Spring 2008

"Creativity in 21st Century Classrooms: MEGA Showcase"
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - 3:15 - 6:00 PM
The Friday Institute, Raleigh, NC

3:15 PM - Over 30 exhibits & demos from our school, university, & community partners ...
See how teachers are integrating 21st Century Skills & Web 2.0 tools in the classroom
Photostories, Voicethreads, Wikis, Games, Second Life, Podcasts, Videos,Videoconferencing, Moodles & MORE!

5:00 - 6:00 PM - Featured Presentation ...
"One-to-One Learning with Laptops"
Edye Morris-Bryant, Principal, & 8th Grade Team: Leigh Hall, Sharon Irby, Ada Lopez, Jessica Nelson, Karen Russell, & George Ward
Centennial Campus Middle School, Wake County Public School System
Come learn about the creativity in their classrooms with One-to-One Laptops!

Door Prizes throughout the Event!!
Digital camera compliments of Camcor & iPod Shuffle generously given by the Academic Superstore!
Software & books from these kind donors:
Educators Publishing Service, Inspiration Software, Inc. & Software Express

WCPSS educators can sign up in eSchools for renewal credit thanks to Patsy Hester: SRN 276317401
Certificates of attendance will be provided for all other LEAs.

To assist us with planning, please RSVP to Beckey Reed: beckey at ahlgren.com

Here's a glimpse at our excellent exhibits ...

Exhibits from our Schools ...

Cary Academy
Middle School - Sarah Ritter & Joselyn Todd & Students
http://www.caryacademy.org/
http://planningazengarden.wikispaces.com/
http://ca7robotics.wikispaces.com/

Durham Public Schools
Hillside New Tech High School - Matt Sears & Students
http://www.hillside.dpsnc.net/
http://podcastingSTEM.org

The Franklin Academy Middle School - Nicole Cebula http://www.franklinacademy.org/default.asp http://www.fareel.com/

Franklin County Schools
Instructional Technology - Betsy Bryan & Lesley Coe http://www.franklinco.k12.nc.us/ http://moodle.fcschools.net/

Haywood County Schools
Canton Middle School - Suzanne Johnson, Amanda McCoy & Hannah Cabe www.cms.haywood.k12.nc.us

Lee County Schools
Instructional Technology - Danita Russell http://leecountyschools.wikispaces.com
West Lee Middle School - Martin Bryant, Wendy Clark, Kim Collazo, Susan Davis & Gregg Halkuff http://www.lee.k12.nc.us/schools/wlms/ http://collazocove.wikispaces.com http://survivormath.wikispaces.com/ http://halkuffonline.wikispaces.com

North Carolina School of Science & Math Distance Learning - Carole Stern & Peg Kirk http://www.dlt.ncssm.edu/distance_learning/Presentations.htm

North Carolina Virtual Public School Learn & Earn Online - David Edwards, Ellen Woods, Karen Creech http://www.ncvps.org

Swain County Schools Swain County Middle School - Jodi Marr & Beth Coulter http://www.swain.k12.nc.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2

Wake County Public Schools

Centennial Campus Middle School - Andrea Gambino, Jamie Hall, Sharon Irby, Ada Lopez, Kristy Meyrick, Jessica Nelson, Karen Russell, Sandylee Singletary, George Ward, Betty Welsh, Robin Willis & Students http://ccms.wcpss.net/ http://gofilmgo.com/gambino/ http://www.ccreel.com/ http://ccms.wcpss.net/media/ss_conference_000.html

Olive Chapel Elementary School - Pete Caggia & Nancy Mangum Pam Daniels, Stefanie Clarke, Heather Callaghan & Christi Vereckey http://olivechapeles.wcpss.net/ http://readingqueens.wikispaces.com/

Wilson County Schools

Wells Elementary School - Matthew Mayo, Cindy Berry, Nicole Bryant & Julie Keating http://www.wilson.k12.nc.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=25

Exhibits from our Community Partners ...

Camcor - Keith Holland http://www.camcor.com/

The Centers for Quality Teaching & Learning - Theresa Bell, Rachel Porter & Steve Puls http://qtlcenters.org/

Flow Circus - Dawn Daria & Paul Miller - FIZZ www.fcclubclips.com

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction http://www.ncpublicschools.org/
USDLC - Cris Crissman www.literacy2learn.org
Kaleidoscope - Donna Sawyer http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/

NC in the World - Jessie Mendez http://ciu.northcarolina.edu/ https://nciwconnections.wikispaces.com

NC Museum of History - Tricia Blakistone, Jessica Humphries & Jerry Taylor http://www.nchistoryresources.org/

SAS Institute - Bruce Friend www.sascurriculumpathways.com

Shodor - Bethany Hudnutt & Bob Panoff http://www.shodor.org/

Exhibits from NC State ...

College of Humanities & Social Sciences - Jim Clark North Carolina Journeys Textbooks http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/chass/social_studies_textbook http://www.ncjourneys.com/

FIZZ - Lodge McCammon & Melissa Hodges www.fridayreel.com/fizz www.kitreel.com http://kitreel.com/hodges/ http://kitreel.com/piraino/

HIFIVES - Len Annetta http://ced.ncsu.edu/hifives/index.html

Meridian - Sheryl Long http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/

New Literacies Collaborative - Crystal Island & Cinema Veriteen Gwen Morris, Hiller Spires & Kim Turner http://www.fi.ncsu.edu/newlit/blog/ http://www.fi.ncsu.edu/initiatives/crystal.html

Lisa & Beckey would also like to thank the following ...
The College of Education for their continued support of MEGA
The Friday Institute for hosting our events!



 

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