WETech

Event Schedule

Subject to Change (last updated 2/6/13)
 

Breakfast and Registration    8:00 AM – 8:35 AM

Keynote Speaker     8:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Session 1      9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

Edmodo for the Advanced User:  Take it to a Higher Level

 

Presenter:

Tynia Thomassie

Engineering is Elementary: Transforming a K-4 Computer Class into a STEM Course

 

Presenter: Kevin Jarrett

 

Building a Learning Community with Wordpress

 

Presenters: Michael Ritzius & Matt Stagliano

 

Using Twitter without a Twitter Account

 

Presenter: Lisa Thumann

 

 

 

Using Technology to Enhance Learning & Achievement in Students with  ADHD & Executive Function Disorder

 

Presenter:

Brian Friedlander

 

Mastering the iPad

 

Presenter: Daniela Colabelli

 

Rethinking Leadership Through Social Media

Suggested Audience: Administration

 

 

Presenter:

Scott Rocco

Using LiveBinders & Evernote to Organize Information & Transform Classroom Learning

 

Presenters:

Elissa Malespina & Melissa Butler

 

 

The Flipped Classroom

 

Presenter: Samantha Morra

 

Aligning SMART Notebook Activities with the Common Core

 

Presenter: Natalie Franzi

 

iPads in the Math Classroom

 

Presenter:

Stephen Olsen

 

A Year in the Cloud

 

 

Presenter:

Patrick Higgins

 

Panel Discussion  “Student Voices”  Moderator:  Lisa Thumann     11:00  AM – 11:45 AM

Lunch      12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Session 2      1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Social Media for Development and Sharing

Suggested Audience: Administration

 

 

Presenter:

William Stites

 

Engineering is Elementary: Transforming a K-4 Computer Class into a STEM Course

 

Presenter:

Kevin Jarrett

 

Scheduling for Learning

 

Presenter:s Michael Ritzius & Matt Stagliano

 

Creativity in the Cloud – Multimedia Authoring Across Devices

 

Presenter:  Denise MacDevette

 

 

 

 

Best Practice: LiveBinders

 

Presenter: Bonnie Jing

 

Using Twitter & Pinterest to Build Your Personal Learning Network (PLN)

 

Presenter:

Elissa Malespina

 

ROUND TABLE
21st Century Administrators

Suggested Audience: Administration

 

 

Presenter:

Sandra Paul

 

 

 

iPads in the Math Classroom

 

 

Presenter:

Stephen Olsen

Flourishing Environments

Suggested Audience: Administration

 

Presenter:

Salim Patel

The Lecture is Dead, Long Live the Lecture

 

Presenter:

Patrick Higgins

Skype/

Achieve 3000:  “It’s a Small World After All”

 

Presenter:

Lisa Pengitore

Session 3     2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Social Media for Development and Sharing

Suggested Audience: Administration

 

 

Presenter:

William Stites

 

Digital Citizenship in Action: Tips & Best Practices

 

Presenter:

Lisa Thumann

 

 

Animation and Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum

 

Presenter:

Denise MacDevette

 

 

Using Digital Pens in Schools for Note Taking, Instruction and Document Work-flow

 

Presenter:

Brian Friedlander

 

Mastering the iPad

 

Presenter:

Daniela Colabelli

 

Best Practice: LiveBinders

 

Presenter:

Bonnie Jing

 

 

Connected Generation vs Connected Educators

 

Presenter:

Sandra Paul

 

Scratch

 

Presenter:

Samantha Morra

 

Scan That:  Using QR Codes in the Classroom

 

Presenter:

Natalie Franzi

 

 

Flourishing Environments

Suggested Audience: Administration

 

 

Presenter:

Salim Patel

Multitasking Learning Environments

 

Presenter:

Patrick Higgins

Skype/

Achieve 3000:  “It’s a Small World After All”

 

Presenter:

Lisa Pengitore