Join us at Prairie-Hills Junior High School to explore new technologies during one hour interactive workshops. You are invited to attend any or all of the sessions. Lunch will be catered and you will have time to network with other educators.

• 10am: Quick Ways to Assess with SMART Responses - Presented by Allison Cieplucha & Sylvia Davis, Prairie-Hills SD #144 teachers

• 10am: Mathematics with Numbers ( Apple ) - Presented by Sharon Hill, Prairie-Hills SD #144 teacher

• 11am: In-House/Outsource Collaboration - Presented by Techcare

With E-rate fast approaching, find out how school districts are leveraging Techcare’s managed services to support a school’s technology team in their day to day tasks.  Their premier support is recognized nationally and with over 30 school districts in the area using them, find out about what makes their support so unique.

• 11am: K-12 Solutions for Digitizing and Managing Student Information - Presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions

Educators, administrators and IT professionals are searching for ways to make digital technology achieve higher goals — in teaching, learning, maintaining records and managing budgets. With shrinking budgets, we will show you how Konica Minolta's K-12 technology solutions help teachers and administrators do more with less.

• 12pm: Lunch and Round Table discussion - Take the opportunity to network with other schools and find out what they are doing in their district.

• 1pm: "Google Tools You Might Not have Used" - Presented  by Jay Blackman

Are you a district that is using Google with your staff and students?  Or are you a district that hasn’t made the jump yet but would like to see what Google is all about?  Jay will be showing you some underutilized Google Apps features like Custom Search and Books along with some great tips and tricks he’s learned while becoming a technology leader with his school district.

• 1pm: The Evolution and Challenges of Managing Tablets and Mobile Devices in Education – Mediated by Techcare

As tablets and mobile devices are finding more use in the classroom, the evolution has begun. Sit in on a round table discussion with other schools and sharing your experience with this technology. Techcare will share our experience and what we are doing to manage these device.

• 2pm: What's New with Promethean - Presented by Graphtech, Promethean and Cyber Science

Learn about Promethean’s new learner response systems and how it is different from their ActivExpressions.  They will show you ActivEngage Mobile and how to turn your iPad or mobile devices into a learner response.  Promethean has recently partnered with Cyber Science 3-D and ChannelOne. We will show you demos of these partnerships and the technology it can bring

• 2pm: Demystifying E-rate - Presented by Gerry Zeller

The E-rate process is basically quite simple, but there are booby-traps.  Learn how to avoid them. There will be tips, tricks, and what’s new for Funding Year 2012 (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013)