#ECOO13 Schedule

23-25 October 2013 Scotiabank Convention Centre 6815 Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls, L2G 3Y9

Full up-to-date schedule along with personal schedule planner available on: http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/ Draft: 22 October 13

Registration On site at the conference centre from Tuesday 7pm through Friday Noon

Wireless There is wireless throughout the conference centre. In the interest of maintaining continuous throughput for all, please limit yourself to one connected device. Be a good network neighbour!

The Learning Space at #ecoo13 #oasboict13 The Learning Space is a classroom-like area designed to allow for flexible, organic collaboration and learning. It will be hosted by Ontario educators throughout Thursday and Friday. Come to participate in discussion, get help with a technology or to just listen in. Leave your twitter handle on the doodle wall.

This schedule is a general guideline. The area will be very informal and open.

Topics of discussion will vary and shift often. The Learning Space is located at the back of the vendor hall -- check out the schedule as it grows!

Thursday 24th October, 2013 9:30 - 11:00 am - @flyonthecwall: “Twitter Chatting” 11:00 - 12:00 pm - Scott Kemp: “Innovative Assessment” 12:00 - 1:00 pm - Zoe Branigan-Pipe: “Gaming in Education” 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Rodd Lucier iApp swap meet: “Got ‘em; Need ‘em;Trade ‘em” 2:00 - 3:00 pm - Andrew Campbell: “Corporate influences in Ontario education” 3:00 - 4:00 pm - Jamie Reaburn-Weir: “Work/Life/Technology Balance” Friday 25th October, 2013 9:30 - 10:00 am - Open Collaboration 10:00 - 11:00 am - Open Collaboration 11:00 - 12:00 pm - Kim Gill @Gill_Ville “Planning an EdCamp” 12:00 - 1:00 pm - open collaboration 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Open Collaboration (social going on in vendor hall)

Innovative Initiatives

Room: Exhibit Hall http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

The Innovative Initiatives are a new feature in the exhibition hall this year at #ecoo13. Bring IT, Together #oasboict13. On Thursday, October 24th, we will feature 12 new Startups in the EdTech sector that are part of the education cluster at the MaRS Discovery District ( http://www.marsdd.com ) , each one sharing their idea during an assigned time slot. During the conference you will be asked to vote for your favorite Innovative Initiative.

Stay tuned Friday during the lunch hour when we will announce the People’s Choice Education Innovation. As voted by you!

Innovative Innovators I 9:30am to 11:30am http://lanyrd.com/scqhmd Simcover develops interactive educational simulations for mobile devices so students can enjoy learning science anytime, anywhere. http://www.simcover.com Through our crowdfunding platform, My Class Needs makes it easy to help Canadian students and teachers acquire the resources they need in their classrooms to engage in rich learning opportunities. https://myclassneeds.ca Knowledgehook is a homework designer and learning tool that intrinsically motivates students to master concepts in STEM and other linear disciplines. https://knowledgehook.com

Innovative Innovators II 11:30am to 1:30pm http://lanyrd.com/scqhmf Charity Republic just launched HourRepublic.com, an education application that enables students to track their volunteer and work activities and connect to opportunities in the community straight from their mobile devices. https://www.volunteerhour.com Crowdmark has developed an ultra-scalable web application, with a paper-to-cloud bridge and a marking workflow that streamlines document assessment on a massive scale.

Crowdmark converts grading from a logistical nightmare into an efficient, fun, easy, collaborative, game-like activity https://crowdmark.com Edusight is a web-based classroom management tool for K-12 teachers that saves time on student performance tracking and report generation, provides teachers and parents a fast and easy-to-use 2-way communication channel and captures student performance in a single platform http://www.edusight.com

Innovative Innovators III 1:30pm to 3:30pm http://lanyrd.com/scqhmg WorldVuze is an online platform where K-12 students can share and explore multiple perspectives on any question with other students around the world. http://worldvuze.com Prodigy is a Free Pokemon-style video game aligned to Ontario's Math Curriculum for Grades 1 -6. The 30,000 students using Prodigy are so engaged that they voluntarily spend hours practicing math on evenings and weekends, leading to huge improvements in math confidence and test scores. https://www.prodigygame.com WIGUP.tv is the perfect educational and interactive tool in support of the French-language curriculum for the development of the six 21st Century skills identified by Michael Fullan in 'Great to Excellent', his latest report. https://www.wigup.tv

Innovative Innovators IV 3:30pm to 5:30pm http://lanyrd.com/scqhmh Memarden lets K-12 teachers build interactive lessons in minutes and converts the lessons into games, puzzles and quizzes that will delight students for hours. Teachers can get reports on progress and provide feedback to students and their parents through a built-in social network. http://memarden.com Planboard Planboard is a digital lesson planner that helps teachers easily collaborate and share plans, resources and teaching strategies in private online learning communities.

Just Be Friends™ (jbfKIDS.com) is an interactive, social education platform that connects families and builds community. Our flagship elementary school program, A Million Acts of Friendship celebrates and rewards acts of friendship with special weekly achievement badges for kids, and much-needed resources for schools. https://www.jbfkids.com

Social Events The Conference Committee have an over-arching goal of making this conference the most social and interactive one yet, and the venue in Niagara Falls, Ontario is perfect! We have plans for events that will bring people together for a variety of social purposes: learning, fitness, photography, dining, and more! Check out these wonderful social events.

OASBO ICT Reception, Banquet, and Dance, featuring Comet, with an Open Mic Wednesday at 6:30 – 11:30 pm When was the last time you were absolutely blown away by a live performance? Has it been a while? OASBO ICT invites you to experience the live music of Comet, one of Canada’s own, from London, Ontario. The evening will also feature Open Mic during the band’s breaks. ECOO attendees welcome.

BringITtogether Social & Networking Thursday from 4:00 – 6:00 pm

The ECOO Social is always an awesome opportunity to get together to network with friends, new and old, and catch up on the latest conversations, innovations, and happenings. Enjoy the beverages and finger foods in the company of the other conference attendees. It’s a great time to get together! This event is complimentary with your Thursday registration.

ECOO Dinner & Networking Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30 pm

ECOO is hosting an organized dinner on Thursday evening for conference delegates who would like a group option. Seating is limited to the first 500 attendees. Niagara Falls and the conference hotels also boast many other dining options for those prefer to make their own arrangements.

BIT MineCraft LAN Party Thursday from 8:30 Do zombies and creepers quiver at the sight of your skin? Are your Minecraft builds epic? Do you partake of group expeditions into the wilds of the Survival and Nether worlds? Or maybe you are just intrigued and looking to get started with Minecraft? Join Prax, Gumby, and others from the friendly GamingEDUscommunity for a fun and exciting F2F LAN Party.

Social Events Niagara Falls Night Lights PhotoWalk Thursday from 8:30

Could there be no more photographed place in the world than Niagara Falls? Are you looking to capture some Fallsview memories with your camera, while in the fine company of other colleagues? Join the unique evening photowalk with photography experts Ron Millar and Peter Beens. Bring your cameras, tripods, walking shoes, and photographic eye to join in and capture the beautiful lights and sites of the area.

BIT Jam Session Thursday from 9:00 pm

Music is the universal language. Technology blends nicely with acoustic and natural voices to provide a space for musicians to gather! Join us to make music at our Bring IT, Together Jam Session. Bring IT! — your instrument, your device, and your voice! But join us!

Run Along the Falls Morning Run with Alana Friday morning at 7:00 am

We have a lot of runners in our midst! You are invited to join up with your colleagues for a morning run along the Niagara river, hosted by our very own Alana Callan. Run in a group, run with a buddy, or run on your own! But if you’re running anyway, why not run with us? Walkers welcome, too!

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Keynote : 8:15—9:30

#ecoo13 Thursday Keynote Amber MacArthur @ambermac

Room: Fallsview Theatre http://lanyrd.com/scmxcc

Amber Mac is an entrepreneur, television host, professional speaker, and bestselling author. She co hosts a TV show on CTV/BNN called AppCentral, which airs nationally in Canada, Australia, and South Korea. Amber is a regular contributor on CTV News Channel and has appeared on various other networks, such as CNN. She writes weekly for Fast Company, where she discusses social business, digital productivity, and how to work smarter. Amber has also hosted a number of online video shows for Fast Company, which her digital marketing company produces.

Aside from working as a broadcast professional, Amber is also the author of social media business book, Power Friending (Globe & Mail national bestseller). As the Miami Herald said in their review of the book, “Amber Mac is a virtual Swiss Army Knife of networking: she displays an endless amount of enthusiasm and energy that nearly crackles off the page. More importantly, she demonstrates a deep and practical understanding of the necessity of extending one’s personal and professional presence online.” She has spoken on stage and keynoted more than 200 events worldwide as an exclusive speaker with The Lavin Agency.

Amber started her digital career at Razorfish -San Francisco during the dot-com boom; during this time, she also worked as the director of online marketing at an e -procurement start-up. She began her television career at CBC Charlottetown and eventually spent two years as tech guru Leo Laporte’s co host on G4TechTV, anchoring more than 500 episodes of a popular technology call -in show, Call for Help (among other programs). Amber also worked as CityTV’s first ever New Media Specialist, reporting on digital news and trends (and host of live TV show Webnation).

In the online space, she has spearheaded and co -hosted two successful podcasts, The Social Hour on the popular San Francisco TWiT.tv network and commandN.tv. Both shows have been featured in Wired Magazine and have won a number of podcast awards, and are still in production, reaching approximately 100,000 viewers and listeners a week.

Amber’s company, Konnekt Creative Digital Engagement, launched in 2007 and includes clients such as world renowned speaker Tony Robbins, Rogers, Discovery Channel, Microsoft, Canada Goose, American Dental Association, Genumark, among others. The company specializes in digital marketing, with a keen focus on social media strategy, online video production and distribution, and website design and development.

Image courtesy of http://www.ambermac.com/

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

During all breaks, you are welcome and encouraged to use all the social spaces available to you as well as take time out in the Vender area in Hall A.

Andrew Forgrave @aforgrave aforgrave@gmail.com

Room: 201 http://lanyrd.com/schfkw

Heather Durnin @hdurnin Hastings and Prince Edward DSB 105theHive is a free form live streaming student radio station. Like its big brother, ds106radio, it is being used as an online space where students can broadcast their classroom work live or as a podcast. 105thehive is a 24 hour/7 day -a-week platform where students can share their work with others globally. Learn how students across Canada have been using this space, and how your class can join in the 105thehive community, as a listener and/or a participant. Participants will learn how to tune in, add creations, create bumpers and podcasts and explore a multitude of ways to engaging students in the curriculum via student internet radio. Check us out at 105thehive.org #radio4learning General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TA: 10:00—10:45

105theHive.org K12 Student Internet Radio

Break: 9:30—10:00

Break

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TA: 10:00—10:45

Comment utiliser les médias sociaux dans la classe de FLS Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth sylviaduckworth@rogers.com

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schhyx

Independent School L’animatrice va démontrer aux participants quelques médias sociaux différents qu’on peut utiliser dans la classe de FLS. Elle présentera sa chaîne YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/user/sduc... et expliquer comment développer votre propre chaîne. Elle démontrera aussi comment lancer vos étudiants à bloguer "En français" et comment utiliser Twitter pour communiquer avec les élèves et les parents. Elle expliquera également comment utiliser Twitter pour votre propre développement professionnel.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

WordPress, D2L, OSAPAC: Adventures in Integration

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schdwf

Jared Bennett @mrjarbenne jared.bennett@hwdsb.on.ca Tim Kivell Thomas Ro Paul Hatala Hamilton Wentworth District School Board

This session will explore the steps taken by the HWDSB 21st Century Learning team to create a single point of entry, integrating board and ministry provisioned tools and resources, including Desire2Learn, a WordPress Multisite blogging platform, and a BuddyPress Social Networking layer. Implementation, adoption, and system support benefits will be explored, along with the steps necessary to implement a similar platform.

General

The Little Blog that Could: Blogging as 21st Century Pedagogical Documentation and Professional Learning

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schqbp

Joanne Babalis @joanne_babalis joanne.babalis@yrdsb.edu.on.ca Julie Ham York Region District School Board Participants are invited to engage in a professional dialogue about how a Full -Day Early Learning-Kindergarten team made their thinking and learning visible through their blog "Transforming our Learning Environment into a Space of Possibilities." This 21st century example of pedagogical documentation supported educator reflections and next steps, student sharing and engagement, parental involvement and communication, as well as a growing professional learning community and following.

With an increased interest in our work, we have expanded our thinking and learning to various other social media networks including Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram. Discover how our journey began, and find out more about how you might begin your own!

JK / Kindergarten, General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schmmc

Julie Millan @jsm2272 julie.millan@tdsb.on.ca TDSB Are you looking for examples of how Google Apps for Education can be used in your classroom and school? This session is for educators who are interested in blended learning using Google. Experience and share online communication and collaboration for community building, knowledge construction, assessment, and blended activities using Google.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

21st Century Math Journaling Keri Stoyle @kstoyle09 kstoyle@icloud.com

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schxzx

Lauren McMahon lmcmahon@aurora-schools.org Aurora City Schools Learning can be powerful when the math journal meets technology in grade 3 -6 classrooms. Learn how two teachers in separate buildings put all the buzz words "PBL, UbD, and Differentiation" into practice. By carefully selecting cross -grade level math standards and Web 2.0 Tools by importance in the development of lessons; resources will be provided. Evidence of student mathematical reasoning while fostering communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity on a shared cross -grade level blog will also be shared during this session.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

App Making for ALL using App Inventor Grant Hutchison @grant_hutchison grant.hutchison@tdsb.on.ca

Room: 207 http://lanyrd.com/schdwk

TDSB Trying to create an exciting lesson plan and activity for that next topic in your course?

Why not guide students in the creation of an educational smartphone app next time?

In this presentation you will see how easy it can be to turn your classroom into a project-based learning environment using Android devices and MIT App Inventor.

The world needs more creators and learning how to foster this new level of digital creator can be very rewarding.

The examples provided will be based on the classroom experiences of a secondary school teacher in Ontario.

Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TA: 10:00—10:45

Google Blends with Anything! Blended Learning with Google in the Classroom

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TA: 10:00—10:45

Room: 208

It's OK to be right where you are (it's just not okay to stay there!)

http://lanyrd.com/schhxh

Lindy Henderson @hendylou lindy.henderson@kpdsb.on.ca Deborah Nelson Deborah.nelson@pearsoned.ca KPDSB Its ok to be where you are, it’s just not ok to stay there ( …..You can however slow down only to ask for directions) THIS SESSION IS AIMED AT TECHNOLOGY COACHES (either formal, self -appointed or wanna-be’s) This collaborative session will cover the following topics (both through presenter experiences AND shared from audience members) : 1. How to approach different levels of technology readiness in your teaching community.

2. How to structure DI for teacher learners (How to assess individuals’ barriers).

3. How to create and sustain PLC’s Our goal is to send you on your way with practical, evidence based strategies to support the single most important element in a child’s learning experience….TEACHERS……….

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

So, I Got an iPad... Now What?

Wendy Goodman @WendyGoodman wgoodman@hpedsb.on.ca Patricia Post

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/schfkr

School Board - Hastings and Prince Edward DSB iPads are making a big splash in today's classrooms, and many educators are learning how to use this technology alongside their students. How do teachers improve the learning of their struggling students while at the same time continue to grow in their own implementation of using iPads for instruction? Learn to use the SETT (Student, Environments, Tasks, and Tools) Framework, a model that promotes collaborative decision-making in all phases of assistive technology. Participants will also be introduced to the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Re -definition) Model to better identify where they stand in the integration of technology, as well as determine next steps in relation to their own instructional practices. Consideration for both the educators' use of iPads – its features and apps, as well as individual student needs will be the focus of this workshop. Come with iPad in hand, and take the plunge into effective integration of iPads in the classroom.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

panel discussion on "The Future of the Textbook"

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/schfmd

Amber MacArthur @ambermac Members from Pearson, Discovery Education, Oxford Learning, Desire2Learn, and Hamilton-Wentworth DSB's Director of Education John Malloy will share their vision for the future of the textbook. Are paper textbooks a dying commodity?

Will every student have access to what we traditionally think of a textbook on an electronic device? Will we embrace blended and online learning and access textbooks through an LMS? Or is the future going to be a blend of things? Watch this lively discussion and meet some of the leaders in Ontario Education and listen to their thoughts.

Panel Moderator - Amber MacArthur Amber Mac is an entrepreneur, television host, professional speaker, and bestselling author. She co-hosts a TV show on CTV/BNN called AppCentral, which airs nationally in Canada, Australia, and South Korea. (Watch Amber talk about Group Messaging on AC here), is a regular contributor on CTV News Channel and has appeared on various other networks, such as CNN (watch Amber talk travel tech on CNN).

She writes weekly for Fast Company, where she discusses social business, digital productivity, and how to work smarter; Amber has also hosted a number of online video shows for Fast Company, which her digital marketing company Konnekt Creative Digital Engagement produces (watch Amber’s Work Smart interview with Guy Kawasaki).

Aside from working as a broadcast professional, Amber is also the author of social media business book, Power Friending (Globe & Mail national bestseller). As the Miami Herald said in their review of the book, “Amber Mac is a virtual Swiss Army Knife of networking: she displays an endless amount of enthusiasm and energy that nearly crackles off the page. More importantly, she demonstrates a deep and practical understanding of the necessity of extending one’s personal and professional presence online.” She has spoken on stage and keynoted more than 200 events worldwide as an exclusive speaker with The Lavin Agency (watch Amber speak about micro social networks here ).

Panelists Anne-Marie Scullion - Pearson Canada David Steele, Vice-President and Director, School Division, Oxford University Press Canada Lance Rouguex - Discovery Education Vice-President for Global Implementation Jaime Casap - Global Education Evangelist - Google John Malloy - Director of Education - Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TA: 10:00—10:45

Join Amber MacArthur as she leads a

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TA: 10:00—10:45

Room: Peller Estates A

#MysterySkype: What's All the Fuss About?!?

http://lanyrd.com/schfwz

Cathy Beach @beachcat11 cbeach@nexicom.net student presenters KPRDSB

When students beg for more, it's time to pay attention! MysterySkype provides students with rich and highly engaging learning experience - involving everything from the 6 C's to multiple curriculum expectations. Come and work with a group of students to solve the mystery of where an actual MysterySkype guest is located, and then learn how to implement, document, and assess the learning in your own classroom.

General

Raspberry Pi: An Exciting New Flavour for Computing and Education.

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schqbw

Rob Robson @robrobson robrobson.oct@gmail.com UGDSB High value educational opportunity at a low cost ($35). Built to inspire and foster creativity, the Raspberry Pi (RPi) is a credit card sized computer with enough power and features to capture the imagination of educators and students alike. Join this session to explore the world of hardware and software “hacking”; get hands on with some of the projects created by students; pick up some “recipe cards” for projects including investigating the RPi’s hardware, creating a media server, making simple animations, running various operating systems, playing Minecraft and more.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Past, Present and Future with Google @ School

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/s

Join David Harrington, Regional Manager for Google's Education Division, as he discusses where Google started from, where they are now and where they intend to go.

During this very interactive discussion, David will share what other districts are doing around the world in the area of collaborative, project -based learning. In addition, there will not only be a Q/A session to this discussion, but also a "Contribute to Google's Direction" component. Google will be providing Chromebooks for the session to "test drive".

Speaker: David Harrington-Regional Manager Google Education Division David has over 20 years of experience working alongside some of the largest and most influential school districts in the world. For the last 8 years, his focus has been on providing a turn-key 1:1 environment that is affordable and scalable.

General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schhpf

David Hann @teacherhann teacherhann@gmail.com Ray Mercer TDSB "The MakerBot will change the world!" So says the October 2012 front cover of Wired Magazine. This is a bold pronouncement, and indeed there are signs that the concept of 3D printing does have the potential to be yet another disruptive technology, just like we've seen within the music and film industries, except this time the disruption is occurring in the manufacturing and design sector. But how might it disrupt the classroom? Donview Middle Health & Wellness Academy in the TDSB has a MakerBot, and has started to explore answers to this question! You can see a detailed outline of their project goals and expectations online at http://bit.ly/DVMBot For those who are completely new to this technology, it is like a laser printer or photocopier for 3D objects. And just like you can send text documents from your computer to your printer, you can create a digital 3D design on a computer, convert those 3D design files into machine code and send them to a 3D printer to print out as objects, one layer at a time.

We will consider the areas of Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Collaboration, and Creativity, to discover how this tool might provide avenues for student learning. The tool may be used for a variety of levels. Elementary teachers may run the mechanics of printing as students develop their skills in moving between concrete and abstract math concepts through simple shapes. Middle level students may find themselves analyzing the mistakes in their designs and correcting them as they engage in rapid prototyping using the 3D printer. High school students may work on a collaborative assignment to create geography maps, organic chemistry molecules, or working physics models. Not to mention work in any of the TDJ type technology classes. App generated content at all levels, such as a 3D monster avatar creation app on the iPad may bring digital objects to life in 3D for a game or as part of a stop -motion-animation project within subjects from language to civics to social studies and more.

So come check out this fascinating new piece of technology, and join in the discussion: Should it be just another technological tool in a teachers' arsenal? Is it a fad with little relevance beyond making toys and plastic gadgets? Can it increase student engagement and sustain that engagement? What can we do to promote and facilitate good digital citizenship when it comes to issues of copyrights and patents? What other aspects of the DIY Maker movement can be used in the classroom?

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TA: 10:00—10:45

MakerBot 3D Printers, the DIY Maker movement and the rise of "Hacking" Culture

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TB: 11:00—11:45

Room: 201

Advanced YouTube Integration with Google Apps

http://lanyrd.com/schdwd

Hillfield-Strathallen School

Projects involving student-created video are becoming more and more popular.

Showcase these videos in an impressive way by exploring the advanced features of YouTube that allow for customized, information -rich presentations of video work in Blogger blogs, Google Docs, Google Maps and more. Start -to-finish examples will be demonstrated.

Intermediate, Secondary

Bringing IT together to enhance Elementary math instruction Brian Englefield @benglefield benglefield@bhncdsb.ca

Room: 202

http://lanyrd.com/schfkq

Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board We all have devices, infrastructure, and resources, but how do we systematically bring it all together to enable focused improvements in teaching and learning? This presentation will focus on how one Ontario school district is implementing a math focused 4 to 8 NetBook project. A "drive -by-shooting" of the project will be presented, including ideas on infrastructure needs, NetBook set -up, deployment strategies, PD activities, embedded supports, resources created, and data -driven improvement of the process. The facilitators are prepared to dive in on any of the key areas as driven by the needs of the participants.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, General

The Living Experience Pilot: motivating kids to become active through technology

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schfbb

Anne Lovegrove @ alovegrove@cca-arpe.ca 1 in 3 children in Canada is considered overweight and obese. Awareness of healthy active living with youth is not the issue. The issue for youth is being motivated to take action on their overall health. The Living Experience Pilot is about understanding the effectiveness of technology, in particular gaming, on increasing a child's ability to become more active in real life. In this session, you will find out the results from a pilot with 250 elementary school students across 10 schools in Canada. In particular which group of students were motivated to be more active through an online game which was powered by their real world activity. Participants are encouraged to indicate their interest in participating in this session; the presenter will contact you directly about how you can take part.

Using Technology in Innovative Ways To Enhance a JK-2 Literacy Program

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schhkz

Karen Lirenman @klirenman lirenman_k@surreyschools.ca Surrey School District SD36 BC This session will take a look at ways that technology can be used to bring authentic reading, writing, listening and speaking opportunities into a JK -2 classroom. Examples through twitter, blogging, and video conferencing will be explored.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 205

Gillian Madeley @aljasngenietoo gillian.madeley@yrdsb.edu.on.ca http://lanyrd.com/schmmh York Region District School Board Skype est un logiciel gratuit qui permet aux utilisateurs et aux utilisatrices de participer à de visioconférences via Internet. Imaginez maintenant l'utilisation de Skype pour échanger en direct de la salle de classe avec des classes partout dans le monde! Un autre apport des technologies en éducation pour découvrir d'autres cultures, d'autres communautés, etc. Cela dit, qu'est -ce que vous attendez?

C'est en tâtonnant avec Skype que mon enseignement s'est transformé... Bref, j'en suis très inspirée! Conséquemment, j'aimerais partager cette plate -forme d'échanges avec vous car elle vous permettra de rejoindre des enseignant(e)s passionné(e)s, dont plusieurs, comme moi, sont déjà de fervent(e)s utilisateurs et/ou utilisatrices dans leurs classes comme moyen d'apprentissage.

Cette session vise à fournir les notions de base permettant aux participant(e)s de se lancer à bon nombre de projets Skype. Nous discuterions de comment se mettre en contact/rencontrer des éducateurs/éducatrices, ainsi que des meilleures pratiques et des idées qui visent la création d'expériences authentiques, engageantes et incroyables. Pourvu que la technologie fonctionne, les participant(e)s s'engageront également à une mini-session "Skype mystère", et un voyage internaute auprès d'un(e) invité(e), soit illustrateur, soit auteure canadienne.

Ceux et celles muni(e)s d'expérience sont également les bienvenues. Le partage d'idées et de méthodes quant à l'emploi de Skype en salle de classe sera bien apprécié!

Pour en savoir plus, veuillez visiter notre blog: www.bibliothequemazo.wordpress.com Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Surviving the coming world of online learning Donald Philip @DonPhilip5 donphi@gmail.com

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schpyd

University of Toronto, Mississauga We have entered the Knowledge Age and with it, a world of tumultuous change. These upheavals are beginning to be felt in academia, and there is great pressure for change in the way education is run. In particular, there is pressure for teachers to embrace online learning. But what does this mean?

Contrary to popular belief, there are a number of different models of online learning, ranging form Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) such as the Coursera initiative, to discourse-based courses and work in online virtual worlds. In any of these, there are traps for the unwary.

This presentation will examine the various forms of online learning and using filters from philosophy and learning theory, examine what is known to be effective and will enhance learning, and what will likely be frustrating and second - or third-rate education.

General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TB: 11:00—11:45

Une introduction aux “voyages du vendredi”

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TB: 11:00—11:45

Supporting e-Learning Students and Teachers in Small, Rural Schools

Room: 207 http://lanyrd.com/schhky

Brandon Grasley @bgrasley brandon.grasley@gmail.com Algoma District School Board The geography of Ontario sometimes results in small schools spread far apart from each other. The students in these schools have a greater need for e -Learning opportunities due to the challenges of offering complete program pathways; while addressing this need schools face hardware and infrastructure limitations.

This session will share several approaches that have been taken in the Algoma District School Board to ensure rural students are provided with rich online learning opportunities and the necessary supports for success. The session will include both whole-system and school-specific strategies.

Secondary

Artful Curators Brian Smith @smithwithclass brian.teacher@gmail.com

Room: 208 http://lanyrd.com/schdrd

WRDSB With the mass of information accessible at our fingertips, how do our students filter and use that information? Students now need the skills of a librarian and the creativity of an artist. In the first half of the session, we will explore what skills are necessary for our students to curate the data around them. In the second half, we will look at some tools for students to breathe life into their discoveries and share them with you, their classmates and the world.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

105TheHive Radio Broadcast Andrew Forgrave @aforgrave

Room: Alcove 1 (across from 201) http://lanyrd.com/schyqb

Live radio broadcast of 105TheHive from #ECOO13.

The Best of the Discovery Education’s DEN Dean Shareski

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

Join Dean Shareski as he fires you up with exciting and new ways to integrate digital media resources into your classroom!

The Discovery Educator Network features some of the finest teachers sharing great ideas and content using Discovery Education media and more. This session will share some of their very best work that you can use immediately in your classroom. You'll be leave with dozens of idea to use digital resources that engage and empower your students.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

http://lanyrd.com/schdwg

Andrew Bieronski @andrewbieronski abieronski@gmail.com Mark Carbone - Chief Information Officier, WRDSB @markwcarbone Ed Doadt - Principal of Huron Heights S.S., WRDSB Waterloo Regional District School Board This session will look at the implementation and use of Google Chromebooks in the classroom. Mark Carbone, CIO with the WRDSB, will offer a board perspective on Chromebooks, discussing infrastructure, the implementation of board wide wi -fi, supporting a system wide move and what tools are needed for the task. Ed Doadt, Principal at the WRDSB's Huron Heights Secondary School, will then offer insight from an administration perspective, detailing the background of the board's Futures Forum Project. He will look at how it has led to a common philosophy and approach based on common strategies, tools and language and touch on how Chromebooks have helped enable this. Andrew Bieronski, a teacher who works under Ed at HHSS in the Futures Forum Project, will then speak to the use of a set of Chromebooks in his classroom. He will look at how their use supports collaboration between teacher and student and also between students themselves. Andrew will offer a breakdown of how the Chromebook compares to similar tools, and highlight how it enables active learning through the use of Google Apps. Lastly, a student from Andrew's class will join the presentation through video-conferencing and share their perspective on how the use of a Chromebook has supported and improved their learning. This session will be free flowing with time for questions and open discussion, and will build on the introductory session Mark and Ed offered at ECOO last year.

Intermediate, Secondary, General Room: Fallsview Theatre B Configurating our entire Board: A whole system approach to the implementation of iPads http://lanyrd.com/schfqx Becky Rouse @rebrouse rebecca_rouse@wrdsb.on.ca Susan Watt @susan_watt WRDSB In the 2012-2013 school year, the Waterloo Region District School Board embarked on a journey to promote mobile learning through the deployment of more than 2000 iPads across 102 elementary schools. This workshop will provide participants with an in depth examination of how the whole school board is leveraging iPads to support student learning across a system through the development of: • System Strategy and Philosophy of Use connected wit our learning priorities • Pedagogically based Professional Development program • Easy to use iPad management model using Apple Configurator • Technical Support model General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TB: 11:00—11:45

Room: Fallsview Theatre A

Google Chromebook Implementation and Use A View From 4 Levels: Board CIO, Principal, Teacher & Student Perspectives

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TB: 11:00—11:45

A Window Into The Classroom Aviva Dunsiger @avivaloca dunsiger@yahoo.com

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/schdwp

Aaron Puley HWDSB Parents are such an important part of education. How do we engage parents in the learning process? How do we inform them of what's happening in the classroom, but also encourage them to share their voices? See how I've used a combination of online and offline conversation and classroom involvement possibilities to really make parents a partner in education. Discuss practical ways that you can engage parents in the learning process. Share what you're doing and learn some new ideas as well -- create that window to your classroom!

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Building Future Friendly Schools Through the Use of Collaborative Technology

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schfyf

Michael Furdyk @TIGed mfurdyk@takingitglobal.org TakingITGlobal TakingITGlobal (TIG) is an online international charitable organization serving youth worldwide through a multilingual online learning community (at www.tigweb.org) and innovative education programs (through www.tiged.org) in the areas of global citizenship, environmental stewardship and student voice. The purpose of this session is to provide an introduction to TIG’s education programming, and to explore how technology can help schools prepare students for the future. Join us to learn more!

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, General

Using Technology and Inquiry-Based learning to Improve Student Success

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/scmdxb

Adrian Maszko Chris Clarke Join Learning Technologist Adrian Maszko as he explores how to engage students in Canadian and World Studies through next -generation technology and teaching strategies. In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to respond to the new Ontario Secondary CWS curriculum and how to effectively use digital technologies to promote critical inquiry and discipline -based thinking in their classrooms. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early with their tablets, smart phones, and netbooks/laptops in order to see just how easy Oxford makes supporting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives in the classroom and at home.

General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Martha Jez @avivaloca dunsiger@yahoo.com

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/s

Fair Chance Lenaring This hands-on session encourages teachers to ‘play’ with devices and explore tools and technologies that help energize and engage students. You'll learn how to get more out of the software you use every day. And you'll discover how the latest devices and software work together to help unleash 21st century learning.

General

TB: 11:00—11:45

Windows in the Classroom

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TC: 12:00—12:45

Book Reports No More Danuta Woloszynowicz @dwtech danuta@smcdsb.on.ca

Room: 201 http://lanyrd.com/schfkd

SMCDSB and OSAPAC Participants of this session will walk away with ideas on how to foster students' creativity by engaging them in authentic literacy projects using online multimedia tools and Ministry licensed software. They will have an opportunity to see student samples and will be provided with a package of electronic resources that will allow them to assign similar activities in their classroom.

Intermediate

Computer Studies via Blended Learning Karen Beutler @kbbeutler karen.beutler@tdsb.on.ca

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schmkz

Toronto District School Board This session will focus on blending f2f and online environment to support learning in the computer studies classroom. Participants will see and discuss student community building, knowledge construction, assessment, and blended activities through Google Apps and a Desire2Learn environment.

Intermediate, Secondary

Creating authentic real-time maps for inquiry projects that matter to students

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schhmt

Susan Campo @susancampo susan.campo@peelsb.com Peel District School Board The explosion of location-aware devices and geo-tagged social media data along with easy to use mapping platforms means that there is a wealth of resources for students to create authentic real-time maps for inquiry projects. Although this session will be applicable for any subject or grade, it will give Grade 9 Issues in Canadian Geography (applied and academic) educators a hands -on introduction to geographical inquiry using online and mobile tools. Participants will be able to extend students’ geographical inquiry skills as they develop questions about environmental, economic and social issues in their local area (or national/international), gather data (available online or user generated) and create dynamic maps to communicate their learning.

Participants will explore online tools such as Scribble Maps and ArcGIS online, interactive features of Google Maps, and mobile mapping apps like ArcGIS and MotionXGPS. Students can develop and communicate the historical and geographical background of their issue through Map Story. In addition, strategies and resources will be provided to get the students out into the field to gather data using their personal devices or the school’s GPS devices that can be instantly added to an online map or brought back to the classroom to upload and analyse.

Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 204

James Cordiner james@cordiner.com TDSB

http://lanyrd.com/schfwq

Just how do computers work? How can we use them to do useful things - like display information, play games and move stuff around? Just what makes them tick? Could I build one and what would that look like?

These questions and more are explored in a quick tour of the projects, successes and challenges that have been taking place in several TEJ courses I have been teaching over the past two years.

Using Arduino, Processing, Python, Raspberry Pi, logic gates, circuit simulation software and assembly language are all touched on. Also a short reflection on my own learning and explorations that have taken place as part of teaching these courses.

Secondary

Room: 205

Project Ideas for Fostering Creativity Magdalena Front @techmagfront magdalena.front@peelsb.com

http://lanyrd.com/schqbt

PDSB Every child is creative, it's up to us as educators to sustain and foster that creativity by providing students with the right tools to allow that creativity to prosper. Using software available in all Ontario schools that's really simple to use, teachers can easily scaffold the process of creating impressive audio visual projects while allowing students to focus on interpreting the content they've learned and expressing their ideas in creative ways. Come and hear about projects we created using Pixie 3 with students as young a Kindergarten; and combined text, images, animation, and sound for inspiring presentations created by junior students using Frames 4. Participants will leave with practical ideas and resources to support literacy skills and foster creativity in their students.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, General

Using Google +, Hangouts and Communities In a School Environment: How to Make Your Paperless Class Dynamic, Collaborative and Engaging.

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schrxw

marc Dubeau @marcdubeau marc.dubeau@ocdsb.ca OCDSB- University of Ottawa During this workshop, we will explore Google + as a social media platform that you can use in your classroom at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Concrete examples on how this tool has been used in a classroom setting(both secondary and post -secondary) will be discussed. The implications of using these tools to foster ‘’21st century’’ skills’’ to make your paperless class more dynamic, authentic, collaborative and engaging for youth will be discussed.

Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TC: 12:00—12:45

Hands On With Computer Engineering

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TC: 12:00—12:45

Make it Visible: Using technology to make learning, leading and assessment visible

Room: 207 http://lanyrd.com/schmmb

Michelle Cordy @cordym m.cordy@tvdsb.on.ca Susan Bruyns @sbruyns Thames Valley District School Board A classroom teacher with 1:1 iPads and a tech -enabled principal will present ideas for using technology to make student learning more visible. The second major focus is on assessing and pedagogical documentation in a digital classroom. Come and learn about how iPads and other technology can be used for student learning and for making kid watching a matter of visible listening.

Teachers in Ontario are familiar with the Growing Success document and the need for assessment based on conversation, observation and student products. Teachers are also increasingly moving towards personalizing learning in the classroom and creating more opportunities for student voice and choice. Teachers will enjoy hearing a classroom teacher’s tale of challenge and redemption as the old mark sheets fade and are replaced with documentation, both paper and digital, which provide a more substantial picture of student learning . Also from the classroom, hear about how students can document their own learning in digitally mediated ways.

From the principal’s perspective you’ll hear about how to use various technologies to make leadership visible and about a school’s journey as they explored innovative ways to use technology to capture student voice.

After investigating and sharing visible learning and visible listening we will conclude by discussing ethical issues of data ownership and practical issues of safety and parent communication.

This session is for teachers and administrators who want to engage students in dynamic digital learning and be able to appropriately gather rich evidence for assessment as, for and of learning. Participants will leave the session inspired with specific tools and strategies.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Thursday, October 24, 2013

http://lanyrd.com/

new "Vector" smartpen

SmartpenCentral is the principal supplier in Canada for the full range of Livescribe products and applications. We will be introducing a new smartpen to the market in November 2013 and you can be among the very first people to learn about it. The new smartpen still uses ink & paper, just as it always has, but we now offer a better and more interesting way to capture, record and digitize your notes. Join us to hear all about this latest Livescribe product!

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Digital Transformation

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

w/ John Mallow and Dean Shareski During the lunch-hour, join us for a very special panel : The Digital Transformation: from Vision to Reality Join John Malloy, Director of Education for HWDSB, Todd Wright, York Region Brian Harrison, Principal, Park Ave. Public School, YRDSB

In conversation with Dean Shareski, on the challenges and triumphs in the digital transformation.

The Discovery Educator Network features some of the finest teachers sharing great ideas and content using Discovery Education media and more. This session will share some of their very best work that you can use immediately in your classroom. You'll be leave with dozens of idea to use digital resources that engage and empower your students.

General

Room: Fallsview Theatre A

Panel Discussion: Building Capacity in your school Mark Carbone @markwcarbone mark_carbone@wrdsb.on.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schpyp

Ed Doadt (Principal) ed_doadt@wrdsb.on.ca Waterloo Region DSB The session is intended for school administrators. Panel members will discuss leadership strategies for leading change, building capacity and improving technology use to support learning in schools.

General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TC: 12:00—12:45

Room: 208

SmartpenCentral introduces Livescribe's

TC: 12:00—12:45

Room: Fallsview Theatre B

Fantastic Photos for Students and Teachers

http://lanyrd.com/schhmb

Ron Millar @ron_mill ron_millar@wrdsb.on.ca

As more and more mobile devices that include cameras move into the classroom, students and teachers shouldn't be satisfied with less than great photos. Learn how some fantastic apps for the iPhone and iPad can be used to capture super images that can be included in student projects. Don't be satisfied with the generic camera app.

Learn about powerful apps than include more sensitive controls. specialized filters, and novelty effects.

General

Beats and Buds: Music in the Classroom

Room: Peller Estates A

Royan Lee @royanlee royan.lee@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schdrf

YRDSB We teach the iPod generation. Headphones and earphones dangle out of pockets and backpacks. How can we leverage our students' love of music in the classroom? Does it help learning and thinking? What school and BYOD technology can be used? What expectations should there be?

Come to this conversation on music in the classroom and help fellow participants synthesize how to best use music in the classroom to enhance motivation, mindfulness, and cognitive ability. Learn about tools and spaces available for music consumption, creation, and sharing. Expand your musical/technological horizons.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Redefining Reading for Millennials

Room: Peller Estates B

Alanna King @ alannaking29@gmail.com

http://lanyrd.com/schdwr

Upper Grand District School Board Every day as a teacher-librarian, I try to match resources to students and students to resources. In the stacks, it’s often quite easy to rely on Dewey and the alphabet for locating material, but when it comes to finding and reading online, the students get bogged down. Often I teach a whole class how to access material online for their assignments, and watch them struggle with the nuances of web material. Even when we open up a Learning Management System (LMS) that directs them to specific hypertext links, they have trouble navigating toolbars and columns. Fundamentally, this comes down to reading skills. As David Warlick (2009) said “Educators should seek to integrate literacy, rather than integrate technology … Computers and the Internet will be an essential part of teaching and learning because they are the tools of contemporary literacy” (p. xiii). As a teacher -librarian I set out to discover what progress, if any, has been made in implementing strategies for teaching reading online.

What I discovered is the complexity of interpreting online text is much greater than I anticipated. The complexity of reading online has implications for all of us in the education system.

Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult, General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

TBA General

#5thchat – Twitter for Teachers – The Successes, Rewards & Challenges in Facilitating a Weekly Education Chat on Twitter

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schfqy

Ally Green @FlyontheCWall alifgreen@hotmail.com Are you looking to connect with teachers around the world? Are you interested in learning about best practices both next door and overseas? Would you like to explore a particular grade, subject or area of interest further? Do you have questions, concerns, ideas and sites to share with others? Well, then Twitter, and Twitter Chats are for you!

Facilitating a weekly #5thchat has certainly breathed new life into my educational practices. These chats are organic, flexible and progressive. Twitter chats are powerful professional development tools for teachers - they are fast, fabulous and free!

Whether you are new to Twitter or already involved, please join me as I share the origins, rewards and challenges of starting and facilitating a Twitter chat - #5thchat.

We will also take a look at the educational chats currently available, and ways in which to create your own chat(s) on Twitter.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TC: 12:00—12:45

Adobe Session

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TD: 1:00—1:45

Room: 201

Connecting and Creating with Purpose

http://lanyrd.com/schfkp

Heather Durnin @hdurnin hdurnin@gmail.com Avon Maitland District School Board

Welcome to Heather Durnin’s intermediate classroom where learners create global collaborative projects that mean something to them. Learn about the technologies and approaches that students experience and thereby are motivated to connect with authentic audiences and create with purpose. Intermediate learners connect with the voices of other students as they delve deeply into authentic issues such as the holocaust, ethics of animal testing, the environment and endangered species, and explore their own developing voices in authentic contexts by creating videos, books, radio programs, and participating in fundraising and book clubs. Join the growing community of connected, purposeful learners.

Intermediate

Room: 202

Creating an Inclusive Learning Space Trish Morgan @Tmorgan1234 patricia_morgan@wrdsb.on.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schfym

Susan Watt @susan_watt WRDSB In this workshop, we will help you discover how to create an Inclusive Classroom by infusing powerful equity messages throughout your day.

Using a variety of technology tools, we will share ideas for inclusive learning activities that promote equity and diversity, and inspire you to create some of your own.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Bringing IT to your Secondary Math Classroom Greg Clarke @uptergroveGreg gpclarke@smcdsb.on.ca

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schfwh

Ross Isenegger (ross@isenegger.ca) @rossisen SMCDSB / on asst with Ministry of Education We will demonstrate a few of our favourite Ministry licensed software titles, (e.g. The Geometer's Sketchpad, Tinkerplots and Fathom), some commonly available hardware, (e.g. interactive whiteboards and document cameras), a selection of web resources (e.g. CLIPS activities, Gizmos, WolframAlpha), as well as some really interesting iPad apps to help you bring technology into your math classroom.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Tim Hawes @timisusually tim.is.usually@gmail.com

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schpzf

OSAPAC New to blended learning and using online tools to support your face to face teaching?

Find out how tools already licensed by the Ministry of Education through the OSAPAC process support what you do. XpressLab, Gizmos, TurnItIn.com, and Learn360 will all be covered.

Intermediate, Secondary

Redevelopment of an Urban Landscape —> Geography, Math and Minecraft: An Inquiry Driven Project

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schqbr

Zoe Branigan-Pipe @zbpipe zoe.branigan.pipe@gmail.com HWDSB This presentation will provide information about how we used PROJECT BASED LEARNING, INQUIRY and MINECRAFT in the classroom.

Driven by the themes of geographic inquiry and social justice issues, students participated in an inquiry driven project that focused on the redevelopment of Hamilton’s West Harbour development area. This fully integrated unit allowed students to engage in a STEM focused project where they used real -life problems (and solutions) to design an idea concept for the area and to collaboratively build a model using the Minecraft platform with iPads, iPods, and Laptops. This presentation will demonstrate how students are using 21st Century tools like Minecraft to self -organize tasks that are rich in thinking, collaboration and design as part of their Math and Language programs. Those participants brave enough to take this leap and explore a new way of engaging their students will leave with concrete, doable ideas that they can use in their own practice. Resources will be provided.

Intermediate, General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TD: 1:00—1:45

Ministry Licensed Tools for Blended Learning!

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TD: 1:00—1:45

Web 2.0 Video Game Integration for Intermediate Math

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schhmq

Andrew Dobbie @A_Dobbie11 andrew.dobbie@peelsb.com Peel District School Board

An in-depth summary of how to use Bootstrapworld.org resources with WeScheme.com and Gmail to develop an integrated math unit in which students learn about the Cartesian coordinate system, addition and subtraction of integers, and connecting relevant algebraic expressions as they make web -based video games. This is real-life math application at its best! [To be able to fully participate in the collaborative component of this session, participants are encouraged to bring a laptop.]

Intermediate

Room: 207

MOOCs, SLAMs, and edCamps: Enticing Teachers out of the Cave and into the NOW Century.

http://lanyrd.com/schdrh

Donna Fry @fryed dfry@sgdsb.on.ca SGDSB We know a great deal about change theory and how people learn. How can we leverage the research to differentiate professional learning for educators so that we meet them where they are, yet still learn together? How do we harness an emotional response and engage teachers in learning about educational technology? In this interactive workshop we will explore several strategies to engage professionals in their learning about edtech so they will peek out from inside the “cave”, and begin to realize the unlimited potential for using digital learning tools to enhance pedagogy.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Mini Creators- Evolution From Apps to Authors!

Shelley Penner

Shelley.penner@kpdsb.on.ca

Room: 208 http://lanyrd.com/schrxr

Sarah Ferguson Keewatin Patricia District School Board How to Teach Kindergarten- Grade 2 students how to investigate various apps on the iPAD and use them to become authors and create their own classroom e -library! Learn how to create illustrations through camera and apps and launch into writing a book.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

The Discovery Education Model Classroom Experience

Participate in a Discovery Education Science Techbook lesson from the perspective of the student. This centres-based lesson shows participants the power of using a variety of resources that promote full engagement for all students. Rotate with your group through several learning opportunities around the same content. Then, take your "student hat" off and debrief about the experience with your peers.

The Discovery Educator Network features some of the finest teachers sharing great ideas and content using Discovery Education media and more. This session will share some of their very best work that you can use immediately in your classroom. You'll be leave with dozens of idea to use digital resources that engage and empower your students.

BrainPop in your classroom ecosystem

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/

Chris Lee, TDSB

Join us to learn how we integrate BrainPOP into our classroom ecosystem! We’ll also fill you in on what’s new with BrainPOP, including mobile apps, educational games, a new quiz Mixer, and more! Whether you are new to BrainPOP or a seasoned veteran, we’ll have something for you. Led by classroom teachers, join us for a fun, interactive, session.

Toss your textbooks!

Have students make their own textbook with iBooks Author

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/schfkk

Joanne Kmiec @kmiecable joannek@nipissingu.ca Nipissing University In this session we will take a look at how one 2 -week leadership camp did away with paper texts, and had students create their own "take -away" textbooks using iBooks Author. We will look at how to create an iBooks textbook from start to finish; including adding text, pictures, video, flash files and more. Sample content will be provided, or feel free to bring your own content to work on.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TD: 1:00—1:45

What Does it Look Like:

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TD: 1:00—1:45

Google Drive 101 : Une initiation aux utilisations pédagogiques de Google Drive // Google Drive 101: An Introduction to Educational Uses of Google Drive

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/schpxw

Lise Galuga @lisegaluga lise@galuga.ca Plus qu’une suite bureautique en ligne, Google Drive ajoute une dimension collaborative à toutes vos tâches. Cette session de pratique guidée présentera les applications pédagogiques essentielles de Google Drive. Vous serez en mesure d’utiliser Google Drive en salle de classe dès demain! Il est fortement recommandé que les participants aient un compte Google et un ordinateur portable à portée de main. // More than just an online office suite, Google Drive adds a collaborative dimension to all your tasks. This hands-on session will present Google Drive’s essential pedagogical applications. You will be able to use Google Drive in your classroom tomorrow! It is strongly recommended that participants have a Google account and a laptop handy.

General

BYOD: Are you paying attention?

Jane Mitchinson @jmitchinson j.e.mitchinson@gmail.com

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schpyb

Canadian Media Theorist Marshall McLuhan once said, “We shape our tools and they shape us”. The mobility of tablets, smartphones, and laptops have turned these devices into extensions of ourselves. Are you prepared to handle the distraction they present and leverage best practices in the classroom? Find out how to cue student attention and implement tools that will help students focus and put them in a state of flow. This session looks at embedding course content management systems, social media platforms, and augmented reality tools in the classroom.

Secondary, PostSecondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Competencies: Letting Technology do the Dirty Work

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

Steeve Joordens Pearson Canada Cognitive skills, like those associated with critical thinking, creative thinking, self reflection, and meta-cognition, are just like physical skills: they develop through repeated effective practice. Researchers and educators have long known that self - and peer-assessment, while highly effective at increasing achievement, also provide exactly this kind of practice in developing 21stcentury competencies. Learn why peer and self assessment are such effective strategies and how new digital innovations, such as Cogneeto, can manage peer- and self-assessment seamlessly while also increasing student engagement. All participants receive a free classroom trial.

Listening to Our Students: THEIR Voice THEIR Way!

Room: Peller Estates D

Aaron Puley @bloggucation aaron.puley@hwdsb.on.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schfkg

Margot Burnell-Cimba HWDSB Our students have plenty to say and it is imperative that we listen to them! Student voice, however, comes in many different forms and it is important that we honour how our students prefer to express themselves and by which mediums they wish to do so.

Some students love to talk in groups, others alone with a voice recorder; some students love to express themselves visually and some love to write; some can work with ambient noise and others cannot. How do we set the stage so that ALL voices are given an opportunity to be expressed and to be heard? In HWDSB, we did just that for hundreds of students physically and virtually from all corners of our district at the Director's Student Voice Forum. Engagement was profound.

Learn how to create, and participate in, the ultimate forum environment and framework for students from diverse backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, levels of engagement (the engaged, the disengaged, the re -engaged), and achievement, to communicate in the ways they feel most comfortable and proficient on the topics that resonate the most with them as individuals and as learners. All aspects of the forum will be covered from the development to the implementation to the data collection and research.

By participating as students you will be able to take away practical strategies and ideas for implementation at the district, school, or classroom level. **Participants are encourage to pre-load the Mobile Podcaster on their Apple devices http:// www.mobilepodcaster.com/ They should also have a QR Code Reader on their mobile devices, which they can get by visiting http://www.i -nigma.mobi ** Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TD: 1:00—1:45

Supporting the Development of 21st Century

TE: 2:00—2:45

Using Scratch as a Writing tool in your Language Program Ray Mercer @ ray.mercer@tdsb.on.ca

Room: 201 http://lanyrd.com/schhpp

TDSB In this session I will share the journey I took while trying to learn how to teach my elementary students to create their own video games and how you can use the great tool Scratch in your classroom. The turning point for this process was when I discovered that I did not need to teach computer programming but in fact story writing. Scratch becomes a much more powerful educational tool when you use at as way to publish in your language and math classes.

Primary / Junior

Creating Content: Supporting Learners with Special Needs with iOS devices

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schqbd

Nancy Kalil @nancykalil nancy.kalil@ocsb.ca Krista Sarginson OCSB Mobile technology has levelled the playing field for learners with special needs. iOS devices have specifically changed the game.

Come and explore content creation and accessibility features for students with special needs with open apps for ipad. We will focus on apps that offer a variety of opportunities to create rich content to support the special needs learner.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Creating Your Own Amazing Online Lesson Paul Hatala @ phatala@hwdsb.on.ca

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schhkt

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Creating and designing a dynamic online lesson can seem intimidating. Having a consistent look and feel to your lessons, incorporating videos, animations and activities along with self-check assessments without knowing HTML coding can seem like an impossible task. Fear not! There are tools that can help you create an incredible, consistent series of lessons, that reflect good pedagogical practice and will make you look like a superstar! During this workshop, participants will learn how to use a free eLearning-authoring tool (eXe) to create incredible lessons that include not only the content, but activities (such as reflections, CLOZE, self -check quizzes) along the way to engage the learner and have them reflect on their experience. Once the lessons are created, we will then explore how to upload the content into the provincial LMS (Desire2Learn or D2L) to further add to the richness by incorporating tools within the platform and creating opportunities for differentiation. Participants will leave the session having created a solid lesson that they can use immediately in their own classes.

Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Jim Pedrich

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/

TBA Secondary

Not Your Mother's Research Paper!

Research and Creation in the Age of Google

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schfky

Hadley Ferguson @hadleyjf hferguson@sch.org Springside Chestnut Hill Academy We increasingly ask our students to research and create projects. How should they do this well when they are surrounded with thousands and thousands of facts and pieces of fiction. Learn how to teach them how to ask good research questions and find accurate information to build their understanding. What are the best tools to successfully record information when the ease of Cut and Paste makes plagiarism easier than ever? It is less about catching them when they do it than providing them with strategies to avoid making the mistake. What are the best ways to practice paraphrasing and re-organizing information to develop their original ideas? We will then investigate a variety of digital tools for presenting what students learned.

Engaging Student Voice through Video Announcements David Fife @davidfifevp d.fife@tvdsb.on.ca

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schfqh

Thames Valley DSB Tired of the same old morning announcements over the PA system? Or maybe you’re looking for a way to spice up your classroom communication with parents. Then why not leverage the generation of YouTube students sitting in your classrooms. Learn how schools can provide authentic opportunities that promote student voice and leadership through the production of video announcements. Learn how any school can use a range of technology from a single iPad to a video production suite to produce engaging material. Come and watch sample videos and hear what the students have to say about video announcements.

Intermediate, Secondary, General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TE: 2:00—2:45

OSSLT

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TE: 2:00—2:45

Room: 207

The Power of Blogging in the Classroom

http://lanyrd.com/schfmg

Sarah Le @sarle83 sarah.le@ugdsb.on.ca Lisa Unger @l_unger Alanna King @banana29 Upper Grand DSB

Various technologies can be used to make thinking visible. We began exploring blogging within this context, but soon it became apparent that there were more reasons to encourage student blogging than just visible thinking. Blogging allows students to create, rather than just consume. It affords them the opportunity to collaborate and create a community, among other advantages.

This session will look at the power of blogging, demonstrate how blogging can be used across various grades, levels and subjects, and discuss the practical issues of student blogging.

Questions we will discuss include: How can you get students to buy -in? How can you get students to blog regularly over the course of a semester? How can you evaluate student blogs? How can you avoid pitfalls?

General

Room: 208

De la mesure en toute chose

http://lanyrd.com/schrzk

Dominic P. Tremblay @d_tremblay d_tremblay@mac.com

Permettez à vos élèves de construire et de consolider leurs apprentissages des concepts de mesure/géométrie et d’émettre des hypothèses et de les vérifier grâce à une intégration bien planifiée des TIC. Une progression des apprentissages en mesure/géométrie, basée sur la recherche, sera présentée avec des suggestions sur la façon d’utiliser Scratch, Logo, Cybergéomètre, les Lego Mindstorms et plusieurs applications Web pour les échafauder.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Dean Shareski

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

Join Dean Shareski as he fires you up with exciting and new ways to integrate digital media resources into your classroom!

The Discovery Educator Network features some of the finest teachers sharing great ideas and content using Discovery Education media and more. This session will share some of their very best work that you can use immediately in your classroom. You'll be leave with dozens of idea to use digital resources that engage and empower your students.

Exploring Veterans Affairs Canada On-line Learning Resources

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/schfmf

Jill Paton @ jill.paton@vac-acc.gc.ca Veterans Affairs Canada Veterans Affairs Canada has been working to utilize the Web as a primary means of delivery for its learning resources. We are pleased to offer a workshop to provide an overview of our new multimedia and interactive on -line resources, such as: Experience Vimy (a virtual tour of the Vimy Memorial), Land of the Morning Calm - Canadians in Korea (a feature on the Korean War), La Force Francophone (about the role played by Francophone civilians and military personnel during the Second World War), the First World War Audio Archives, and the various ways youth can access us through social media tools.

Intermediate, Secondary

Breaking The Mold: Using Technology to Help Introverts Share Their Thoughts in School

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/schtmg

Colleen Rose @ColleenKR crose@sgdsb.on.ca Jenni Scott-Marciski @Jmarciski Superior-Greenstone District School Board Have you ever wished that your shy student would break out of his or her shell? You know they have some great thoughts, but they don't share them with anyone. What about the shy teacher who might have more to offer to colleagues? Are there ways to enhance communication and collaboration?

In this session, we will explore some of the issues associated with introverts, and investigate some of the tools that may help them open up to the world.

Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TE: 2:00—2:45

The Best of the Discovery Education’s DEN

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TE: 2:00—2:45

Co-Learning: An Exploration in Learning

Room: Peller Estates A

Jamie Reaburn Weir @msjweir msjweir@gmail.com

http://lanyrd.com/schpzc

WRDSB For many years teaching has been the educator delivering content, but we are seeing a shift to teachers learning alongside their students. Be prepared to co -learn with your colleagues in this discussion based session focusing on implementing more co -learning opportunities with your students.

General

Room: Peller Estates B

Google Cloud Computing: Basics for Teachers Stacey Manzerolle @smanzerolle smanzerolle@hotmail.com

http://lanyrd.com/schdwh

Upper Grand District School Board Students are far more motivated and engaged when they are given choice in their performance task and the opportunity to create their own evidence of learning. By allowing students the opportunity to use online documents, blogs, websites and Google apps to illustrate their learning, teachers are more likely to achieve involved students who want to share their knowledge.

In this BYOD session you will learn how to introduce Google Cloud computing to your students and how to support them as they explore and build their confidence in creating their own assessments.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

Join David Harrington, Regional Manager for Google's Education Division, as he discusses where Google started from, where they are now and where they intend to go.

During this very interactive discussion, David will share what other districts are doing around the world in the area of collaborative, project -based learning. In addition, there will not only be a Q/A session to this discussion, but also a "Contribute to Google's Direction" component. Google will be providing Chromebooks for the session to "test drive".

Speaker: David Harrington-Regional Manager Google Education Division David has over 20 years of experience working alongside some of the largest and most influential school districts in the world. For the last 8 years, his focus has been on providing a turn-key 1:1 environment that is affordable and scalable.

General

Enter the 'Tech-nasium' An Approach to Improved EdTech Integration & Acceptance at your School

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schqbh

Jason Richea @jrichea jason.richea@peelsb.com Jim Blackwood @jimmyblackwood jim.blackwood@peelsb.com Peel District School Board We're two teachers who want to make a difference with regards to education technology. This session will present a 'bottom -up' approach to improved technology acceptance and integration. It's a message to educators, administrators, and other leaders, that change can happen, but you have to give educators a chance to 'just play'. The opening of the 'Tech-nasium' at Rick Hansen S.S. provides that opportunity; so why don't you come check out what we think might help your school?!

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TE: 2:00—2:45

Past, Present and Future with Google @ School

TF: 3:00—3:45

Room: 201

Pensée critique par design: Comment les enseignants mesurent la pensée de leurs élèves

http://lanyrd.com/schqbf

Jean-Marc Dupont @JeanMarcDupont7 duponje@ecolecatholique.ca

L'idée de l'atelier est de présenter comment les espaces physiques d'une salle de classe et d'une école, la pédagogie novatrice, et les technologies émergentes peuvent être combinées (Bring IT Together) pour créer des expériences riches et authentiques pour les élèves et mener à un apprentissage plus concret des compétences du 21e siècle, dont la pensée critique et créative de même que la communication et la collaboration.

1 - Pensée critique à l'ère numérique 1a. De l'information à la sagesse 1b. Engagement des élèves 2 - Études de cas 2a. Kathryn Auger - D.class (Samsung Galaxy 7) 2b. Dan Legros Google idans la classe - De Gmail aux Chromebooks 2c. Pierre Nault - Des défis critiques et le marketing (BYOD et Desire to Learn) 2d Annie Roberge - Ipad mini et création cinématographique 3 - Les impératifs morales Pourquoi le changement et l’adaptabilité ne sont plus un choix pour les enseignants.

Google in Special Education Jason Swan @runswan jswan@ugcloud.ca

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schdrg

Tanya Morton Yvonne Cummings Emma Reay Upper Grand District School Board Discover how students demonstrate their learning using Google cloud and apps. Learn how we set up our kids SEA laptops to fully use the features available from Google and also combine other software e.g., WordQ to work in conjunction. See examples of student work that have been done collaboratively using these tools. Our students with learning difficulties can succeed and achieve with their peers using these Google tools.

Primary / Junior

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Angie Harrison @techieang angie.harrison@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schmmd

Jocelyn Schmidt, Kindergarten Teacher, York Region District School Board @MsSchmidt_YR York Region District School Board Looking for ways to engage your learners in a meaningful inquiry? Come and learn how a simple idea can be tweaked to meet the needs of your own students and capitalize on their natural curiosity for the world around them in authentic contexts.

One tweet can lead to an incredible learning opportunity for educators and their students. Join us for a discussion on how the "We Can See" project started and expanded through the use of Twitter, blogs and Skype. We will discuss how an inquiry project that involved comparing environments led to deep global connections.

Read how the project started prior to the session at http:// techieang.edublogs.org/2012/10/23/what -can-you-see/ and http://techieang.edublogs.org/2012/11/04/what -can-you-see-part-two/ Look at the interaction on our collaborative We Can See site at http:// wecanseeprojectsharingspace.blogspot.ca/ JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior

Now iKnow Anne Shillolo @anneshillolo anneshillolo@gmail.com

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schfmb

Todd Gribbon, principal of our school Near North DSB Now iKnow: moving from zero to full school use of iPads. With a dual focus on teacher learning and student literacy, we will reveal our recent CI. Hear from a principal, Mr. Ideas, and a teacher, Ms. Linear, about our pathway to increased tech integration.

Workshop will include background and data about assessing teachers' stages of use and levels of concern, tackling the iPads and whipping them into shape, rolling out the iPad cart, student successes, staff enthusiasm, and more. Presenters Todd Gribbon and Anne Shillolo, Land of Lakes Senior Public School, Burks Falls, ON. Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TF: 3:00—3:45

Room: 203

We Can See... All Around the World

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TF: 3:00—3:45

Bringing the world into the classroom with Virtual Researcher On Call (VROC)

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schfwg

Zoe Letwin @VROCCanada zoeletwin@pirweb.org

Virtual Researcher On Call (VROC) is a vehicle to connect learners to knowledge partners. Teachers participating in VROC programs have access to an online database of STEM experts that can be brought into their classrooms via video conference for...

- Spontaneous, real-time learning opportunities, - Mentorship style sessions for the duration of a semester or unit, and/or - Pre arranged talks with question and answer periods This interactive workshop will demonstrate how our online interactive database, ExpertBook works. Participants will be connected virtually with a teacher currently using VROC programs to provide a real -time example of how this technology is being used to motivate students in STEM. BYOD to explore ExpertBook, get signed up on site, and have all your questions answered by our IT support team that will be there on that day and in the classroom should you need support down the road.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Connecting for Change: Bringing it together in Ontario Classrooms

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schhtb

Susan Paradiso @ susan.paradiso@ontario.ca Catherine Sim, Sue Paridiso Ministry of Education This session provides the research evidence of the lessons learned in embracing pedagogical and technological change from Ontario’s 21st Century Pilots for System Learning. Gain insight into the impact, successes and challenges of implementing technology-enabled innovative models of teaching and learning that strive to meet the needs of our learners in a changing knowledge society and economy. Impact evidence will be shared to demonstrate that change in practice and pedagogy influenced by technology, are achieved by bringing together teachers, schools and system leadership.

Join and participate, make 21st Century learning connections for the change that bring together student engagement, learning and achievement, all key assets of Ontario’s ongoing progress.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult, General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Jennifer Faulkner @ faulkner@granderie.ca

Room: 207 http://lanyrd.com/schpyg

GEDSB “If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.” —Yogi Bhajan Turn your engaged students into teachers!

Students develop a unit using the Ontario curriculum for the course. They will work through brainstorming, refinement and task development. They will engage in self reflection at specific points which will be used to create a dialogue with other students within the focus group. They will become ‘guides’ through their topic by leading the class through their learning period with the activities they have planned. They will also build a student managed digital portfolio (options for communication include writing, blog, video blog, podcast, other web2.0 tools, etc). Personal learning will also be explored though reflective pieces within the unit culminating task and unit test.

Intermediate, Secondary

Creating a Community of Readers via QR Codes: Our Talking Library Project

Room: 208 http://lanyrd.com/schqbm

Christy Wood @woodchristy woodgci@gmail.com WRDSB School libraries are doing a great job of updating their collections with amazing reading material, but still students can struggle to find something to read.

To enhance and expand the community of readers in our school we are employing easy to use audio apps to create book reviews recorded by our own students and staff. QR codes linking to the audio are placed on the back of the books themselves and around the library and school highlighting various collections and popular items. With a simple click students can hear people they know talk about books they are considering.

Modelling reading by staff of various departments and students creating their own audio reviews helps to bring it together as an interactive and empowering experience.

Come see some of the ways we used this technology to facilitate building relationships amongst students, staff and the literature we love.

Practical examples for classrooms extensions across departments will also be shared!

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TF: 3:00—3:45

Students as Teachers

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

TF: 3:00—3:45

What Does it Look Like:

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge

The Discovery Education Model Classroom Experience Participate in a Discovery Education Science Techbook lesson from the perspective of the student. This centres-based lesson shows participants the power of using a variety of resources that promote full engagement for all students. Rotate with your group through several learning opportunities around the same content. Then, take your "student hat" off and debrief about the experience with your peers.

The Discovery Educator Network features some of the finest teachers sharing great ideas and content using Discovery Education media and more. This session will share some of their very best work that you can use immediately in your classroom. You'll be leave with dozens of idea to use digital resources that engage and empower your students.

Room: Fallsview Theatre A

Social Reading

http://lanyrd.com/schfmc

Doug Peterson @dougpete doug@dougpeterson.ca dougpeterson.ca

Being a connected educator opens doors to the fire hydrant known as the internet.

With so much available, how do you find and read the best? But it goes far beyond that - in this session, we'll discuss how reading can become social, talk about the benefits, and share some techniques to becoming a social reader and really, a social curator.

Room: Fallsview Theatre B

Dear Teachers, could you try something different with our devices?

http://lanyrd.com/schtmh

Kimberley Flood @KimberleyFlood kimberleyjflood@gmail.com WRDSB This session has been definitely influenced by secondary students. Based on conversations with teenagers, this session will present desired ways and techniques to intergrade mobile devices in the classroom. There is more to BYOD then allowing students to bring their smartphones in the classrooms, they have to be used with meaningful purpose to fully harness their potential. Come and explore some of the ways that students are hoping you are going to try.

Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Karen Brooks Nelson

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/

Have you been struggling with your tablet implementation? Are you looking for effective ways to deploy and manage tablets in the classroom? Look no further!

Samsung School has arrived.

A tablet implementation strategy has to start with a plan to improve student engagement, motivation, and success. The Samsung Galaxy 10.1 is the student component of “Samsung School”, a robust platform that enables teachers to distribute and collect assignments, launch applications and website, project student desktops, and conduct polls, which leads to improved learning through increased time on task.

During this session you will learn how Samsung School enables teachers to maximize learning time, foster collaboration, simplify sharing, and seamlessly switch from whole class, to small group, to individual learning. With its S Pen, S Note and tools like Adobe Photoshop Touch, Polaris Office, and more than 800,000 apps available through the Samsung Hub, students are able to collaboratively create, edit, and share ideas through an intuitive interface.

Join us to learn how the Samsung School provides a sustainable implementation strategy that puts digital content in student hands while enabling the teacher to effectively manage the learning environment.

If Robots Will Run the World, What Should Students Learn?

(I for one, welcome our new robot overlords)

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schqdk

Colin Jagoe @colinjagoe colin_jagoe@kprdsb.ca Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Pundits and billionaires spend plenty of time talking about the death of the school as we know it. With buzzwords like 21st Century Learning, The 6 C's and then like, are we to understand that the role of the teacher is a dying one, or a changing one? What should the role of the teacher be today? What should the curriculum look like? What should our schools look like? Join this discussion to rant, rave and day dream about teaching today and in the future.

General

Thursday, October 24, 2013

TF: 3:00—3:45

Considering a tablet implementation? You’ve got options!

TF: 3:00—3:45

Learning through Media: Using NFB Films and Resources in your classroom

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

As leaders in media literacy development – delivering educational workshops in Canada and abroad for over 20 years – representative from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Education team will provide educators with effective strategies for integrating animation workshops, film titles, interactive projects, and media education into their classrooms. This workshop will provide educators with a platform to discuss media literacy concepts while accessing NFB content and educational technologies.

We will introduce participants to CAMPUS – the NFB’s online Educational streaming room, featuring 2800+ on-demand classroom-ready films, pedagogical evaluations of NFB films, wide variety of study guides and learning modules available in both English in French. Following the workshop, educators will have the ability to build their own learning module surrounding a film or a school subject area.

We will also introduce participants to two exciting newly launched and updated iPad applications: PixStop and McLaren’s Workshop. NFB Education Specialists will provide educators with their own tips and tricks to incorporating Stop Motion Animation in any educational project. McLaren’s Workshop will introduce participants to animation practices that they not be as familiar with: Drawing & Scratching on Film and Pixilation. Learning through these various animation techniques will encourage educators to incorporate creative and engaging storytelling techniques across subject areas and grade levels.

General

Differentiation within and beyond a 21st Century Middle School Classroom.

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schfqg

Rick McCleary @rickmccleary richard.mccleary@granderie.ca Grand Erie District School Board How does technology help differentiate a classroom? Come experience a Space unit that involved everything from Tweeting an astronaut in space, working with collaborative partners in Alberta, presenting with use of a green screen to utilizing tools like Linoit, Wallwisher, Google Docs and Prezi.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thursday 4pm Peller Estates B An Annual General Meeting of ECOO will take place at our annual conference, #ecoo13 Bring IT, Together, October 23-25 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

BringITtogether Social & Networking Thursday from 4:00 – 6:00 pm The ECOO Social is always an awesome opportunity to get together to network with friends, new and old, and catch up on the latest conversations, innovations, and happenings. Enjoy the beverages and finger foods in the company of the other conference attendees. It’s a great time to get together! This event is complimentary with your Thursday registration.

ECOO Dinner & Networking Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30 pm ECOO is hosting an organized dinner on Thursday evening for conference delegates who would like a group option. Seating is limited to the first 500 attendees. Niagara Falls and the conference hotels also boast many other dining options for those prefer to make their own arrangements.

BIT MineCraft LAN Party Thursday from 8:30 Do zombies and creepers quiver at the sight of your skin? Are your Minecraft builds epic? Do you partake of group expeditions into the wilds of the Survival and Nether worlds? Or maybe you are just intrigued and looking to get started with Minecraft? Join Prax, Gumby, and others from the friendly GamingEDUscommunity for a fun and exciting F2F LAN Party.

Niagara Falls Night Lights PhotoWalk Thursday from 8:30 Could there be no more photographed place in the world than Niagara Falls? Are you looking to capture some Falls-view memories with your camera, while in the fine company of other colleagues? Join the unique evening photowalk with photography experts Ron Millar and Peter Beens. Bring your cameras, tripods, walking shoes, and photographic eye to join in and capture the beautiful lights and sites of the area.

BIT Jam Session Thursday from 9:00 pm Music is the universal language. Technology blends nicely with acoustic and natural voices to provide a space for musicians to gather! Join us to make music at our Bring IT, Together Jam Session. Bring IT! — your instrument, your device, and your voice! But join us!

Run Along the Falls Morning Run with Alana Friday morning at 7:00 am We have a lot of runners in our midst! You are invited to join up with your colleagues for a morning run along the Niagara river, hosted by our very own Alana Callan. Run in a group, run with a buddy, or run on your own! But if you’re running anyway, why not run with us? Walkers welcome, too!

Social Events : Thursday afternoon, evening and Friday morning

Annual General Meeting

Keynote 8:15—9:30

#ecoo13 Friday Keynote

Room: Fallsview Theatre http://lanyrd.com/scmxcd

Jaime Casap @jcasap

Jaime Casap is the Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools in education. He helps educational organizations across the world find ways to utilize these tools in support of new learning models. His team is responsible for bringing Google tools to millions of administrators, teachers, and students across the globe.

Jaime was named one of Tech & Learning’s Top 10 Most Influential in Education, and is a SXSWedu (South by Southwest) Distinguished Speaker.

Jaime serves on the Science Foundation Arizona Board of Directors, on the Board of Directors for New Global Citizens, is a member of the Digital Learning Council, and on the Executive Advisory Board for Arizona State University’s Department of Information Systems.

In addition to his role at Google, Jaime is a Faculty Associate at Arizona State University, where he teaches graduate classes in leadership, innovation, and public policy.

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 201 http://lanyrd.com/schfyk

Dick Holland @HollandDick dick.holland@utoronto.ca Gordon Harrison & Stephen Mackinnon OISE GreenLearning Canada As educators we know that one of the world’s greatest challenges is climate change.

We need to integrate it into our teaching and this workshop will introduce you to a collaborative online community that can help you do this! COOL 2.0 keeps getting bigger and we now have a complete Climate Change Unit for grade 10 Science as well as a great Unit developed with UNICEF. COOL 2.0 is a completely free comprehensive database of quality education resources on climate change and a Web 2.0 community where you manage learning activities and where students collaborate, use social media to complete assignments and engage in action projects.

Bring your laptop or tablet for a hands on discovery of the power and potential of web based collaborative teaching and learning to help you and the classes at your school learn about climate change. In COOL 2.0, you can (without charge or obligation): •Access the best lesson plans and activities, videos, research and data, and collaborative projects to teach about climate change, renewable energy and energy conservation.

•Search for resources by keyword, grade level, subject, province, language, and more.

•Use the Teacher Space to customize resources for your students and manage student learning.

•Create assignments that integrate blogs, mapping, online discussions, and media galleries.

•Meet colleagues, exchange ideas in the Teacher Forum, and team up to collaborate on class projects.

COOL 2.0 is for teachers, Grades 5 to 12, in Science, Geography, Social Studies, Design & Technology, Language Arts, and Business -Economics.

COOL 2.0 is a no cost program of GreenLearning Canada, developed by teachers, for teachers. Discover the best in energy education at cool.greenlearning.ca!

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

FA: 10:00—10:45

Don’t Fiddle While the World Burns – COOL 2.0: a Collaborative Online Community

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FA: 10:00—10:45

Pedagogy of Listening: Hearing our Students through Documentation and Edtech

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schfmh

Robyn Ecclestone @robynecclestone robyn.ecclestone@yrdsb.edu.on.ca York Region District School Board Imagine exemplars that talk, interactive anchor charts, and success criteria with hyperlinks - let Ontario's youngest students show you how it's done! Learn how to integrate edtech into your early childhood, Kindergarten, Primary, or even Junior classroom for the purpose of documentation of student learning - the recording of children's thoughts, ideas, wonderings, processes, and understandings. Based on the belief that when we listen with a keen ear, eye, and heart children will tell us what they need, hardware, software, and web 2.0 tools will be shared that enable the capturing and celebration of learning at all stages.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior

eHarmony or Plenty of Platforms!

Clinton Breau @clintonbreau cbreau@hpedsb.on.ca

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schfwt

Amanda Allison @AmandaMAllison Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board Has the byte gone out of your relationship with your blended learning platform? Are the chips down and the wares getting soft? Is your compatibility compromised and a crash inevitable? Don’t settle for a partnership where love hertz! Discover your digital needs! We will help you to escape from systems that are just not leaving you fulfilled.

It’s okay to admit that there are other phish in the sea! We can hook you up! Our goal is to connect you to an LMS that will match your educational needs and that will lead you to a long-lasting, stable, comfortable partnership. We will discuss and explore where your previous digital relationships went wrong – even if you cannot! – and we’ll give you the keys to make your next relationship with an blended learning platform successful. This is e-harmony at its best!

Ultimately, we will explore the various learning management platforms, both current and emerging, and discuss the ways that these meet both system wide versus classroom needs. We will speed date some eligible platforms and honestly discuss our relationship histories with these different platforms.

Re-boot your passion, rouse that drive, and find a link that is made in blended learning paradise!

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Eric Leduc @ ericleduc@johnmccraess.ocdsb.ca

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schfqt

Ottawa Carleton District School Board What if we could reduce some of your daily stress by removing little things, carrying loads of paper to every class, photocopying lessons...daily or maybe getting work ready for Joe who's going away on a family vacation for the next two weeks.... All these add up.

Today, all kinds of tools designed to help us improve our teaching skills exist but none help us more than to have our own website. Imagine having access to all your resources in one central location. A site on which all your students could access their notes/work. A location where everyone could see the agenda for the week with links to all the information/notes required.

This workshop will show you how to create your own personal website using Google Sites. Google Sites is free and available to anyone with a Gmail account. If you don't have an account, an account can be created in seconds. After this workshop, you'll be able to create you own personal site and see first hand the long term benefits it can have.

Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

Collaborative Storytelling in the FSL classroom: 5-Card flickr, BYOD and more.

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schmmf

Lisa Noble @nobleknits2 nobleknits2@gmail.com KPRDSB` Looking to bring that pocket technology productively into your FSL classroom? Want to have your students working on meaningful writing? Want some ways to draw out answers from some of your quieter students? Come and try a creative improvisational story-writing activity, and look at ways to extend and expand the idea to meet CEFR outcomes, and check out some other tools to engage your students while they show you what they know.

Intermediate

Office 365 and London Catholic DSB Chris Demers @demers_chris cdemers@ldcsb.on.ca

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schqdq

London District Catholic School Board has created Microsoft Office 365 accounts for all staff and students. This implementation includes email, calendar, people (contacts), Blogging, personal and team websites under SharePoint online, Lync audio and video conferencing and a Twitter/Facebook type collaboration environment. Also includes MS Office online with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote online apps with 7 GB of SkyDrive storage space for all users. All of this was implemented free of charge to the Board.

General

FA: 10:00—10:45

Notes, paper, photocopying.....so 90's

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FA: 10:00—10:45

Room: 207

Technology in the Service of Learning (SAMR, TPACK, 21st Century Skills)

http://lanyrd.com/schdrp

Jim Cash @cashjim james.cash@peelsb.com Peel District School Board What exactly does it mean to integrate technology effectively into the learning environment? This session is designed for teachers who beginning to examine how students can use technology more effectively in the service of learning. In addition to practical examples, we will be exploring the SAMR model, the TPACK framework and 21st century literacy skills. The Digital Native/Net Generation myth will also be addressed.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Using iPads to Teach Creativity Through Improvisation David Gueulette @dgueulette dgueulette@ashbury.ca

Room: 208 http://lanyrd.com/schpyc

Ashbury College Understanding the Creative Process forms the basis for the Arts curriculum recently released in Ontario. This workshop will demonstrate how iPad apps can be used to enhance the teaching of that process at the elementary and secondary level, both in individual and collaborative group settings. While participants are encouraged to bring their own iPads to the session there will be a number of iPads available so that participants can have a "hands on" learning experience.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Before they click Kevin Honeycutt @kevinhoneycutt

Room: 42/79 Port Colbourne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/scqgzf

In this presentation I delve into the difference between firewalls and teaching kids positive behaviors with digital tools and in virtual places. I talk about cyber -bullying and offer suggestions for guiding kids away from behaviors that are damaging to victims as well as bullies. I share resources and sites that are helpful for mentors of “digital” kids. This is a balanced conversation that illuminates many positive digital tools that educators can use to bring out the best in kids.

General

[This is a DOUBLE session, lasting until 11:45]

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/schfkh

Oren Grebler @orengrebler oren.grebler@yrdsb.edu.on.ca York Region District School Board One computer? No Problem! One Camera? No Big Deal! No Money? Easily solvable!

Creating a “Movie Studio” environment is fun way to engage your students in demonstrating their learning in a dynamic and creative way. This session will explore ways that you can turn your classroom into a film studio that is capable be of producing Short Films, Documentaries, Zombie Movies, Cartoons, Stop Motion Animation, Shadow Puppetry, and so much more. Let’s turn our students into the next great filmmakers!

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

A Vision For Learning and Teaching in a Digital World Judith Nyman @ JNyman@opsba.org

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/scmztz

This interactive session will explore the application of technology in the classroom to maximize student success through authentic student engagement and intentional skill development. The presenters will provide a brief overview of the Ontario Public School Boards' recent document, "A Vision for Learning and Teaching in a Digital Age" and facilitate a dialogue to generate and collate input into the current Ministry of Education's consultation regarding the next phase of Ontario's Education Strategy.

Participants should come prepared to answer the question, How can we use technology more effectively in learning and teaching? All attendees will be sent a copy of the Vision document in advance of the session.

Canceled

How Technology Can Break Down The Walls of School

Room: Peller Estates A

Andrew Campbell @acampbell99 campbelandrew@gmail.com

http://lanyrd.com/schqdm

jennifer.chan@exhibit-change.com Major Ballachey School Educators are increasingly discovering the value of connecting student learning to the “real world”. In this presentation we’ll explain why this is important and outline some examples of how technology can facilitate connecting students to real world experiences by using tools such as Skype, Google Hangouts, Twitter, Pinterest, blogging and mobile devices. We’ll also provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and share their favourite ways for using technology to break down the walls of school.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

FA: 10:00—10:45

Forget Sony Pictures, Disney Films, or Warner Bros. Entertainment!

You can have a Film Making Studio in Your Classroom!

FA: 10:00—10:45

Making Math Mathemagical for all using the IWB

Room: Peller Estates B

Valia Reinsalu @trulygreenfish valia.reinsalu@tdsb.on.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schfwx

Christina Mathura, TDSB This session will showcase ways that an Interactive Whiteboard, its peripherals (document camera, response systems) can be used to differentiate learning in the classroom. A modelled three-part lesson is the springboard to using the IWB's digital tools, multimedia and on-line resources, in a way that is essential to some students and useful to all. How is the IWB used as assistive technology which enhances all student learning? Clear connections between IEP strategies and IWB tools will be shared.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/

Digital Learning Resources Join Oxford University Press in a discussion with a panel of curriculum consultants and classroom educators as they weigh in on the process of evaluating, selecting, and implementing digital resources in the secondary classroom. This panel workshop will focus on the implementation lifecycle of digital learning solutions at many levels: from strategic alignment with board objectives, curriculum congruence, school -level technology and infrastructure, bring-your-own-device in practical terms, to the instructional practices required to bring it all to life. You will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panel and learn from their experiences, both positive and

Learning Beyond Borders @206 Rashmee Karnad-Jani rashmee.karnad-jani@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/

Cedarwood Public School Learning Beyond Borders @206 is an inquiry initiative at Cedarwood's Literacy At School classroom. Through student led tech carousels, participants can sample a variety of easy-to-integrate tech tools, apps and learning pathways that engage learner facilitated collaborative conversations across the curriculum and beyond borders. Specifically focussed for junior -intermediate engagement, this session links content literacy in science, history, geography and math with an embedded social justice approach that acknowledges and celebrates multiple worldviews for an equitable and sustainable environmental stewardship in the 21st century.

[This is a double session but you can attend either from 10 -10:45 or 11-11:45 *or both* since both presentations will work with different student experts.]

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Scott Johnson @ScottJohnsonVP sjohnson79@gmail.com

http://lanyrd.com/schfmm

Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB We expect education in the 21st Century to be different for our students. As administrators and school leaders, this means that the educational experience must be different for teachers and staff as well. Creating this new environment for learning requires administrators to rethink our approach to teacher leadership. As a new administrator, I have attempted to create an educational environment for staff that replicates the type of learning and interactions necessary for success in the 21st Century. Join me for a conversation on how I approached changing staff Mindsets, cultivating intrinsic motivation, modeling the effective use of technology and creating opportunities for collaboration and the development of new ideas.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

Engager et motiver les élèves à l'aide du eportfolio de la plateforme de D2L : 5 pratiques réussies!

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schpyz

Chantal Picard @picardc cpicard@cavlfo.org Serge Létourneau and Daniel Doucet CAVLFO Le ePortfolio promeut l'engagement des élèves; il facilite la communication et le partage entre eux et avec leurs parents, leurs enseignants et la communauté. Cinq pratiques réussies du eportfolio seront présentées lors de cet atelier.

Un défi important de l’enseignant est d’engager l’élève dans son apprentissage. Le eportfolio de D2L est un outil idéal pour répondre à ce défi.

Lors de cet atelier, les animateurs présenteront comment, concrètement, l’utilisation du portfolio sert : - à engager l’élève dans la création d’un projet authentique tout en permettant l’autoévaluation et l’évaluation par les pairs; - à démontrer des preuves d’apprentissages; - de portail pour partager une variété d’informations avec les parents d’élèves ainsi qu’entre les élèves; - d’outil de promotion pour l’élève, vis -à-vis un employeur potentiel; - de véhicule pour offrir de la formation.

Nous vous partagerons notre portfolio de la présentation via Twitter!

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

FB: 11:00—11:45

Room: 201

Leadership in the 21st Century - A Model for Change

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FB: 11:00—11:45

The Paperless Math Classroom Brian Aspinall @mraspinall brian.aspinall@gmail.com

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schqbq

LKDSB Participants will learn how to use the best technologies of 2013 to foster and facilitate learning in a math classroom.

Explore new ways to promote an inquiry based learning environment and rethink those assessment and evaluation practices.

Encourage students to be in charge of their learning and demonstrate understanding through paperless gallery walks.

Have your students develop apps to demonstrate an understanding of concepts. For example, having students create probability simulations to flip a coin digitally.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Creating Your Own Accelerated Learning Framework James Bond @MrBondPrincipal james_bond@wrdsb.on.ca

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schfqp

Liz Anderson Waterloo Region District School Board Do you have a vision of creating a digitally rich learning community that accelerates student learning? We will share our journey over the past four years of developing an Accelerated Learning Framework and how we are changing the thinking within our school community and beyond to explicitly use technology to accelerate learning. Each participant will be encouraged to create their own framework, which meets the needs of their school or system. You may have seen presentations about our Accelerated Learning Framework at ECOO 11 or ECOO 12 and/or read about it in Michael Fullan’s “Stratosphere” and “Motion Leadership” and want to know how this Framework can help you to improve student learning and achievement.

Through a collaborative inquiry process, the Park Manor school community, in Elmira, Ontario, has worked persistently and innovatively to integrate exemplary pedagogy with technology in ways that help develop our students into Global Critical Thinkers Collaborating To Change The World. Also, during this session we will share our technology success criterion, which allows students, educators and administrators a measure to determine how a technological tool, program, application or website impacts student learning.

We believe that technology tools, programs, applications and websites can and should be used in concert with rich tasks and exemplary pedagogy in order to develop key 21st century skills such as; creating, communicating, collaborating, thinking critically and citizenship. Moreover, by accelerating the learning of our students, they are able to learn more deeply and demonstrate higher order thinking skills more consistently.

We are excited to share how an Accelerated Learning Framework within a Digitally Rich Accelerated Learning Community Without Limits enables the development of students who are Global Critical Thinkers Collaborating to Change the World. Come out and learn with us!

General

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schfyh

Kristen Wideen @mrswideen kreddam@hotmail.com James Cowper GECDSB Learn to incorporate global collaborative projects with your primary students. Discover strategies and resources for engaging students in all curriculum strands with authentic student examples. This presentation will highlight resources for facilitating learning through global collaboration. Student blogging, global read alouds and collaborative projects will be explored in depth.

Primary / Junior

Do IT 2 Learn IT - using purposeful projects to make it meaningful

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schdwm

Helen DeWaard @hjdw hj.dewaard@gmail.com Lakehead University Bring your imagination and come explore. Storytelling is the purpose. Learning is the result. Connecting your own IT learning to that of your students is an important first step. Come to create your own digital story using a variety of tools, techniques and strategies. Leave with connections and creations to your own classroom practice with student storytelling - you will do IT so your students can learn IT. General

FB: 11:00—11:45

Learning Through Global Collaboration, Exploration and Innovation

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FB: 11:00—11:45

Room: 208

iPads. iLearning. iLibrary.

Melanie Mulcaster @ melanie.mulcaster@peelsb.com

http://lanyrd.com/schpym

Jeanne Conte, Tina Zita Peel District School Board A pilot to incorporate iPads as tools to support student learning within the context of the school library learning commons was launched by the Peel District School Board’s Curriculum and Instruction Support Service team in 2012 -2013. Select teacher librarians across the K-12 spectrum were released for facilitated professional learning to develop an understanding how iPads could be used in collaborative environments to support and transform student thinking and learning. This session will outline the process of this experience, the challenges, setbacks and ultimate successes the team achieved using iPads as a learning tool in the library learning commons.

General

Before they click Kevin Honeycutt @kevinhoneycutt

Room: 42/79 Port Colbourne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/scqgzf

In this presentation I delve into the difference between firewalls and teaching kids positive behaviors with digital tools and in virtual places. I talk about cyber -bullying and offer suggestions for guiding kids away from behaviors that are damaging to victims as well as bullies. I share resources and sites that are helpful for mentors of “digital” kids. This is a balanced conversation that illuminates many positive digital tools that educators can use to bring out the best in kids.

General

[This is a DOUBLE session, beginning at 10:00 lasting until 11:45]

Bringing Your Music and Arts Classroom Into the 21st Century

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/schfkm

Mishaal Surti @MrSurti m.surti@tvdsb.on.ca Thames Valley DSB In this session, participants will have the opportunity to explore new ways to use social networking, as well as how to integrate documents cameras, digital cameras, iPod touches/iPhones and other personal electronic devices to engage arts students as they work towards developing 21st century skills and collaborations. Participants will have the opportunity to share and brainstorm ideas, as well as jump right in and try out some activities. Please come to this workshop with an internet capable laptop, netbook, or smartphone!

Intermediate, Secondary

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

DJ Cunningham LearnStyle

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/sckbhk

Ever wonder what your preferred learning style is? Want to play some online games and find out? LEARNstyle is pleased to introduce you to an innovative learning style inventory tool called PULSE: Personal Use Learning Strategies Evaluation. Join our hands-on session to experience PULSE and learn how to make the most out of your student’s preferred learning styles! We have 40 Chromebooks already set up to get you started! This gamified tool will help you discover how your students learn best visual, sequential, kinesthetic and/or auditory activities. An integrated teacher dashboard, will give you the information you need to support a differentiated instruction model. Come and be inspired.

General

Digital Selves: navigating the self in many places at once Timothy King @tk1ng timking17@gmail.com

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/schpzd

UGDSB We live in a time of profound change. The very definition of who and where we are is changing at any given moment is changing. How do you as a teacher manage this? How do you teach students to manage it better? This presentation will ask some hard questions about our digital selves.

Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult

The Radical Pixel Society Rodd Lucier @thecleversheep r.lucier@gmail.com

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schpzk

LDCSB What can you do with a camera-equipped mobile device? In this interactive workshop, we'll be sharing a wide range of photo apps and teaching strategies. Come prepared to snap plenty of photos and to share your creations with the world. Become a member of The Radical Pixel Society!

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

FB: 11:00—11:45

Where learning styles and DI meet

FB: 11:00—11:45

Chromebooks in K12:Take One for a Test Drive

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

Be one of the first 40 to sign in to the session and test drive the Chromebook during the conference. In this session, we will be handing out Chromebooks to use during the conference. We will have various manufacturers represented and Google will be on hand to give you a tour and introduction of how best to use it during the conference.

All you will need is your gmail username and password.

General

Learning Beyond Borders @206 Rashmee Karnad-Jani

rashmee.karnad-jani@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schwxt

Cedarwood Public School Learning Beyond Borders @206 is an inquiry initiative at Cedarwood's Literacy At School classroom. Through student led tech carousels, participants can sample a variety of easy-to-integrate tech tools, apps and learning pathways that engage learner facilitated collaborative conversations across the curriculum and beyond borders. Specifically focussed for junior -intermediate engagement, this session links content literacy in science, history, geography and math with an embedded social justice approach that acknowledges and celebrates multiple worldviews for an equitable and sustainable environmental stewardship in the 21st century."

Intermediate, Secondary

Waseem Nasim

waseem.nasim@gmail.com

Room: 201 http://lanyrd.com/schfqq

Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB In this session I will showcase how I have been using "Blended Learning" in one of my classes (through the D2L course management system). The session is mainly intended for teachers unfamiliar with Blended Learning. Those teachers who have been wondering about Blended Learning but are not quite sure what it looks like may also benefit from this session.

I teach both in a traditional (science & technology) and in an e -Learning (computer science) environment. So I will share examples of how I use various Desire2Learn tools, GoogleDocs, Youtube, screen casting (Jing or Camtasia), blogs (Wordpress), virtual simulations, SmartPens, and Elmo Document Camera.

Intermediate, Secondary

Project Based Learning with Technology Katina Papulkas @katpapulkas katina.papulkas@tdsb.on.ca

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schfqr

TDSB This session will explore project/problem based learning and the use of universal design to create technology integrated projects to support teaching and learning in the classroom. Rich classroom examples will be provided to support learners along the continuum.

A special focus will be around Toronto DSB's pilot 21st Century Learning Day Camp. See how student campers utilized the PBL process to develop creative artifacts to support the Canadian Olympic team in London. Highlights include differentiated teaching and learning of the research process, tablet and interactive technologies, student creations with iBooks Author, and Speakers' Corner reflections to consolidate learning.

General

FC: 12:00—12:45

Blend it Together!

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FC: 12:00—12:45

Room: 203

Digitizing your Workflow: Making your tech adapt to you

http://lanyrd.com/schdrt

Kelley Jones @KJonesEdu kelley.jones@ugdsb.on.ca Upper Grand DSB

We each have a set of processes that we use as we go through the daily, monthly, and yearly cycles in teaching. Take this opportunity to reflect on your existing workflow, and consider ways to consciously refine and rejuvenate your routine tasks. I'll share the story of how I transferred my workflow from physical technology (the binders, notebooks, and filing cabinets I relied on) to the integrated digital technology I use today. Then we'll walk through a series of reflective activities to identify they way you prefer to work, what technologies you already use, and how your technology choices can make your workflow both more efficient as well as more comfortable for you.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult, General

Innovate, Collaborate, Transform with Learning Connections Anita Drossis @adrossis anita.drossis@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Room: 204

http://lanyrd.com/schhqb

ABEL, Learning Connections, YRDSB Learning Connections (LC) is for educators in publicly funded K -8 schools across Ontario made possible by a grant from the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, Ministry of Education. The goal of LC is to improve Literacy and Numeracy instruction and student engagement. Through partnership with ABEL, LC educators have access to professional learning, tools, resources, pilot applications and research. They are also provided with many opportunities for collaborating and sharing.

In this session, you will learn how LC educators enhance literacy and numeracy instruction through the effective use of many different technologies for teaching and learning. Bring your technology device(s) to explore and experience some of the tools teachers are using.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Jessica Beatty @beatty304 jessica.beatty@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schdrq

Brigid Duggan YRDSB IPads, when used effectively, can be an incredible tool for differentiating learning and increasing student engagement. The challenge is how to get started, and how to best make use of a limited number of IPads within a school. Jessica Beatty (YRDSB) runs an IPad pilot project in her grade six class and will share some of the challenges and successes that her class has experienced. She will provide participants with an overview of the ways in which the IPads are used throughout the day to increase student engagement, and how to avoid common issues arising from the use of Personal Devices in the classroom.

Primary / Junior

It's Not About the Number: Learning Without Marks Scott Kemp @kempscott scott_kemp@wrdsb.on.ca

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schpyh

WRDSB "How much is it worth?" "What's my mark?" These questions have plagued school for too long. Our obsession with marks have too lang distracted students, parents, teachers and administrators from our ultimate goal, learning. Many people told me, in a high school setting, marks are just too important. However, by reframing the classroom, acknowledging a student's need for meaningful feedback and using a variety of tech tools to manage, maintain and track formative assessment, learning can become the priority again. I've heard from student and parents that this pedagogical shift changes everything. Join me for a conversation around how we can reframe the marks economy and motivate students to learn for learning's sake.

Intermediate, Secondary, General

St. Clair Connect tba

Room: 207 http://lanyrd.com/sckbhm

FC: 12:00—12:45

The Student Engagement Project

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FC: 12:00—12:45

The Implementation Impact of an LMS on the Classroom Martha Miller @cstimmiller mmiller@crescentschool.org

Room: 208 http://lanyrd.com/schpyq

Carson McGregor Crescent School In the spring of 2012 we set off on our journey to find a better way for our teachers and students to interact online. One would think that at this point in time this would be something that we could take for granted, but in our school it wasn’t. In conjunction with our BYOD launch for Gr. 7-12’s, we began running a pilot year using a new LMS Haiku. We had hoped to have 10 - 15 teachers give it a try to help in our decision making process but to our great pleasure we ended up with about 60 teachers all using the new LMS regularly and happily! We went from 0 to 80% usage in about 6 months and we haven’t looked back. In this session we’ll talk about how our LMS is used in our Grade 3 - 12 environment. We’ll briefly outline the reasons we felt we needed an LMS and how we selected the best LMS for us. The bulk of the session will be spent giving examples of how our LMS is used by our teachers in the different subject disciplines and environments (BYOD and non-BYOD) and how our IT team helped to support this profound transition to a digitized learning environment.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

School Improvement Network tba

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/schdrk

Simona Matei @ Simona.Matei@peelsb.com Jan Courtin - Superintendent of Education, Peel District School Board Lawrence DeMaeyer - Principal, Central Peel SS Dianne Fitzpatrick - Cross Curricular Head, Curriculum 21, Central Peel SS Katarina Hlavnicka - Head of Mathematics, North Park SS In the past two years, Peel District School Board has embarked on a new adventure, the introduction of the “Flipped Classroom” teaching strategy in our schools. The “Flipped Classroom” approach is a new and innovative way of presenting curriculum content to students. It moves the direct instruction outside of the classroom and frees up class time to focus on rich learning experiences, more peer interaction, and one -on-one attention from the classroom teacher.

In this session classroom teachers, as well as administrators will share their experiences implementing the new model. The administrators will openly discuss their specific role in supporting teachers to incorporate the “Flipped Classroom” strategy in their daily teaching practice, as part of their mandate to promote the 21st Century Teaching and Learning in Peel District School Board. The classroom teachers will discuss their experience “flipping” different subject courses; their successes and struggles. They will share the classroom strategies that have proven to be effective in their classrooms, as well as the challenges they have overcome. They will also discuss the technology that they used in making the flipped classroom a reality in our schools. The presenting teachers will also share numerous instructional and assessment resources that they have developed and successfully used in their classes that you can take directly into your classroom.

Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

Tablets, Minecraft and Lord of the Flies Dave Parkes @Dave_Parkes parkesdaw@gmail.com

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/schpzg

Lambton Kent DSB William Golding's Lord of the Flies explores themes that are still relevant today. He asks us what would happen if a group of boys were stranded on island? To extend that thought experiment, what would happen if a class was stranded on a digital island?

The presenter will share the experiences of a Gr.10 English class and the learning the students demonstrated in a traditional novel study. An overview of the technical aspects will be included so that others may continue to explore.

Intermediate, Secondary

FC: 12:00—12:45

Peel District School Board and the "Flipped Classroom" approach

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FC: 12:00—12:45

Le SGA et Google Application, la rencontre de deux plateformes puissantes : une combinaison gagnante!

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/schpyr

Johanne Ste-Croix @ jstecroix@cavlfo.org Pascal Lefebvre CAVLFO En combinant le Système de gestion des apprentissages (SGA) et des applications de Google, il est possible de créer un cours hybride comprenant non seulement des outils de gestion puissants, mais des outils de collaboration en temps réel. De plus, les applications de Google permettent de concevoir des documents de toutes sortes (p. ex., texte, présentation, formulaire, chiffrier électronique, agenda) et de les intégrer, via l’infonuagique, directement dans un cours livré en mode hybride.

Les avantages de l'intégration du SGA et des applications de Google autant pour les enseignants que pour les élèves seront expliqués. Les participants verront comment le SGA et ses outils peuvent servir à la planification, l'organisation et la gestion des activités d'apprentissage et, avec les applications de la suite Google, comment ils favorisent le développement de la communication et de la collaboration.

L‘infonuagique donne désormais accès à de puissants outils de gestion, de création et de collaboration. Jamais auparavant n’aura -t-il été plus facile d’individualiser les tâches, de différencier son enseignement et de suivre la progression de ses élèves.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary

Flip teaching and Scratch: teaching programming to junior students

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schpxy

Anthony Chuter @anthonychuter achuter@bayviewglen.ca Bayview Glen This seminar was born and bred at ECOO. When I heard Mitch Resnick's (Lego Mindstorm professor and guru) keynote on Scratch a number of years ago at ECOO, I became immediately interested in implementing his new visual programming language in ICT lessons at my school. Not only was this programming kid friendly, visual and fun but also the Scratch website provided a safe and secure on -line environment for students to post and remix their creations.

Digital tinkering and playing are vital 21st century skills and students grow in confidence when their imaginative ideas and creations come to life through programming. This seminar covers my flip teaching approach to lessons and how that approach benefits students and helps educators differentiate lessons, resources and discussions with students to help them succeed and learn. I will showcase the strategies I implement for a student-centered approach to programming and provide resources for educators to implement Scratch programming to a variety of ages and in a number of different areas of the curriculum.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

Cube for Teachers is a collaborative platform designed exclusively for Ontario educators. Here, K-12 teachers are sharing thousands of links pertaining to curriculum -based resources, digital tools and teaching strategies as well as creating powerful PLNs. In this session, teachers will participate in an interactive workshop to fully understand the power of effective collaboration and learn how the features are saving educators valuable time.

General

Tinkering Teachers Tool Tale: Using iPads to Disrupt Assessment & Instruction in a K to 8 School

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schqdp

Brian Harrison @bharrisonp brian.harrison@yrdsb.edu.on.ca Stephen Louca- Digital Learning Resource Teacher: YRDSB Andrew Bernier- Technology Lead Teacher: YRDSB York Region District School Board McLuhan said "We shape our tools and then they shape us." This session will document and share the inquiry that Andrew, Brian & Stephen launched when they invited their teaching colleagues to substitute their binders with iPads, launching them into an exploration of the ways this tool could augment, modify and redefine their practice.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate

FC: 12:00—12:45

Cube 4 Teachers

FD: 1:00—1:45

Feedback that Keeps Them Coming Back!

Room: 201

Mary Sue Meredith @marysueme mary_sue_meredith@wrdsb.on.ca http://lanyrd.com/schpxz Michael Rouse - WRDSB Piquing curiosity while improving student skills is a dream for online teachers.

Desire2Learn and social media tools are infused in an instructional approach that uses feedback to engage and foster student interest in the online content. The assessment feedback uses Twitter, Livescribe pens, Adobe Connect and other social media tools to keep them coming back.

Intermediate, Secondary

Recording The Feedback and Next Steps of Student Conferences on a Tablet

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schwxw

Flick Douglas @ flickdouglas@ymail.com Tina Ginglo Teachers often have trouble remembering exactly what descriptive feedback and the proposed next steps following student conferences. Whether one to one or through an online system such as Edmodo, feedback given to students either by a teacher on another student can help to guide evaluators in judging student progress. This session will outline a system that has been working in a grade three classroom for over a year with great results. The experience of the teachers involved in keeping these records may help you when providing descriptive student feedback even if you don’t plan such an implementation. A well-organized list of compiled feed comments will be available.

For those interested in how it all works the details of developing wireless remote tablet interfaces to a database on a laptop computer will be explained.

Primary / Junior

Creating a Sense of Community For Your Students Stepan Pruchnicky @stepanpruch stepan.pruchnicky@tcdsb.org

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schfkx

If “the smartest person in the room is the room itself”, how do you access and channel all of the “smarts” in the room?

Human beings have a need for community. They are relational creatures. Even the quietest members of our classrooms want to be a part of something. They want to be a part of the class. More than ever teacher have the tools to include all types of learners into their classroom community. But how does this look? How do you create gathering spaces for your children? How do you reach out to people outside of your class? How to you include more people into your learning spaces? How do you create a culture and tradition of learning in your class? Digital tools help, but without direction and sound reasons behind them, the tools are useless.

Please come prepared to learn a little and hopefully share a little too.

Primary / Junior

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schdwq

Anne Doelman @adoelman anne_doelman@wrdsb.on.ca Andrew Bieronski - educator at WRDSB, part of Future Forums project Waterloo Region District School Board Say goodbye to the weekends of marking piles of essays that just get tossed into the recycling bin. Help your students refine their thinking by focusing on the process of revision with the help of technology. In this workshop we will explore how Google docs and audio notes can provide rich, descriptive and timely feedback to students while they are writing. Get tips and tricks on making comments that count, peer editing, avoiding plagiarism, tracking feedback and most of all, getting rid of paper.

Intermediate, Secondary

Innovation in the 1:1 (and now 2 or 3:1) environment Kevin Pashuk @ kpashuk@appleby.on.ca

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schfqk

Cal Armstrong How do teachers innovate in an environment where there are several devices at their and their students' disposal every instant of their school life? How does a community adapt and learn in this environment? We've had considerable success using relatively simple tools such as Microsoft OneNote and free cloud -based tools to push a more demanding, more individualized program. But, in the end, how do we manage the background IT issues that are necessary to seamlessly support a technological educational space?

Intermediate, Secondary

The Google Journey in Canada's Largest School District - From Inception to Innovation

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schfkt

Kevin Bradbeer @kevbradbeer kevin.bradbeer@tdsb.on.ca Toronto District School Board This session will highlight the Toronto District School Board’s Google journey from the “what about Google” discussion to today where it forms the heart of our communication and collaboration system. Topics will include our app strategy, successes and challenges and examples of how these products and services are used in schools and at the district level.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, PostSecondary, Adult, General

FD: 1:00—1:45

Escaping the Black Hole of Essay Marking: Using Technology in the Writing Process

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FD: 1:00—1:45

Room: 207

Media Literacy Teachable Moments Neil Andersen @mediasee mediacy@sympatico.ca

http://lanyrd.com/schrzm

Carol Arcus ms.solomon.teacher@gmail.com The Association for Media Literacy Media literacy includes the ethical and responsible applications of technology. How might teachers recognize teachable moments in media literacy? What strategies and frameworks will help students exercise critical media literacy in their productions and use of social media?

General

Windows en classe

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

Au cours de cet atelier, Windows en classe, vous découvrirez des outils et des technologies qui permettent de stimuler et de motiver les élèves. Vous apprendrez à tirer le maximum des logiciels que vous utilisez tous les jours. De plus, vous découvrirez comment les derniers appareils et logiciels fonctionnent ensemble afin de procurer une expérience d’apprentissage moderne.

General

21st Century Learning in the Music Classroom Isaac Moore @mrisaacmoore icmoore@gmail.com

Room: Fallsview Theatre A http://lanyrd.com/schpxx

Sean Kelly, Hamilton Wentworth DSB, Elementary Music Technology Avon Maitland District School Bord Students in our classrooms see and experience the world in a very different way than we did when we were their age. With access to any piece of knowledge, anywhere, anytime, right in their pockets, the face of education is changing. The role of the teacher is also changing, and the music class has all kinds of things to consider in the face of 21st century learning.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: Fallsview Theatre B http://lanyrd.com/schfqf

Liam O'Donnell @liamodonnell liamodonnell@gmail.com Denise Colby, Diana Maliszewski Toronto District School Board You've heard about Minecraft. You've seen it in action. You even played the video game for yourself. You know it's that weird, blocky Lego -like game the kids at your school are crazy for. So, how do you connect their enthusiasm for this game with the learning in your classroom? The GamingEdus have you covered.

Liam O'Donnell, Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby are three gamers who happen to be teachers with the TDSB. Together, they are the GamingEdus. Last year, they showed you how their students play with TNT and dodge Creepers during their weekly Minecraft after school clubs.

This year, they bring the blocks into the classroom to show teachers how they (and other educators around the world) use Minecraft to cover the curriculum, with inquiry based activities in Language Arts, Science, Media and more.

In this lively and interactive discussion, Liam, Diana and Denise will share their successes and failures using Minecraft in classrooms with 30 plus students covering a wide range of skills and learning abilities. You will leave with game based learning lesson ideas that meet the Ontario Curriculum and a solid foundation on how to get a GBL program started at your school. You will also have a chance to play Minecraft on the GamingEdus Professional Play server, a multiplayer Minecraft world designed to let n00b teachers level-up their Minecraft skills and connect with other gaming educators from around the world.

Don't wait for ECOO 2013 to join the blocky fun. Visit gamingedus.org today to get your Minecraft journey started!

General

FD: 1:00—1:45

Connecting the Blocks: Linking Minecraft to the Ontario Curriculum

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FD: 1:00—1:45

Kindergarten documentation using technology Carly Ogryzlo @ carly.ogryzlo@gmail.com

10/25/20131:00:00 PM

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/schfqw

UGDSB Join in on the ever growing discussion of kindergarten documentation. This session will focus on how the use of technology to document learning has increased differentiation, motivation and has created cyclical learning, by bringing the learning home. Discuss how using a class website, classroom videos, Twitter and various apps has lead to expanded learning and how you can increase technology documentation immediately in your own classroom.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

Professional Learning and Expression Lisa Neale @lisaneale lisa.neale@hwdsb.on.ca Aaron Puley, Co-Presenter

10/25/20131:00:00 PM

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schpyw

HWDSB Ever thought about capturing expression and voice (student, staff or parent) in a way that offers meaningful choice, complete openness and the possibility of creating artefacts that will sustain ongoing thinking and reflection? Ever wanted to differentiate professional learning for staff where their individual learning styles, interests, and experiences are honoured while, at the same time, providing hands -on practical experiences that are immediately transferable to the classroom for students? Come experience a model for capturing voice and professional learning that blends DIY and learning together. Express yourself via text, image, video and sound. There will be different points of entry and choice focused on YOU, the learner, and YOUR voice.

General

School Board's Wireless Implementation

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/cmbkz

With the advent of e-Learning Ontario and other online resources, today’s school board must “future proof” their wireless. In this seminar, Chris Demers and Chris Dale of London District Catholic School Board will discuss their wireless implementation with tips ‘n tricks offered.

Speakers: Chris Demers, Manager of Information Technology Chris Dale, Supervisor, ICT Infrastructure Systems Mike Millar, Solutions Engineer, Enterasys Secure Networks General

L'évaluation à l'ére numérique? Oui - à « l'infonuagique! » Yves Mainville @yvesmainville mainyves@csdecso.on.ca Lisa Newman

10/25/20131:00:00 PM

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/sckbhp

CSDECSO Les participants auront l'occasion d'explorer des méthodes d'évaluations en utilisant des outils « infonuagiques (web 2.0) » qui s'alignent avec la politique d'évaluation (Faire croître le succès) du Ministère de l'éducation de l'Ontario ainsi que les principes de l'apprentissage à l'ère numérique qu'on prône pour nos élèves.

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary

FD: 1:00—1:45

Building for Tomorrow: London District Catholic

FE: 2:00—2:45

Google Apps for the High School Administrator Michael Raso @Rasomike Michael.Raso@ocsb.ca

Room: 201 http://lanyrd.com/schhrz

Geoffrey Edwards Ottawa Catholic School Board Google apps is a powerful collaborative tool. See how it can be used to consolidate a variety of student information that can be used to drive your student success meetings and initiatives. Other useful applications will be discussed to help organize your portfolio.

Intermediate, Secondary

A Paperless Life Eric Wideen @mrwideen eric.wideen@publicboard.ca

Room: 202 http://lanyrd.com/schfyg

Greater Essex County District School Board Join the paperless lifestyle and get yourself organized. Various ways to use an iPad, Evernote, Dropbox and Planbook in the classroom will be presented and practiced during this session. Save some trees and join the life.

General

Utiliser les apps et le Web 2.0 afin de consigner la voix des élèves

Room: 203 http://lanyrd.com/schqbk

Paula Joly @eLearningTidbit paula.joly@ocsb.ca Ottawa Catholic School Board La voix de l'élève est un élément essentiel de l'apprentissage. Les participants exploreront plusieurs apps et outils de l'environnement Web 2.0 afin de les aider à consigner la voix de leurs élèves. Plusieurs exemples des programmes de Français cadre et immersion seront démontrés, mais les stratégies peuvent facilement servir d'outils aux autres matières.

Intermediate, Secondary

Digital Storytelling Marc Hurtubise @ mhurtubise@ncdsb.on.ca

Room: 204 http://lanyrd.com/schtbf

Northeastern Catholic DSB Motivate students writing by creating videos of their work. By combining voice, images and music students can bring life to and greater meaning to their writing. Tools like Movie Maker, iMovie, Photo Story, and various iPad apps as well as many online tools give teachers the tools to help students express themselves in a new way. Writing has never been this much fun.

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, General

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 205 http://lanyrd.com/schhmc

Tina Ginglo @ tginglo@gmail.com Flick Douglas This session will describe the development of a collaborative learning environment in a grade three classroom where each of the students have had access to their own laptop computer for over a year. Learning to post their work, as well as giving and receiving of positive feedback was an exciting experience for the students. Providing two “Glows” and a “Grow” were important aspects of the comments posted for their peers to read. Following the models given by teachers, students learned to examine more than the surface features of one another’s compositions and research notes. They have learned to think more critically about the underlying ideas and supporting facts.

Understanding that the feedback provided by others can help to shape their inquires as well as the presentations produced was an import part of this process. Come and learn about the processes developed as well as some of the artifacts of this project.

Primary / Junior

Too much Tech, or Not Enough - I want more!

Robert Wiebe @eduk8u rwiebe@golden.net

Room: 206 http://lanyrd.com/schdrr

Waterloo region District School Board Are we connected to too many gadgets? How are we allowing children time for learning and establishing a relationship with the real world?

Are we cheating our children by not introducing them to technology as soon as possible in this modern world? Or should we back off and keep the technology to a minimum until kids have learned how to think critically and creatively without the guidance of the latest app?

JK / Kindergarten, Primary / Junior

FE: 2:00—2:45

Blending Collaboration (Both on and off -line) with Student Learning.

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FE: 2:00—2:45

Sustaining, Connecting & Collaborating Across The TDSB: A Cross-Panel PBL Initiative

Room: 207 http://lanyrd.com/schpyf

Brandon Zoras @brandonzoras brandon.zoras@tdsb.on.ca Joseph Romano, TDSB A joint partnership between Golf Road Junior Public School and Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute, the TDSB Global Community Education Initiative (TDSBGCEI) gives NOW (21st) Century learners a global & local perspective on current world issues. This session will highlight our journey in using TDSB’s Academic Workspace (AW) Environment as a collaborative teaching and learning space fostered by Project Based Learning (PBL).

Based on a variety of Grade 5 and Grade 6 themes/topics from the Ontario Science Curriculum, and through the use of current Web 2.0 resources/tools, this initiative allowed students to see their place in their own community and the world at large through a "Science Lens". Through our program, Secondary School Students (SSSs) worked to mentor and advise Elementary School Students (ESSs) towards meaningful knowledge construction related to Science, through building capacity in the NOW (21st) Century.

Skills such as Communication, Collaboration, Creation and Critical Thinking were fostered through a Self-Directed, Inquiry/Project-Based Learning approach. Much to consider indeed, this presentation will strive to inform participants of our pedagogical design choices, so that one may implement a similar program using their institutions Learning Management System (LMS) - Moodle, Blackboard, Desire to Learn, Wikis, Blogs and the like. We will highlight our experiences in creating meaningful links between the curriculum, the Science and the students across the Toronto District School Board!

Primary / Junior, Intermediate, Secondary, General

Inquiring Minds Want to Learn Exploring Inquiry in Mathematics Through the Use of a Variety of Web Tools

Room: 208 http://lanyrd.com/schhkw

Kristin Chaisson-Bombard @kcbombard kristin.chaisson@yrdsb.edu.on.ca York Region District School Board This session will look at how you can incorporate a variety of different web tools and apps into inquiry style math/ 3 part math lessons. Tools examined will include Skitch, Twitter, Primary Wall and others.

Primary / Junior

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Room: 42/79 Port Colborne Lounge http://lanyrd.com/

Au cours de cet atelier, Windows en classe, vous découvrirez des outils et des technologies qui permettent de stimuler et de motiver les élèves. Vous apprendrez à tirer le maximum des logiciels que vous utilisez tous les jours. De plus, vous découvrirez comment les derniers appareils et logiciels fonctionnent ensemble afin de procurer une expérience d’apprentissage moderne.

Connecting Technology, Students, and Curriculum

Room: Peller Estates A http://lanyrd.com/

Are you looking for strategies that will allow you to connect a range of technology solutions into your curriculum delivery? There are options!

Walk through any school and you will see a range of technology solutions designed to support learning. Typical solutions include SMART Boards, Interactive projectors, document cameras, projectors, and a growing number of personal devices as schools implement BYOD initiatives.

Teachers are asking how to leverage a range of technological tools to create an effective learning environment.

During this seminar you will be exposed to a range of new and evolving SMART software solutions which make teaching and learning visible, engaging and interactive.

Bring your laptop, or personal device and get ready to participate in activities that include Extreme Collaboration, Response VE, Notebook Web, Notebook for iPad, and 3D resources. Interestingly, many teachers already have access to these tools.

FE: 2:00—2:45

Windows en classe

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

FE: 2:00—2:45

LEAP Into Learning!

Kevin Merkley @kevinmerkley kevin.merkley@me.com

Room: Peller Estates B http://lanyrd.com/schtbd

47milsy@gmail.com YRDSB Learn about and consider how LEAP Motion (leapmotion.com) can revolutionize the way we interact with your computer and the internet...HANDS FREE!. Participants will have an opportunity to explore LEAP software from Airspace (LEAPs App Store) and discuss possibilities for how LEAP can be used in the classroom and for creativity.

General

Visual Literacy through Digital Authorship: From Hesitation to Creation

Room: Peller Estates C http://lanyrd.com/schfwy

Christina Rzazewski @chrisrrodney christinarzazewski@gmail.com HWCDSB A workshop that will explore the power of alternative assessments and assignments that level the field for diverse learners and uncover the importance of tapping into student creativity. This session will bring together a sampling of student work from both academic and applied English classrooms to study the efficacy of digital storytelling, movie making and other technology tools as a vehicle for visual literacy.

Intermediate, Secondary, General

The Edu-Apprentice Jeff Pelich @jpkitchener jeff_pelich@wrdsb.on.ca

Room: Peller Estates D http://lanyrd.com/schhxp

Euen O'Connor Kim Gill Peter Skillen Waterloo Region DSB Being a 21st century educator is an increasingly difficult task. Finding a balance between technical, pedagogical and content knowledge is often a challenging and overwhelming task. This presentation seeks to show the lighter side of 21st century learning and demonstrate how any teacher can plan based on the TPACK model (technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge).

Willy Wiki, Doc. Google, Ivana Tellastory, Ed Modo, Bridget Together and Demo Moore make their return to ECOO in Donald Chump's "The Edu -Apprentice."

Come watch as two teams rush to build and deliver lessons based on a set of learning goals. Which team will be the most successful and which will be sent to the boardroom to explain where they went wrong? Mr. Chump and the audience will decide!

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/

Kevin Honeycutt is a technology integrationist and a staff developer from Central Kansas. He spent 13 years teaching K-12 art and 17 summers leading creative adventure camps for kids of all ages. Kevin now travels the country and the world sharing ideas with educators. His website kevinhoneycutt.orgis a valued treasure house of resources for educators.

Kevin grew up in poverty and attended school in many cities across the United States. As he witnessed education around the country he collected powerful experiences that still influence his conversations and his work with educators. In 1991 he received the Making IT Happen Award which is an internationally recognized awards program for educators and leaders in the field of educational technology integration in K–12 schools. The program identifies and rewards educational technology leaders around the world for their commitment and innovation.

For the past four years he has hosted a creative learning site called ArtSnacks (http://artsnacks.org) where he shares 150+ ten minute drawing videos that support standards curriculum. This social “learning” network is his Petri-dish for learning to mentor teachers and students in virtual environments. He was selected to be in the Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2011 and spends time helping schools that use Apple’s powerful tools get the most out of them for students and teachers.

He is currently serving his ninth year as a Technology Integration Specialist at ESSDACK, an educational service center based in Hutchinson, Kansas. At ESSDACK he researches and designs programs, training and staff development with a strong passion for helping teachers and learners become successful with educational uses of technology. He shares his thinking and learning on his blog Tradigital Learning and in his podcast Driving Questions in Education. He is a school board member in the town of Inman Kansas and is currently serving in his second term. He feels that one of his most important roles is to help vision what the future holds for learners and to help move schools in right, new directions.

During his classroom tenure, he developed project-based approaches to learning that infused technology and problem solving skills. He created a film program for kids and developed it into a fully functioning curriculum at the high school level. He co-developed a PBL approach called the Life Practice Model with colleague Ginger Lewman and they provide training and certification in this powerful, student driven approach to learning.

Kevin has developed online safety, anti-bullying and cyber-bullying curriculum which he shares with parents, teachers and students around the country. He certifies instructors in this curriculum and supports trainers as they go out and do this important work. His recent book Don’t Stay Under The Couch Starbuck and The Bully is the centerpiece of his Pre-K6 curriculum. He continues to work with schools to develop innovative, engaging curriculum to better prepare learners for the world they will face when they graduate. He is passionate about meeting the needs of at-risk learners and works with kids in juvenile detention, developing approaches to re-engage the “lost” learner. Kevin travels the country and the world speaking at conferences and working with educators at the grassroots level and likes to promote a “tradigital” approach to education.

Kevin likes to bring his personal life experience and a sense of humour and creativity to the mission of helping prepare 21st century learners!

Keynote: 3:00—4:00

#ecoo13 Keynote Speaker: Kevin Honeycutt

Draft — up-to-date info available on http://lanyrd.com/2013/ecoo13/