OVERVIEW
Kathy has presented at conferences and workshops all over the world. Below is a list of workshops she can offer your school, group, or association. In addition, she will work with you to develop whatever specialized presentation you would like in the areas of information literacy, educational technology, or technology gadgets! A handout with additional information can be found here. In additon, here is a list of Kathy's upcming presentations.
Contact her via e-mail at kathy@kathyschrock.net or phone at 508-240-1319.
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS (1 hour)
- Connecting Your Classroom to the Future: Predictions and Predicaments
- This presentation takes a look at technological predictions and predicaments that have informed the direction of current instruction, and ponders a few questions about teaching for the future. How can teachers design curriculum that embeds technology in a meaningful way? What tools should the classroom technology toolbox contain? What are the management strategies to facilitate this connected classroom?
- R.I.P.: Respect for Intellectual Property
- The right of the creator to protect their intellectual property is not "dead". With the advent of tools that allow ripping, burning, mashing, and editing, there is a lot of confusion as to what can be done with content found online in support of teaching and learning. This presentation takes a common-sense look at how educators can both mentor and teach respect for intellectual property as part of the research process and project-based learning.
- Cure What Ails You: A Dose of Twitter for Every Day of the Year
- This session will review the basics of Twitter, talk a bit about the etiquette of Twitter, and explore hundreds of ideas of how Twitter can be used to expand the participants' personal learning networks and also be used to support the instructional process.
- Score: Winning Strategies to Conquer Information Overload
- This presentation will provide tips, tricks, and resources to help educators manage their information flow. The discussion will include coverage of both hardware suggestions and Web-based applications that can streamline this process and will allow time for questions and audience contributions at the end.
- Shedding Light on Web 2.0
- Web 2.0 is all the rage! Take an enlightening journey through useful (and fun) online tools to help you grow both personally and professionally! Explore the capabilities of how these emerging tools can support professional development and learning for educators. Over thirty cool tools to support teaching and learning will be covered and participants will be ready to try them out on their own!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
- Communicate, Collaborate, Compose, Create, and Contribute:
Utilizing Web 2.0 Tools to Broaden Your Personal Learning Network
- This hands-on workshop will provide participants with solutions for expanding their professional learning network, allow them to understand the power of collaboration to support professional development, and provide them with the knowledge-base to make connections between using these tools for their own learning and using them for support of student instruction. (1/2 or whole day)
- The Computer as a Door
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Learning about online tools and then having immediate hands-on practice with them in a pedagogically-sound exercise is what drives this successful workshop. Understanding the importance of educational technology to support teaching and learning can be looked at in many different ways. After a short overview of online collaborative tools and utilities, participants will have a change to utilize these collaborative tools to reflect on several short videos. Each participant will be assigned a role (parent, teacher, student, etc.) and will view and respond to the videos through the eyes of their role as well as create their own PSA.
- Google Sites to Support Teaching and Learning
- This workshop will provide participants with an extensive overview of the types of tools available in Google Sites, as well as provide guided practice as each participant sets up their own Google Site. Ideas for their use will be brainstormed and shared with the group. (1/2 day)
You can print out a PDF version of this list here to share with colleagues and committees!
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