INNOVATE 2010
Sparking Conversation
about Learning
in the Digital Age...
Celebrating 5 Years of Service to the North Carolina Independent School Community
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Table of Contents
Conference @ a Glance…………………………. Page 4
Thursday’s 3-Hour Sessions …………………… Page 5
Thursday’s 1.5 Hour Sessions Block A…… Page 6
Thursday’s 1.5 Hour Sessions Block B…… Page 7
Friday’s 1 Hour Sessions Block 1…………… Page 8—9
Friday’s 1 Hour Sessions Block 2…………… Page 10—11
Friday’s 1 Hour Sessions Block 3…………… Page 12
Acknowledgements…………………………………. Page 14
Attendees……………………………………………….. Page 16
Vendor Contact Information……………………… Page 19
Campus | Building Maps….……………………… Page 20
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8:00—9:00 AM
Registration | Continental Breakfast | Vendors Open
10:30—11:30 AM: Featured Session
NCAIS VIRTUAL
10:00—10:30 AM: Break | Vendor Exhibits Open
C onference
@ a Glance
Fine Arts Building
Middle School
9:00—10:00 AM: Session 1 Workshops
11:30—1:00 PM
Un-Conference Lunch | Vendor Exhibits Open
Transition Time (15 min)
1:15—2:15 PM: Session 2 Workshops
Transition Time (15 min)
2:30—3:30 PM: Session 3 Workshops
3:30—4:00 PM: Closing Session
12:00—1:00 PM
Registration | Early Vendor Exhibits Open
2:30—5:45 PM: Hands On Workshop Sessions
3 HOUR Sessions (2:30—5:30)
1.5 HOUR SESSIONS
Session A (2:30—4:00)
Session B ( 4:10—5:40)
2:00—2:30 PM: Break | Vendor Exhibits Open
1:00—2:00 PM: Featured Session
EdTechTalk, 21st Century Learning | LIVE!
5:45—7:30 PM
Traditional North Carolina Pig Pickin
Webtops & the Classroom, Jon Moser, finalsite
SPARKING Innovation Sessions
FRIDAY SCHEDULE
THURSDAY SCHEDULE
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THURSDAY: 3-Hour Sessions (2:30—5:30)
Technology Tools for Literacy (M104) This hands-on workshop will expand teachers’ technology tool belts in the area of everyday classroom use with a focus on literacy. The leaders are a sixth-grade language arts teacher and a technology integration coach. Attendees will get hands-on practice with tools to use with students right away. Specific areas of liter-acy addressed include: reading comprehension, reading fluency, organization, writing skills, editing, and word choice. We’ll also review how these tools can assist teachers in both differentiating instruction and im-proving classroom management. Software tools discussed include: MS Office, Audacity, Jing, WordPress. Websites include: Wordle, Diigo, Animoto, Etherpad and MindMeister. We’ll also look at classroom uses of Google Docs, a category unto itself. Presenters: Sarah Hanawald (Greensboro Day) and Meredith Stewart (Cary Academy) Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Explorer, Power User
Fathom for Middle School Math Teachers (M211) Using Fathom to integrate middle school mathematics and science. The workshop will include Investigations in frog jumping, spaghetti bridges, and factors that affect a pendulum swing. Presenters: Oleg Moiseenko (Duke School) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
Writing Across the Curriculum: Pair Short Fiction with Wikis (M217) Any content-area teacher can easily transform writing instruction into a powerful tool for science and social studies learning. Author Carol Baldwin shows you how to create short fiction as a winning strategy for use beyond the language arts classroom. Her interactive, fun workshop gives you ready-to-use strategies which students love. Be ready to create outside-of-the-box characters and settings, have fun, and learn strategies which you can implement immediately in your classroom. Presenters: Carol Baldwin (Maupin House) | Audience: Grades 6 – 9 | Level: Anyone
Models of Web 2.0 Integration and Collaboration (M218) Explore models and examples of using web 2.0 tools like wikis, blogs, glogster, twitter, and more in the class-room. Discussion will focus on the lesson plans, objectives, and goals of the lessons as well as the outcomes. Time will also be spent working with the tools and finding resources to expand your lessons. Bring some of your own lesson plans to tweak and adjust. We will collaborate to build lesson together. Presenters: Matt Scully (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades 4-12 | Level: Anyone
Innovation & Design Thinking (M219) Design Thinking is an approach for innovation. It is a innovative method for use in the K-12 and university classroom. Design Thinking is a process for creative problem solving that leverages creativity and imagina-tion to problem-based learning. Attendees will learn the design thinking process: Observe, Understand, Cre-ate; techniques for implementation; curriculum integration; uses of technology; evaluation and assessment methods; review successful classroom design thinking programs and projects; and tips and recommenda-tions for successful experiential learning experience that is hands-on and meets individual student needs. This workshop will combine lecture, discussion and hands-on activities. Presenters: Rachel Powers (Northwestern University / VISDE) | Audience: Anyone | Level: Anyone
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THURSDAY: 1.5 Hour Sessions (2:30—4:00) BLOCK A
Stay in Touch: Apple Technology in Education (M109) See the new capabilities of Apple’s exciting Portable and Mobile Technology and it’s use in education. This is a great time to be a student! Technology is making learning more exciting and fun for all learners. Classroom work is no longer confined to the classroom! Students have 24/7 ubiquitous learning by using their computer, iPod, or their iPhone to work where they want or when they want. Apple is at the core of this emerging direc-tion for teaching and learning. The Mac is now the number one computer in schools and on college cam-puses. Join Apple to explore some amazing tools with amazing features.
Presenters: Robb Adams (Apple) | Audience: K-12 | Level: Anyone
Skype in Schools (M111) This session will address ―going global‖ with your students from your own classroom. We will discuss setting up a Skype account, contacting other teachers and schools world-wide, tips for implementation, and ideas for enhancing learning and teaching through this video-conferencing medium. Join us!
Presenters: Kelly Hines (Chocowinity Primary School) | Audience: K – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
A Much Needed Alternative to Moodle (M204) Forsyth Country Day School’s search for a solution to go completely digital with online content required tran-scending commonly known technological avenues. During our exploration, we found that independent schools were similar to us across the country in that they too have been and continue to struggle with provid-ing an online presence for their students in a manageable, consistent, and reliable way. I propose to demon-strate a new LMS that was designed from the ground up to increase efficiency for the digital teacher, allow for simple creation and use of custom and open source content, and to consolidate systems (ie. curriculum map-ping and grade book programs). With this LMS, teachers will have the ability to intelligently map curriculum objectives to content, grade work in an exceptionally fast manner, create custom content with minimal clicks, and find a drag and drop friendly framework to outline their entire course. Administrators will have the flexibil-ity to witness reports that are drawn from the underlying data connected to the course’s assessments. These reports show student performance and allow observations into how well course objectives are satisfied and how responsive faculty members are in responding to students. In this workshop, participants will have the ability to enroll in a fictitious course to witness firsthand how a student and a teacher would use this new al-ternative in learning management systems.
Presenters: Mark Snow (Forsyth Country Day) | Audience: K – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
5 Tools to Know (M208) This interactive workshop will introduce web tools for every educator to know. We’ll explore five tools & gadg-ets – Diigo, RSS feeds, Google Education Edition, Voicethread, and Webspiration. Workshop participants will collaborate on how to use these tools in their schools. We’ll also explore any tools of interest to the crowd. All of our work will be shared on the virtual component of the NCAIS conference.
Presenters: Ernie Cox (St. Timothy’s School) | Audience: Grades K – 12, Administrators | Level: Beginner
Teaching for the Brain: Using Modeling Instruction in the Humanities to Improve Understanding and Retention (M209) Recent developments in brain science have given us the key to better teaching. At this workshop attendees will be introduced to a teaching method called Modeling Instruction, which has been used successfully in the sciences for over ten years to promote better retention and the ability to transfer knowledge to new situations. The visualization of concepts at the center of Modeling Instruction brings about these improvements. Your presenters have adopted this method into two different Humanities disciplines (History and English) and will share their experiences in an interactive session that will include reflections on classroom results and sug-gestions on how to get started in this innovative teaching method.
Presenters: Robert Coven and Carole Hamilton (Cary Academy) | Audience: 9 – 12 | Level: Anyone
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THURSDAY: 1.5 Hour Sessions (4:15—5:45) BLOCK B
Stay in Touch: Apple Technology in Education (M109) See the new capabilities of Apple’s exciting Portable and Mobile Technology and it’s use in education. This is a great time to be a student! Technology is making learning more exciting and fun for all learners. Classroom work is no longer confined to the classroom! Students have 24/7 ubiquitous learning by using their computer, iPod, or their iPhone to work where they want or when they want. Apple is at the core of this emerging direc-tion for teaching and learning. The Mac is now the number one computer in schools and on college cam-
puses. Join Apple to explore some amazing tools with amazing features.
Presenters: Robb Adams (Apple) | Audience: K-12 | Level: Anyone
How OneNote Changed My Life (M111) This session is designed to share my journey from tablet novice to in-house OneNote evangelist. When I re-ceived my tablet, I felt sure that it could help me integrate the personal connections with students that I value with the infinite capabilities of a laptop. But how? Stylus-based input combined with the organizational and synching capabilities of OneNote has completely transformed how my classroom functions and how I teach and interact with my students. OneNote helps unorganized teachers and students alike to keep themselves
organized and buys class time that would ordinarily be spent printing, copying, or emailing for instruction.
Presenters: Laura Drewicz Ewing (Greensboro Day) | Audience: 6 – 12 | Level: Beginner
Using Prezi to Present your Research (M204) Are you tired of PowerPoint? Ready to think outside the slide? With Prezi, a Flash-Based presentation pro-gram, you get a blank canvas to make that presentation with pizzazz. After a brief discussion of how we’ve used it with our Upper School Composition Classes, including lesson plans and a rubric, you’ll spend the rest of the time working on your own Prezi on the topic of your choice. Bring your laptop and we’ll create your free
account and get to work!
Presenters: Elise Thrash (Ravenscroft School) | Audience: K – 12 | Level: Anyone
CSI Technology (M209) Collaborate, Share, Infuse: TECHNOLOGY Looking for more ways to integrate technology into your K-5 classroom? Looking for new ways to share and collaborate?
WELL…we’ve got an ―APP‖ for all that!
Join us for a dazzling, fun-filled, creative session for using web tools, digital resources, and more to inte-
grate technology into your classroom.
Presenters: Cindy Fordham and Sherri Ausbon (Ravenscroft School) | Audience: K – 5 | Level: Anyone
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Innovating with Google Maps and Earth for Project Based Learning (M104) Have you used Google Maps for personal purposes? Are now ready to take it to the next level with your stu-dents? In this workshop, participants will learn how to leverage Google Maps and Earth to develop interesting and exciting project based learning in the discipline of their choice. Though many may initially recognize the possibilities of Google Maps/Earth in Science and Math, actually it lends itself quite well to English/Language Arts. This will be a hands-on, working session with collaboration and innovation at its core. At the end of the workshop, participants will walk away with a product that can be used in their classrooms. Laptops are re-quired for this workshop. The workshop will have the greatest benefit to teachers with access to a computer
cart, or a lab, or those in a 1:1 – ubiquitous computing environment.
Presenters: Joselyn Todd (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Beginner, Explorer, Power User
Why Using the World Wide Web Rocks! (M109) This workshop will highlight three innovative ways to make use of the Internet in a way that is meaningful and personal for students–the use of Class Press, Twitter, and Wetpaint in the classroom setting. The first portion of the presentation will focus on using the Class Press website for blogging. This is a wonderful website de-signed especially for classroom use. Students are constantly expressing themselves online through Twitter and Facebook, so why not give them a forum that combines something they enjoy with something that they are learning? A small focus will be on how to use Twitter to communicate with students and parents. Teachers can now ―tweet‖ about upcoming due dates or special events in their classrooms. Twitter is a great way to keep parents informed and to keep students on top of their assignments. Finally, I will focus on creating stu-dent Wiki pages using the Wetpaint site. Wiki pages are not only a great way for students to display their work electronically, but they also can serve as electronic portfolios, which can be used on college applications.
While the examples given will be from Spanish courses, these sites have many curricular uses.
Presenters: Estelle Bowden (Greensboro Day) | Audience: Grades 6-12 | Level: Anyone
Teaching Old Tech New Tricks (M111) This interactive workshop will help teachers rethink their use of technology by demonstrating a different way of utilizing power point. Participants will experience a ―silent power point,‖ which will enable a more thought-ful consideration of other common technologies. The workshop will not only provide a new power point tech-nique, but also a new way of thinking about all of the technology we use as educators. Anyone interested in
being more intentional and creative about their tech should attend.
Presenters: Ryan Welsh (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades 9 – 12 | Level: Anyone
Tearing Down Walls: Extending the Science Classroom (M208) Come discuss how use of social media tools like wikis, blogs, and Skype can extend the impact of what goes inside and outside of a science classroom. The presenter will provide examples of each type of project, and
lead a discussion of pros and cons of each.
Presenters: Derrick Willard (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades 9 – 12 | Level: Explorer
FRIDAY: 1 Hour Sessions (9:00—10:00) Block 1
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Smart Boards in the Upper Grades: Do More with Less (M217) Classroom technologies have been transforming education throughout the past decade. Almost none have been more paramount to increasing student achievement and teacher satisfaction simultaneously than the Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard. Come learn how teachers are utilizing Smart Notebook Software to do
more with less, including:
-educational research supporting the impact of Smartboards in classrooms
-how students today are different from previous generations
-how we can meet the needs of these diverse, changing learners
-numerous examples demonstrating how Notebook software allows teachers to do more with less, including
differentiation, visual/auditory representation, interactivity, classroom assessment, and more!
Presenters: Kyle Schutt and Amy Mills (Clark-Powell)
Audience: Grades 6-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
Student Motivation & New Forms of Instruction (M218) Studies from the Max Planck Institute and Daniel Pink’s latest book, Drive, explore new ideas regarding what motivates us. I believe if we combine these new ideas about motivation with innovative instructional practice, we can create new learning environments that inspire 21st century critical thinkers. This session will share
these ideas and call on attendees to collaborate to generate new ideas to use in the classroom.
Presenters: Matt Scully (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades K-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
Student Blogs: Not Just for English Class! (M223) Students can use blogs to post and share ideas about any sort of work – text, images, audio, video, im-ages, etc. Band Director Eric Grush will demonstrate how his students have used their blogs to post re-cordings of themselves (creating an audio portfolio) and have collaborated to share feedback on how indi-
viduals, sections, the entire class, and even the teacher can improve and grow.
Presenters: Eric Grush (Cary Academy) | Audience: K – 12 | Level: Anyone
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FRIDAY: 1 Hour Sessions (1:15—2:15) Block 2
The Success Story of the Eco-Chicos: How a Student-Led Environmental Club Uses Technology to Ignite Change (M104) All it took was one student. The Eco-Chicos, a middle school environmental group at Carolina Friends School, started three years ago with one student reading one book about the environment. Since then, over thirty-five students have joined the Eco-Chicos; they are involved in a highly-successful campaign to reduce, reuse and recycle across campus. Using electronic newsletters, short videos and Keynote presentations, they have shared their story and have inspired others to get involved in on-going eco-projects, such as an annual recy-cling fair, ―Trash-Free Tuesdays‖ in the Middle School, a campus-wide recycling program with Terracycle, and a designer-recycled-bag sale. Come meet the Eco-Chicos and see how they effectively use technology to in-
spire others and to get everyone in the school community involved in exciting environmental projects.
Presenters: Mig Little Hayes & Members of the Eco-Chicos (Carolina Friends)
Audience: Grades K – 12 | Level: Anyone
Digital Poetry: First Steps of Digital Storytelling (M204) This session will examine ―digital poetry‖ as a means to ease students into the world of digital storytelling. Projects created by third and fourth grade students from original poetry will be shared and participants will
brainstorm ideas for their own students.
Presenters: Lisa Carboni (Carolina Friends) | Audience: Grades K-5 | Level: Explorer
Extravaganzas! Instructional and Tech Planning for Success (M209) If you are planning to do interdisciplinary or cross grade level tech projects with your students, this is the ses-sion for you! Learn how we’ve implemented a Global Issues Forum, a Culture Fair, a Virtual Science Fair and a French Fair with Middle School Faculty and Students. The key to a successful extravaganza is planning. Faculty, Instructional Techs and the Network Services and Support Manager work together to plan, organize and configure all that is needed to help students produce meaningful projects that will dazzle administrators and parents alike! These are primarily Middle School projects, but the process can be applied to projects for
any grade level.
Presenters: Kathleen Christopher, Gary Duggan, and Gerald Pinkerton (Ravenscroft School)
Audience: Grades K-12 | Level: Anyone
24/7 Math Teacher with a Happy Family at Home (M217) Interactive Discussion. How I use my smartboard and a wiki to provide students, parents, and even tutors ac-cess to classroom notes and information 24/7. Participants will be invited to share their own communication
strategies.
Presenters: Cheryl Love (Greensboro Day) | Audience: Grades 6 – 9 | Level: Explorer
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FRIDAY: 1 Hour Sessions (1:15—2:15) Block 2
Alternative to Traditional Professional Development (M218) If you too know that the old model isn’t working any longer, and if you’re looking for a professional develop-ment experience that blends the best of Web 2.0 tools with a commitment to long-term, job-embedded learn-ing, we invite you to consider joining a Powerful Learning Practice Carolina Cohort now being formed for the
2010-11 school year.
Led by co-founders Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson, over 3,000 teachers in PLP cohorts from across the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia have already learned how to move both their personal and professional learning practice forward to embrace the great opportunities that social online learning tools
have created. This year, we’re looking for 1,500 more teachers to join us.
Powerful Learning Practice offers what no other PD experience out there does: a blend of face to face and online interaction over a 7-8 month period led by a collection of the most experienced, passionate educators in the field. And we do it not by delivering a course but by creating a community — a community of educator
learners who support each others’ efforts to improve their own practice throughout.
Presenters: Matt Scully (Providence Day) | Audience: Anyone | Level: Anyone
Teaching Empathy, Creativity, and Professionalism in the Digital Age: Creating Nonprofit Organizations in Applied Technology Class (M219) How do we get students to think and care about other people, animals, and the environment when they spend so much time interacting with a screen? How do we teach them to present themselves professionally when they so frequently communicate in ―Textese‖? Recently, I rewrote my ninth grade Applied Technology cur-riculum hoping to achieve both of these objectives. In this new curriculum, students spend the entire semes-ter creating mock nonprofit organizations. They first study local and national nonprofits and make microloans through Kiva.org. Then they choose a cause, develop a mission statement, organizational name, slogan, and logo. They go on to create detailed budgets and graphs, marketing materials, and fundraising presentations. The course culminates in a Final Exhibition where each nonprofit founder presents their organization in an
attempt to convince visitors to ―donate‖ to their cause.
In this session, I will discuss what the students gained from the experience as well as what I learned (some of
it very unexpected!) and there will be plenty of time for questions
Presenters: Jean Pendleton (Charleston Collegiate) | Audience: Grades 6-12 | Level: Anyone
Finding your Voice with Social Media (M223) This session is not going to spend an hour trying to convince you social media is important. The case for so-cial media has been made many times before. The goal of this session is to explore the process of building
your own social media practice.
We’ll focus on 3 things - Understanding Social Media Etiquette Building Online Conversations
Finding the Right Medium for You
If you haven’t already it’s our hope that this discussion will help motivate you to wade deeper in to these wa-
ters.
Presenters: Travis Warren (Whipple Hill) | Audience: Grades K-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
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FRIDAY: 1 Hour Sessions (2:30—3:30) Block 3
Technology Tool belt for Foreign Language Teachers (M109) This session will explore how technology can enhance and facilitate foreign language teaching and learning. Participants will be introduced to a select technology tools for both teachers and students of foreign lan-
guages. We will explore the use of OneNote, Audacity, Adobe Premier Elements, and Web 2.0 applications.
Presenters: Margit Lanze and Ming-An Lee (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Anyone
Using MS OneNote in 1-1 Learning Environments (M111) This presentation will provide an introduction to MS OneNote and explain practical applications for educators and their students. We will focus on organization for both the student and teacher, streamlining assessment collection, evaluation, and return, and collaboration among students and faculty. Examples of specific ways
in which OneNote has been used will be provided by the presenters.
Presenters: Kara Caccuitto and Palmer Seeley (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Anyone
Finding a Place for Learning: The Learning Commons (M208) What learning experiences & conditions do students need to be prepared for the rapidly changing information ecology of today? What role do teachers have in creating new learning environments? We will explore these questions and many others as we peer into the learning commons – a physical and digital space for innova-tive teaching and learning. Be prepared to tear down walls, rethink roles and responsibilities, rearrange furni-
ture and labs, and open up digital access.
Presenters: Ernie Cox (St. Timothy’s) | Audience: Grades K-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
Why Statistics, not Calculus, should be the Pinnacle of High School Mathematics (M211) This presentation will explore how changes in the workplace, society and media have shifted the importance of mathematics education from Calculus to Statistics. Through applications JMP statistical software, partici-pants will see how technology enables this transformation by bringing real data analysis to classrooms, previ-
ously constrained by the limitations of graphing calculators.
Presenters: Simon King (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 9 – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone
Creative Sound Design for Theatre (M219) This will be an exploration in the use of music and sound effects in staged performances. As part of this en-deavor we will present work from two previous shows and our class production scheduled later this semester. We will deal primarily with finding and editing appropriate materials in order to enhance dramatic effect. This
workshop will not deal with acoustics of theatrical spaces or microphone issues.
Presenters: Jason Sharp, Russell Vacanti, and Angela Santucci (Ravenscroft School)
Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Beginner, Explorer
Twitter 201: Tools and Tips for Making the Most of Twitter (M223) Nash Haywood of Silverpoint discusses tools and tips for making the most of Twitter. Discussion will include background on the how and why of the social network, best practices, demos of tools such as desktop and mobile clients, plug-ins, and widgets, and Twitter communities such as user directories and Twitter-based
sites.
Presenters: Nash Haywood (Silverpoint.NET) | Audience: Anyone | Level: Anyone
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NCAIS IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING
VENDORS FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP OF
NCAIS INNOVATE 2010
finalsite
Session Sponsor
Webtops and the Classroom
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WhippleHill, Inc.
Session Sponsor
Finding Your Voice with Social Media
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Thursday Evening Social: North Carolina Pig Pickin’
Breakfast Sponsor
SecurEdge Networks
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Lunch Sponsor
Presentation Sponsors
Clark-Powell
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Smart Boards in the Upper Grades: Do More with Less
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Silverpoint.NET
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Twitter 201: Tools and Tips for Making the Most of Twitter
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Attendees
Allen Catherine The Oakwood School Teacher
Andrews Terry Westchester Country Day School Director of Technology
Attwood Bo Carolina Day School, Asheville Chief Technology Coordinator
Ausbon Sherri Ravenscroft School Presenter
Austin Fred The Oakwood School Technology Director
Baldwin Carol Maupin House Presenter
Bates-Glass Lisa New Garden Friends School Technology Specialist
Battle Henry (Hank) Forsyth Country Day School Headmaster
Belk Louisa Myrtle Grove Christian School Technology Director
Bordone Wanda Fayetteville Academy Teacher
Bowden Estelle Greensboro Day School Presenter
Bowman David Forsyth Country Day School Director of Development
Brooks Ellen Olson Fayetteville Academy Teacher
Broshar David Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher
Burne Tom Duke School IT Director
Butler Alice Harrells Christian Academy Teacher
Caccuitto Kara Cary Academy Presenter
Carboni Lisa Carolina Friends School Presenter
Carlson Justin The Hill Center Director of Technology
Christopher Kathleen Ravenscroft School Presenter
Cook Rebecca Cape Fear Academy Teacher
Corpening Christina Central Academy at Lake Park Teacher
Coven Robert Cary Academy Presenter
Cox Ernie St. Timothy's School Presenter
Creasy Rose Marie Reserrection Lutheran School Admissions/Development Director
Cusick Danielle Davidson Day School Teacher
Daniels Peggy Carolina Day School, Asheville Middle School Principal
Deans Bryan Greenfield School Director of Information Technology
Drewicz Ewing Laura Greensboro Day School Presenter
Duggan Gary Ravenscroft School Presenter
Dunbar Beth Greensboro Day School Teacher
Ennis David St. David's School Director of Technology
Ferriter Bill Salem Middle School Presenter
Flowers Harriet Fayetteville Academy Teacher
Flythe Kevin Greenfield School Director of Media Center
Fordham Cynthia Ravenscroft School Presenter
Gamblin Barbara Cardinal Gibbons High School Teacher
Ganjehsani Rebecca Fayetteville Academy Teacher
Gebbia Cindy Forsyth Country Day School Lower School Technology Specialist
Goldberg Steve Cary Academy Teacher
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Attendees
Grover Avrind Hewitt School Presenter
Grush Eric Cary Academy Presenter
Guillory Sharon Carolina Friends School Director of Technology
Hamilton Carole Cary Academy Presenter
Hanawald Sarah Greensboro Day School Presenter
Harmon Sherrie New Garden Friends School Teacher
Hayes Mig Carolina Friends School Presenter
Himburg Eric Cary Academy Teacher
Hines Kelly Chocowinity Primary School Presenter
Howes Carolyn New Garden Friends School Teacher
Hughes Susan Guilford Day School Teacher
Huskins Julia Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher
Inman Meg Fayetteville Academy Teacher
Ippolito Carol LearningRx of Cary Cognitive Skills Trainer
Jenkins Marti Cary Academy Head of Middle School
King Simon Cary Academy Presenter
Kuhn Andy Burlington Day School Teacher
Lanze Margit Cary Academy Presenter
Lee Ming-An Cary Academy Presenter
Lopez-Larios Maria Fayetteville Academy Teacher
Love Cheryl Greensboro Day School Presenter
Luck Lauren New Garden Friends School Teacher
Martin Pat Cary Academy Teacher
McCauley Daniel Christ School Director of Technology
McGilvary Nancy Carolina Friends School School Secretary
McGuigan Mitch Cary Academy Head of Upper School
Midgett Pattie New Garden Friends School Director of Information Technology
Moiseenko Oleg Duke School Presenter
Morris Sam Cary Academy Instructional Technology/US Math
Mueller Thomas Saint Mary's School Dean of Faculty
Nelson Dora Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher
Noronha Mechelle Burlington Day School Science Department Head
Payne Maura New Garden Friends School Teacher
Pellechia Fred Trinity Episcopal School IT Director
Pelton Gary St. David's School Technology Coordinator
Pendleton Jean Charleston Collegiate School Presenter
Pinkerton Gerald Ravenscroft School Presenter
Powers Rachel Northwestern University/Visde Presenter
Proctor Barbara Cape Fear Academy Teacher
Pyeatt Sandy Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher
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Attendees
Ramsden Jason Ravenscroft School Chief Technology Officer
Richardson Michael Charlotte Latin School Director of Technology
Rodriguez Vargas Sylvia Saint Mary's School Associate Head & Dean of Academics
Roland Libby Carolina Day School, Asheville LS Technology
Rose James Carolina Friends School Teacher
Russell Gwen Westchester Country Day School Media & Technology Director
Sabatini Barbara Cape Fear Academy Technology
Sanders Laura Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill Director of Information Technology
Santucci Angela Ravenscroft School Presenter
Scully Matt Providence Day School Presenter
Seeley Palmer Cary Academy Presenter
Sepke Jessica Saint Mary's School Director of Technology and IS
Sharp Jason Ravenscroft School Presenter
Shegog Don Forsyth Country Day School Middle School Technology Specialist
Similton Mildred Central Academy at Lake Park Assistant Head of School
Smith Dana Greensboro Day School Director of Technology
Smith Kim Charlotte Latin School Middle School and Head Librarian
Smith Nelly Charlotte Latin School Middle School Foreign Language
Smith Debi Fayetteville Academy Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Snow Mark Forsyth Country Day School Presenter
Springfield Erin Charlotte Country Day School Director of Technology
Stewart Meredith Cary Academy Presenter
Strag Renee High Point Christian Academy Teacher
Tarses Mallory Cape Fear Academy Teacher
Telkamp Mick The Montessori School of Raleigh Director of Technology
Thrash Elise Ravenscroft School Presenter
Todd Joselyn Cary Academy Presenter
Tomlin Lewis Greenfield School Information Technology
Tuggle Deb Westchester Country Day School Technology Coordinator
Turner Anna Blackbaud Product Manager
Usey Ann New Garden Friends School Teacher
Vacanti Russell Ravenscroft School Presenter
Viglino Jennifer Hammond School Teacher
Walker Joan Carolina Friends School Teacher
Welsh Ryan Providence Day School Presenter
Wilkinson Brian Duke School Technology Integration Specialist
Willard Derrick Providence Day School Presenter
Williams Diana Saint Mary's School Library Director
Williams Leslie Cary Academy Teacher
Winslow Katie Palisades Episcopal School Teacher
Wood Keith Forsyth Country Day School Director of Information Technology
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Robb Adams
K12 Account Executive, North Carolina
919.819.2767
Cisco
Elyce Williams
North Carolina Public Sector Consultant
919.392.6202
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Kyle Schutt, Education Consultant
336.760.4932
Epson
Amy Erber
Account Manager, Commercial Sales—East
404.627.1784
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Rob DiMartino, Director of Business Development
860.289.3507 x115
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Les Crenshaw, Regional Sales Mgr
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Kristin Whitaker
919.462.1215
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215.297.5480
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757.450.3784
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Philip Wegner, President
704.688.9355
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704.543.4770
Silverpoint.NET
Angelo Otterbein, President
410.243.1926
SMART Technologies
Shayla Rexrode, Education Consultant
704.458.9056
Snowman Software
Leslie Johnson
888.918.4384 x4019
Breuer & Co. / Veracross
Jeremy Anderson, Director of Sales & Marketing
781.303.1119
WhippleHill Communications
Dara Taylor, Business Development Coordinator
603.669.5979 x3250
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Skip Stokes
919.806.1009
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Ramsden Jason Ravenscroft School Chief Technology Officer
Richardson Michael Charlotte Latin School Director of Technology
Rodriguez Vargas Sylvia Saint Mary's School Associate Head & Dean of Academics
Roland Libby Carolina Day School, Asheville LS Technology
Rose James Carolina Friends School Teacher
Russell Gwen Westchester Country Day School Media & Technology Director
Sabatini Barbara Cape Fear Academy Technology
Sanders Laura Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill Director of Information Technology
Santucci Angela Ravenscroft School Presenter
Scully Matt Providence Day School Presenter
Seeley Palmer Cary Academy Presenter
Sepke Jessica Saint Mary's School Director of Technology and IS
Sharp Jason Ravenscroft School Presenter
Shegog Don Forsyth Country Day School Middle School Technology Specialist
Similton Mildred Central Academy at Lake Park Assistant Head of School
Smith Dana Greensboro Day School Director of Technology
Smith Kim Charlotte Latin School Middle School and Head Librarian
Smith Nelly Charlotte Latin School Middle School Foreign Language
Smith Debi Fayetteville Academy Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Snow Mark Forsyth Country Day School Presenter
Springfield Erin Charlotte Country Day School Director of Technology
Stewart Meredith Cary Academy Presenter
Strag Renee High Point Christian Academy Teacher
Tarses Mallory Cape Fear Academy Teacher
Telkamp Mick The Montessori School of Raleigh Director of Technology
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Todd Joselyn Cary Academy Presenter
Tomlin Lewis Greenfield School Information Technology
Tuggle Deb Westchester Country Day School Technology Coordinator
Turner Anna Blackbaud Product Manager
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Vacanti Russell Ravenscroft School Presenter
Viglino Jennifer Hammond School Teacher
Walker Joan Carolina Friends School Teacher
Welsh Ryan Providence Day School Presenter
Wilkinson Brian Duke School Technology Integration Specialist
Willard Derrick Providence Day School Presenter
Williams Diana Saint Mary's School Library Director
Williams Leslie Cary Academy Teacher
Winslow Katie Palisades Episcopal School Teacher
Wood Keith Forsyth Country Day School Director of Information Technology
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