Recommended+Sessions

All the details can be found on the official conference web site - http://www.etech.ohio.gov/conference/

 * Full program and schedule
 * Online scheduling tool so you can pre-select the sessions you want from the massive # of session available, and print "your schedule"
 * Über-geeks can also export vCal files to Palm Desktop to sync with their Palm Pilots (instructions)

General Suggestions:

 * Sessions are walk-in, no sign up required
 * Some sessions fill up, I always have 2 or 3 picked for any given time, so if one is overflowing I can go to my second choice.
 * Also, if one is rather lame, I can go to my second choice ;) Or third...
 * I try to be polite and quiet when entering/exiting sessions already in progress,
 * but never feel compelled to stay in a session if I discover it's not what I expected!
 * There are usually multiple things happening all at the same time:
 * sessions
 * displays by students and teachers
 * panel sessions
 * vendor / exhibitor hall
 * video conference sessions
 * Many sessions have their presentation resources posted in the Online Planner - you can download these later so you don't have to worry about writing down every word in their PowerPoint presentation!
 * That being said - Take Notes! You'll never remember all that stuff if you don't!

RECOMMENDATIONS:

 * Outreach staff may wish to consider the Assistive Technologies sessions
 * Puritas Middle, Old Brooklyn Middle and Westpark Middle should DEFINITELY look for sessions on:
 * 1:1 (or 1-to-1) or Anytime-Anywhere Learning - these are about Laptops for Every Student programs, which is what we plan to implement with your schools' Walton Foundation Grants,
 * Attend The Keynote Sessions!
 * there are no other "sessions" scheduled during keynotes, though the vendor hall and displays are still active
 * last year the keynote speakers were REALLY good!
 * There are several sessions on wikis - get ideas on how to use THIS site for your own classroom! (Did you know you are on the wiki right now?)
 * Leave yourself some time to cruise through the vendor/exhibitor hall at least once or twice - it's huge. I usually go in there during the few times when there are no sessions I'm particularly interested in attending.
 * Relax & have fun, the conference can be exhausting because there's so much to see, so much to learn, so much //walking around!//

I'm tellin' ya - this conference is HUGE!**
 * I looked through the Concurrent Sessions section for each day, and came up with this massive list of my personal preferences, and this isn't even looking at Exhibitor Sessions, Panel Sessions, Displays, Video Conferences...

At any rate, // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM // Presenter: // Harms, David - Penta County // Location: // D230-D232 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM // Presenter: // Thompson, Laurie - Van Wert City SD // Location: // D234 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM // Presenter: // Fischer, Melissa - Central Crossing High // Location: // C214-C215 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Arter, Marie - Central Catholic High // Location: // D233 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Atchison, Christopher - eTech Ohio // Location: // C110-C111 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Dodson, Carol // Location: // D131 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Cooper, Tessa // Location: // C212 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM // Presenter: // Myers, Marv - eTech Ohio // Location: // C110-C111 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM // Presenter: // Menzie, Janice - Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior Hi // Location: // C216 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM // Presenter: // Case, John - Ohio Hi-Point // Location: // C226 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM // Presenter: // Short, Andy - Roy E Holmes Elementary School // Location: // C212 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM // Presenter: // Serim, Ferdi // Location: // D131 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM // Presenter: // Schinker, John - Brecksville-Broadview Heights // Location: // D233 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM // Presenter: // davis, gerry - Northwest Ohio Educ. Technology Foundation (NWOET) // Location: // C120-C122 ||  || // Date/Time: // Monday, February 04, 2008 > 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM // Presenter: // Thonnings, Kurt - Parkside Elementary School (Westlake CSD) // Location: // C213 ||
 * Here are my initial interests for Monday, I have selected 15 of the possible 98 sessions, there's no way I'll get to all 15!**
 * |||| My Schedule ||
 * || [|Integrating Wikis into Academic Classrooms]
 * || [|Public Relations and the Technology Assistant]
 * || [|Wiki Wiki--Wow! My Students Can Do That Using a Wiki!]
 * || [|1:1 Laptop Initiative--One Connected Community]
 * || [|Helping Individual School Districts Succeed with Specialized Professional Development]
 * || [|Reaching the Standards with ORC Resources]
 * || [|Using Games in the Second Life Virtual World for Real World Middle School Science Education]
 * || [|Community Schools--What eTech Ohio Can Do for you]
 * || [|How to Design an Educational Website that will be Used--What to Consider]
 * || [|One-to-One Laptop Computing Roundtable]
 * || [|Using Wikispaces in the Language Arts Classroom]
 * || [|Seeking the Seal: Aligning a 21st Century Skills Course with NETS-S]
 * || [|Take Charge of your Professional Development]
 * || [|Tech Things your Students Know and you Don't--and How to Use Them in your Teaching]
 * || [|The Care and Feeding of Innovation]

And, like some kind of psycho, I want to see all 18 of these on Tuesday:
// Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM // Presenter: // Myles, Peggy Treece - Lucas Educ Srv Ctr // Location: // C216 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 08:00 AM - 08:45 AM // Presenter: // Carman, Chris - Roosevelt High School // Location: // C214-C215 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Luscre, Anthony - Mogadore Local SD // Location: // C216 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Curts, Eric - North Canton City SD // Location: // C214-C215 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Gasser, Rob - Trinity Lutheran Elem // Location: // D230-D232 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM // Presenter: // Franklin, Teresa // Location: // C220-C222 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM // Presenter: // Stewart, Jana - West Branch High School // Location: // C213 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM // Presenter: // Hoeppner, Stephanie - Clermont Northeastern High Sch // Location: // C210-C211 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM // Presenter: // Wallace, Tamara - Wilson Vance Elementary School // Location: // D132 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM // Presenter: // Barker, Christy - Studebaker Middle School // Location: // C214-C215 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM // Presenter: // Geitgey, Gayle - Urbana City SD // Location: // C220-C222 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM // Presenter: // ALAZAUS, SHAWN Mr. - West Branch High School // Location: // C213 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM // Presenter: // Brueck, Kimberly - Green Local SD // Location: // C223-C225 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM // Presenter: // Pomeroy, Keith - Olentangy Local SD // Location: // D230-D232 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM // Presenter: // Serim, Ferdi // Location: // D131 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM // Presenter: // Marik, Mindy - Preble-Shawnee Local SD // Location: // D130 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM // Presenter: // Schmiesing, Charles - Northwest Ohio Area Computer Services Cooperative - NOACSC // Location: // C210-C211 ||  || // Date/Time: // Tuesday, February 05, 2008 > 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM // Presenter: // Rogers, David - Kleckner Elementary School // Location: // C216 ||
 * || [|Not One Without the Other: Technology Standards Within the Core Content Standards]
 * || [|Screencasting: Make your Presentations Do the Talking]
 * || [|Planning & Preparing Successful Technology Training: Session Design, Training Materials & Presenting]
 * || [|Podcast Creation for You and Your Students]
 * || [|Teaching Using a Computer Lab--It's Still Important!]
 * || [|The Impact of Second Life on Classroom Learning]
 * || [|Integrating Technology Resources into the Science Classroom]
 * || [|Teaching Computer Science/Technology for FREE]
 * || [|The Well-Balanced Technology Diet]
 * || [|Using Digital Media to Capture Learners and Enhance Learning]
 * || [|How Information Literate are you? INFOhio and 21st Century Learning]
 * || [|Integrating Technology into the Math Classroom]
 * || [|New Literacies for Early Elementary: Web 2.0 Tools to Support Literacy]
 * || [|Portal on a Budget--One District's Journey]
 * || [|Nailing Digital Jelly to a Virtual Tree: Tracking Emerging Technologies]
 * || [|Walk-throughs--Problem Solved]
 * || [|What Technology Coordinators Need to Know About INFOhio to Make Life Easier]
 * || [|Guiding Teachers through Technology Growth]


 * Just looking at those tired me out! I'll leave Wednesday for later...**