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Dr. Jamie McKenzie is an international speaker with a focus on questioning, thinking skills, information literacies and the smart use of new technologies. His work takes him from Singapore to Sweden and inspires teachers to challenge students at a high level of rigor. Jamie is the Editor of "From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal," a publication with more than 30,000 subscribers, a third of which are from outside North America . He recently launched a new journal - The Question Mark. In both publications he explores both the practical and the possible, grounding his work in classroom realities. In the early nineties, Jamie was the Director of Libraries, Media and Technology for the Bellingham (WA) Public Schools, a district of 18 schools and 10,000 students where he helped to pioneer their networking and program development. He has moved on to support planning and professional development for schools around the world. A graduate of Yale with an MA from Columbia and Ed.D. from Rutgers, Jamie has been a middle school teacher of English and social studies, an assistant principal, an elementary principal, an assistant superintendent in Princeton (NJ) and the superintendent of two districts on the East coast. He also taught four-year-olds in Sunday school. Jamie has published and spoken extensively on information technologies and how they might transform classrooms to support student centered, engaged learning.
Keynote - "The NAEP/Comprehension/Literacy/Technology Nexus"
Special 2 Hour Session "Building Five Kinds of Slam Dunk Digital Lessons"
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Will Richardson is an internationally known "evangelist" for the use of Weblogs, RSS and related Internet technologies in classrooms and schools. He is the author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom (Corwin Press, 2006), and over the past three years has spoken to thousands of educators on the merits of "The Read/Write Web." A classroom teacher for over 20 years, he has integrated these technologies into his curricula for over four years. In various Weblog projects, his students have collaborated with best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize winning journalists, and with students in classrooms from around the world. One of the first educator bloggers, his own Weblog at www.weblogg-ed.com has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Times, Syllabus and others, and it is a primary resource for the creation and implementation of Weblog technologies on the K-12 level. His articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, English Journal and Principal Leadership, among others, and he has presented and given workshops about Weblogs and RSS and other technologies at national conventions such as the NECC, ASCD, Journalism Education Association and many others. He is also a featured blogger at Ed Tech Insider (http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti) and is a regular on the bi-weekly "Ed Tech Coast to Coast Podcast" (http://www.edtechcoasttocoast.com).
"RSS: The New Killer App for Educators"
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Jeffrey Bajgot is currently the Vice-President for Technology Infrastructure Services at CELT Corporation. Beginning in 1988, he worked for a major Internet Service Provider that focused on K-12 education solutions. He brought with him his experience from over nine years at MITRE Corporation where he worked on advanced networking and systems, having the opportunity to work with ARPANET and NSFnet, the precursors to the Internet. Jeff participated in the design, implementation, and support of the Superintendents Workstation, the first statewide computer network in Massachusetts . The proven success of this network led to its expansion and resulted in the dial-up education network known as MEOL (Mass Ed. Online LearnNet network) that was later provided to all Massachusetts teachers as part of MassEd.Net.
"Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery"
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Leslie Carroll is an Instructional Technology Specialist for grades K-5 at Mary Rowlandson Elementary School in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She earned her BA at Wellesley College and her MEd in Technology from Lesley University . In 2001 she co-wrote a DOE Lighthouse Grant and has been a presenter at MassCUE every year since then on various technology integration topics. She designed and managed the original web site for Florence Sawyer School (K-8) and redesigned and manages the site at her current school, Mary Rowlandson Elementary. She was chosen, along with Mary Marotta, last summer to create new templates for district school web sites and to design and implement SharePoint throughout the district.
"Windows SharePoint Services in Education"
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Susan Chase is currently the Director of Library Services and ongoing chair of the Technology Committee for Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts. She previously served as the librarian at the Rupert A. Nock Middle School for ten years. Susan graduated from Cornell College with a B.S.S. in English, History, and
Education and from Salem State College with an MEd in library media.
"Moodle in the Classroom"
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Aaron Mandel is the Manager of Information for the Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts. He relates, "Moodle fell into my lap in 2002 during a search for a free alternative to Blackboard and WebCT. Since then I've been evangelizing Moodle to our faculty and to my peers. Most recently attempting to roll my work with Moodle into a thesis as I complete my Masters in Computing and
Education at Teacher's College."
"Moodle in the Classroom"
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Mary Marotta is an Instructional Technology Specialist and Department Chair at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton . She earned her MEd in Technology from Lesley University . As an Integration Specialist she works with teachers and students to integrate technology into the curriculum. Mary also designed and manages her high school websites and has recently implemented SharePoint Services in her school and district. Mary has received grants from HP and Intel and most recently was awarded a Tablet Math Grant from Intel. Mary has presented at several technology conferences MassCUE, Christa McAuliffe and Microsoft Seminars modeling best practices. She is also an adjunct faculty member for Lesley University and Fitchburg State College, Merrimack Professional Development Center where she teaches a variety of classes in technology integration.
"Windows SharePoint Services in Education"
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Walter McKenzie is the Director of Technology for the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough, Massachusetts and formerly the Director of Information Systems for the Salem Public Schools. He has spoken nationally on technology in education and published various books and articles on the integration of technology into instruction. Walter serves as Vice-President of MassCUE and is the leader of the Massachusetts Technology Directors' SIG <http://www.nsboro.k12.ma.us/MTD/>. His work through the Surfaquarium web site <http://surfaquarium.com/> reaches thousands of educators each month.
"Moving Forward: Goals for Technology Leaders"
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Matt Mervis is the
President of AE Communications, Ltd in
Great Barrington, Massachusetts. providing learning and consulting services to K-12 public and private schools, higher education, industry and non-profit professional development organizations in the US and abroad.
Matt specializes in:
- Helping institutions use Information Technology and the Internet to enhance student achievement, teacher development and organizational effectiveness.
- Providing leadership for the deployment of one-to-one learning environments.
- Producing unique educational content in print and electronic media.
Matt provides one-to-one learning services including project leadership support, outcome design, teacher training, curriculum integration, stakeholder outreach and funding development for both BWLI and the New Boston Pilot Middle School Laptop Initiative.
"The Berkshires to Boston: One-to-One Learning in Policy and Practice"
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Scott Moore
 
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Scott Moore has been working to integrate technology in a variety of
settings over the past ten years, first as a technology trainer/coach for
the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District, then as an educational
technologist for TERC, and now as a technology integration specialist for
two elementary schools in Salem, Massachusetts. His affable style,
entertaining observations, and empowering approach to engage technology
users in the front lines of education make him an invaluable resource to
technology leaders across the commonwealth.
"Just in Time Technology Professional Development"
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Matt Oquist is an independent consultant through Majen Consulting of Hudson, New Hampshire. He obtained his B.S. in Computer Science/Systems from Taylor University in 2001. After three years of engineering HP's UNIX variants, Matt moved on to begin graduate school and continue consulting in the use and development of Open Source software. Matt is especially interested in public education's use of Open Source software, and has co-founded Software Freedom International (the non-profit behind Software Freedom Day) as one outlet for this interest. Matt believes that public schools are underfunded and over-tasked, and that well-used Open Source software can enable schools with limited budgets to implement beneficial technology plans more effectively.
"ePortfolios: An Open Source Solution"
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Carole Schuster is the Vice-President for Business Development at CELT Corporation. She developed her interest in applying technology to her work in 1983 when she became Technology Director for the Pasadena Towne and Country School in Pasadena, California . In 1990 Carole accepted the position of Network Manager with a major Internet Service Provider that focused on K-12 education solutions. In that position, she worked to support the MCET Mass LearnNet project, and this effort led to the expansion of the first dial-up network for Massachusetts educators. Through her position, Carole introduced the Internet to thousands of Massachusetts educators and also led the effort to connect more than two-thirds of Massachusetts school districts to high speed Internet.
"Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery"
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Nicole Tomaselli
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Nicole Tomaselli is a technology integration specialist with the Nashua Public Schools. She is constantly looking for new ways to integrate technology into instructional and administrative tasks. Recent projects have included the use of digital sound in high school world language classes, implementation of Windows SharePoint to promote communication and efficiency, and use of SurveyMonkey and InfoPath to promote administrative productivity. Nicole is a proponent of collaboration of educators across school districts and regions.
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David Trask
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David Trask is the Technology Director and Computer Teacher at Vassalboro Community School (VCS) in Vassalboro, Maine. He has taught various subjects throughout his 20 years as an educator at every grade level, most recently as a computer teacher for grades K-8 at VCS. David's experience in the classroom gives him a unique insight to the needs of educators and students when it comes to technology. Beginning in 1999, faced with mounting enrollments and dwindling funds, David set out to explore alternative means for providing quality access to technology for his students and faculty members. David has been an exciting and energetic leader in promoting Linux and Open Source in Education throughout the Northeast.
"Linux, K-12 Linux Terminal Server Project, Open Source and More" |
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