LimitedConferencePass: SessionDescriptions
(Listed in alphabetical order)
BriefingCenter Tour
Monday, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
A SMART representative will take participants on a 30 minute tour of our briefing center located at our world headquarters in Calgary. The BriefingCenter is a state of the art demonstration and collaboration facility that showcases existing and future products. *Please note that transportation will be provided to and from the University of Calgary to our facility. Including transportation, this session will take approximately 45 minutes.
Keynote Speaker: Dave Blemings, “Smart Board Notebook - Creating the Digital Teacher”
Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
Teachers are currently striving to become "Digital Teachers". The digital teacher is comfortable using a variety of technology and 21st Century strategies to improve student engagement and learning within their classroom. Learning and using SMART Board Notebook is instrumental in creating that teacher. Notebook is a tool that helps teachers collaborate and share lessons that are engaging and reflect current education theory and pedagogy. Notebook assists in helping to organize teachers as we move into the digital world.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michele Jacobsen, “21st Century Learners Are Engaged by 21st CenturyTeachers Who Are Designers”
Monday, 11:00 a.m.
Based on three years of design-based research, we have documented the relationship between the design and use of great tasks by teachers, high levels of academic engagement by learners and a responsive and flexible instructional style. Drawn from findings in four schools with diverse 1-2-1 laptop deployments, the strong correlation between student engagement, rigorous academic work with technology and agile teaching strategies provides direction for similar mobile computing initiatives. Research conducted by Dr. Michele Jacobsen & Dr. Sharon Friesen.
Keynote Speaker: 2008 Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching winner, Milissa Gavel, DavisonElementary School
2008 Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching winner, and SMART Exemplary Educator, Milissa Gavel will speak on her experience integrating SMART products into her classroom, becoming a designated SMARTShowcaseSchool and the effects that SMART product adoption has had on the Province of Saskatchewan.
Keynote Speaker: SMART Executive: Sandra Coates, Vice President, Services
Sunday, 10:00 a.m.
Topic TBA
Keynote Speaker: SMART Executive: Tom Hodson, President and Chief Operating Officer
Saturday, 9:00 a.m.
Welcome address.
Live Online Training Session: SMART Sync
Monday, 2:00 p.m.
Come experience SMART Live Online training first hand. A 30-minute look at the basic functions of SMART Sync computer-lab instruction software: monitoring and controlling student computers, broadcasting desktops, communicating with students, transferring files and facilitating collaboration.
Live Online Training Session: SMART Ideas
Monday, 3:00 p.m.
Come experience SMART Live Online training first hand. A 30-minute look at the basic functions of SMART Ideas concept-mapping software: mapping ideas and concepts, creating and using sub-levels, integrating concept-mapping into teaching, and using SMART Ideas software with SMART hardware products.
Product Demonstration and Refreshment Room
Saturday-Monday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (ongoing)
Come connect and collaborate with like-minded teachers and SMART staff over light refreshments in our Product Demonstration and Refreshment room. This room will be filled with an abundance of SMART products. SMART staff will also be on site to answer all of your product questions and provide product demonstrations throughout the day.
The C3 Games: Connect, Collaborate…and Compete!
Monday, 1:00 p.m.
You’ve been training all conference for this event…
The C3games allowour conference participants the opportunity to connect and collaborate in a race against the clock. Working in teams, participants will compete in a series of fun SMART-based trivia challenges. Prizes will be awarded to the winning team(s)
Workshop: 7 pages that facilitate discussion and critical thinking in the social studies classroom
Saturday, 3:00 p.m. & Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
During this session you will see simple and easy to create Notebook 10 pages that help to engage an entire social studies class. We will discuss how to ensure these pages become a part of lessons that infuse critical inquiry into effective classroom strategies.
Workshop: Come interact with the SMART product experts!
Saturday, 11:00 a.m., Sunday, 2:00p.m., & Monday, 3 00 p.m.
Join us and ask the SMART Customer Support team any questions you may have. Ask product, installation and troubleshooting questions and you’ll see the SMART Knowledgebase come to life!
Workshop: Explore software and training for post-secondary faculty members
Monday, 2:00 p.m.
Come explore with us which SMART software features are most important to you. In this 45-minute workshop we will look at your feature and training preferences as part of our on-going commitment to incorporating customer feedback into the design of our products and resources. This session is designed for faculty members at post-secondary institutions.
Workshop: How to engage not enrage your students in a Science class with SMART!
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. & Monday, 3:00 p.m.
This session will demonstrate how to engage your students with a SMART Lesson in a Science classroom. Samples of online resources, activities, use of the SMART Document Camera, and SMART Response will be used to provide a range of ideas for the classroom teacher including Lab activities! This session is geared for Grade 4-12 Science teachers.
Workshop: Interactive resources for your SMART Board
Saturday, 2:00 p.m. & Monday, 9:00 a.m.
In this session, we will explore and share places on the internet where you can find ready-made and adaptable resources to use with your SMART Board.
Workshop: Professional learning communities on the web
Sunday, 9:00 a.m. & Monday, 3:00 p.m.
Join SMART's 'user advocates' and product developers to help shape the future direction of SMART on the web. Discussion on how SMART can help support professional learning communities for you and your colleagues.
Workshop: Social Media, SMART & Education
Saturday, 11:00 a.m. & Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
Experience how using social media can be a valuable resource for teaching with SMART products. Learn how to create a Professional Learning Network and the benefits this can have on using SMART in the classroom.
Workshop: Standards Based Teaching with SMART
Saturday, 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., Sunday, 9:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. & Monday, 10:00 a.m.
During This session you willbe shownhow to develop a standards based lesson, organize it intocorrelated sections, (Opening, Mini-Lesson, Work Period, Assessment,Closing) all integrated through Notebook 10.6. You will take part in a sample lesson and then be taken through the steps of creating a Notebook lesson aligned toProvincial standards.
Workshop: Teaching with SMART Classroom Suite
Saturday, 3:00 p.m., Sunday, 9:00 a.m. & Monday, 10:00 a.m.
Be the student. See SMART Classroom Suite and SMART Notebook Student Edition software in action. Bring your SMART Notebook Lesson plan and see how to use the Classroom Suite to create a collaborative, interactive learning environment. Understand how students can use SMART Notebook Student Edition to create, receive, edit and organize their assignments, notes and resources.
Workshop: The Power of Interactivity: Build more engaging lessons through SMART NotebookTM
Saturday, 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., Sunday, 11:00 a.m. & Monday, 9:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m.
It’s time to start building on the basics today. This hands-on session will provide a review of five basic features of SMART Notebook features and illustrate how these tools can be utilized to build more engaging lessons and activities for your students. Join us today and you’ll leave with a few tricks in your back pocket for tomorrow. Laptops are required for the hands-on portion of this training. Please ensure your laptop has the most current version of Notebook software installed. We are able to provide a limited number of laptops for shared use in the training; however, availability is not guaranteed. Audience: Intermediate to Advanced.
Workshop: The Seven Things That Make Learning Meaningful (with SMART Technologies)
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Sunday, 3:00 p.m.
This session focuses on seven things, based on social, psychological and pedagogical brain-based research from Dr.'s Covey, Frank and Tate (respectively), that help increase engagement and meaning in ALL learning. Special focus will be given to these areas used in context with SMART Technologies products.
Workshop: User Experience at SMART
Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Sunday, 11:00 a.m. & Monday, 9:00 a.m.
SMART’s User Experience team talks about how they work to make your tools easier to use. Walk through a usability exercise with our team, and learn how you can get involved in helping improve SMART’s user experience!
Workshop: Using SMART Response to Assess Reading Comprehension
Saturday, 10:00 a.m., Sunday, 11:00 a.m. & Monday, 2:00 p.m.
Teach, learn, respond and assess in one short interactive, hands-on, student centered lesson using the SMART Response System. Participants will learn how to use the SMART Response System to create motivating assessments and collect student feedback quickly and effortlessly.
Workshop: Utilizing SMART Technologies to Support Diverse Learning Needs in the 21st Century Classroom
Monday, 10:00 a.m.
Students today come to school with a variety of learning needs, preferences, styles and abilities. Supporting these students in a traditional setting is no longer an option. In the classrooms of today, students must be motivated and develop independence and a love of learning. This gets more difficult when students have identified or unidentified specialized learning needs. Utilizing technologies, such as SMART to support a personalized and differentiated learning environment for students is a method to aid these students in furthering their understanding and success in learning.
This session will focus on how SMART technologies can be integrated into a learning environment to support learners of all abilities, and give some food for thought on how these technologies should be infused into the curriculum.