The following sessions will be presented at the conference:

Accelerated Math: The results are in!

This presentation will show the results of some ongoing research at Crawford Middle School that shows the effectivness of Accelerated Math.

All the Information in the Known Universe Makes Doing Research Fun and Easy

Using the KYVL Kids Tutorial on how to do research, you will review the interactive, award-winning site and see how it relates to research projects for grades 3-6.

Assessing Technology Integration Success - STT

Examines Fayette County's Stages of Teaching with Technology, a web resource with videos of good integration strategies, connections to relevant teacher standards, and interactive activities.

Assistive Technology Use in Content Classroom

Participants will learn about how to use technology to enhance the learning of special needs students in content area classrooms.

Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling techniques can empower students to more efficiently produce a proficiently written piece. Can it be done efficiently in the classroom?

Elementary Writing Forums

Looking for a new way to conference with students? Find out about using on line forums for writing.

IMMEX: Solving Real Life Problems

Review the free, Web-based interactive multimedia exercises (IMMEX) problems sets Kentucky teachers are designing to teach critical thinking skills under the auspices of a NSF grant.

Improving Learning with Take-Home Computers

A presentation on researching the benefits of giving disadvantage students computers to take home in order to improve their learning

Influence of Soliloquy Reading Assistant on Reading Fluency in Elementary Students

This session will focus on the effects of using this software in pilot sites in Fayette County during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years.

Inspire & Engage Students Using The Classroom Performance System

Use CPS to prepare core content multiple choice questions designed to get students thinking at the application level. Increase student motivation and receive immediate feedback.

Inspiring Students to Become Better Writers

Do your students have trouble organizing their thoughts during their prewriting stages? With the use of Inspiration, students can quickly and easily organize their thoughts and transfer them to Microsoft Word for editing.

Integration Emeril Style- How To Kick Your Tech Projects Up a Notch!

Use the B.A.M.! approach to assess and upgrade your tech recipes so you don't have to start from scratch to implement higher-level integration activities.

i-Safe for Middle/Secondary Schools

i-SAFE America, Inc. is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to educate and empower youth to safely and responsibly take control of their Internet experiences.

Lights! Camera! Action!

Is your school interested in doing a morning news broadcast? But, you have no money or equipment? Then this workshop is for you! Tips on how to get started with limited equipment!

Math Mysteries--A One Computer Classroom

Using ONE computer, this Tom Snyder software covers whole numbers, fracations, and measurement. Students interact with engaging characters to solve math problems.

Moving Technology Into the Classroom: Making Mobile Labs Work for You

If you have a mobile lab in your school this workshop will help you find out how to maximize its potential.

Poetry Gone Digital

Learn how to teach a great poetry lesson that incorporates technology at each step and then turn it into digital movie format.

Read & Write Gold Implementation Strategies and Impact

Presentaion of implementation strategies for RWG used at two middle schools as well as data regarding the impact of using RWG on student attitude and achievement.

So Little Time, So Much To Do

As an educator, you already have too much to do. Learn how to maximize your time through classroom web pages.

STLP: Are We Reaching Our Goals?

Presentation of research into how effectively FCPS STLP programs reach the goals of advancing individual capabilities, motivating all students and creating leadership opportunities through technology.

Technology Enhanced MS Math - A First Look

When faced with a low-performing math class, the administration looked to technology to enhance the curriculum and excite the students. Technology in various forms is being used in an attempt to reach our goals.

Using Class Web Pages to Promote Communication Between School and Home

For beginners: participants will design and create a class web page to be used as a tool to promote communication between school and home.

Using Kidspiration to Plan Creative Writing

This session will discuss the importance of graphic organizers in writing and what role software such as Kidspiration can play in improving the final product.

Using READING FOR MEANING in the one computer middle school

Take a look at the Tom Snyder program, Reading for Meaning and how it works in a middle school remedial reading class.

Using the Earobics Literacy Launch Kit to Improve Language Arts Instruction

This session will focus on the work of several FCPS schools who are using this program. Learn how you can improve literacy instruction with this software.

Video Production in the Classroom

Video production provides project-based, content-tied strategies that engage learners and address diverse learning styles.

Wanna Do a 180?

Discover how a successful Read 180 classroom looks. Be able to work through the Read 180 stages. See other curriculum ties to the program and data collected on the program within Fayette Co.

Wee Webbies: Web Quests for the Very Young

Even primary students can utilize Internet skills to enhance their learning. The key to success is to provide them with grade/age appropriate resources.