Maggi Murdock & Christi Boggs
University of Wyoming

Breakfast & Welcome to e-Volution 2011 Introudction to e-Volution 2011 by Maggi Murdock, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Outreach School.

The Connected Instructor: Using Social Media to Expand Knowledge, Enhance Teaching Debra will demonstrate a series of tools that make up her personal learning network (PLN). She will explain each tool and describe how each enhances her subject matter knowledge, provides direct access to content experts, and widens her understanding of (and capacity for) high-quality online courses.

What Is It Like To Be An Online Teacher And How Are Online Teachers Evaluated? How do online teachers present to students through a computer? During this session teachers will learn how an online teacher uses a virtual classroom to engage their students. The participants will attend and understand how teachers and students communicate and are assessed through an online classroom. The participants will also see the best practices and tips for successfully using various online tools such as polls, raising their hands, whiteboard, snapshot, text questions, breakout rooms and application sharing. At the end of the presentation there will be time for questions and answers from experienced online teachers.

Google Sketchup in the Classroom This workshop will be a hands on introduction to Google SketchUp, learning how to navigate SketchUp as well as how to apply best practices to create 3D models.

Grading With Jing We will talk about how to dramatically reduce grading time and deliver more detailed feedback to students by grading papers and projects electronically with TechSmith's free and easy-to-use screen recording tool Jing.

Problem Solving Through Robotics We will model problem-solving activities for k-12 Education using LegoRobotics and Mindstorms Software. New NXT Robots will be a part of the workshop. Participants will engage in a series of Robotics challenges. Limit to 20 hands-on participants.

Viddler on the Hoof An introduction to a web-based video annotation service that allows both supervisors and mentors to interact collaboratively with other teachers.

Using Facebook in the Classroom: Outlaw or Educational Tool This session will present research on Facebook and its' use in the K-12 classroom as well as the legal, ethical and moral issue when using Facebook. The image of Facebook as the outlaw such as Jesse James has received primarily negative press due to privacy, safety, and attitudes towards revealing personal information to the world. Emphasis on K-12 educators with information and knowledge on positive uses of Facebook AS a tool for learning, rather than only AS a social interaction tool. Educators will view the idea of a school-based social networking site as a constructive and practical learning environment.

Technology Peer Coaching Learn why Peer Coaching is an effective professional development methodology and if you or a team member has the know how to be one.

Universal Design for LearningUniversal Design for Learning [UDL] is an approach to constructing learning experiences that are usable by everyone. Based on neuroscience research, UDL defines three major principles that translate into many teaching practices supporting all learners, without special accommodations. Many of the educational technologies featured at e-Volution embody UDL principles. We will provide an introduction to the framework, with examples.

Training Internal Staff using Second Life In 2011, the University of Wyoming's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) \decided to conduct part of its annual retreat in Second Life. A basic learner assessment revealed that the staff's ability to successfully participate in and produce work in this environment was low to non-existent. This presentation focuses on the experience of training internal staff how to use Second Life, in preparation for the retreat sessions. A strategy of modeling, then inducing performance, was used as a pedagogical focus. The project demonstrated positive, self-reported and observed learning outcomes.

Instructional Classroom Design for Mobility Come see the latest in interactive classroom technology involving the iPad and other products focused on improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning in the classroom environment.

Faculty PanelJoin a group of faculty as they talk about their use of technology in the classroom. They'll discuss what worked and what didn't, if the time investment was worth it and what they are doing next. They will also answer questions and give tips and hints. The group will include University, K-12 and Community College faculty.

PechaKucha 20x20 PechaKucha 20x20 is a fun and simple presentation format where you show 20 slides, each for 20 seconds. The slides advance automatically and you talk along to the slides. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

Technology Petting Zoo TBA

Teaming to Save the World: What Business Leaders & Educators Need to Know About How the Video Game Generation is Changing the Workplace. In his keynote address, Beck will identify the distinct values and traits that define the Gamer Generation – from an increased appetite for risk to unexpected leadership skills to new learning styles – and reveal management techniques today's leaders can use to bridge the generation gap and unleash Gamers' hidden potentials. How do you manage attention across generations? Can groups of people who have fundamentally different views about what is "good" learn to work together? What does brain science tell us about how technology may enable more learning and better leadership?

Reception and Book Signing with John C. BeckMore details to follow.

Lawrence Shelton
& Susan Edelman
University of Vermont

Collaborative Consultation with Faculty to Promote UDL: Supporting Learning Success Presenters will walk participants through a project developed at a New England university to involve faculty in a collaborative consultation process that helps them apply Universal Design for Learning principles in their courses. In this interactive workshop, participants will develop frameworks for providing similar consultation tailored to their own institutions.

Social Media As A Teaching Tool Come see how one department is using the social media tool "EDMODO" to engage students and raise performance and critical thinking. Students are using this technology in their every day lives, so why not at school. Learn from a school who has already tried out various aspects to save yourself the time and effort.

Uses of Portable Devices and The Cloud in Special Education

A Whole New World for Teaching and Learning: Exploring Educational Opportunities in Second LifeWithin the virtual world of Second Life instructors can hold office hours, take students on field trips and provide context for any concept being covered. Students can feel truly present in a normally inaccessible even and Immersed in a visual and interactive environment, students and instructors can observe cell and protein models, attend academic conferences, interact with diverse cultures or minority subcultures and find spaces for similar groups of learners all without spending money. In this session, I will elaborate on these educational uses of Second Life and share my own teaching and learning experiences within this virtual world.

QR Codes TBA

Using Voki's in Online Teaching Educators who use the online environment to teach are continually striving to engage students in learning. With the multi-generational student population, the use of the Pearson LearningStudio tools combined with a variety of content delivery methods such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, videocasts, and vokis, today's educators can increase the connectivity they have with online students. Educators have the ability to also reach students who have a variety of learning styles. With the help of a Course Redesign Grant from the ETCL, the use of instructional vokis was implemented in an online Nursing Leadership course.

Cody Connor and Christi Boggs
University of Wyoming

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Sharla Dowding
Newcastle High School

CPR – Revive writing in the Science classroom without killing yourself Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)™ is a Web-based program that enables frequent writing assignments and increases student mastery of content while reducing the time an instructor must spend reading and assessing student writing. CPR offers instructors the choice of creating their own writing assignments or using the rapidly expanding assignment library. Although CPR stems from a science-based model, CPR has the exciting feature that it is discipline independent and level inde

Captioning Tools for Web VideosCaptioning web videos is pretty easy once you know the steps. Learn the basic terminology and concepts of providing captions to web-based educational videos. See demonstrations of web and client-based captioning tools.

We Are All In This Together Fear of failure prevents many college freshmen from speaking up during class discussion or drill and practice activities. Let's discuss ways technology may facilitate student participation. Get some ideas on how to create a classroom environment in which all may learn from (and maybe giggle about) one another's mistakes.

Using Google Voice to Connect With Students Ninety-nine percent of college students own a cell phone and texting is the #1 form of communication for college students today. In this session we'll explore innovative teaching practices with Google Voice, a FREE phone management and texting service, and demonstrate how you can use Google Voice, to connect with your students on your terms.

Lunch and Campus Tour

Higher EducationCome and learn how to teachers are using technology in their classrooms RIGHT NOW!

K-12 Come and learn how to teachers are using technology in their classrooms RIGHT NOW

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