Pick up CPDU forms at the Registration Desk before 8:30

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Gary Greenberg, Director, The Collaboratory Project

Mort Rahimi, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Northwestern University

John Sonnenberg, Division Administrator, eLearning, Illinois State Board of Education

Creating Reading & Writing Communities

Independent Reading-Book Talk & Applications of the Constitution (Grade 6-8) Balazs Dibuz, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL

Astronomy and Space Science (Grade 9) & GADGET (Grades 9-12) Lynne Zeilinsky, Glenbrook North High School, Glenview, IL

Enhancing Education Through Technology in Lake County (Grades K-12) Lori Abrahams, Frederick Elementary School, Grayslake, IL

Summer Technology Integration Class (STIC) in the Collaboratory (Grades PreK-8) Jan Hackman, McHenry School District 15, McHenry, IL

Creating Reading & Writing Communities

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Eisenhower Eagle's Soaring Readers (Grade 5) Jacque Toth & Carol Sullivan, Eisenhower Elementary, Joliet, IL

Romeo and Juliet: Insight Out (Grade 9) Sheryl Hinman, Galesburg High School, Galesburg, IL

Astronomy and Space Science (Grade 9) & GADGET (Grades 9-12) Lynne Zeilinsky, Glenbrook North High School, Glenview, IL

Independent Reading-Book Talk & Applications of the Constitution (Grade 6-8) Balazs Dibuz, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL

Creating Learning Communities

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Summer Technology Integration Class (STIC), McHenry, IL, Gina Swinney, Director of Learning; Jan Hackman, District Technology; Ruth Shunick, Middle School Art, TexTiles in Time & WAM WebMag (Grades 6-8); & Kay Collins, Middle School Math, Grab a Graph - STAT! (Grade 6)

Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant and Project, Grayslake, IL, Lori Abrahams, Instructional Specialist & Sherrie Sekyra, Middle School Language Arts Teacher, Legend of Lady Ilena-A novel study of the Dark Ages to Middle & Celebrate Poetry Month (Grade 6)

Projects from University of Chicago Lab School, Chicago, IL, Lucy Gray, Technology Educator, University of Chicago Lab School, Chicago, IL

Getting Started in the Collaboratory

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Gary Greenberg

Project of the Year

New Collaboratory Initiatives & Summer Workshops/Planning for the Fall

Featured Project

Communities Around the World (Grades 1-3) Elaine Wrenn, Echo Horizon School, Culver City, CA

Creating Standards Aligned Communities

Standards-Based Curriculum Initiative-SBCI (Grades K-12) Sharon Ransom, Office of Standards-Based Curriculum, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL

Standards Aligned Classroom Project-SAC (Grades K-12) Penny Murphy, Project Manager, Standards-Aligned Classroom Project, Peoria, IL

Working with Students & Teachers in the ePortfolio & Nexus Communities

My Autobiography--A Writing Project with Choice (Grade 5) Brian Schultz, Byrd Academy, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL

Creating Standards Aligned Communities

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CPS Standards Based Curriculum Initiative (SBCI) Sharon Ransom, Director, Office of Standards Based Curriculum, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago; Hilda Boothroyd and Hayt School: Yvonne Smith, Principal; Linda Smentek, Technology Coordinator; Debbie Borugian, Third Grade Teacher; Marisela Weir, Third Grade Language Arts Teacher; & Amy Garcia, Student Teacher

Standards Aligned Classroom (SAC) Penny Murphy, Project Manager, SAC, Peoria, IL; Cynthia Baranowski, SAC Coach, DuPage ROE, ISC #2 & West 40; & A SAC Lesson in the Nexus: AprilShowers Elaine Baumnan, SAC Coach, Robust Consultants, Oak Park, IL,

Working with Students & Teachers in the ePortfolio and Nexus Communities

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Using the ePortfolio with a Cohort Group (University) Diane Deckert, National-Louis University, Evanston, IL

ePortfolios for Middle School Students (Grades 6-8) Lucy Gray, University of Chicago Lab School, Chicago, IL

Using the Nexus for Middle School Social Studies (Grades 6-8) Balazs Dibuz, Quest Academy, Palatine, IL

My Autobiography-A Writing Project with Choice (Grade 5) Brian Schultz, Byrd Academy, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL

Planning and Managing a School/District Project

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