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MEGA holds professional development sessions four times each year. The meetings are usually 3 hours long, held after school or on a Saturday morning. Two meetings are held in the fall, two in the spring. The last spring meeting, often the first week of May, is the MEGA Showcase. Students and their teachers volunteer to exhibit their multimedia and Web projects.

Technology renewal credits are available for teachers who participate. Teachers who cannot attend in person can still benefit by using the resources found on this Web page. Teachers who wish to connect to meetings via Polycom IP or iChat AV can contact Dr. Lisa Grable, grable at unity.ncsu.edu.

Please visit our Archive of previous events.


Spring 2008 Events

"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

If you are unable to attend these events, you can find additional resources in the archives from previous MEGA events.

 

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