Learn how to teach with interactive technology - easily!

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Karen Mahon, Ed.D
Instructional Design Expert

Secrets of High-Quality Interactive Whiteboard Lessons
Tuesday February 1st, 5:15pm - 6:00pm
DYMO/Mimio Booth 613 in the FETC Exhibit Hall

PRESENTER: Karen Mahon, Ed.D, Instructional Design Expert

Come and learn about key features and strategies for developing high quality interactive whiteboard lessons that students will love, and more importantly, from which they will learn. A science of pedagogy will be discussed and the audience will have the opportunity to participate in activities and lessons that illustrate strong instructional principals.

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Wednesday, February 2nd

Show Me The Money:
Learn the Tips and Tricks to Grant Funding

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9:15 AM - 10:10 AM

Magen McGahee
Grant and Federal Programs Specialist

If you are seeking funding sources and ideas, this workshop is for you. Find out how to find and locate grants to fit your needs, and learn how to think outside the box when it comes to funding. You will leave the session with a comprehensive list of available grants and a road map towards securing them.

Leave Work at School:
How to Grade Tests Automatically with MimioVote

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10:35 AM - 12:00 PM

Tara Jarman
Mimio Master Trainer

In just 90 minutes, this session will cover the basic software functions of the user-friendly MimioVote™ assessment system and provide hands-on training and practice. You’ll explore the options for creating targeted assessments: supplied question templates, customized tests, imported state assessment or publisher’s question banks, and oral questions on the fly.

Quality Interactive Content Part 1:
What to Look For and How to Create It

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12:30 PM - 1:25 PM

Alyssa Porter
Interactive Content Leader

Identifying what makes “quality interactive content” can be as hard to understand as nutrition labels on food products! In a little less than one hour, we will make it easier for you to identify the brain food of interactive content and disregard the junk food. Additionally, all attendees will receive a “Shopping List for Quality Interactive Content” to guide them in content purchases and creation and get the opportunity to meet the winner of the MimioConnect FETC 2011 Create Lessons and Win Contest!

Quality Interactive Content Part 2:
Hands-On Technology Playground Session

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1:35 PM - 2:30 PM

Lindy George
Instructional Technology Specialist, Collier County Public Schools

In this session, we will provide hands on training to show you how you can take your “Shopping List for Quality Interactive Content” and add your expert knowledge and creativity to easily spot or create lesson content that will be scrumptious brain food for your students!

Unlock the Interactive Potential of Document Cameras:
Spotlight on MimioView

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3:10 PM - 4:05 PM

Tara Jarman
Mimio Master Trainer

Spend an hour experiencing a hassle-free way to teach with a camera. The MimioView ™document camera provides everything you need to capture textbook pages, 3D objects, and video. MimioStudio™ software makes it simple to copy, cut, freeze, rotate, save, and more. Find out what it can do for your lessons!

Thursday, February 3rd

Quality Interactive Content:
What to Look For

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9:15 AM - 10:10 AM

Alyssa Porter
Interactive Content Leader

Do you find it difficult to identify “quality interactive content”? In just one hour, we will make it easier for you to sort quality interactive content out from empty filler. All attendees will receive a “Shopping List for Quality Interactive Content” to guide them in content purchases and creation.

Meeting School Challenges with Mimio

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10:35 AM - 11:30 AM

Lindy George
Instructional Technology Specialist, Collier County Public Schools

Join us in this session, hosted by Lindy George, Instructional Technology Specialist from Collier County Public Schools, to learn why Collier County chose Mimio technology as their interactive whiteboard solution. Find out how to simplify implementing technology in classrooms throughout a school and discover how the MimioTraining™ resources enabled this district to get the most out of Mimio’s innovative technologies.

Our Presenters

Karen Mahon, Ed.D
Instructional Design Expert

Dr. Karen Mahon is an educational psychologist and instructional designer who specializes in the development of effective learning programs for students of all ages and abilities. Dr. Mahon has conducted numerous research studies examining how students best learn, some of that work was supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education. She has received grants totaling nearly $4 million from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to develop software-based instructional programs, and she has presented extensively, both nationally and internationally, on this topic. In addition, for more than 15 years she has conducted teacher training in the principles of effective instruction. Dr. Mahon received her B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and her M.A. and Ed.D. from West Virginia University.

Tara Jarman
Mimio Master Trainer

Tara Jarman was a 2nd grade teacher in Wilmington, NC and got a Mimio in her classroom her first year teaching and fell in love with it. Tara loves working with teachers around the US and helping them enhance learning in the classroom through the use of technology. She currently manages the Mimio Masters Program for Mimio.

Magen McGahee
Grant and Federal Programs Specialist

Magen McGahee has spent 5 years in education and education sales. From school teacher to technology integrator to selling the products that make the difference. Her wide range of knowledge in classroom technology acquisition spreads from finding the grants, to writing the grants, to helping others search for the money to make their classrooms stand above the rest.

Alyssa Porter
Interactive Content Leader

Alyssa Porter has spent the last 10 years in education researching instructional techniques and developing educational software funded by several National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Technology Transfer (STTR) grants. She has also used this knowledge to develop instructional and behavior change programs for children with autism.

Lindy George
Instructional Technology Specialist, Collier County Public Schools

Lindy George has been an educator for 31 years, 28 of those have been with the Collier County Public School system. She began her career as an elementary school teacher and curriculum specialist; for the last 14 years, Lindy has worked at the District level as an Instructional Technology Specialist supporting all aspects of classroom technology. She is a Mimio Master and a Mimio Certified Trainer, providing both online and face-to-face training for K-12 educators. Lindy is passionate about education and technology and strives to bring our student’s future into today’s classroom.

Expert Teacher Presentations

Visit booth 613 to attend one of our Teacher Presentations in our Main Stage and Learn how you can win!

	Make My Lessons Better Do you need some strategies for making your existing lessons more student-centered and interactive? In this demo you’ll see how using a quality checklist can increase the learning impact of your lessons. Concrete before and after examples will be provided.
	MimioTeach: The Next-Generation Interactive Whiteboard System Turn an ordinary whiteboard into an interactive one with the MimioTeach™ interactive system. Its powerful MimioStudio™ software makes it simple to create truly interactive lessons that engage and motivate students. Find out how much more exciting your existing resources can be with the user-friendly MimioTeach system.
	MimioVote: A Revolutionary Assessment System The MimioVote™ assessment system makes it easy for students to practice new skills and get immediate feedback. Creating questions in MimioStudio is simple. Many options allow you to customize an assessment that will meet your student’s needs.
	MimioView Document Camera: Expressly Designed for Interactive Teaching The MimioView™ document camera is fully integrated with MimioStudio software for ease of use. It gives you everything you need to capture high-resolution images and video, edit and save them, and present them in your lessons. With its small footprint and simple, single USB cable setup, this is the document camera you want in your classroom.
	MimioClassroom Makes Teaching with Technology Easy See all the benefits of MimioClassroom™ products firsthand. These fully integrated tools will show their stuff in an example lesson: MimioTeach interactive system, MimioView document camera, MimioVote assessment system, and MimioPad™ wireless tablet. Run by MimioStudio software, this family of tools brings powerful advantages to the classroom.