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  Welcome  
   
         
 
 
Welcome to Symposium 2004

Gary Greenberg, Director, the Collaboratory Project, opens the 2004 Symposium

 
         
 
 

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

 
         
 
 

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

 
 
     
  Symposium Themes  
   
         
 
 
Creating Reading and Writing Communities

Facilitated by Bonnie Thurber, the Collaboratory Project

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

 

 
         
 
 
Creating Learning Communities

Facilitated by Karen Percak, the Collaboratory Project

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

 

 
     
  Focus Session I: Panels and Discussions  
   
         
 
 
Creating Reading and Writing Communities

Facilitated by Bonnie Thurber, the Collaboratory Project

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

 

 
         
 
 

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

 

 
         
 
 
Creating Learning Communities

Facilitated by Karen Percak, the Collaboratory Project

Summer Technology Integration Class (STIC), McHenry, IL, Gina Swinney, Director of Learning

 
         
 
 

TexTiles in Time & WAM WebMag (Grades 6-8) Jan Hackman, District Technology and Ruth Shunick, Middle School Art

 

 
         
 
 

Grab a Graph - STAT! (Grade 6) Kay Collins, Middle School Math.

 

 
         
 
 

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

 

 
     
  What's New in the Collaboratory  
   
         
 
 
Featured Project

Facilitated by Karen Percak

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

 
         
 
 
Project of the Year

Presented by Gary Greenberg
Director, The Collaboratory Project

Project Citizen & The Video (Grade 5) Brian Schultz, Byrd Academy, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL

 
     
  Afternoon Overview  
   
         
 
 
Creating Standards Aligned Communities

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

 
         
 
 

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

 
     
  Focus Session II: Panels and Discussions  
   
         
 
 
Creating Standards Aligned Communities

Facilitated by Bonnie Thurber, the Collaboratory Project

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

Facilitated by Karen Percak, the Collaboratory Project

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

 
         
 
 

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

 
         
 
 

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

 
     
  Closing Remarks  
   
         
 
 

Gary Greenberg, Director, the Collaboratory Project

 

 
         
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