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passionate about technology's role in education.
The Mobile Learning Share Fair is over but you can access the resources at the website.
8 - 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 - 9:20 AM Opening Session
Keynote: Chris O’Neal, When Mobile Meets Classroom
Location: Lecture Hall
9:30 - 10:30 AM First Breakouts
Room 116: Top Ten Tips for Helping Teachers Use Mobile Devices
Room 114: Content Specific Apps in Mobile Learning
Room 112: Managing Information on the Go
Room 106: Assessment Using Mobile Device
10:40 - 11:40 AM Second Breakouts
Lecture Hall: Experience Augmented Reality
Room 116: Using Mobile Devices to Support Special Education
Room 114: Not Just Another Gadget: iPods in Theory and Practice
Room 112: Mobile Devices in the Science Classroom
Room 106: Using Mobile Devices for Professional Development
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Lunch and User Groups
1:00 - 2:00 PM Third Breakouts
Room 116: 60 Apps in 60 Minutes
Room 114: Augmented Reality in the Elementary Reading Program
Room 112: Mobile Learning in the Social Studies Classroom
Room 106: Implementing Mobile Devices at the Division Level
2:10 - 2:30 PM Closing Session
Experience Augmented Reality
Matt Dunleavy, Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Radford University
The story-based, participatory augmented reality games developed by the Radford Outdoor Augmented Reality team are played on Apple iPhones and Android-based smartphones and use GPS technology to correlate the students’ real world location to their virtual location in the game’s digital world.
Top Ten Tips for Helping Teachers Use Mobile Devices
Charles Randolph, Arlington ITRT
This session will provide tips and techniques for working with teachers who are learning how to integrate mobile devices in their classrooms. Learn from an instructional technology resource teacher who has been offering support to teachers in the iPad pilot project.
Using Mobile Devices for Professional Development
Diane Reed, CaseNEX & Tim Stahmer, Fairfax County Public Schools
Just because you’re not at school, doesn’t mean your learning has to stop. Join us to look at some options and ideas for professional development on your mobile device, including CaseNEX. CaseNEX, founded at the University of Virginia, uses case studies to prepare educators for the demands they face, featuring video and other materials that can be accessed from anywhere you have a connection. CaseNEX case studies will be available for download for session participants
Sixty Apps in Sixty Minutes
Tim Owens, Longwood University
Come prepared for a rapid-fire demo of 60 of the best iPad applications for the classroom! From 3D brains to Google Earth we’ve got all content areas covered.
Implementing Mobile Devices at the Division Level
Peter Martin, Goochland County
Successful integration requires extensive support from all levels. This session will focus on the lessons learned from a division-level administrator and discusses tips and techniques for implementing ipods.
Mobile Learning in the Social Studies Classroom
Renita Williams, Chris Chappell and Mary Norris
Learn how to bring the Social Studies Curriculum to life using the iPad. In this session, participants will learn how to implement the iPad in a social studies classroom, what apps are available for use that encourages collaboration, creativity, and innovation, and specifically how to teach a lesson using the iPad.
Content Specific Apps in Mobile Learning
Brian Brown, eSkills Learning
In this session, we will exchange ideas on Content Specific Apps in Mobile Learning. The market is flooded with a large number of apps labeled education. How do we locate good Content Specific Apps? This is a hands on session looking at real time app examples in reading comprehension and social studies in addition to those presented by the group. This generation of student learners is often referred to as “Digital Natives”. We cannot rely on our traditional teaching methods. We need to “meet these students where they are.” The digital generation.
Not Just Another Gadget, iPods in Theory and Practice
Arram Dreyer, Menchville High School
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the theory and the reality of using ipods in a High School classroom. Topics will include technical information about buying, downloading, and searching for apps; general learning theories and practices about using ipods in the classroom; ideas for integration of the iPod with sol curriculums; classroom management with iPods; and demonstrations of specific apps. The presenter has used iPods for over a year in 9th grade average geography, 10th grade honors world history, and 12th grade international relations.
Managing Information on the Go
Tim Stahmer, Fairfax County Public Schools
New data doesn’t stop flowing just because you’re away from your computer. In this session we’ll look at a few very powerful tools to help you quickly scan, gather, organize, and share information from almost any mobile device. Some are free, the rest very inexpensive, and all link with any other web-connected device. But don’t just take my ideas, bring your suggestions for better mobile information management.
Mixing it up! Kindles, iPods and SmartBoards in the Science classroom
Vicki Fawcett-Adams, Staunton Public Schools
Keep students moving, thinking and learning with technology they crave, using Kindles, iPods and Smartboards. This tested method encourages collaboration, problem solving and student self-assessment for an imaginative teacher!
Using Mobile Devices to Support Special Education
Camilla Gaglioglo
The iPad is changing the learning landscape for students with special needs. The built-in accessibility features of the iPad along with the instant access to thousands of educational apps, provides an adaptable learning environment for learners with significant learning challenges. This session will feature the assistive technology features built into the iPad, including a free screen reader and screen magnification, and the plethora of apps that provide differentiated learning opportunities and low-cost alternatives to communication devices.
Agumented Reality in the Elementary Reading Program
Chad Schnell, Logical Choice Technologies
Assessment Using Mobile Devices
Stewart Smith, SMART Technologies & Colette Retrosi, Street and Company
Assessment is a critical part of today’s classroom. This session will focus on how mobile devices can be used to assess students and collect data to help inform instruction.
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