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MICCA is pleased to provide Hands-On Workshops for education stakeholders interested in ongoing professional development and professional enrichment. The 2009 MICCA workshops focus on emerging technologies, cutting-edge programs, and software currently available for schools. We hope you enjoy the rich variety this year and our local experts who will provide the 2009 workshops. Click here to download a flyer on the workshops or click here to view descriptions of the workshops.

Due to popular demand, some workshops and presenters have returned this year. We encourage you to review the workshop listings and send us suggestions for 2010.  Register today because space is limited. Make today a GREAT one!

Linda Carling
MICCA Conference Workshops Co-Chair
carling@jhu.edu
410.516.9842

Ben Smith
MICCA Conference Workshops Co-Chair
ben@edtechinnovators.com
717.586.9174

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MICCA 2009 WORKSHOP LOCATIONS

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
DOWNTOWN CENTER
10 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-516-0700
The Downtown Baltimore Center is located on the southwest corner of Charles and Fayette streets in the heart of Baltimore’s financial district. 
Directions are available at 
http://onestop.jhu.edu/carey/campuses/downtown-baltimore-center/directions-and-parking/  

THE BALTIMORE
CONVENTION CENTER
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Directions are available athttp://www.bccenter.org/index.php?target=60


MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009

  1. Using Excel to Build Simulations, Games, and Interactive Activities
  2. 1+1 = Pixie 2: Developing Math Skills with Pixie
  3. Bring your own Laptop Session (BYOL):  Misbehavior and Consequences: Managing Student Discipline
  4. Bring your own Laptop Session (BYOL):  Harness the Power of Video in the Classroom
  5. Making Digital Movies in a Web 2.0 World
  6. Creating Interactive Stories and Animations with Scratch
  7. Maximize Professional Development by Creating a Digital Portfolio
  8. Building a Bigger Builder
  9. Logging, Capturing, Editing, Compositing: Making the Most of Apple’s Final Cut Pro in K-12 Settings

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009

  1. Addressing C3-Cyber Ethics, Safety, and Security, in a Web-2.0 World
  2. T2=Quality Resources for Educators
  3. Bring your own Laptop Session (BYOL):  Integrating Media into the Classroom
  4. E-Books, E-Kids, E-Flat! Three trends schools will ignore at their peril
  5. Social Networks in the Classroom
  6. Bring your own Laptop Session (BYOL): Google Docs -Free Collaboration and Productivity Tools for School Leaders

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009

  1. How Not to Drive Nails with a Screwdriver: Database -Spreadsheet    Literacy for Educators
  2. Challenges and Strategies for Successful Technology Integration

MONDAY APRIL 20, 2009

JHU Downtown Center & The Baltimore Convention Center

1. Using Excel to Build Simulations, Games, and Interactive Activities

Davina Pruitt-Mentle
JHU Downtown Campus; Room L06
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Explore how to deliver content in creative interactive ways with Excel, a basic application found in most schools. Create an interactive quiz or test, a game and a simulation and be able to teach students how to do so as well.

2. 1 + 1 = Pixie 2: developing math skills with pixie

Scott Loomis
JHU Downtown Campus; Computer Lab L07
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Learn how you can use Pixie to develop students’ mathematical knowledge both in the computer lab and in the classroom. Designed for pre-K-6th grade teachers, workshop participants will explore activities that utilize virtual manipulatives and drawing tools for fractions, measurement, money and more. Leave with your own copy of Pixie.

3. Bring Your Own laptop Session - Misbehavior and Consequences: Managing Student Discipline

Bill Harman
Baltimore Convention Center Room 335
10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $100.00
Learn how to use and customize a FileMaker Pro 9 database to track and report on all aspects of student discipline. Start with a basic, pre-built system, add enhancements and adapt it to your school. Learn to create tables, fields, reports and enter data into the system and run reports

4. Bring Your Own Laptop Session - Harness the Power of Video in the Classroom

Kristen Winter and Francesca Carpenter
JHU Downtown Campus; Room L06
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Explore how to effectively and creatively use video in the classroom by utilizing the power of flip cameras, cameras, and free editing software. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to quickly capture and edit video with Web 2.0 tools. Also, learn techniques for innovative ways of incorporating the video into the curriculum. If you have a flip camera, please bring that with you. There will be some flip cameras available for use if you do not have one. Techniques and strategies learned in this workshop can also be applied to traditional video capture. In addition, please bring your own computer for this session.
making digital movies in a web 2.0 world

5. Making Digital Movies in a Web 2.0 World

Matt Monjan
Baltimore Convention Center Room 333
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
During this session we’ll look at the writing and the tools and skills of 21st century learners to share compelling narratives and information in a variety of formats.
Using free movie editing software we’ll integrate images, narration, and sound to build authentic stories. From personal stories to commercials and movie trailers, we’ll examine how we can let your students’ voices be heard! Come see and learn media creation in a whole new way.

6.Creating Interactive Stories and Animations with Scratch

Davina Pruitt-Mentle
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
JHU Downtown Campus; Room L06
Fee: $50.00
Engage your students in computer programming/problem solving using the easy-to-learn open-source software---Scratch.  Scratch, a new program from the MIT Media Lab lets youth create animations, interactive stories, and games. Learn the basics of programming and creating graphics through your own project. Get ideas on how to integrate Scratch projects into your curriculum. More information  http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/resnick-scratch.html

7. Maximize Professional Development by Creating a Digital Portfolio

Francesca Carpenter and Kristen Winter
JHU Downtown Campus; Room L07
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Learn strategies for creating a high-quality portfolio that demonstrates ongoing professional development. Specific techniques for reflecting, developing, and showcasing a portfolio will be presented. In addition, the benefits and challenges in using a portfolio as a means of critical reflection will be discussed. This hands-on workshop will give you the opportunity to set-up a wiki and begin developing your own portfolio. By attending this workshop, you will learn Web 2.0 tools and strategies that can be applied with your students in the classroom to demonstrate learning and track progress. Administrators and staff developers are also welcome to attend this workshop to help support teacher professional development.

8. Building a Bigger Builder

Matt Monjan
Baltimore Convention Center Room 333
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
If you use technology with students, and you have Discovery Education streaming, there is a level you haven’t explored. Matt Monjan will show you ways to use the Web, video, the computer, and your own imagination to take curriculum assessments to the next technology level. Master the tools your school provides with the master builder!

9. APPLE SESSION - Logging, Capturing, Editing, Compositing: Making the Most of Apple’s Final Cut Pro in K-12 Settings

Christopher Hulik
Baltimore Convention Center Room 334
10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $100.00
This one-day informal workshop will introduce the basics of video editing and compositing with Apple’s Final Cut Pro (FCP) software. The workshop will cover basic practices and procedures of video editing with an emphasis on “teaching” Final Cut Pro to K-12 graders. Attendees will be introduced to the FCP interface, logging and capturing shots, timeline editing, titling and special effects, and compositing multiple layers of video and audio. Above all be prepared to have some fun while learning about the industry’s leading editing system! Attendees should bring lots of questions!

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009

JHU Downtown Center & The Baltimore Convention Center

10. Addressing C3-Cyber Ethics, Safety, and Security, in a Web-2.0 World

Davina Pruitt-Mentle and Marshall S. Hancock
Baltimore Convention Center Room 333
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
This presentation will touch on a variety of topics including Netiquette, Acceptable Use of Computing Resources, Copyright, Promotion Strategies for Academic Integrity, Privacy, Security and Safety, Cyber bullying, Social networking sites, Limits on online speech, including family values, school rules, user agreements, civil and criminal law, Legal Considerations for Schools, Educational Curriculum Options, and Security topics such as hoaxes, phishing, pharming and identity theft. Case studies and group work will be presented, as well as a DVD of resources and the National C3 Baseline Report

11. T2=Quality Resources for Educators

Debbie Vickers
Baltimore Convention Center Room 334
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Explore the many free resources and tools available online through Maryland’s Thinkport and Thinkfinity, a national
repository of high-quality educational resources.  Enhance instruction through the integration of content-rich multi-media resources, interactive tools and more!  Participants will walk away with resources to share with colleagues and lesson ideas to implement immediately.

12. Bring Your Own Laptop Session - Integrating Media into the Classroom

Crista Crago-Spangler
Baltimore Convention Center Room 335
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Learn about integrating media into the classroom.  A look at how BLOGS, PODCAST and RSS Feeds are being used to enhance the instructional experience.

13. E-Books, E-Kids, E-Flat! Three trends schools will ignore at their peril

Doug Johnson
Baltimore Convention Center Room 333
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
This workshop explores three major changes being evidenced today: 1) the prevalence of ubiquitous digital information sources, 2) the defined attributes of a “Net” generation, and 3) the rise of a global economy. Each change will be discussed along with strategies that schools and educators can use to stay relevant in their students’ lives. Forewarned is forearmed!

14. Bring Your Own laptop Session - Google Docs - Free Collaboration and Productivity Tools for
School Leaders

Chris O’Neal
Baltimore Convention Center Room 335
1:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Leaders have the awesome task of modeling technology and spearheading collaborative efforts. Google Docs is a tool that enables school leaders to both those with one free package. This hands-on workshop will get participants signed up and collaborating in no time!

15. Social Networks in the Classroom

Ryan Schaaf and Jason Poirier                  
Baltimore Convention Center Room 334
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Social networks have become an astonishing trend in the digital age with millions of users worldwide,  The benefits in the education field are only now starting to be realized. Participants will explore background information on social networks, its functionality, and how it can be adapted to fit the classroom.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009

The Baltimore Convention Center

16. Challenges and Strategies for Successful Technology Integration

Kevin CLark
Baltimore Convention Center Room 333
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Challenges and Strategies for Successful Technology Integration will address methods to help evaluate teachers’ skills of effective technology integration. After significant investment in finances and time, it is crucial to coordinate effective follow up to ensure that the implementation is returning on the investment. The assumption that initial preparation of the educators will suffice for professional development is a fallacy. This workshop will provide sustained and quality modules to build capacity within your school and/or district.

17. How Not to Drive Nails with a Screwdriver: Database -Spreadsheet Literacy for Educators

Bill Harman
Baltimore Convention Center Room 334
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fee: $50.00
Learn to use databases and spreadsheets in the classroom.  Explore the differences between each and where and when each can be used.  Use them for classroom management, data analysis and for instructional purposes.  Come and get some ideas and learn some new things.  See some samples of instructional uses for each.