Conference Agenda & Presentation Information

Tentative Schedule of events for January 6
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8:00-8:30
Registration & Breakfast

8:30am-9:00am
Keynote Address - K-12 Students Discuss How They Use Technology to Learn

9:00am-10:45am
Session 1
Emerging
Working With Google Docs and Creating Forms
Instructor 
Miriam Parkinson - Librarian, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Fair Lawn, NJ
Intermediate
The Power of Screencasting and Podcasting in Education 
Instructors 
Pamela Friedman - Instructional Technology Specialist & Computer Technology Teacher,  Roosevelt Intermediate School, Westfield
Laura Paiva - Computer Technology Teacher, Edison and Roosevelt Intermediate Schools, Westfield, NJ

Advanced
How Google Changes Writers
Instructor 
Elizabeth Bagish - Technology Staff Developer, Millburn Township Public Schools
Michelle Blakely - Millburn High School English Teacher 

11:00am-12:15pm
Session 2
Emerging
Meet Google Search 2010
Instructor 
Lisa Thuman - Senior Specialist in Technology Education at Rutgers University 

Intermediate
Cool Web Tools to Improve Instruction
Instructors 
Barry Bachenheimer - Director of Instructional Services, Caldwell-West Caldwell Schools

& Casey Shorter - Principal, Grover Cleveland Middle School, Caldwell, NJ
Advanced
What's Happen-Ning with Online Professional Development?
Instructor 
Dr. Vanessa Domine - Associate Professor, Montclair State University

12:15pm-1:15pm
Lunch and Networking

1:15pm-3:00pm
Session 3
Emerging
Online Research Portfolio
Instructor 
Brenna Bohny - Social Studies Teacher, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Fair Lawn, NJ
Intermediate
Google Apps Education Edition
Instructor 
Harold Olejarz - Digital Media Teacher, Eisenhower Middle School, Wyckoff, NJ
Advanced
Contemporary Issues Through Videoconferencing (CITVC)
Instructors 
Matthew Conforth - Director of Technology, Passaic Valley High School, Little Falls, NJ
Kathy Menake - Social Studies Teacher, Passaic Valley High School, Little Falls, NJ