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**Wednesday 1:45 - 2:45 pm**
Grab your students’ attention by using Promethean’s ActivInspire. The interactive lesson development software allows any teacher to create lessons that invite student participation.
 * 2301 **
 * Designing Student-Centered Classrooms with Promethean **

6th Avenue Elementary School, Aurora Public Schools
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Shannon Wentworth (scwentworth@aps.k12.co.us)
 * Co-Presenter: ** Gwynn Moore
 * Technical Focus: ** Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Web 2.0 Tools, Techie, Multimedia, Professional Development, Technology Integration, Thematic Learning
 * Grade Levels: ** Pre-K–Elementary, Middle School, High School
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Copper Station, Wheeler A

Learn to implement a NETS-S-aligned, project-based curriculum using digital tools to teach information and computer literacy, digital citizenship, and publishing skills.
 * 2302 **
 * Wired for Success **

Skyline High School, St. Vrain Valley School District
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Myra Giersdorf (giersdorf_myra@stvrain.k12.co.us)
 * Co-Presenter: ** Jill Cope
 * Technical Focus: ** Web 2.0 Tools, Google Apps, Multimedia, Wikis, Blogs, Information, Digital Literacy
 * Grade Level: ** High School
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Copper Station, Wheeler B

Learn how we use wikispaces as a platform to enhance 21st Century Language Arts instruction, student growth, collaboration, research, and reflection.
 * 2303 **
 * Wikify Your Language Arts Classroom **

Powell Middle School, Littleton Public Schools
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Lauri Hamill (lhamill@lps.k12.co.us)
 * Co-Presenter: ** Tammy Falcone
 * Technical Focus: ** Language Arts
 * Grade Level: ** Middle School
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Copper Station, Wheeler C

These 30 tips and tricks will blow even the most voracious Googlers away! Bring your laptop and mouse to delve deeply into Google Sites, Docs, Groups, Search, Calendar, and more.
 * 2304 **
 * Take Your Google Usage Up a Notch **

Online Professional Development, Denver Public Schools
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Michael Wacker (mwacker10@gmail.com)
 * Technical Focus: ** Math, Language Arts, Google Apps
 * Grade Level: ** All Grades
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Copper Station, West Hall


 * 2306 **
 * Learning.com DREAM Project **

Learning.com
 * Session Website not available at this time**
 * Presenter: ** Chuck Creamer (ccreamer@learning.com)
 * Technical Focus: ** Digital Curriculum
 * Grade Level: ** All Grades
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Village Square, Ponderosa

Discover the tools and processes you can use to assess the progress your school/district is making toward 21st Century learning.
 * 2307 **
 * 21st Century Learning: Assessing Your Progress **

School of Innovation, Council on 21st Century Learning
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Dixie Griffin Good (dgg@C21L.org)
 * Co-Presenters: ** Stevan Kalmon, Josh Allen
 * Technical Focus: ** Professional Development, 21st Century Skills, Education Technology, Informatio n Literacy (ETIL) Plan ning
 * Grade Level: ** Pre-K–Elementary, Middle School, High School
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Village Square, Lodgepole

This session describes the process used to develop work teams, build learning activities, and distribute lesson plan activities to 200+ educators in 48 classrooms across a large suburban school district.
 * 2308 **
 * Collaborative Curriculum Design **

Sand Creek Elementary School, Douglas County School District
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Celeste Hodges (celeste.hodges@dcsdk12.org)
 * Co-Presenter: ** Martha Colbert
 * Technical Focus: ** Google Apps, Leadership, Professional Development
 * Grade Level: ** Pre-K–Elementary
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Village Square, Bristlecone

**2310** **Adobe Digital School Collection — Integrate Technology Across the Curriculum** Increase student engagement and ensure technology literacy with the Adobe Digital School Collection. ADSC is a special combination of software tools and teaching resources for digital imaging, video and sound editing in education. Students, regardless of grade level, can use the software to produce professional quality photos, video, audio, and interactive multimedia projects that are easy to share on interactive whiteboards, DVD, the web and mobile devices. Additionally, resources such as lessons plans,tutorials, and tips& tricks will be provided to help educators quickly enhance the teaching and learning process. Finally, learn how to use the ePortfolio capabilities in Acrobat X Pro to enable students and faculty to package up their photo and video assets into a media-rich PDF ePortfolio.

**Session Website not available at this time** **Presenter:** Richard John Jenkins Solutions Consultant, Education Adobe Systems, Inc. **Technical Focus:** Adobe Photoshop® Elements 9, Adobe Premiere® Elements 9, Adobe Acrobat X **Grade Level:** All Grade **Session:** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm **Location:** Mountain Plaza, Union Peak

Take the distance out of distance learning to close the gap between educating and experiencing! Bring science experts directly into your classroom to make learning personally relevant for younger students.
 * 2313 **
 * Get Dirty Virtually! **

http://www.dmns.org/teachers/at-your-school/virtual-classes http://www.dmns.org/teachers/at-your-school/scientists-in-action
 * Virtual Classes **
 * Scientists in Action **

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver
 * Presenter: ** Gianna Sullivan (gianna.sullivan@dmns.org)
 * Co-Presenter: ** Mark Widdified
 * Technical Focus: ** Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Professional Development
 * Grade Level: ** Pre-K–Elementary, Middle School
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Conference Center, Bighorn C2

When Ning went from a free service to being subscription-based, Douglas County School District’s library media center tried to continue without—but found they couldn’t. Learn how their new Ning incorporates a multitude of useful Web 2.0 applications.
 * 2314 **
 * Why We Gave In and Paid the Ransom **

District Library Media Center, Douglas County School District
 * Session Website**
 * Presenter: ** Pete Vincelette (peter.vincelette@dcsdk12.org)
 * Technical Focus: ** Web 2.0 Tools, Social Media, Leadership, Professional Development
 * Grade Level: ** All Grades
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Conference Center, Ptarmigan A


 * 2315 **
 * Collaborate and Educate Through Adobe Connect **

The Adobe Connect platform offers powerful tools for online collaboration and e-learning. Learn how Adobe Connect 8 can provide an engaging learning experience for Faculty, Students, Administrators and professional development communities. With limited time and financial resources, educators are in search of new ways to interact and share information on a more frequent basis. Adobe provides a complete learning environment with easy-to-use content authoring tools and live (or on-demand) tracking.

Education and eLearning Manager, MeetingOne
 * Session Website not available at this time**
 * Presenter: ** Jackie Specht (jspecht@meetingone.com)
 * Technical Focus: ** Collaboration
 * Grade Levels: ** Middle School, High School, Post Secondary
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Conference Center, Ptarmigan B

**2316**  New Session! **Listen Up…Developing a Comprehensive Achievement Program for Students with Learning Differences and Visual Impairments **

Comprehensive discussion on how to easily and effectively accommodate children k-post grad with specific learning disabilities. Specifically, this session will show how districts and states can customize programs with accessible content and assistive technology tools meeting the needs of their students with visual and learning disabilities

Regional Director Programs and Services, Learning Ally
 * Session Website not available at this time**
 * Presenter: ** Suzanne Jonsen (sjonsen@learningally.org)
 * Technical Focus: ** Assistive Technologies
 * Grade Levels: ** Middle School, High School, Post Secondary
 * Session: ** Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm
 * Location: ** Conference Center, Ptarmigan B