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 * //Region 4 Education Service Center//**
 * //Academic Services/State and Federal Services Division Planning//**
 * //January 10, 2011//**
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Tuesday, January 12
8:00 am Gathering, making yourself comfortable, getting settled and powering up!

8:15 am -- Welcome and Introductions for Education Services Division Planning, Jean Heiskell Please remember to tell your specialists to bring their laptops and power cords. We will be using technology for these two days!


 * ~ Time ||~ Topic ||~ Presenter ||
 * > 8:30 ||< Overview of Universal Design for Learning |||| Kirk ||
 * > 9:15 ||< 21st Century Skills and digital immigrants vs. digital natives ||< Kirk ||
 * > 9:30 ||< UDL guidelines ||< Michael ||
 * > 9:50 ||< Brain and learning network ||< Deborah ||
 * > 10:00 ||< Region 4 belief statement ||< Jean ||
 * > 10:10 ||< break ||<  ||
 * > 10:25 ||< framework for UDL ||< Kirk ||
 * > 10:50 ||< Strategy exploration ||< Kirk ||
 * > 11:30 ||< Lunch ||<  ||

Tuesday, January 12:
12:30 - 1:45 Session A 2:00 - 3:15 Session B Concurrent topic sessions: 1:15 hour break-out, some topics presented twice over the two days

Wednesday, January 13:
8:30 - 9:45 Session C 10:00 - 11:15 Session D Concurrent topic sessions: 1:15 hour break-out, some topics presented twice over the two days


 * Session || Day || Time || Room || Topic || Description || Presenter || Number of participants ||
 * A || Tuesday January 12 || 12:30 - 1:45 || 100 D || Create Online eBooks for Students and Teachers || Explore an online tool to create, share, publish, and read digital books that engage and support diverse learners according to their individual needs, interests, and skills. || Sharon Benson || 20 ||
 * A || Tuesday || 12:30 - 1:45 || 100 E || Smartboard Overview || Transform your curriculum into extraordinary learning experiences. Explore the tools and learn the tricks for creating high-energy, interactive lessons that will capture the imagination of your students and improve comprehension and learning in any subject. || Diane Edgar & Rachel Broadway || 19 ||
 * A || Tuesday || 12:30 - 1:45 || 100 F || Taking it from Good…to Better…to Best in Online Course Design || You've gathered high-quality content and activities, developed authentic assessments and planned for human interaction. This session will discuss instructional design issues commonly overlooked when developing online course content. Theory and practice will be combined in an informative way to provide participants with doable, useable, and affordable solutions. || Linda Gillis || 21 ||
 * A || Tuesday || 12:30 - 1:45 || Science Lab A || Science and UDL || Learn Universal Design for Learning tools that can be used in the Science classroom. A variety of academic activities from low tech to high tech will be demonstrated. Fill your toolbox with ideas that you can share or demonstrate in your professional development courses. Use our wiki for ongoing support and reference: http://UDL4Science.wikispaces.com || Janis Macomber & Tricia Peters || 11 ||
 * Session || Day || Time || Room || Topic || Description || Presenters ||  ||
 * B || Tuesday January 12 || 2:00 - 3:15 || 100 D || Web 2.0 tools || Come explore the various web-based tools that can be used to help differentiate instruction and provide multiple means of representation, engagement and expression. Most of the tools that will be reviewed are free of charge for teacher and student implementation. || Kirk Behnke & Michael Webb || 20 ||
 * B || Tuesday || 2:00 - 3:15 || 100 E || Make a Wiki || Create your own free wiki website hosted by Wikispaces. Learn how to personalize your site with templates and clipart. During this class upgrade your wiki to get more features with an educational site, add pages, and begin to input text. Practice uploading documents and inserting links on your wiki pages. Standard graphics and documents will be available or add your own. Use the Step-by-step wiki to help you continue to format your site http://StepByStepWiki.wikispaces.com || Tricia Peters || 26 ||
 * B || Tuesday || 2:00 - 3:15 || Science Lab A || What Outcome? Which Tool? || So many technology tools, so little time…. Consider a National Staff Development Council framework for aligning technology tools and professional development outcomes. || Sharon Benson || 11 ||
 * B || Tuesday || 2:00 - 3:15 || 100 F || Leadership in Reflective Practices || Apply differentiated leadership strategies and reflective practice protocols to implement UDL. Learn steps that enhance collaboration in order to promote and sustain second order change. || Jean Heiskell & Kelly Ingram || 12 ||
 * Session || Day || Time || Room || Topic || Description || Presenters ||  ||
 * C || Wednesday January 13 || 8:30 - 9:45 || 100 D || Creating Opportunities for Students in Reading/Language Arts || Enhance the Reading/Language Arts curriculum by creating opportunities for all students to represent, express, and engage in learning || Tanya Tullos & Jennifer Brock || 9 ||
 * C || Wednesday || 8:30 - 9:45 || 100 E || Epsilen Overview || Epsilen, a single-sign-on portal, is part of a new initiative that the Texas Education Agency announced in November 2009. The portal will expand the development and delivery of high quality professional development. Participants will be provided an overview of this eLearning environment that provides access to online resources, online course content, academic networking, and professional learning communities. || Kristie Hernandez || 35 ||
 * C || Wednesday || 8:30 - 9:45 || Science Lab A || Science and UDL || Learn UDL tools that can be used in the Science classroom. A variety of academic activities from low tech to high tech will be demonstrated. Fill your toolbox with ideas that you can share or demonstrate in your professional development courses. Use our wiki for ongoing support and reference: http://UDL4Science.wikispaces.com || Janis Macomber & Tricia Peters || 9 ||
 * C || Wednesday || 8:30 - 9:45 || Assistive Technology Lab room 105 || Incorporating Technology for UDL Implementation || Explore instructional and assistive technology tools that can be used to support UDL! Gain hands-on to experiment with multiple means of representation, expression and engagement of information and content through the use of technology. Resources for online and dedicated hardware/software tools will be provided. Bring lesson plan samples to the session and create technology integrated examples to share with R4 customers. || Angela Standridge || 16 ||
 * Session || Day || Time || Room || Topic || Description || Presenters ||  ||
 * D || Wednesday January 13 || 10:00 - 11:15 || 100 D || Web 2.0 tools || Come explore the various web-based tools that can be used to help differentiate instruction and provide multiple means of representation, engagement and expression. Most of the tools that will be reviewed are free of charge for teacher and student implementation. || Kirk Behnke || 22 ||
 * D || Wednesday || 10:00 - 11:15 || 100 E || Taking it from Good…to Better…to Best in Online Course Design || You've gathered high-quality content and activities, developed authentic assessments and planned for human interaction. This session will discuss instructional design issues commonly overlooked when developing online course content. Theory and practice will be combined in an informative way to provide participants with doable, useable, and affordable solutions. || Linda Gillis || 19 ||
 * D || Wednesday || 10:00 - 11:15 || Science Lab A || Product & Service Development Implementation || Collaborate and connect with others in the division to share information, resources, and ideas which focus on creating opportunities for Region 4 in product development and service provision to our districts and customers. || Donna Landrith || 16 ||
 * D || Wednesday || 10:00 - 11:15 || Assistive Technology Lab room 105 || Incorporating Technology for UDL Implementation || Explore instructional and assistive technology tools that can be used to support UDL! This hands-on session will provide opportunities to experiment with multiple means of representation, expression and engagement of information and content through the use of technology. Resources for online and dedicated hardware/software tools will be provided. Bring lesson plan samples to the session and create technology integrated examples to share with R4 customers. || Angela Standridge || 17 ||
 * i || Tuesday January 12 || 8:30 - 11;30 || 100 DEF || Overview of Universal Design for Learning || Division planning, discussion, development and implementation will address Universal Design for Learning for Education Specialists at Region 4. || Kirk Behnke, Sharon Benson, Jean Heiskell, Donna Landrith, Deborah Linscomb,Sonja Hollan, & Michael Webb ||  ||
 * ii || Wednesday January 13 || 11:15 - 3:30 ||  || Department meetings || Individual department implementation/discussion/follow-through (Lunch on your own) ||   ||   ||
 * ii || Wednesday January 13 || 11:15 - 3:30 ||  || Department meetings || Individual department implementation/discussion/follow-through (Lunch on your own) ||   ||   ||