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INNOVATE 2010

Sparking Conversation

about Learning

in the Digital Age...

Celebrating 5 Years of Service to the North Carolina Independent School Community

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Table of Contents

Conference @ a Glance…………………………. Page 4

Thursday’s 3-Hour Sessions …………………… Page 5

Thursday’s 1.5 Hour Sessions Block A…… Page 6

Thursday’s 1.5 Hour Sessions Block B…… Page 7

Friday’s 1 Hour Sessions Block 1…………… Page 8—9

Friday’s 1 Hour Sessions Block 2…………… Page 10—11

Friday’s 1 Hour Sessions Block 3…………… Page 12

Acknowledgements…………………………………. Page 14

Attendees……………………………………………….. Page 16

Vendor Contact Information……………………… Page 19

Campus | Building Maps….……………………… Page 20


8:00—9:00 AM

Registration | Continental Breakfast | Vendors Open

10:30—11:30 AM: Featured Session

NCAIS VIRTUAL

10:00—10:30 AM: Break | Vendor Exhibits Open

C onference

@ a Glance

Fine Arts Building

Middle School

9:00—10:00 AM: Session 1 Workshops

11:30—1:00 PM

Un-Conference Lunch | Vendor Exhibits Open

Transition Time (15 min)

1:15—2:15 PM: Session 2 Workshops

Transition Time (15 min)

2:30—3:30 PM: Session 3 Workshops

3:30—4:00 PM: Closing Session

12:00—1:00 PM

Registration | Early Vendor Exhibits Open

2:30—5:45 PM: Hands On Workshop Sessions

3 HOUR Sessions (2:30—5:30)

1.5 HOUR SESSIONS

Session A (2:30—4:00)

Session B ( 4:10—5:40)

2:00—2:30 PM: Break | Vendor Exhibits Open

1:00—2:00 PM: Featured Session

EdTechTalk, 21st Century Learning | LIVE!

5:45—7:30 PM

Traditional North Carolina Pig Pickin

Webtops & the Classroom, Jon Moser, finalsite

SPARKING Innovation Sessions

FRIDAY SCHEDULE

THURSDAY SCHEDULE


THURSDAY: 3-Hour Sessions (2:30—5:30)

Technology Tools for Literacy (M104) This hands-on workshop will expand teachers’ technology tool belts in the area of everyday classroom use with a focus on literacy. The leaders are a sixth-grade language arts teacher and a technology integration coach. Attendees will get hands-on practice with tools to use with students right away. Specific areas of liter-acy addressed include: reading comprehension, reading fluency, organization, writing skills, editing, and word choice. We’ll also review how these tools can assist teachers in both differentiating instruction and im-proving classroom management. Software tools discussed include: MS Office, Audacity, Jing, WordPress. Websites include: Wordle, Diigo, Animoto, Etherpad and MindMeister. We’ll also look at classroom uses of Google Docs, a category unto itself. Presenters: Sarah Hanawald (Greensboro Day) and Meredith Stewart (Cary Academy) Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Explorer, Power User

Fathom for Middle School Math Teachers (M211) Using Fathom to integrate middle school mathematics and science. The workshop will include Investigations in frog jumping, spaghetti bridges, and factors that affect a pendulum swing. Presenters: Oleg Moiseenko (Duke School) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

Writing Across the Curriculum: Pair Short Fiction with Wikis (M217) Any content-area teacher can easily transform writing instruction into a powerful tool for science and social studies learning. Author Carol Baldwin shows you how to create short fiction as a winning strategy for use beyond the language arts classroom. Her interactive, fun workshop gives you ready-to-use strategies which students love. Be ready to create outside-of-the-box characters and settings, have fun, and learn strategies which you can implement immediately in your classroom. Presenters: Carol Baldwin (Maupin House) | Audience: Grades 6 – 9 | Level: Anyone

Models of Web 2.0 Integration and Collaboration (M218) Explore models and examples of using web 2.0 tools like wikis, blogs, glogster, twitter, and more in the class-room. Discussion will focus on the lesson plans, objectives, and goals of the lessons as well as the outcomes. Time will also be spent working with the tools and finding resources to expand your lessons. Bring some of your own lesson plans to tweak and adjust. We will collaborate to build lesson together. Presenters: Matt Scully (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades 4-12 | Level: Anyone

Innovation & Design Thinking (M219) Design Thinking is an approach for innovation. It is a innovative method for use in the K-12 and university classroom. Design Thinking is a process for creative problem solving that leverages creativity and imagina-tion to problem-based learning. Attendees will learn the design thinking process: Observe, Understand, Cre-ate; techniques for implementation; curriculum integration; uses of technology; evaluation and assessment methods; review successful classroom design thinking programs and projects; and tips and recommenda-tions for successful experiential learning experience that is hands-on and meets individual student needs. This workshop will combine lecture, discussion and hands-on activities. Presenters: Rachel Powers (Northwestern University / VISDE) | Audience: Anyone | Level: Anyone


THURSDAY: 1.5 Hour Sessions (2:30—4:00) BLOCK A

Stay in Touch: Apple Technology in Education (M109) See the new capabilities of Apple’s exciting Portable and Mobile Technology and it’s use in education. This is a great time to be a student! Technology is making learning more exciting and fun for all learners. Classroom work is no longer confined to the classroom! Students have 24/7 ubiquitous learning by using their computer, iPod, or their iPhone to work where they want or when they want. Apple is at the core of this emerging direc-tion for teaching and learning. The Mac is now the number one computer in schools and on college cam-puses. Join Apple to explore some amazing tools with amazing features.

Presenters: Robb Adams (Apple) | Audience: K-12 | Level: Anyone

Skype in Schools (M111) This session will address ―going global‖ with your students from your own classroom. We will discuss setting up a Skype account, contacting other teachers and schools world-wide, tips for implementation, and ideas for enhancing learning and teaching through this video-conferencing medium. Join us!

Presenters: Kelly Hines (Chocowinity Primary School) | Audience: K – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

A Much Needed Alternative to Moodle (M204) Forsyth Country Day School’s search for a solution to go completely digital with online content required tran-scending commonly known technological avenues. During our exploration, we found that independent schools were similar to us across the country in that they too have been and continue to struggle with provid-ing an online presence for their students in a manageable, consistent, and reliable way. I propose to demon-strate a new LMS that was designed from the ground up to increase efficiency for the digital teacher, allow for simple creation and use of custom and open source content, and to consolidate systems (ie. curriculum map-ping and grade book programs). With this LMS, teachers will have the ability to intelligently map curriculum objectives to content, grade work in an exceptionally fast manner, create custom content with minimal clicks, and find a drag and drop friendly framework to outline their entire course. Administrators will have the flexibil-ity to witness reports that are drawn from the underlying data connected to the course’s assessments. These reports show student performance and allow observations into how well course objectives are satisfied and how responsive faculty members are in responding to students. In this workshop, participants will have the ability to enroll in a fictitious course to witness firsthand how a student and a teacher would use this new al-ternative in learning management systems.

Presenters: Mark Snow (Forsyth Country Day) | Audience: K – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

5 Tools to Know (M208) This interactive workshop will introduce web tools for every educator to know. We’ll explore five tools & gadg-ets – Diigo, RSS feeds, Google Education Edition, Voicethread, and Webspiration. Workshop participants will collaborate on how to use these tools in their schools. We’ll also explore any tools of interest to the crowd. All of our work will be shared on the virtual component of the NCAIS conference.

Presenters: Ernie Cox (St. Timothy’s School) | Audience: Grades K – 12, Administrators | Level: Beginner

Teaching for the Brain: Using Modeling Instruction in the Humanities to Improve Understanding and Retention (M209) Recent developments in brain science have given us the key to better teaching. At this workshop attendees will be introduced to a teaching method called Modeling Instruction, which has been used successfully in the sciences for over ten years to promote better retention and the ability to transfer knowledge to new situations. The visualization of concepts at the center of Modeling Instruction brings about these improvements. Your presenters have adopted this method into two different Humanities disciplines (History and English) and will share their experiences in an interactive session that will include reflections on classroom results and sug-gestions on how to get started in this innovative teaching method.

Presenters: Robert Coven and Carole Hamilton (Cary Academy) | Audience: 9 – 12 | Level: Anyone


THURSDAY: 1.5 Hour Sessions (4:15—5:45) BLOCK B

Stay in Touch: Apple Technology in Education (M109) See the new capabilities of Apple’s exciting Portable and Mobile Technology and it’s use in education. This is a great time to be a student! Technology is making learning more exciting and fun for all learners. Classroom work is no longer confined to the classroom! Students have 24/7 ubiquitous learning by using their computer, iPod, or their iPhone to work where they want or when they want. Apple is at the core of this emerging direc-tion for teaching and learning. The Mac is now the number one computer in schools and on college cam-

puses. Join Apple to explore some amazing tools with amazing features.

Presenters: Robb Adams (Apple) | Audience: K-12 | Level: Anyone

How OneNote Changed My Life (M111) This session is designed to share my journey from tablet novice to in-house OneNote evangelist. When I re-ceived my tablet, I felt sure that it could help me integrate the personal connections with students that I value with the infinite capabilities of a laptop. But how? Stylus-based input combined with the organizational and synching capabilities of OneNote has completely transformed how my classroom functions and how I teach and interact with my students. OneNote helps unorganized teachers and students alike to keep themselves

organized and buys class time that would ordinarily be spent printing, copying, or emailing for instruction.

Presenters: Laura Drewicz Ewing (Greensboro Day) | Audience: 6 – 12 | Level: Beginner

Using Prezi to Present your Research (M204) Are you tired of PowerPoint? Ready to think outside the slide? With Prezi, a Flash-Based presentation pro-gram, you get a blank canvas to make that presentation with pizzazz. After a brief discussion of how we’ve used it with our Upper School Composition Classes, including lesson plans and a rubric, you’ll spend the rest of the time working on your own Prezi on the topic of your choice. Bring your laptop and we’ll create your free

account and get to work!

Presenters: Elise Thrash (Ravenscroft School) | Audience: K – 12 | Level: Anyone

CSI Technology (M209) Collaborate, Share, Infuse: TECHNOLOGY Looking for more ways to integrate technology into your K-5 classroom? Looking for new ways to share and collaborate?

WELL…we’ve got an ―APP‖ for all that!

Join us for a dazzling, fun-filled, creative session for using web tools, digital resources, and more to inte-

grate technology into your classroom.

Presenters: Cindy Fordham and Sherri Ausbon (Ravenscroft School) | Audience: K – 5 | Level: Anyone


Innovating with Google Maps and Earth for Project Based Learning (M104) Have you used Google Maps for personal purposes? Are now ready to take it to the next level with your stu-dents? In this workshop, participants will learn how to leverage Google Maps and Earth to develop interesting and exciting project based learning in the discipline of their choice. Though many may initially recognize the possibilities of Google Maps/Earth in Science and Math, actually it lends itself quite well to English/Language Arts. This will be a hands-on, working session with collaboration and innovation at its core. At the end of the workshop, participants will walk away with a product that can be used in their classrooms. Laptops are re-quired for this workshop. The workshop will have the greatest benefit to teachers with access to a computer

cart, or a lab, or those in a 1:1 – ubiquitous computing environment.

Presenters: Joselyn Todd (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Beginner, Explorer, Power User

Why Using the World Wide Web Rocks! (M109) This workshop will highlight three innovative ways to make use of the Internet in a way that is meaningful and personal for students–the use of Class Press, Twitter, and Wetpaint in the classroom setting. The first portion of the presentation will focus on using the Class Press website for blogging. This is a wonderful website de-signed especially for classroom use. Students are constantly expressing themselves online through Twitter and Facebook, so why not give them a forum that combines something they enjoy with something that they are learning? A small focus will be on how to use Twitter to communicate with students and parents. Teachers can now ―tweet‖ about upcoming due dates or special events in their classrooms. Twitter is a great way to keep parents informed and to keep students on top of their assignments. Finally, I will focus on creating stu-dent Wiki pages using the Wetpaint site. Wiki pages are not only a great way for students to display their work electronically, but they also can serve as electronic portfolios, which can be used on college applications.

While the examples given will be from Spanish courses, these sites have many curricular uses.

Presenters: Estelle Bowden (Greensboro Day) | Audience: Grades 6-12 | Level: Anyone

Teaching Old Tech New Tricks (M111) This interactive workshop will help teachers rethink their use of technology by demonstrating a different way of utilizing power point. Participants will experience a ―silent power point,‖ which will enable a more thought-ful consideration of other common technologies. The workshop will not only provide a new power point tech-nique, but also a new way of thinking about all of the technology we use as educators. Anyone interested in

being more intentional and creative about their tech should attend.

Presenters: Ryan Welsh (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades 9 – 12 | Level: Anyone

Tearing Down Walls: Extending the Science Classroom (M208) Come discuss how use of social media tools like wikis, blogs, and Skype can extend the impact of what goes inside and outside of a science classroom. The presenter will provide examples of each type of project, and

lead a discussion of pros and cons of each.

Presenters: Derrick Willard (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades 9 – 12 | Level: Explorer

FRIDAY: 1 Hour Sessions (9:00—10:00) Block 1



Smart Boards in the Upper Grades: Do More with Less (M217) Classroom technologies have been transforming education throughout the past decade. Almost none have been more paramount to increasing student achievement and teacher satisfaction simultaneously than the Smart Board Interactive Whiteboard. Come learn how teachers are utilizing Smart Notebook Software to do

more with less, including:

-educational research supporting the impact of Smartboards in classrooms

-how students today are different from previous generations

-how we can meet the needs of these diverse, changing learners

-numerous examples demonstrating how Notebook software allows teachers to do more with less, including

differentiation, visual/auditory representation, interactivity, classroom assessment, and more!

Presenters: Kyle Schutt and Amy Mills (Clark-Powell)

Audience: Grades 6-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

Student Motivation & New Forms of Instruction (M218) Studies from the Max Planck Institute and Daniel Pink’s latest book, Drive, explore new ideas regarding what motivates us. I believe if we combine these new ideas about motivation with innovative instructional practice, we can create new learning environments that inspire 21st century critical thinkers. This session will share

these ideas and call on attendees to collaborate to generate new ideas to use in the classroom.

Presenters: Matt Scully (Providence Day) | Audience: Grades K-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

Student Blogs: Not Just for English Class! (M223) Students can use blogs to post and share ideas about any sort of work – text, images, audio, video, im-ages, etc. Band Director Eric Grush will demonstrate how his students have used their blogs to post re-cordings of themselves (creating an audio portfolio) and have collaborated to share feedback on how indi-

viduals, sections, the entire class, and even the teacher can improve and grow.

Presenters: Eric Grush (Cary Academy) | Audience: K – 12 | Level: Anyone



The Success Story of the Eco-Chicos: How a Student-Led Environmental Club Uses Technology to Ignite Change (M104) All it took was one student. The Eco-Chicos, a middle school environmental group at Carolina Friends School, started three years ago with one student reading one book about the environment. Since then, over thirty-five students have joined the Eco-Chicos; they are involved in a highly-successful campaign to reduce, reuse and recycle across campus. Using electronic newsletters, short videos and Keynote presentations, they have shared their story and have inspired others to get involved in on-going eco-projects, such as an annual recy-cling fair, ―Trash-Free Tuesdays‖ in the Middle School, a campus-wide recycling program with Terracycle, and a designer-recycled-bag sale. Come meet the Eco-Chicos and see how they effectively use technology to in-

spire others and to get everyone in the school community involved in exciting environmental projects.

Presenters: Mig Little Hayes & Members of the Eco-Chicos (Carolina Friends)

Audience: Grades K – 12 | Level: Anyone

Digital Poetry: First Steps of Digital Storytelling (M204) This session will examine ―digital poetry‖ as a means to ease students into the world of digital storytelling. Projects created by third and fourth grade students from original poetry will be shared and participants will

brainstorm ideas for their own students.

Presenters: Lisa Carboni (Carolina Friends) | Audience: Grades K-5 | Level: Explorer

Extravaganzas! Instructional and Tech Planning for Success (M209) If you are planning to do interdisciplinary or cross grade level tech projects with your students, this is the ses-sion for you! Learn how we’ve implemented a Global Issues Forum, a Culture Fair, a Virtual Science Fair and a French Fair with Middle School Faculty and Students. The key to a successful extravaganza is planning. Faculty, Instructional Techs and the Network Services and Support Manager work together to plan, organize and configure all that is needed to help students produce meaningful projects that will dazzle administrators and parents alike! These are primarily Middle School projects, but the process can be applied to projects for

any grade level.

Presenters: Kathleen Christopher, Gary Duggan, and Gerald Pinkerton (Ravenscroft School)

Audience: Grades K-12 | Level: Anyone

24/7 Math Teacher with a Happy Family at Home (M217) Interactive Discussion. How I use my smartboard and a wiki to provide students, parents, and even tutors ac-cess to classroom notes and information 24/7. Participants will be invited to share their own communication

strategies.

Presenters: Cheryl Love (Greensboro Day) | Audience: Grades 6 – 9 | Level: Explorer



Alternative to Traditional Professional Development (M218) If you too know that the old model isn’t working any longer, and if you’re looking for a professional develop-ment experience that blends the best of Web 2.0 tools with a commitment to long-term, job-embedded learn-ing, we invite you to consider joining a Powerful Learning Practice Carolina Cohort now being formed for the

2010-11 school year.

Led by co-founders Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson, over 3,000 teachers in PLP cohorts from across the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia have already learned how to move both their personal and professional learning practice forward to embrace the great opportunities that social online learning tools

have created. This year, we’re looking for 1,500 more teachers to join us.

Powerful Learning Practice offers what no other PD experience out there does: a blend of face to face and online interaction over a 7-8 month period led by a collection of the most experienced, passionate educators in the field. And we do it not by delivering a course but by creating a community — a community of educator

learners who support each others’ efforts to improve their own practice throughout.

Presenters: Matt Scully (Providence Day) | Audience: Anyone | Level: Anyone

Teaching Empathy, Creativity, and Professionalism in the Digital Age: Creating Nonprofit Organizations in Applied Technology Class (M219) How do we get students to think and care about other people, animals, and the environment when they spend so much time interacting with a screen? How do we teach them to present themselves professionally when they so frequently communicate in ―Textese‖? Recently, I rewrote my ninth grade Applied Technology cur-riculum hoping to achieve both of these objectives. In this new curriculum, students spend the entire semes-ter creating mock nonprofit organizations. They first study local and national nonprofits and make microloans through Kiva.org. Then they choose a cause, develop a mission statement, organizational name, slogan, and logo. They go on to create detailed budgets and graphs, marketing materials, and fundraising presentations. The course culminates in a Final Exhibition where each nonprofit founder presents their organization in an

attempt to convince visitors to ―donate‖ to their cause.

In this session, I will discuss what the students gained from the experience as well as what I learned (some of

it very unexpected!) and there will be plenty of time for questions

Presenters: Jean Pendleton (Charleston Collegiate) | Audience: Grades 6-12 | Level: Anyone

Finding your Voice with Social Media (M223) This session is not going to spend an hour trying to convince you social media is important. The case for so-cial media has been made many times before. The goal of this session is to explore the process of building

your own social media practice.

We’ll focus on 3 things - Understanding Social Media Etiquette Building Online Conversations

Finding the Right Medium for You

If you haven’t already it’s our hope that this discussion will help motivate you to wade deeper in to these wa-

ters.

Presenters: Travis Warren (Whipple Hill) | Audience: Grades K-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone



Technology Tool belt for Foreign Language Teachers (M109) This session will explore how technology can enhance and facilitate foreign language teaching and learning. Participants will be introduced to a select technology tools for both teachers and students of foreign lan-

guages. We will explore the use of OneNote, Audacity, Adobe Premier Elements, and Web 2.0 applications.

Presenters: Margit Lanze and Ming-An Lee (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Anyone

Using MS OneNote in 1-1 Learning Environments (M111) This presentation will provide an introduction to MS OneNote and explain practical applications for educators and their students. We will focus on organization for both the student and teacher, streamlining assessment collection, evaluation, and return, and collaboration among students and faculty. Examples of specific ways

in which OneNote has been used will be provided by the presenters.

Presenters: Kara Caccuitto and Palmer Seeley (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Anyone

Finding a Place for Learning: The Learning Commons (M208) What learning experiences & conditions do students need to be prepared for the rapidly changing information ecology of today? What role do teachers have in creating new learning environments? We will explore these questions and many others as we peer into the learning commons – a physical and digital space for innova-tive teaching and learning. Be prepared to tear down walls, rethink roles and responsibilities, rearrange furni-

ture and labs, and open up digital access.

Presenters: Ernie Cox (St. Timothy’s) | Audience: Grades K-12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

Why Statistics, not Calculus, should be the Pinnacle of High School Mathematics (M211) This presentation will explore how changes in the workplace, society and media have shifted the importance of mathematics education from Calculus to Statistics. Through applications JMP statistical software, partici-pants will see how technology enables this transformation by bringing real data analysis to classrooms, previ-

ously constrained by the limitations of graphing calculators.

Presenters: Simon King (Cary Academy) | Audience: Grades 9 – 12, Administrators | Level: Anyone

Creative Sound Design for Theatre (M219) This will be an exploration in the use of music and sound effects in staged performances. As part of this en-deavor we will present work from two previous shows and our class production scheduled later this semester. We will deal primarily with finding and editing appropriate materials in order to enhance dramatic effect. This

workshop will not deal with acoustics of theatrical spaces or microphone issues.

Presenters: Jason Sharp, Russell Vacanti, and Angela Santucci (Ravenscroft School)

Audience: Grades 6 – 12 | Level: Beginner, Explorer

Twitter 201: Tools and Tips for Making the Most of Twitter (M223) Nash Haywood of Silverpoint discusses tools and tips for making the most of Twitter. Discussion will include background on the how and why of the social network, best practices, demos of tools such as desktop and mobile clients, plug-ins, and widgets, and Twitter communities such as user directories and Twitter-based

sites.

Presenters: Nash Haywood (Silverpoint.NET) | Audience: Anyone | Level: Anyone



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Attendees

Allen Catherine The Oakwood School Teacher

Andrews Terry Westchester Country Day School Director of Technology

Attwood Bo Carolina Day School, Asheville Chief Technology Coordinator

Ausbon Sherri Ravenscroft School Presenter

Austin Fred The Oakwood School Technology Director

Baldwin Carol Maupin House Presenter

Bates-Glass Lisa New Garden Friends School Technology Specialist

Battle Henry (Hank) Forsyth Country Day School Headmaster

Belk Louisa Myrtle Grove Christian School Technology Director

Bordone Wanda Fayetteville Academy Teacher

Bowden Estelle Greensboro Day School Presenter

Bowman David Forsyth Country Day School Director of Development

Brooks Ellen Olson Fayetteville Academy Teacher

Broshar David Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher

Burne Tom Duke School IT Director

Butler Alice Harrells Christian Academy Teacher

Caccuitto Kara Cary Academy Presenter

Carboni Lisa Carolina Friends School Presenter

Carlson Justin The Hill Center Director of Technology

Christopher Kathleen Ravenscroft School Presenter

Cook Rebecca Cape Fear Academy Teacher

Corpening Christina Central Academy at Lake Park Teacher

Coven Robert Cary Academy Presenter

Cox Ernie St. Timothy's School Presenter

Creasy Rose Marie Reserrection Lutheran School Admissions/Development Director

Cusick Danielle Davidson Day School Teacher

Daniels Peggy Carolina Day School, Asheville Middle School Principal

Deans Bryan Greenfield School Director of Information Technology

Drewicz Ewing Laura Greensboro Day School Presenter

Duggan Gary Ravenscroft School Presenter

Dunbar Beth Greensboro Day School Teacher

Ennis David St. David's School Director of Technology

Ferriter Bill Salem Middle School Presenter

Flowers Harriet Fayetteville Academy Teacher

Flythe Kevin Greenfield School Director of Media Center

Fordham Cynthia Ravenscroft School Presenter

Gamblin Barbara Cardinal Gibbons High School Teacher

Ganjehsani Rebecca Fayetteville Academy Teacher

Gebbia Cindy Forsyth Country Day School Lower School Technology Specialist

Goldberg Steve Cary Academy Teacher


Attendees

Grover Avrind Hewitt School Presenter

Grush Eric Cary Academy Presenter

Guillory Sharon Carolina Friends School Director of Technology

Hamilton Carole Cary Academy Presenter

Hanawald Sarah Greensboro Day School Presenter

Harmon Sherrie New Garden Friends School Teacher

Hayes Mig Carolina Friends School Presenter

Himburg Eric Cary Academy Teacher

Hines Kelly Chocowinity Primary School Presenter

Howes Carolyn New Garden Friends School Teacher

Hughes Susan Guilford Day School Teacher

Huskins Julia Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher

Inman Meg Fayetteville Academy Teacher

Ippolito Carol LearningRx of Cary Cognitive Skills Trainer

Jenkins Marti Cary Academy Head of Middle School

King Simon Cary Academy Presenter

Kuhn Andy Burlington Day School Teacher

Lanze Margit Cary Academy Presenter

Lee Ming-An Cary Academy Presenter

Lopez-Larios Maria Fayetteville Academy Teacher

Love Cheryl Greensboro Day School Presenter

Luck Lauren New Garden Friends School Teacher

Martin Pat Cary Academy Teacher

McCauley Daniel Christ School Director of Technology

McGilvary Nancy Carolina Friends School School Secretary

McGuigan Mitch Cary Academy Head of Upper School

Midgett Pattie New Garden Friends School Director of Information Technology

Moiseenko Oleg Duke School Presenter

Morris Sam Cary Academy Instructional Technology/US Math

Mueller Thomas Saint Mary's School Dean of Faculty

Nelson Dora Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher

Noronha Mechelle Burlington Day School Science Department Head

Payne Maura New Garden Friends School Teacher

Pellechia Fred Trinity Episcopal School IT Director

Pelton Gary St. David's School Technology Coordinator

Pendleton Jean Charleston Collegiate School Presenter

Pinkerton Gerald Ravenscroft School Presenter

Powers Rachel Northwestern University/Visde Presenter

Proctor Barbara Cape Fear Academy Teacher

Pyeatt Sandy Carolina Day School, Asheville Teacher


Attendees

Ramsden Jason Ravenscroft School Chief Technology Officer

Richardson Michael Charlotte Latin School Director of Technology

Rodriguez Vargas Sylvia Saint Mary's School Associate Head & Dean of Academics

Roland Libby Carolina Day School, Asheville LS Technology

Rose James Carolina Friends School Teacher

Russell Gwen Westchester Country Day School Media & Technology Director

Sabatini Barbara Cape Fear Academy Technology

Sanders Laura Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill Director of Information Technology

Santucci Angela Ravenscroft School Presenter

Scully Matt Providence Day School Presenter

Seeley Palmer Cary Academy Presenter

Sepke Jessica Saint Mary's School Director of Technology and IS

Sharp Jason Ravenscroft School Presenter

Shegog Don Forsyth Country Day School Middle School Technology Specialist

Similton Mildred Central Academy at Lake Park Assistant Head of School

Smith Dana Greensboro Day School Director of Technology

Smith Kim Charlotte Latin School Middle School and Head Librarian

Smith Nelly Charlotte Latin School Middle School Foreign Language

Smith Debi Fayetteville Academy Technology Teacher/Coordinator

Snow Mark Forsyth Country Day School Presenter

Springfield Erin Charlotte Country Day School Director of Technology

Stewart Meredith Cary Academy Presenter

Strag Renee High Point Christian Academy Teacher

Tarses Mallory Cape Fear Academy Teacher

Telkamp Mick The Montessori School of Raleigh Director of Technology

Thrash Elise Ravenscroft School Presenter

Todd Joselyn Cary Academy Presenter

Tomlin Lewis Greenfield School Information Technology

Tuggle Deb Westchester Country Day School Technology Coordinator

Turner Anna Blackbaud Product Manager

Usey Ann New Garden Friends School Teacher

Vacanti Russell Ravenscroft School Presenter

Viglino Jennifer Hammond School Teacher

Walker Joan Carolina Friends School Teacher

Welsh Ryan Providence Day School Presenter

Wilkinson Brian Duke School Technology Integration Specialist

Willard Derrick Providence Day School Presenter

Williams Diana Saint Mary's School Library Director

Williams Leslie Cary Academy Teacher

Winslow Katie Palisades Episcopal School Teacher

Wood Keith Forsyth Country Day School Director of Information Technology


Aerohive

Brice Layton

703.999.7632

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Apple

Robb Adams

K12 Account Executive, North Carolina

919.819.2767

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Cisco

Elyce Williams

North Carolina Public Sector Consultant

919.392.6202

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Clark-Powell

Kyle Schutt, Education Consultant

336.760.4932

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Epson

Amy Erber

Account Manager, Commercial Sales—East

404.627.1784

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finalsite

Rob DiMartino, Director of Business Development

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FSI Office/Forms and Supply, Inc.

Les Crenshaw, Regional Sales Mgr

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LearningRx

Kristin Whitaker

919.462.1215

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Longhouse Software (Class A Scheduler)

James Coan

215.297.5480

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Powerful Learning Practice

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Co-Founder

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Philip Wegner, President

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Leslie Johnson

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Wilkinson Brian Duke School Technology Integration Specialist

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