The 2008 Southwest Virginia Technology Splash will be held Thursday, July 31, at Patrick Henry High School. Here is a list of workshop ideas that have been submitted by presenters.
| Workshop Name | Description | Presenter(s) | Audience | Hands-On? | Length |
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| Let's Get Creative! | Teachers will be shown a variety of Microsoft Publisher basics by creating documents for their students. These will consist of award certificates, calendars, programs, classroom signs, etc. | Gina Hamm | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Career Exploration for Elementary and Middle School Students | Teachers will use the Internet to access career information for elementary students. Teachers will also access curriculum guides for each grade level, lesson plans, projects, worksheets, etc. This workshop will be excellent for elementary teachers hoping to introduce students to career exploration activities. | Gina Hamm | Elementary and Middle School Teachers | Yes | 1 hour |
| Present the Fun Way! | PowerPoint for Beginners: Teachers will learn a variety of PowerPoint basics. | Gina Hamm | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| VoiceThreads: Collaborative Multimedia Development | A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. They can even be exported to an Archival Movie for offline use on a DVD or video-enabled MP3 player. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world. | Valerie Nutter | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| What Is That!? Decoding Technology Jargon | This session introduces many of the new technology terms that currently are being used that many teachers aren't familiar with. The session will start out by quizzing the audience on their grasp of this specialized vocabulary. Here's a chance to catch up with your tech-savvy students. The actual subject matter will include but is not limited to:
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Valerie Nutter | Anyone | No | 1 hour |
| Blogging 101 | This session will be an introduction to edublogs, go over the several different free host sites where teachers/individuals can set up a blog for classroom use, and introduce the elements involved in blog management. The presenter will set up a blog for participants to use to share ideas and questions about the educational uses of blogs. | Valerie Nutter | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Get It From the Internet | Teachers will learn about basic Web 2.0 features. They will be shown how to access Open Courseware as well as other Internet resources to enhance their classroom. All resources shown will be located on the SVETN website for easy access by teachers upon completing this session. | Dawn Hutton | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Career Exploration | Teachers will be shown a variety of Internet sites for student use in career exploration and college preparation. This will also include several skill assessment websites to match students’ skills, interests, and abilities to potential careers. All resources shown will be located on the SVETN website for easy access by teachers upon completing this session. | Dawn Hutton | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Ease of Excel | Excel for Beginners: Teachers will learn how to create a basic Excel spreadsheet and use it to record, average, graph, and print. The main application will be for teachers to learn to average student grades in Microsoft Excel. | Dawn Hutton | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| 21st Century Skills | Teachers will learn the recommended skills, knowledge and expertise recommended by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills for students to be competitive in the workforce. Teachers will learn of websites to locate valuable teaching material to incorporate these skills into the classroom. The primary focus will be on teaching global awareness. Students need to understand global issues and be able to relate to other cultures both inside and outside our borders in order to thrive in the 21st Century. All resources shown will be located on the SVETN website for easy access by teachers upon completing this session. | Dawn Hutton | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| All About Digital Photography | This workshop will provide a hands-on introduction to digital imaging techniques. If you have a digital camera or digital images on a USB drive or CD, please bring them to the workshop. If not, we will have sample images for your use. We will cover:
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Terry Hawthorne | Anyone | Yes | 3 hours |
| Virtual Field Trips | This workshop will teach participants to use videoconferencing equipment to make virtual field trips. | Jason Lester | Anyone | No | 1 hour |
| Podcasting | In this make-it-take-it workshop, participants will edit, modify, and merge audio clips to create a mini newscast which can then be saved to their jump drives and played from any computer. | Couliette Goodwin | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Bloom's Digital Taxonomy | Teachers will learn about an update to Bloom’s Taxonomy to account for the new behaviors, actions and learning opportunities emerging as technology advances. Real classroom applications will be a focus of this session. | Couliette Goodwin | Anyone | No | 1 hour |
| Curriki | If you like Blackboard.com, you will love Curriki. Curriki is available FREE online for your course development. This online community allows you to create your class online or provides access to a repository of courses already developed for your use. This presentation will include: becoming a member; learning how to navigate through Curriki; setting up your own class online. | PJ Dempsey | Anyone | Yes | 2 hours |
| What Can GIS Do For You? | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used by everyone! If you have data that can be linked to a place on earth you can use GIS. VDOE has provided every county the ARCView 9.2 software for free. This system can be used in your science class to look at land use data or in your political science class to look at voter turnout across voting districts, etc. | PJ Dempsey | Anyone | Yes | 2 hours |
| Fun With Photos! | We’ll explore various online photo sites for editing and sharing digital photos. Each is easy to use and free. | Becky Austin | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Introduction to Word 2007 | It’s not your old Word! Come explore the new Word 2007. We’ll talk about the button, the ribbons, and so much more. Here’s your chance to play with the new version. | Becky Austin | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Digital Storytelling | Using storytelling across the curriculum. This workshop will use PowerPoint, MovieMaker, digital pictures, and video to create digital stories and oral presentations. | Judy Honaker | Anyone | Yes | ? |
| Classroom Performance System--CPS "Clickers" | Teachers will create their own ExamView Tests and import them into the CPS clicer database. | Judy Honaker | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |
| Integrating Technology into the Elementary Curriculum | This workshop will provide teachers with resources, lesson plans, and activities which can be used to integrate technology activities into the core content areas | Judy Honaker | Anyone | Yes | 1 hour |