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Evening ofInstructionalTechnologyWednesday, April 5, 2006

Sheraton Dover Hotel5:30PM - 7:00PM

35 Commerce WayDover, Delaware 19904

302 857-3305www.dcet.k12.de.us

DELAWARE CENTER FOREDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Delaware Center for Educational Technology

The vision of the Delaware Center for Educational Technology is tohelp Delaware become The First State In Education: EveryClassroom, Every Teacher, Every Child.The mission of the Delaware Center for Educational Technology is tohelp empower children, through the use of informationtechnology, to achieve higher standards in education.

Delaware Center for Educational Technology - StaffWayne Hartschuh, Ph.D., Executive DirectorDenise Allen, Library / Media / Technology

Steve Ballard, Partners in TechnologyTom Black, Partners in Technology

John McClenny, Partners in TechnologyWendy Modzelewski, Instructional Technology

Pam Reed, Administrative SecretaryWendy Roper, Secretary

Bob Smith, Partners in Technology

Delaware Center for Educational TechnologyBoard of Directors

Ted AmmannLt. Gov. John Carney, Chair

Richard CordreyJennifer Davis

Henry J. DeckerJohn Doyle

Dr. Sandra FalatekThomas JarrettRussell LarsonLoretta MartinAnne Norman

Ron PierceDavid Sechler

Pat SineDr. Dianne Sole

Dr. George StoneValerie Woodruff

Pat Bartoshesky

HighlandsElementary School

Emmaline ReyesJazmyn Money

iEARN Time Machine ProjectThe Grade Four students of HighlandsElementary School have worked onthe iEARN Time Machine project.Students researched the famousevents or births of famous people thatoccurred on their birthday, back inhistory. Other projects that have beenlooked into for possible participationare The International Sign Languageproject, which originated in Iran, andthe Origami project, based in Japan

Holly Franklin

McKeanHigh School

James GravesKarina Pastor

Celebrations and Generations across the WorldStudents participated in the projectCelebrations and Generations with aschool in Pune, India. Students usingforums for introductions with theirsister school in India and interviewedand researched holidays from theirnative country. Meanwhile, studentsin India were doing the same researchon their own celebrations of Navaratri,Onam, Diwali, Ganeshotsav. Studentsshared their research on the projectsforum and created a PowerPointpresentation based off the informationdone by the other school.

Red Clay Consolidated School District


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Evening of Instructional Technology5:30PM - 7:00PM

Showcase of Excellencein

Instructional TechnologySauvignon Ballroom

International GalaSauvignon Ballroom

Exhibit AreaAtrium

First State StringsOutside Sauvignon Ballroom

Christina School District

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Welcome!The Delaware Center for Educational Technology takes great pleasure inhosting An Evening of Instructional Technology held in conjunction with the15th Annual Delaware Instructional Technology Conference.

Showcase of Excellence in Instructional TechnologyThe Showcase of Excellence in Instructional Technology recognizes andhonors an exemplary teacher from each district and charter school whoportrays excellence in instructional technology. These teachers havedemonstrated excellence in instructional technology by:

utilizing technology for personal productivity; understanding standards-based education; actively engaging students in the use of technology on a routinebasis with emphasis on student action and on issues resolutionthat require higher levels of student cognitive processing and in-depth examination of the content; and designing instruction such that students perceive and utilizetechnology (e.g., multimedia, telecommunications, databases,spreadsheets, word processing) as a tool to solve authenticproblems.

The DCET is delighted to recognize these teachers for their dedication totheir students and to their profession. We would also like to welcometheir students who have diligently worked with their teachers by strivingfor academic excellence.

International GalaThe International Gala features the work of teachers and theirstudents who are participating in the International EducationTechnology professional development cluster and working oninternational projects through iEARN (International Education andResource Network). iEARN is a non-profit global network thatenables young people to use the Internet and other new technologiesto engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhancelearning and make a difference in the world. The goals of the International Education Technology cluster are: (1)Support teachers’ development of international knowledge, expertise,and initiatives; and (2) Enable teachers to acquire the skills to useeducational technology in learning and as an instructional andmanagement tool. The participating teachers and their students will be available todiscuss their projects, share their classroom work, and share thecorners of the world that they have visited.


Abraham Jones

KeeneElementary School

Tonnaire MatthewsChanel Bond

iEARN Time Machine ProjectStudents at Keene Elementary Schoolhave used drawings of time machinesto create student art work. The classwill feature their favorite animal andcollected artifacts from classrooms inthe Ukraine and Japan to have ondisplay as “souvenirs” from thetravels of their time machine.

Karen Williams

Lake ForestHigh School

Jennifer CrouseKiersten Dougherty

Comfort Quilts ProjectWe are creating comfort quilts for theRonald McDonald House inWilmington and a local shelter. Thesequilts have a variety of themes and aremade by students in two differentclasses. The students are exchanginginformation with other students inTexas, Washington, Toronto, Wales,Uzbekistan and Chile.

Lake Forest School District

Michele Thomas

Sussex Academyof Arts and Sciences

Carey PhalenShannon Robison

Anna Yelverton

Youth Can Slow Down Global WarmingEighth grade students at SussexAcademy in Georgetown, DE haveliterally learned about global warmingby sharing information and ideas withpeople all over the globe. By using theInternet, students researched airpollution in Delaware and the UnitedStates. Students discussed theirfindings with other people around theworld in the YouthCan forum. Comesee our findings about air pollutionand global warming by viewing ourPowerPoint presentations.

Brian Conway

Shue-MedillMiddle School

Mariah CzystzonBradley Emory

Cultural Foods Recipe ProjectUsing a map of the world studentshave documented the collection ofrecipes they have gleaned from allover the world. Included in their workare directions for preparing ethnic andcultural foods, the traditions behindthe food preparation and the sourcesand history behind these foodtraditions.

Charter School


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List of HonoreesAppoquinimink Tim Olinda Cedar Lane Elementary

Brandywine Theresa Walton Brandywine High

Caesar Rodney Holly Briel Caesar Rodney High

Cape Henlopen Julie Yakimowicz Milton Elementary

Capital Alyssa Miller William Henry Middle

Charter Caty Bivins Campus Community

Charter Christine Chaney East Side Charter

Charter Abdul Hamin Kuumba Academy Charter

Christina Jo Anne Deshon Downes Elementary

Colonial Tara Gallagher McCullough Elementary

Delmar Shauneen Giudice Delmar Middle & Senior High

Indian River Kelly Ankrom East Millsboro Elementary

Lake Forest Clara Conn Lake Forest Central Elementary

Laurel Brian Cass Laurel Senior High

Milford Rose Parker Milford High

NCC Votech Monica Prouse Delcastle High

Polytech Jimmy F. Lettieri Polytech High

Red Clay Kathy Cooper Conrad Middle

Seaford Dara Laws Seaford High

Smyrna Dawn Bole Smyrna Middle

Sussex Technical Gary Conaway Sussex Tech High

Woodbridge Allen Pepper Wheatley Middle

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Capital School District

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List of ParticipantsAppoquinimink Thomas Harrison Meredith Middle School

Appoquinimink Nancy Petrella Silver Lake Elementary School

Caesar Rodney Cherylyn Minto Welch Elementary School

Cape Henlopen Barbara McDonald H.O. Brittingham Elem School

Capital Lisa Burnham William Henry Middle School

Charter School Sandra Alegre Campus Community School

Charter School Michele Thomas Sussex Academy of Arts & Sciences

Christina Brian Conway Shue-Medill Middle School

Christina Abraham Jones Keene Elementary School

Lake Forest Karen Williams Lake Forest High School

Red Clay Pat Bartoshesky Highlands Elementary School

Red Clay Holly Franklin McKean High School


Lisa Burnham

William HenryMiddle School

Amber FrancazioJana KahnTyler MyersShannan Salva

Teddy Bear Pen Pal Exchange ProjectThe fifth grade students on the 5 RedTeam at William Henry Middle Schoolparticipated in an integrated unit ofstudy that focused on creative writing,appreciation of different cultures, andthe use of technology skills tocommunicate understanding. Theywill share their learning journey asparticipants in the iEARN Teddy BearPen Pal Exchange Project withstudents from Pakistan.

Sandra Alegre

Campus CommunitySchool

Bethany GeckleReed Power

One Day in the LifeOur after school group meets once aweek with three main goals. The firstis to write a piece in English about"one day in my life", completing thesteps of the writing process. Whenthat is finished, it is simplified andtranslated into Spanish and both areposted on the appropriate discussionboards. The second goal is toparticipate in the youth forum oniEARN and discuss topics withchildren from all over the world. Thethird is to discuss things we learn andhave fun.

Charter School

Cherylyn Minto

Welch Elementary School

Junius ThomasHolly Fels

Paper Recycling at Welch ElementaryAt the beginning of the school year the4th and 5th grade Talented and GiftedStudents of Major George S. WelchElementary showed an interest instarting a paper recycling program.Since then we have organized boxes ineach classroom, a monthly pick-up ofthe paper, and a Golden Clean Earthaward that is given to the class withthe heaviest paper box. Weaccomplished all of this with the helpof our new international friends onYouthCan.

Caesar Rodney School DistrictAppoquinimink School District

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Tim Olinda

Cedar Lane Elementary School

Emily SmithNoah Lucas

H.O.T. Robotics: Robotics is more thanjust playing with gadgets. It isstudents learning to use their mindswell, working and thinking to solveproblems. Using Lego MindstormsRoboLab, students are analyzing data,making inferences, and drawingconclusions from their investigations.Robotics is hands-on technologypowered by higher order thinking.

Theresa Walton

BrandywineHigh School

Chris GoylingJamil LewisKathleen Steele

Mrs. Walton teaches Art and allowsstudents' creativity to flow from thecanvas to the computer screen. Sheoffers several Computer Art classesusing her own computer lab wherestudents move from simplemanipulation to integrating images inapplied graphics like magazine layout,CD cover design, and bookillustration. Students use thisopportunity to develop their ownportfolios.

Brandywine School District

Appoquinimink School DistrictHolly Briel

Caesar RodneyHigh School

Julia VekasyKristan Blaha

Amanda Premock

Ms. Briel’s students have recentlyparticipated in iEARN (InternationalEducation and Resource Network) onlinecollaborative projects in which theyposted Power Point presentations,pictures, and messages to variousforums in an attempt to exchangeknowledge with students from aroundthe world. They also learned how touse iMovies, MoviemakerXP, andPhotoShop to create documentaries oncultural topics.

Julie Yakimowicz

Milton Elementary School

Cailey ThornburgSpencer Czerwinski

Mrs. Yakimowicz differentiatesinstruction with technology to meetthe needs of all first grade learners.Her classroom is vibrant withactivities that engage students ininteractive Web projects, onlinejournaling, oral reading, and creativewriting. Through a thematic project,students create, publish, and presentoriginal storybooks as enhancedpodcasts.

Caesar Rodney School District

Cape Henlopen School District

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Thomas Harrison

MeredithMiddle School

One World, One Environment/Food, Air,Water, Shelter: Making Resource UseSustainableStudents and teachers from all aroundthe world work on sustainabilityprojects in their own schools and sharetheir information together and withtheir local communities throughforum discussions, video streaming,information booklets, pictures, slideshows, oral presentations, onlinejournaling and media support.

Nancy Petrella

Silver LakeElementary School

Sarah WilliamsCassidy WilliamsonEthan Bradbury

Eye to Eye, Great Apes, and E-Pals In the Eye to Eye project students fromdifferent countries learned about eachother through postcard size imagesthey created about themselves. Thesepostcards will be exhibited at theYouth Summit in the Netherlands thissummer. The Great Apes projectteaches us about apes as anendangered species and conservation.We are creating awareness posters forthis project. We are e-pals with theUritskya School in Belarus. Weexchange information through e-mailsand have exchanged slide shows.

Appoquinimink School District

Charter School

Alyssa Miller

William Henry Middle School

John NixonTayonna Ngutter

Ms. Miller's fifth grade gifted andtalented students have an iBooklaptop cart available for their projects.After their research, they haverecently completed news reportsabout the American Civil War usingiMovie.

Capital School District

Caty Bivins

Campus Community School

Leanne CantalupoRyan McGinnis

Technology allows Ms. Bivins to bringreal world data into her classroom.Student-created Websites not onlydescribe the importance of a humanbody system, but also link to data onair quality. Satellite images allowstudents to think spatially and assessthe impact of earthquakes on an area.

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Evening EntertainmentApril 5, 2006


First State Strings

Established in 1997, First State Strings is lower

Delaware’s Premiere Youth String Orchestra. Under the

direction of the esteemed Mr. Eliezer Gutman, 19

students from New Castle and Kent Counties and

Eastern Shore Maryland attending public, private,

charter and home schools, meet once a week to rehearse

music for concerts and community performances.

Past performances include The Mayor's Prayer

Breakfast, NASCAR opening ceremonies, and the In

Harmony series at the Schwartz Center and Old Dover

Days. First State Strings is part of First State Strings, Inc.,

which also includes lower Delaware’s beginning string

ensemble, Little Strings. New members are always

welcome.

For more information, visit www.firststatestrings.com.

Christine Chaney

East Side Charter School

Solomon LeeShaDonna Hunton

Keeping education alive in thetechnological age requires meetingstudents where they live. That meansinfusing technology into all aspects oflearning from streaming videos tocomputers throughout the classperiod. Ms. Chaney’s daily activitiesshow how seamlessly technology isspun throughout the day into varioussubjects to help keep the studentsfocused and participating in theclassroom.

Abdul Hamin

Kuumba Academy Charter School

Bobby Graham, IIIZaneica Scott

The Computer Club is actualizing threeprojects simultaneously: creating andmaintaining the Computer ClubWebsite; publishing a quarterlynewspaper; and producing a movieshort with writing and acting beingdone by the students. During theinstructional class time, grades 3-5created a “family calendar” for the2nd semester. Plans for the 3-4semester include all classes (K-5)doing digital storytelling via “still”photography using PowerPointpresentations.

Charter School

Charter School

Sussex Technical School District

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Gary Conaway

Sussex Tech High School

Matt Adams

Mr. Conaway’s Media Broadcastingstudents at Sussex Tech learn toresearch and produce news storiesthat are later shown on live daily newsprograms at school and featured asweekly half-hour shows on Comcastcable TV. This authentic learningproject requires integration of higherlevel thinking skills and complexstate-of-the-art technology.

Allen Pepper

Wheatley Middle School

Travis ShaverCassandra French

Mr. Pepper conducts a research-basedactivity where students become newsbroadcast teams. They researchspecific topics about the Middle Ages,such as discussing the principles offeudalism and comparing them to amodern democracy. The final productis creating a news broadcast that lasts6 to 10 minutes.

Woodbridge School District

Jo Anne Deshon

Downes Elementary School

Jared SolomonBailey Woodruff

Mrs. Deshon has found Language Artsto be the perfect avenue for bringingtechnology into the classroom. Aprojector and laptop enhance WritingWorkshop as mini-lessons areconducted. Pieces of writing arecooperatively developed by the class.The visual presenter and projectorallow writing to be viewed by all.Then students are off to produceissues of a class newspaper usingPublisher. Students draft, revise, andedit articles, importing images afterGoogle searches.


Tara Gallagher

McCullough Elementary School

Ms. Gallagher integrates technology inher fourth grade TAM class every dayto meet the diverse needs of herstudents. Through the use of herinteractive Website, Ms. Gallagherengages her students in projects suchas email, journaling, concept mappingand WebQuests. Find out “How toBabysit an Orangutan” in the brochuresher students published as part of anELA project. Ms. Gallagher says, “Integratingtechnology into instruction keepslearning fresh for both the studentsand me.”

Colonial School District

Seaford School District

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Dara Laws

SeafordHigh School

Ms. Laws is a dynamic teacher whogoes the extra mile to engage herstudents with authentic technologyintegration. Her use of handheldcomputers, blogging, Web pages, andemerging technologies creates anubiquitous environment that makesstudents take ownership of theirlearning endeavors. Ms. Laws is aconference presenter and handheldcomputer trainer.

Dawn Bole

SmyrnaMiddle School

Shannon RileyTya Scott

As the only NASA Explorer School inDelaware, students at Smyrna MiddleSchool have the unique opportunity tolearn from the experts at NASAGoddard Space Flight Center. Usingvideo conferencing technology,students watch and interact withscientists at NASA as theydemonstrate a lesson on cryogenics.

Smyrna School District

Shauneen Giudice

Delmar Middle &Senior High School

Alessandra DanielsLyndsey Gerstle

Tomodachi means friend. Delmarseventh graders use monthly live-videoconferencing to buildfriendships with their partner schoolin Hokkaido, Japan. This fall theycompared insects from their schoolgrounds and endangered cranes,shared holiday celebrations andvisited their respective zoos. Studentsalso use digital cameras to createPower Point documentaries aboutschool and other projects to share withtheir partners.

Kelly Ankrom

East MillsboroElementary School

Parker ThoroughgoodAja Campbell

Mrs. Ankrom uses an interactivewhiteboard to instruct her students.This is a digital presentation tool thatbrings instruction to life. She has beenable to access the Internet and createPowerPoint presentations to enhanceinstruction. Mrs, Ankrom says, “My students aremore focused and motivated to learn.”

Delmar School District

Indian River School District

Jimmy F. Lettieri

Polytech High School

Brian J. LoshR. Keith Roberts, II

Mr. Lettieri designed the ForensicsChemistry course at Polytech HighSchool. This senior level sciencecourse integrates technology andscience to analyze physical evidence inan inquiry-based format. Students useprobe technology to analyze glass,soil, accelerants, and other kinds ofphysical evidence in the class. Inaddition, Mr. Lettieri maintains aWebsite that he uses to teach andsupport his classes.

Kathy Cooper

Conrad Middle School

Emily BarniGeorge Sosa

Ms. Cooper uses projects that includeaudio/visual clips using Sketchysoftware on PDAs; a group projectwhich includes compiling, calculatingmeasures of central tendency, andgraphing data (PDAs, Excel oncomputers) featured in a multi-mediapresentation using Power Point,digital pictures, and a SMART Board;and solving multi-step equations inalgebra using PDAs.

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Clara Conn

Lake Forest CentralElementary School

Tyler SippleMelonie Tobey

Ms. Conn engages the students withmany forms of technology: theSMART Board as an active way toshare their knowledge; the Elmo toshare student writing or work; PowerPoint slides to introduce variousconcepts or topics; Inspiration toorganize thoughts for writing; PowerPoint to create slide shows; and foraccessing Internet resources.

Brian Cass

Laurel Senior High School

Dukinson AppolonGodwill Exume

Laurel High School's Performing ArtsDepartment includes a number ofprojects that integrate technology inthe arts. Students use computers formusic composition, and digital filmediting is employed in BroadcastJournalism and Theater classes as a wayto highlight information for massaudiences.

Lake Forest School District

Laurel School District

Rose Parker

MilfordHigh School

Susan MitchellDaniell Akins

In Ms. Parker's Computer SoftwareApplications class, teams of three tofour students prepared documentsneeded to start a business. Thesedocuments had to be professional inthe sense of purpose, balance andconsistency. The team chose thebusiness they wanted to start andcreated a name, logo, and slogan. Thefinal product included a presentation,Website, business documents, budget,projected income over a three yearperiod, and a magazine cover for eachteam member where that teammember was in a featured article.

Monica Prouse

DelcastleHigh School

Yelvis HerreraAmanda Wolynetz

Ms. Prouse’s current instructionalprojects include: preparing studentsfor Microsoft Office Specialist examsusing SAM 2003 assessment software;using a wireless network and TabletPC to demonstrate and instruct; andutilizing Blackboard software forstudent submission of work,demonstrations, assessments, andclassroom management.

Milford School District

New Castle County Votech School District

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