VermontFest 2013: Full Schedule

Vermont Fest 2013 - Vermont’s Premiere Educational Technology Conference
"I Teach from the Classroom.. to the Cloud.. and Beyond!"

9:40am EST

A Common Opportunity: Leveraging the Common Core to move Curriculum and Technology Ahead

The CCSS provides the opportunity to rethink how we are using technology and teaching. See how one school has systematically updated technological infrastructure, developed a plan for 1:1 capabilities, created ebook teaching manuals to fill in gaps between our Math program and Common Core, and is building dynamic student textbooks in the iPad format. Leverage the Common Core and technology to give teachers the support they need to prepare students for the 21st century.

Presenters

Keith Thompson

Aimee Toth

Tech & K

Thursday November 7, 2013 9:40am - 10:35am EST
Northstar II

Session 1, Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Intended Audience Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Strand Strand D – Did You Know?
Session Session 1

10:45am EST

Reimagine Teaching and Learning with Windows 8

Windows 8 brings learning to life--apps, content publishers, and OneNote will energize and engage students. With a Windows 8 device, you can have a touch tablet and full featured laptop all in one. Discover free teaching resources on the Partners in Learning Network to unleash Common Core with 21st century learning.

Presenters

Hewlett Packard

Hewlett Packard - HP

Hewlett Packard - HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2013 10:45am - 11:40am EST
Northstar II

Session 2, Vendor

Intended Audience Vendor
Strand Strand D – Did You Know?
Session Session 2

1:10pm EST

Leverage Your Digital Content to Toss Print Textbooks Out the Window

Textbooks become outdated quickly, and teachers often find it difficult to keep their curriculum current. Bring a new dimension to textbooks by making dynamic, current digital content easy to use in the classroom, supporting one-to-one and mobile learning initiatives and extending the life of textbooks indefinitely . Now you can bring up-to-date, curriculum-aligned content to your learners digitally in a way that will: increase engagement, support 21st century learning, meet Common Core Standards and provide information in a contextual framework

Presenters

Hugh Poza - Gale/Cengage Learning

Thursday November 7, 2013 1:10pm - 2:05pm EST
Northstar II

Session 3, Vendor

Intended Audience Vendor
Strand Strand D – Did You Know?
Session Session 3

2:15pm EST

From Invention to Indiegogo

What started as a unit on Invention turned into a very successful Indiegogo campaign driven by 5th and 6th graders. These projects incorporated Google Docs, Research Skills, Skype, Video, and more. Come see an example of students reaching outside of their school to connect with the community and beyond.

Presenters

Jennifer Burton

Integrationist, Hazen Union School

Monica Morrissey

Middle Level Math

Thursday November 7, 2013 2:15pm - 3:10pm EST
Northstar II

Session 4, Elementary School, Middle School

Intended Audience Elementary School, Middle School
Strand Strand D – Did You Know?
Session Session 4

3:20pm EST

From Engagement to Empowerment

Connect with middle school teachers and students as they explore their integration of a student centered learning environment, with a one-to-one laptop initiative. Through the lens of education for sustainability, this middle-school team infuses technology into an integrated project-based learning model that encourages learners to make change in their community. The role of technology goes beyond students' passive use of digital tools, to encouraging critical thinking and active voice.

Presenters

Lindsey Halman

Facilitator, The Edge Academy - Essex Middle School

Lindsey Slan Halman has always been drawn to young adolescents and their unique nature and needs and teaching at the middle level. She has taught middle school in Vermont for the past eleven years and is currently teaching at Essex Middle School on the The Edge Academy team. She... Read More →

Meredith Swallo

Phil Young

Thursday November 7, 2013 3:20pm - 4:15pm EST
Northstar II

Session 5, Middle School

Intended Audience Middle School
Strand Strand D – Did You Know?
Session Session 5

8:15am EST

Research: More Collaborative, More Often, More Awesome –

This workshop will focus on how educators can better facilitate the research process across content areas in preparation for the growing demand for more frequent research activities in the Common Core. Emphasis will be given to empowering educators to embark on more frequent, individualized, better facilitated, and more dynamic research projects. We'll work with strategies and tools for hand-held devices, tablets, and laptops in a variety of student to computer ratios. This workshop is designed for all levels of comfort, with an emphasis on positive risk-taking.

Presenters

Peter Wyndorf

Middle

Friday November 8, 2013 8:15am - 9:10am EST
Northstar II

Session 1, Middle School

Intended Audience Middle School
Strand Strand D – Outstanding Integration
Session Session 1

9:20am EST

Google-Up Your Classroom!

Are you looking for web-based tools that provide flexibility in your teaching and help you meet the Common Core Standards? What about providing your students a chance to use complex thinking and problem solving, while building upon their content knowledge? This session will show you a variety of Google tools that enable you to have fun with enhancing your student's learning, be it mathematics, language arts, science and engineering, music, art, or the humanities. Students will jump at the opportunity you will give them to grasp the tools that will make them better prepared for the 21st Century!

Presenters

Jamie Gallagher

Teacher, Barstow Memorial School

Friday November 8, 2013 9:20am - 10:15am EST
Northstar II

Session 2, Middle School

Intended Audience Middle School
Strand Strand D – Outstanding Integration
Session Session 2

10:25am EST

Take A Stand on the Land -

Persuasive writing challenge to students: Decide if our town should prohibit development on its publicly owned forest, then persuade voters on Town Meeting Day. Third and fourth graders combined civic engagement, persuasive writing and technology tools such as Kidblog, Keynote and IMovie to tackle an authentic, timely issue in their town. This project was all about kids learning to use their voices and all the tools around them to make a difference and take a stand.

Presenters

Katie Sullivan

Elem

Friday November 8, 2013 10:25am - 11:20am EST
Northstar II

Session 3, Elementary School

Intended Audience Elementary School
Strand Strand D – Outstanding Integration
Session Session 3

12:40pm EST

Vermont Intercultural Avenues and VE2: Connecting Language Educators –

Vermont Intercultural Avenues (VIA) is a budding tool for students to improve their effectiveness in the acquisition of foreign language skills and cultural awareness. In its initial stages, VIA will use the Vermont Education Exchange (VE2) as a way to connect foreign language teachers so they may exchange ideas, tools, and resources. Jill Prado, French and Spanish teacher at Essex High School and Rowland Foundation Fellow and Sigrid Olson, technology integrationist at the VT AOE will present their vision for how we can use technology to bring the world to Vermont’s students.

Presenters

Sigrid Olson

All, Vermont Agency of Education

Jill Prado

Teacher, A Rowland Foundation Fellow, Essex High School

Friday November 8, 2013 12:40pm - 1:35pm EST
Northstar II

Session 4, Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Intended Audience Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Strand Strand D – Outstanding Integration
Session Session 4

1:45pm EST

Growing an “Organic” Textbook; Cultivating Student-Centered Learning” –

The one-to-one netbook initiative and Google apps set the stage for the creation of an original student-centered digital grade 7 global studies textbook. To assist students in managing digital information, this textbook furnished the platform for effective student collaboration and inquiry-based learning. This provided an authentic audience for student work and lead to highly motivated students enthusiastic to apply and share their learning. We are eager to share what we have learned and how we continue to grow!

Presenters

Rachael Gustaveson

Debbie Pelkey

Middle

Friday November 8, 2013 1:45pm - 2:40pm EST
Northstar II

Session 5, Middle School

Intended Audience Middle School
Strand Strand D – Outstanding Integration
Session Session 5