METC 2010: Sessions

Tuesday, Feb. 9: 10:50 - 11:40 AM
The web is continuing to evolve and change and I would like to help people understand what that means for the future of education. We will explore tagging, rss feeds and the semantic web in terms that all of us can understand. The web and technology are finally at a point to truly make a difference for all of us to become "life-long learners".

Tuesday, Feb. 9: 1:00 - 1:50 PM
Expand your PLN with Twitter. Tweet your way to effective technology integration in your classroom. utilize all that Twitter can do for you. Use the search and hashtag features to find/follow your interests. Discover TweetDeck, Plurk, and other clients to more effectively use Twitter while also taking care of your many other teaching tasks. Finally, cruise with Shawn to discover some great Twitter apps and other cool stuff.

Learn how to use all the features of Twitter to improve your knowledge and skills. Shawn's experience with Maine's MLTI 1-to-1 laptop initiative will guarantee that you can leave this session with lots of options to improve your teaching and learning. Don't miss this! BYOL - internet browser needed.

Tuesday, Feb. 9: 2:20 - 3:10 PM
With the advent of the cloud, sharing video online has grown exponentially. See how an Instructional Technology Department developed a program to bring digital video into the classroom. Allowing 21st Century students to enhance their skills, build relationships and collaborate for an authentic audience, the project culminated in a film festival as a celebration and showcase of student work.

Tuesday, Feb. 9: 9:00 - 9:45 AM
Today, literacy goes beyond the ability to read and write. Our students must be able to use web tools to find, analyze, organize, create, and share information. Teachers must know how to use web tools for their personal and professional development and how to implement selected tools to further learning in the classroom. This session will support students and teachers to become literate in their use, production, and analyzing digital texts and mediums.

Tuesday, Feb. 9: 3:25 - 4:15 PM
What if students were not required to buy and read a textbook for class? Instead students would collaboratively research, author and publish a wiki-textbook. This session aims to: (1) describe the characteristics and rationale for using public web-based wiki tools for student research and writing (2) demonstrate instructional textbook assignments.