eCoaching: Connecting Educators through Technology (FETC, Orlando, FL, January 14, 2010)
Using Technology to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners (ISTE, Denver, CO, June 26, 2010)
Past Presentations
Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: Preparing Language Teachers for the 21st Century (Sixth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Washington, DC, May 2009)
High Tech/High Touch: Technology Strengthens Education Partnerships and Enhances Parent Services (National Parent Information Resource Center Conference, Baltimore, MD, August 2008)
Developing Leaders Online: The Alabama Leadership Academy (NSDC, Dallas, TX, December 2007)
Georgia Reading First Online Professional Development (Georgia Reading Association, Macon, GA, June 2007)
Making Data Work for You: The Instruction and Learning Appraisal (FETC, Orlando, FL, January 2007)
Using Data to Determine the Impact of Your Educaitonal Technology: The Instruction and Learning Appraisal (HICE, Honolulu, HI, January 2007)
Instruction and Learning Appraisal (ASCD, Chicago, IL, April 2006)
eCoaching: Connecting Educators through Technology (FETC 2010)
Over three years, technology staff at the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center worked with staff at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to roll out a series of professional development activities supported by common technologies that culminated in online peer coaching groups supporting each other throughout the year. Come see how you can use online book studies, webinars, and social networking tools to support your coaching efforts.
Using Technology to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners (ISTE 2010)
The new National Educational Technology Standards from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) emphasize using technology to promote skills such as creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, and critical thinking and problem solving. Teachers who have grown up with technology, from instant messaging to Facebook, may have basic technology skills but can benefit from learning appropriate pedagogical applications of those skills. This higher-level skills become more difficult when working with the growing population of students who do not speak English. This session will provide hands-on practice with a range of common technology tools, many free or low cost, to support instruction of English language learners (ELLs). The new ISTE NETS will be explored and methods for modeling activities with ELL teachers will be practiced.
