Animation For Teaching and Learning (2 hours) |
| Creating Online Portfolios and Journals in an Algebra Class (2 hours) |
| Creative Collaborations: Inspiration, Interactive Learning Experiences and Digital Special Collections (2 hours) |
| Desktop Virtualization Made Easy! |
| Edmodo - Teaching and Learning Through A Social Network |
| Eliminate the Walls of Your Classroom: Virtual field trip ideas and resources |
| Featured Presentation: Dare to Believe: Problem Based Learning with ICTs (Prezi Presentation) |
| Featured Presentation: Movies, Screencasts, and Presentation Zen: Embracing Visual Literacy in Education |
| Featured Presentation: Set the Table for Student Achievement |
| Featured Presentation: The Digital Citizenship Project |
| Featured Presentation: Wings and Webs: Transforming Our Teaching Through Social Media |
| For Pete's Sake! |
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From Apps to Application - Part 2 New add to program booklet 11/9/12: Getting (to) the HOTS With Student Response Systems |
| Gone Google! |
| Google Spreadsheets and Forms |
| Greenscreen Magic |
| Hallway Heroes! Student Created Anti-Bullying Project |
| Hidden Treasures in Google Spreadsheets and Forms |
| I Can iPad Year 2 - More knowledge, more power! |
| IBL + HOTS with Social Networking = Building 21st Century |
| iPad iCompose iPlay (2 hours) |
| iPad Integration: How to Enhance and Expand Student Learning |
| Let Your Students Voices be Heard Around the World |
| Let's Play Math |
| Loving Livebinders |
| Making Sense of the NETS |
| Managing and Acquiring eBooks |
| Me and my iPad: How I use my iPad to be a more productive and effective teacher |
| Mobile Styled Web Pages |
| Moodle Soup for Chickens |
| My Principal gave me a cart of devices and I am scared to death...HELP! |
| Not Everybody Has an iPad - What apps can everybody use to support special education? |
| O'ER The Land of the Free: Make Your Classroom Available Anytime, Anywhere (2 hours) |
| Objective Focused Technology Integration |
| Phone System/PBX |
| Prezi: An Advanced Tool for Teacher/Student Presentation |
| Professional Development in a 1:1 District |
| Read, Write, Play! (Canceled 11/9/12) |
| Reading with the iPad in a High School Special Education Class |
| Stay Connected and Engaged with Schoology |
| Strategic Planning and Accountability: Toolbox for Illinois Educators (2 hours) |
| Teaching Common Core with the Library of Congress (2 hours) |
| Teaching with Digital Cameras |
| Technology & FedEx Days |
| Technology Icebreakers |
| The "Techno" Teacher |
| The Moon Over Us |
| The One iPad Classroom |
| The Presence of Computer Language in the Modern School and Economy |
| Third Graders Have iPads, Now What? |
| Utilizing Schooltube and YouTube in the Classroom to Enhance Curriculum and Showcase Student Work |
| Vendor: Aruba Networks 'Wireless to Support One-to-One Programs' |
| Vendor: Classroom Instruction Empowered Through Easy to Use Common Core Assessment |
| Vendor: Elevate Your Content: Using Schoology to Digitalize, Align, and Engage |
| Vendor: Internet Filtering for Mobile Device Programs |
| Vendor: One-to-One 101: What you need to know before you invest |
| Vendor: Reading for Meaning-Fluently |
| Vendor: We Are Watching You |
| What's New in Moodle 2 |
| What's with the QR code? |
| Your iPad is not Alcatraz, you can break it out of jail |
IETC 2012 presenter handouts are posted on the IETC Ning.
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