ConferenceSchedule


 * __ Day 1 Sessions __**** __[[image:child_reaching.jpg width="214" height="194" align="right"]]

Beginning SMART Board__ **
 * // This session is designed for teachers who have little or no experience using a SMART Board. //** Learn the basics of using SMART Board software to integrate and enhance classroom curriculum. Participants will learn how to set up a SMART Board, find lessons and resources on the internet, and how to use the basic features of SMART Notebook software to begin creating SMART Board lessons.

__** Beginning SMART Slate/AirLiner **__ **// This session is designed for teachers who have little or no experience using an AirLiner (now called the SMART Slate.) If you are familiar with SMART Notebook software, it is suggested you take the intermediate or advanced class in the morning, and take the AirLiner at a Glance session in the afternoon. //** Learn the basics of using the AirLiner to integrate and enhance classroom curriculum. Participants will learn how to set up an AirLiner, find lessons and resources on the internet, and how to use the basic features of SMART Notebook software to begin creating AirLiner lessons.

__** Intermediate SMART Board **__ **// This session is designed for teachers who feel fairly comfortable with the basics of using a SMART Board and Notebook software and are ready to learn some new tricks and tips. AirLiner users are also welcome as the focus of this session will be applicable to AirLiner as well. //**You will learn some of the new features available in SMART Notebook software such as the Lesson Activity Toolkit, magic pen, layering and grouping, graphics, ink aware, and much more.


 * __ Advanced SMART Board __**
 * // This session is designed for teachers who feel very comfortable using the SMART Board and Notebook software and who are ready to learn some new ways to jazz up lessons. AirLiner users are also welcome as the focus of this session will be applicable to AirLiner. //**You will learn advanced features of SMART Notebook software, how to utilize the SMART Video Player with United Streaming videos, locate additional free software that will enhance the use of the SMART Board/AirLiner and much more.

__** SMART Response Clickers (formerly called Senteo) **__ **// This session is designed for teachers who have little or no experience using SMART Response clickers. //**Want to learn how to utilize SMART Response clickers in your classroom to engage learners and get the feedback you need as a teacher? Then come to this session to see how easy it is with SMART Response. SMART Response software is integrated right in SMART Notebook (the same software used with SMART Boards.)

__**//Xtreme//**__ **__SMART Board – Take the SMART Board Challenge__ // This session is designed for advanced Notebook users who are ready to take technology and instruction to the next level. //**Participants will work with advanced features of Notebook software and learn techniques for incorporating these features into engaging lessons. Participants will be shown a variety of Notebook activities and will be challenged to replicate them.

__Day 2 Sessions__
• Teaching Elementary Math with the SMART Board • Online Resources for the SMART Classroom • What’s New in Notebook 10.6 • SMART Slate (AirLiners) at a Glance • Overview of the Lesson Activity Toolkit ‐ Elem • Multiply Engagement with SMART’s New Math Tools • Interactive Lecture‐Literacy and Paperless Practice • SMART Notebook Lesson Planning with Rigor and Relevance • Integrating SMART with Pre‐K ‐ 1st || **10:00‐11:15 Breakout Session 2** • Teaching Secondary Math with the SMART Board • Online Resources for the SMART Classroom • What’s New in Notebook 10.6 • SMART Sync Software • Overview of the Lesson Activity Toolkit ‐ Secondary • SMART Response Clickers at a Glance • Clicking in Special Education • Everyday SMART • Effective and Easy Notebook Activities for Grades K‐2 • Teach When You're Not There With Your SMART Board • The SMART Classroom || • Teaching Elementary Math with the SMART Board • Online Resources for the SMART Classroom • What’s New in Notebook 10.6 • SMART Slate (AirLiners) at a Glance • Overview of the Lesson Activity Toolkit ‐ Elem • Multiply Engagement with SMART’s New Math Tools • SMART Notebook Lesson Planning with Rigor and Relevance • SMART Board Physical Activity Lessons • Energize It! || **2:10‐3:25 Breakout Session 4** • Teaching Secondary Math with the SMART Board • Online Resources for the SMART Classroom • SMART Sync Software • Reinforcing Literacy Skills using the SMART Board • SMART Response Clickers at a Glance • Using SMART Technology in the ESOL Classroom • Everyday SMART • Effective and Easy Notebook Activities for Grades K‐2 • Put A Video Where Your Lesson Goes • The SMART Classroom ||
 * **8:30‐9:45 Breakout Session 1**
 * **12:40‐1:55 Breakout Session 3**

__**Day 2 Session Descriptions**__
__**Clicking in Special Education**__ Presenter: Kathy Gann Teaching students with special needs is challenging. I provide options for increasing active teaching and learning for all students. Infusing SMART Response into any classroom will benefit students who struggle with reading and writing. At the same time, it keeps the most gifted students in your classroom involved as well. Session Type: Presentation Audience: All Breakout: 2

__**Effective and Easy Notebook**__ Activities for Grades K-2 Presenters: Destiny Lorance and Heather Quass During this session participants will have the opportunity to view, share, and create Notebook activities. Bring materials or ideas to develop a lesson in SMART Notebook. Participants are encouraged to bring their own storage device or will be taught how to save projects online. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 2, 4

__**Energize It!**__ Presenter: Judy Smith Breathe new life into old lessons by putting them on the SMART Board. Excite students by having interactive vocabulary practice and skill focus activities and energize yourself with fewer papers to grade. Coupled with clickers, even testing is a breeze! Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 3

__**Everyday SMART**__ Presenter: Debbie Wilks Do you teach the Everyday Math curriculum? This hands-on session will focus on ideas to help you integrate your SMART Board and the tools available in Notebook with the math curriculum. Using Screen Capture, inserting photos, and demonstrating games on the board will be some of the topics covered. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 2, 4

__**Integrating SMART in Pre-K - 1st Grade**__ Presenters: Amanda Amador and Dana Moore This session with be geared for Pre-K - 1st grade to show how to integrate SMART Boards across all content area. Come gets some great ideas from two early childhood teachers who use SMART Boards every day! Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 1

__**Interactive Lecture-Literacy and Paperless Practice**__ Presenter: Veronica Laflin Student Driven Learning and Paperless Practice become easy with SMART Technology. Interactive lessons allow a one-on-one experience while monitoring the whole room. Practice makes perfect; interactive technology allows endless practice without wasting paper. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Middle/High Breakout: 1

__**Multiply Engagement with SMART’s New Math Tools**__ Presenters: Denise VanHorn and Melinda Hunsberger SMART Notebook now offers several new dynamic math tools, such as a shape creator, graph builder and advanced equation editor that will make your lessons more visual, understandable and interactive. Come learn how to use these tools in your classroom! * SMART Math Tools are available for an extra cost. However there is a free 30 day trial that can be used to try out the tools. Session Type: Presentation Audience: Middle/High Breakout: 1, 3

__**Online Resources for the SMART Classroom**__ Presenters: Carrie Lutke and Marianne Olson (session 1) Jennifer Nicholson (sessions 2 & 3) Health Peine and Marianne Olson (session 4) This session will cover the very best resources on the web that will help you to further integrate the SMART Board into your everyday teaching and become connected with other educators. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: All Breakout: 1, 2, 3, 4

__**Overview of the Lesson Activity Toolkit Elem**__ Presenters: Danielle Blount and Adena Connelly In this session, the presenters will show ways in which to spice up your lessons using techniques from the lesson activity toolkit. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 1,3

__**Overview of the Lesson Activity Toolkit Secondary**__ Presenters: Heath Peine and David Maneth In this session, the presenters will show ways in which to spice up your lessons using techniques from the lesson activity toolkit. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Middle/High Breakout: 2

__**Put A Video Where Your Lesson Goes**__ Presenter: David Maneth Tired of written assessments? Have your students create videos illustrating the concepts you want them to master. This session will focus on using SMART Video Recorder to get your students creating video assignments. Step by step instructions will have you ready to dazzle your kids in the fall. Session Type: Presentation Audience: All Breakout: 4

__**Reinforcing Literacy Skills using the SMART Board**__ Presenters: Christy O'Toole and Kristin Ford USD259 Teachers have created interactive and fun Smart Board activities to engage students in learning how to read BIG WORDS! Come and learn the ins and outs of syllabication and take away Smart Board activities that will aide in increasing student fluency. Session Type: Presentation Audience: Elem Breakout: 4

Presenter: Kim Morrissey This session will provide participants with the opportunity to gain information using technology and physical activity to enhance student academic achievement. Participants will learn how to use SMART Board technology in the Physical Education setting as well as incorporating physical activity in the classroom setting. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 3
 * __SMART Board Physical Activity Lessons__**

__**SMART Notebook Lesson Planning with Rigor and Relevance**__ Presenter: Erica Ortiz Tired of paper and pencil lesson plans? Use SMART Technology and your Teacher Editions to create relevant and engaging lessons for your class. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: Elem Breakout: 1,3

__**SMART Response Clickers at a Glance**__ Presenters: Rebecca McIntyre and Mark Walker (sessions 1 & 2) Brandon Bench and Arta Quam (sessions 3 & 4) Want to get an overview of the SMART Response clickers? Come see how easy and fun it is to integrate SMART Response clickers in the classroom. You will get an overview of the clickers and see how powerful they can be for the classroom. Session Type: Presentation Audience: All Breakout: 2, 4

__**SMART Slate (AirLiners) at a Glance**__ Presenters: Jen Osburn and Velma Davis Want to get an overview of the SMART AirLiner (Slate)? An AirLiner is just like a portable SMART Board you hold in your hands! It enables teaching from anywhere and allows students to interact with information from their seats. Come to this session to see how it works with or without a SMART Board. Session Type: Lab Audience: All Breakout: 1, 3

__**SMART Sync Software**__ Presenter: Julia Powell SMART Sync is one of the coolest pieces of software available. SynchronEyes connects a teacher’s computer with every computer in a networked classroom. Learn to communicate, monitor or collaborate with students individually or as a group, so everyone gets the most out of class time. Come see how it works! * All USD 259 middle schools have site licenses to this software. Session Type: Lab Audience: All Breakout: 2, 4

__**Teach When You're Not There With Your SMART Board**__ Presenter: Jakki Wiseman No more busy work when you have to be out of the classroom! Use your the recorder tool on your SMART Board to teach and review content. Your students will be amazed and ask to watch your lesson more than once! You can also link this content to your class website for parents to watch at home. Session Type: Presentation Audience: Elem/Middle Breakout: 2

__**Teaching Elementary Math with the SMART Board**__ Presenter: Harvey Almarode Teachers will observe first hand instruction with SMART Board lessons created by the presenter as well as learning alternative strategies, mental math techniques, and making manipulatives to be used with the SMART Board essons. Session Type: Presentation Audience: Elem Breakout: 1, 3

__**Teaching Secondary Math with the SMART Board**__ Presenter: Harvey Almarode Teachers will observe first hand instruction with SMART Board lessons created by the presenter as well as learning alternative strategies, mental math techniques, and making manipulatives to be used with the SMART Board lessons. Session Type: Presentation Audience: Middle/High Breakout: 2, 4

__**The SMART Classroom**__ Presenter: Tara Mosiman The SMART classroom features engaging ways to integrate and successfully utilize SMART response clickers, SMART board, SMART airliner, and document cameras into everyday lessons. Session Type: Presentation Audience: All Breakout: 2, 4

__**Using SMART Technology in the ESOL Classroom**__ Presenters: Carrie Lutke and Mary Honeck Do you want to motivate and engage your ESOL students? Are you wondering how to reach them with their language and content needs? Come to this session to find creative ways to connect with your ESOL students using SMART Technologies. We will focus on all ESOL students, both in the ESOL classroom and in the regular classroom. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: All Breakout: 4

__**What’s New in Notebook 10.6**__ Presenters: Cammy Todd and Jenny Gridley SMART Notebook 10.6 has some fabulous features that you should be aware of! Come to this session to see what's new and get some exciting ideas on how how these can be used to liven your lessons. Session Type: Bring Your Own Laptop Audience: All Breakout: 1, 2, 3