Special Interest Sessions

EdTech 2012 is offering several special interest sessions this year. Some of these sessions require an additional fee to attend. Due to limited seating in these workshops, pre-registration is required. For complete session descriptions and/or to see if new special interest sessions have been added, please check the EdTech website.

School of Podcasting with Audio & Video

Presented by: Kendra Ericson

Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Time: 1:00 pm—3:15 pm

Fee: $429

Target Audience: Grades 1-12 Teachers and Special Education
Platform: Windows
Level: Basic

Come learn how school districts across the country are using this innovative, easy-to-use technology to foster student and community engagement, capture and share meeting footage with ease, and integrate technology across the curriculum. In addition, each attendee will receive an HD video camcorder (worth $150), Tool Factory Podcasting software (worth $100), Tool Factory's Simple Guide to Podcasting Book (worth $20), Tool Factory's Adventures in Podcasting Lesson Plan Book (worth $20), and Clip Art Station subscription account (worth $35). We'll discuss the versatility of the technology and the variety ways it can be used, and the Tool Factory trainer demonstrate the basics of how to podcast with and without video using Tool Factory Podcasting software. Within minutes you will be creating your very own podcasts in this engaging hands-on seminar! Perfect for beginners. You'll return to your district with all the hardware, software, and instruction you need to begin podcasting right away. Software is Windows only.

LIMIT: 25 participants.

Beginning School of Digital Video

Presented by: Kendra Ericson

Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012

Time: 8:30 am—10:45 am

Fee: $479

Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Special Education, and New Podcaster

Platform: Windows

Level: Basic

Learn how districts are using digital video technology to foster engagement, promote student-centered learning, and inspire achievement. Each attendee receives a Kodak HD video camcorder (worth $150). Attendees also receive Tool Factory's Adventures in Technology book (worth $20), which includes a host of technology-based lesson plans for English, science, math, and social studies, Clip Art Station subscription account (worth $35), plus a free 5-user annual subscription to the Creaza Education online software suite (worth $100). Join us to explore video technology with simple video editing to engage students and enliven any subject. Create fun, curriculum-driven videos using your new camcorder, then edit projects using Creaza Education and share them on the web. More detailed training will include the incorporation of still images to enhance video projects, and how to use sound to change a video's effect. This hands-on workshop makes video production a snap!  

LIMIT: 25 participants.

State Agency Day Session

Presented by:  Leon Nelson, South Carolina Department of Education

Date: Friday, October 26, 2012

Time: 8:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Fee: Free.

The Office of Chief Information Officer/Technical Services will present information and updates on technical services provided to South Carolina school districts.

Information will be presented by South Carolina school districts and SCDE on PowerSchool 7.2 and changes in agency applications and processes. 

Other topics will include: Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLICE), Student Potential Performance Snapshot (SPPS), Graduation Planner eIGP, SIF and PowerSchool State Reporting.

LIMIT: 150 participants.