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February 22, 2006 10:22 PM
ITSC
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Palms in the Content Areas
Here is Kerry Clawsons powerpoint for her workshop. Palm PPT 
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February 21, 2006 09:53 AM
Using GPS and GIS in Project-Based Learning Environment
Presented by Lynn Lary
Lynn gave a great inftroduction to Google Earth, a free tool that allows you to view places on the earth and see layers of data superimposed on a map. Google Earth is available at:
http://earth.google.com/
Participants spent time zooming in on the hotel location, their own neighborhoods or schools. The software allows a variety of questions to be answered by looking at different kinds of data.
Click on the GIS, GPS and/or PBL link for more info...
Participants also used the Kangis K12 GIS web site for student data mapping.
http://kangis.org/mapping/sdm/
After the break participants explored the ArcExplorer GIS software, examining local earthquake data from the government. Lynn's Virtual Training Center web site has a great deal of information on GIS resources including tools, training information, lessons and data sources. Check it out at:
http://www.lane.k12.or.us/insttech/vtc/GIS/index.html
Great job, Lynn!
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February 20, 2006 10:57 PM
Document Collaboration with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
Presented by
Ali Hanyalolglu
ali@adobe.com
Acrobat 7.0 Pro can be used for student reports, school board communications, lesson plans, SPED plans, admin forms, parent communications, teacher productivity, and archiving documents. All of those uses might be collaborative processes.
The challenge: how does one make the process of creating and modifying documents into a collaborative one? There are many problems like different operating systems, use of different fonts, how to share to the document (e-mail? Paper copies?) Some software packages like Office have review tools, but they can be rather limited and inconsistent over different platforms.
Adobe Acrobat is a possible answer to this problem. Benefits of Acrobat: reliable, easy way to share files, all review is totally electronic, built-in security. The best workflow for a review cycle is fluid and circular and this is exactly the process allowed by Acrobat.
Ali gave a demonstration of how Acrobat can be used for a lesson plan that needs to be shared. Click the send for review button in Acrobat and choose to send via e-mail or upload to central location (can be opened in a web browser.) Acrobat uses a wizard to prepare file for review and to notify recipients and specify who will receive the comments from those recipients.
Acrobat review tools mimic those of the paper world: sticky notes, spell check, rubber stamps, highlighting, underline, and strike-through, to name a few.
Acrobat has the ability to attach files to reviewed documents, add audio comments, to track comments and to collect all comments into a single file.
For more information visit:
www.adobe.com/education/k12
or view Ali?s blog at
blogs.adobe.com (Look for Acrobat in education)
Note: You need Reader 7 to make use of the review tools.
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SmartBoards and SynchronEyes
Links from Birds of a Feather
EdCompass
SMART Training
Fun Learning to Read
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Animation and Education
United Streaming
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Sunday Ballroom
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Exhibits
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Blogging
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teamtime
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Ballroom
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iPod
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PSU
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Handhelds
Kerry Clawson has many valuable resources and experiences to share from implementing Palms with her students during the last six years. A teacher, mentor and project director Kerry knows how to engage students and teachers in this innovative tool. Her presentation, filled with best practices and links will be uploaded to the OETC website later today. If you are encouraged to implement handhelds in your classroom, yet need rationale to convince your administrators, you must check it out!
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February 19, 2006 07:14 PM
Intelligent eForms in Education
ITSC Adobe Workshop
Intelligent eForms in Education
was presented by Ali Hanyaloglu, Technical Evangelist for Acrobat in Education.
His e-mail address is: ali@adobe.com
Acrobat is for making PDF files ? student reports, school board communications, SPED plans, parent communications, archiving, teacher productivity, administrative forms, lesson plans
Adobe 7.0 Pro allows you to make a form that can be filled out on line with anyone that has Adobe Reader:
Select Tools
Typewriter
Enable typewriter tool in Adobe Reader
This will allow anyone who is using reader to fill in as you would on a typewriter.
There are lots of ways to create fields including fields with a drop down list, totaling with a formula as one would in Excel, create elements that can be reused in another form, write scripting using javascript, fields that can be limited in size or grow as large as needed, digital signature, digital approval, and to upload fields into a database.
Links available on Adobe for K-12 education. Copy of today?s presentation on Adobe website.
http://www.adobe.com/education/k12/acrobat/main.html
Click on Acrobat eForms in Education Presentation
To see the Adobe eForm presentation presented today at OETC.
For additional help:
Go to blogs on Adobe.com for helpful hints.
Our presenter, Ali keeps a blog on the Adobe web site called ?Acrobat in Education Blog?.
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The Way They Learn
The Way They Learn Workshop
Presented by: Cynthia Tobias
Blog by: Sherawn Reberry
Watch for more to come!
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Digital Arts
Digital Arts Workshop
Presented by Diane Woodard (OETC Board Member)
Blog by Mark Freeman (OETC Treasurer)
This blog is for important information, links and other "stuff" presented during this workshop.
Start here for ideas, examples and information:
http://www.sd3.k12.mt.us/staff_pages/tic_toc/workshop/index.htm
For questions or specific information email one of these presenters:
Terri Barclay
terrib@stregis.k12.mt.us
Maureen Jones
mjones@sd3.k12.mt.us
Diane Woodard
diane@sd3.k12.mt.us
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Caching Info!
The ITSC caches have been hidden! There are five of them around the area. We'll give you the coordinates for the first four, and in each of them, you'll find part of the coordinates for the last one.
In each cache, you'll find a ticket -- grab one (and only one, please!), and you can turn in the tickets at the ITSC registration area. At the end of the conference, we'll draw for fabulous prizes!
All caches are 1/1 (easiest difficulty, easiest terrain), and you can do them all on foot from the hotel.
CACHE NUMBER ONE:
N 45 35.052
W 122 34.525
Hint: ba gur srapr fvqr
CACHE NUMBER TWO:
N 45 34.971
W 122 34.563
Hint: lvryq gb gur vil
CACHE NUMBER THREE:
N 45 34.975
W 122 34.434
Hint: pbeare ohfurf
CACHE NUMBER FOUR:
N 45 34.979
W 122 34.378
Hint: cnexvat sbe thrfgf bayl
BONUS CACHE (NUMBER FIVE):
N 45 AA.BBB
W 122 CC.DDD
(You'll find AA, BBB, CC, DDD printed inside caches one through four!)
Hint: fvkgu sebz gur pbeare
You can borrow GPSes from the registration desk as well. Questions? Holler.
How to decode the hint:
Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)
Enjoy!
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Here are a few items
Here are a few items I don't want to forget to tell you!
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February 18, 2006 08:06 AM
Where are you from?
Tell us where you are from! We will be using this data in the GIS workshop on Monday and Tuesday. Believe it or not, but you (yes YOU!) will show up in Google Earth. Click and be counted!
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February 16, 2006 08:57 PM
Geocaching on Monday?
Wondering what we will doing during Monday's afternoon Geocaching session? How will it be different than Sunday evening? Let's just say, Sunday is "talkin' the talk" and Monday is "walkin' the walk." On Monday (from 2:30-4:30) you'll have the opportunity to check out a GPS, learn how to use it, and go out on one (or more!) Geocaches. We will be looking at these nearby caches:
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GIS in Education
This short article is a great overview of how GIS can be used in education. It is intended for the participants in the GIS Workshop...of course all tech loving educators are welcome to take a peek... ;-)
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GIS Session: Google Earth and AEJEE Activity Handouts
Posted just for you straight from Eugene, Oregon. These handouts are for the GIS session. Attached are the PDF and MS Word versions; there is also an Excel template that we will use for a graphing activity.
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Music, Food, Prizes
Join us Monday, 6:00-8:00pm in the Mt. Hood Ballroom. We have a wonderful jazz musical event by the American Music Program. Then prizes such as a Copyboard, laptop, iPod, iTunes and much, much more will be given away... for FREE to those who are present to win! Did I mention there will be food? |
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Menu
A conference that feeds you food and connectivity....You will enjoy:
| Sunday, February 19th | ||
| 4:30-5:30pm | Appetizers | Mt. Hood Lobby |
| Monday, February 20th | ||
| 7:30-8:30am | Continental Breakfast | Mt. Hood Ballroom |
| 10:00-10:30am | Coffee Break | Mt. Hood Lobby |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Cobb Salad Lunch | Mt. Hood Ballroom |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Dessert | Mt. Hood Lobby |
| 6:00-8:00pm | Mexican Fiesta, (no host bar) | Mt. Hood Ballroom |
| Tuesday, February 21st | ||
| 10:00-10:30am | Coffee Break | Mt. Hood Lobby |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Chicken Marsala Lunch | Mt. Hood Ballroom |
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February 15, 2006 07:05 PM
Sheraton
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Sheraton Map
Need to know where to go in the Sheraton? Check out this map.
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