Breakout Sessions
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| Using Digital Video To Involve Community | VaReane Heese, Springfield Elementary | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Using digital video to involve community Sixth graders promote a school - community relationship by working in teams to write, film and edit short video segments about businesses in their community. Segments are built around the theme, “Nothing Ever Happens In Springfield, Nebraska”. Students present participating businesses with a book or DVD of the group project. | Palace D | Educator |
| Joomla: Free, Easy Website Design With A Browser Interface | Dave Coover & Michael Patterson , AIM Institute Peter Kiewit Institute/AIM | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Joomla is a free, open-source Content Management System (CMS) that builds powerful websites. Joomla is easy to install, simple to manage, and is extremely reliable. In this session, we will demonstrate how to download the Joomla software, install, implement, and configure it--in the first 10 minutes. The remainder of the session will be spent showing how to add functionality by installing templates, components and modules. | Tower A | Educator Exhibitor |
| Ticket to Read | Ann Rodhouse & Louise Dannehl , ATP/NEAT ATP/NEAT | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Assistive technology is sometimes “Just the Ticket” that students need in order to be successful with the reading requirements of the curriculum. This session will assist teachers in providing effective reading instruction to all students and features software, web resources and tools ranging from low to high tech to support students. | Palace A | Educator |
| Westside Middle School Waves: Making Podcasts Work for You | Lynn Spady & Kristen Job Lance Mosier, Westside Middle School | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Discover the steps used by these Westside Middle School teachers as they developed a plan to implement Podcasting in their building. Learn tips for training staff and students in the use of GarageBand and iTunes as Podcasting tools. See how Podcasting can enhance your student’s learning while meeting local and/or state standards. Presented as a Learning Web project. | Palace B | Educator |
| Google's Powerful New Applications- Your Online Office! | Chris Pultz, Lincoln Public Schools | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Like the rest of the planet you probably Google your way to websites all the time. What you may not know is that the Google Labs have cooked up an impressive array of FREE tools that can get you and your colleagues WORKING on the web! We'll look at Google Documents & Spreadsheets, Google Notebook, Google Books, Google Alerts, and anything else they come up with prior to NETA that can help you be more productive. | Palace C | Educator |
| The Road to Conversion: One Network's Upgrade to Q-MOE | Shirley Schall, Southwest Nebraska Distance Learning Consortium | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
The Southwest Nebraska Distance Learning Consortium has just completed its conversion from a JPEG fiber optic to an H.264 IP centric network. From Grass Valley to Q-MOE, Qwest Metropolitan Optical Ethernet, learn what happened along the road to a cutting edge classroom update and how this technology has impacted learning for students across West-Central Nebraska. | Salon C | Educator |
| Blogs, Vlogs, and the Mad Rush to Web 2.0 | David Pogue, | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
In this head-spinning talk, David Pogue, the New York Times's most popular blogger, helps to make sense of the explosively expanding realm of Web 2.0 and all kinds of 'casting. He'll highlight the pitfalls and triumphs of these live-wire technologies, supply some horrifying and hilarious real-world stories, and even hint at the future of these revolutionary new channels. | Palace F | Educator |
| I Like Handhelds Because……. | Tony Vincent, | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Palm computers and Pocket PCs are used in classrooms all over the world because of their low cost, portability, and ease-of-use. Tony Vincent shares his reasons for falling in love with handheld computers by showcasing many examples of how they are used by both teachers and students. | Palace G | Educator |
| What's New with Apple? | Jeff Ochsner, Apple Computer Inc. Apple Computer | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
What are the new and emerging technologies for education? Come and see the technology highlights and explore the hottest topics in the Mac market. Don't miss this special presentation of the latest technologies from Apple Computer. This session will focus on the latest software from Apple, the latest hardware, including the complete line of Intel processor Macs, and the latest on 10.5 (Leopard) - Apple's latest Operating System. | Palace E | Exhibitor |
| We Have The Mobile Labs - Now What? | Bev Gustafson & Jody Bauer , Lexington Public Schools Lexington Public Schools | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Come find out important details about multiple mobile lab management. Where to store them, how to check them out, what kind of policies and procedures are needed, how to maintain them, what happens when one breaks down. Proactive management is the key. | Omaha | Educator |
| Packet Sniffing | Brett Haffener, Educational Service Unit 10 | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
This "techie" strand session will cover the topic of packet sniffing which is often referred to as network monitoring or network analyzing. Network administrators use "packet sniffing" to monitor and troubleshoot network traffic and pinpoint bottlenecks to help maintain efficient network data transmission. This session will be extremely helpful to network administrators. | Omaha Lobby | Educator |
| Questions About Software Licensing?? | Chris Downing, Software Plus | Thursday 10:15 - 11:15 |
Software Plus will be able to help you with any questions you may have about software licensing. | Salon D | Exhibitor |