MARCH12-13

TREE OF LIFE MINISTRY CENTER

5000 Arlington Center Blvd, Upper Arlington, OH
THE ETC Technology Conference promises to
be two days RICH with dynamic technol ogy
content creatively designed with the class-
room i n mind. Featuring many expert and peer
lead sessi ons, educators of all grade levels will
be inspired to impl ement the latest technol o-
gies into practi ce next day. Continue your pro-
fessional development by attendi ng the ETC
and earn ACSIs CEUs.
REGISTER
NOW FOR
2015!
OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION
GET YOUR TECH ON!
Member $69 per person ($89 afer Feb 26)
Non-Member $89 per person ($109 afer Feb 26)
5th person per school FREE with 4 paying atendees.
BRING FIVE
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Dr. Jeremy Ervin is the inaugural Dean of the School of Educaton at Cedarville University. With
his experience in providing professional learning for K12 teachers and his tme teaching peda-
gogy in higher educaton, he recognizes how the 21st-century classroom needs to center on the
engagement of the learner with enduring understandings. Dr. Ervins research interest has
been focused on STEM literacy and aimed at building connectons between teachers, profes-
sors, and teacher-candidates. Dr. Ervins expertse enables him to provide efectve workshops
on STEM educaton, technology integraton, and curriculum design.
SESSIONS & SPEAKERS
The Mindset of the 21
st
Century Learner Learners in the 21
st
Century interact with content, technology and each other
in vastly diferent ways than they did a decade ago. Understanding the mindset of the students is a prerequisite for
efectve teaching of concepts and training of 21
st
century skills necessary for them to be ready in a career and college.

Engaging Students with the Interactve Whiteboard: Novice Level Make the most of your interactve whiteboard (e.g.,
SMART Board, Promethean, Interwrite) by using the beginning sofware tools to create engaging, learner-centered actvi-
tes, projects & assessments. Partcipants will learn basic tps and tricks that are compatble for all grade levels and con-
tent areas by using digital ink skills (resizing, re-coloring, and handwritng to text), magic eraser, and animaton of ob-
jects.

Engaging Students Instructon with the Interactve Whiteboard: Profcient Level Make the most of your interactve
whiteboard (e.g., SMART Board, Promethean, Interwrite) by using the advanced beginner sofware tools to create engag-
ing, learner-centered actvites, projects & assessments. Partcipants will go beyond the novice level to learn tps and
tricks that are compatble with all grade levels and content areas by using infnite cloning, page recordings, desktop re-
cordings (great for the fipped classroom), supplied resource tools (rulers, compass, protractor) and virtual manipulatve
(Algebra tles, dissectons, balance scales).

Developing Your Professional Learning Community How Twiter will Impact Your Teaching Back by popular demand!
No mater if you have a Twiter handle (@dr_jeremy_ervin) or not. No mater what your skill level is with Twiter
hashtags (#ACSItech). This interactve workshop encourages you to Tweet during it and will provide you the essental
informaton to put your professional learning in your own hands, literally and fguratvely. Unfortunately, it will take
more than 140 characters to do so.

Beyond the Classroom Walls: Encouraging Students to Learn at Home Utlize free sofware or websites to engage and
motvate your students to a deeper understanding of concepts. This workshop provides strategic ways to use technology
to your advantage to extend the tme of learning and avoid the dreaded homework sheets or doing the even problems at
the end of the secton.
Member $69 per person ($89 afer Feb 26)
Non-Member $89 per person ($109 afer Feb 26)
5th person per school FREE with 4 paying atendees.
BRING FIVE
PEOPLE & SAVE!
THIS IS ONLY AN INITIAL LISTING OF OFFERINGS. DETAILS ARE IN THE
WORKS FOR MANY MORE SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS SO STAY TUNED.
REGISTER
NOW FOR
2015!
educati on | technol ogy | chri sti an
Susan Brooks-Young has been involved in the feld of instructonal technology since 1979. Prior
to establishing her consultng frm, Susan was a teacher, site administrator, and technology spe-
cialist in a county ofce of educaton in a career that spanned more than 23 years. Since 1986,
she has published artcles and sofware reviews in a variety of educaton journals. She is also
author of a number of books which focus on efectve use of technology in schools.
Susan works with educators internatonally, focusing on practcal technology-based strategies
for personal productvity and efectve technology implementaton in classrooms. Mobile tech-
nologies and BYOD programs are areas of partcular interest for her. For complete informaton
on Susans work, visit htp://www.sjbrooks-young.com/index.html.
SESSIONS & SPEAKERS
Getng Past the Glitz. Why Use Mobile Devices to Create Content? When the discussion turns to classroom use of tab-
lets and other mobile devices, it nearly always focuses on use of apps and web-based tools where students are consum-
ers of content. This keynote explores use of mobile technologies that incorporate use of higher order thinking skills
through use of apps and web-based tools that support content creaton. Using Blooms Digital Taxonomy as a readily
accessible framework, atendees are invited to consider strategies for identfying, selectng, and employing digital tools
that support challenging and engaging actvites for students in a variety of setngs. Whether your school has adopted
BYOD, 1:1 or something in between, you will fnd tools and strategies that you can implement immediately to take use
of mobile technologies to more creatve levels.

Designing Efectve, Technology-Supported Instructonal Actvites Efectve technology integraton requires more than
access to up-to-date hardware and a robust infrastructure. Educators must understand and apply the complex interrela-
tonships of three components of knowledgetechnology, pedagogy, and content when planning technology-
supported actvites. They must also be cognizant of their own levels of technology use. This keynote focuses on re-
search-based models, TPACK and SAMR, and provides practcal suggestons educators can use right away to design
efectve, technology-supported instructonal actvites that will enhance classroom learning.

Creatng Content with Mobile Devices: Five Photo Stories and One Minute Videos Use of photography in the classroom
is common practce. For decades, teachers have employed photos for a variety of instructonal purposes. With the ad-
vent of inexpensive point-and-click digital cameras its practcal for even our youngest students to create images of their
own. And now that most tablet devices sport at least one camera, teachers and students ofen have access to multple
digital cameras at one tme, signifcantly increasing the ease of implementaton of complex instructonal actvites that
rely on the use of photography. The focus of this seminar is on two simple, yet efectve instructonal strategies using
stll photography and video for K-12 cross-curricular lessons. This bring-your-own device hands-on seminar is appropri-
ate for smartphones and tablets.

Raise the Bar for Student Presentatons Using Web-based Tools and Apps We ofen ask students to demonstrate learn-
ing through academic events or culminatng projects. Oral presentatons are frequently incorporated into these actvi-
tes. Mobile devices and more traditonal technologies ofer many ways for students to work independently or collabo-
ratvely to share informaton in creatve ways. Atend this seminar to review a sampling of web-based tools and apps
that are appropriate for use by students in grades K-12. This bring-your-own device hands-on seminar is most appropri-
ate for laptops and tablets.

Increase Students Speaking and Listening Skills Using Podcastng In societes where visual media regularly supersedes
audio media, students have fewer opportunites to learn how to listen and speak well. But much communicatonboth
formal and informalrelies on the ability to speak and to listen. Fortunately, tablet devices and smartphones are tools
both teachers and students can use to address these two important skills. During this workshop we will focus on tools
that can be leveraged to enhance students ability to speak and listen well. This bring-your-own device hands-on work-
shop is most appropriate for smartphones and tablets.
OHIO RIVER VALLEY REGION
THIS IS ONLY AN INITIAL LISTING OF OFFERINGS. DETAILS ARE IN THE
WORKS FOR MANY MORE SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS SO STAY TUNED.
educati on | technol ogy | chri sti an