Break out sessions

Sessions planned especially for Administrators, Development and Network Engineers All are Welcome !
11:00 -11:30am	The John Carroll School Discussion with Principal, Paul Barker,	Question and Answers following Keynote Address This session will be offered in both morning and afternoon if registration warrants.	Paul Barker pbarker@johncarroll.org
11:40 - 12:10	MPC/Gateway Increase School Branding, Recruitment and Retention: Leveraging Technology for Institutional Achievement	Title: Increase School Branding, Recruitment and Retention: Leveraging Technology for Institutional Achievement Abstract: In this session we will discuss the impacts you can achieve to your school “brand” in your target recruitment area by leveraging your 21st Century learning and workforce skills use and investment of technology as a learning tool. We will look at other schools approach to this, their positioning of their schools relative to the technology they are using and the comparatives to their public sector learning institutions. We will sample appeals to parents and students via the web, flyers and press notifications in addition to Parent/student Orientation and Visitation Days. We will explore the impacts of participation in conferences and trade shows to raise awareness in the educational arena to create buzz and excitement which can be leveraged for faculty recruitment, grant consideration and other factors. We will look at some data on the impacts to recruitment and subsequent retention attributed to technology integration as well as selected data on student impacts.	Larry Deville Larry.Deville@mpccorp.com
11:40-12:10	Calvert Hall College Google Apps for Education	Google Apps for Education Free to educational institutions, Google Apps Education Edition empowers users to create, communicate and collaborate in a whole new way. This web based set of tools combines’ email, calendar, and productivity software that unlocks information and promotes learning. By rebranding the Gmail interface with our own domain name and school logo, we were able to deploy email to 1200+ students with no start up costs or costly software or storage. Administration is centralized and is used to add or remove additional online features such as: Document, Spreadsheet, and Presentation editors, collaborative calendars, chat, and web pages. Google Apps is platform independent so it works on Mac and PC, and is supported by most web browsers (IE, Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape) Productivity software is compatible with Microsoft Office and also supports XML file formats. Technical support is provided to Education Edition users directly from Google and is “Ad Free”. Calvert Hall will provide the projector and the laptop for this break out session but will need Internet capability provided by John Carroll. The session can be repeated as needed.	Austin Ewachiwa ewachiwa@calverthall.com
1:40-2:10 pm	MPC/Gateway Pen-based Technology as a Learning Tool: Advantages and Lessons Learned to-date	We will investigate the advantages of pen-based systems for faculty and students versus standard notebook computers in 1:1 settings. A look at the classroom usage patterns of notebooks compared to pen-based systems, student assimilation rates and excerpts from pertinent published papers on intuitive and counter-intuitive results of both tools. We will discuss failure points in moving to full technology integration and subsequent 1:1 learning environments as well as Best Practices and lessons learned to better arm you with the knowledge to avoid pitfall’s in the process and how and why you should consider pen-based systems for your educational technology platform.	Larry Deville Larry.Deville@mpccorp.com
1:40 - 2:10	Jaguar Technology and Trapeze Networks This session’s focus will be on narrowing the digital divide and improving student learning through wireless mobility. The workshop will provide an overview of the various applications that can be deployed over a Wireless Network, and introduce several examples of schools that have taken advantage of the technology to improve their learning environment.	This workshop will be a good primer for any school considering a wireless Network. There will also be a drawing for (3) free WLAN evaluation kits. The evaluation kit will include a Trapeze Networks Wireless Controller, 2 Access Points and Management Software. Please stop by our table at the Show Case for more information. Applications that will be discussed will include the following: Mobile Computing (Tablet Deployment) Security of Wireless Networks Location based Services – Tracking of students Voice Over Wireless Wireless Security Cameras Secure Guest Access	Eric Ferguson Jaguar Technology eric.ferguson@jaguartech.com Scott Peterson speterson@trapezenetworks.com Guest Speaker- Michael Baker Director of Education and Healthcare – Trapeze Networks
1:40-2:10	St. Mary's High School Web 2.0 The Power of Virtual Environments in Learning	This session will be on Web 2.0 and how it changes what happens in school. The emphasis will be research and examples of learning through video gaming and MultiUser Virtual Environments (MUVE). The session will concentrate on the ideas of Marc Prensky, James Paul Gee and Edward Castonova.	Norman Constantine nconstantine@stmarysannapolis.org