2009 PLATE Conference
Below you will see a description of the two sessions that our group presented at the 2009 PLATE Conference. We invite you to access the resources we shared in these two sessions by clicking on the pages we have created for you as resources.
Take Everyday Tasks Off Your Plate: Let Web 2.0 Do the Work For You!
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Middle School and High School
Description: Feel like you're working too hard to provide your students with bell ringers, updated agendas, and online resources in addition to communicating with parents? Allow innovative Web 2.0 applications to effectively do the work for you.
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Middle School and High School
Description: Feel like you're working too hard to provide your students with bell ringers, updated agendas, and online resources in addition to communicating with parents? Allow innovative Web 2.0 applications to effectively do the work for you.
"But I hate reading!" Using Technology to Hook and Engage Students in Independent Reading
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Reading and Language Arts Teachers at All Levels
Description: Frustrated by the lack of quality online resources to motivate and guide students to read independently? Become familiar with online resources that will help students to select "just right" books, share and discuss their independent reading choices with peers, and encourage creative culminating activities that go beyond the traditional book reports.
Presented By: Lauren Cortesi, Rawad Bou Hamdan, Patty Kolinski, Sean Sweeney
Room Number: 211
Audience: Reading and Language Arts Teachers at All Levels
Description: Frustrated by the lack of quality online resources to motivate and guide students to read independently? Become familiar with online resources that will help students to select "just right" books, share and discuss their independent reading choices with peers, and encourage creative culminating activities that go beyond the traditional book reports.
