NCCE 2006  • February 7–10     

Portland, Oregon      


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The conference was held at the Oregon Convention Center in downtown Portland located at 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.




Northwest Council for Computer Education

July 31, 2010


Back By Popular Demand!

Did you miss these speakers last year or attend their sessions and really enjoyed them? Last year’s NCCE’s most highly rated speakers are back!

Don't miss these additional featured speakers:

Terry Crane, Ed. D. • Dr. John Bransford • Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLS

Hall Davidson • Gail Lovely • Dr. David Moursund • Alan Walker

 

 

Patrick Crispen

Patrick Crispen is the Faculty Training and Support Coordinator for the Faculty Technology Center at the California State University in Long Beach. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Alabama and a master's degree in educational technology from Pepperdine University..

 

At Cal State Long Beach, Patrick collaborates with faculty, university technology support staff, and other individuals and groups to provide guidance in the development of technology-based learning and instructional materials.

Prior to moving to California, Patrick was the Internet Training Materials Specialist for the Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC) at Network Solutions where he was the program manager for the internationally acclaimed 15 Minute Series, free PowerPoint-based Internet training presentations.

Patrick was also a Simulations Director for, and founding staff member of, the United States Space Camp's Space Academy Level II program (now called "Advanced Space Academy").

In the fall of 1994, Patrick created a free, 27-lesson Internet training workshop called "Roadmap." Over 500,000 people participated in Roadmap, making it the most popular Internet training workshop in history. Patrick also co-authored two classroom textbooks, Atlas for the Information Superhighway (1996) and Web Page Design (1999), and is the co-author of the Internet Tourbus, a free semi-weekly Internet newsletter read by over 100,000 people in over 130 countries. Tourbus celebrated its tenth anniversary in the Summer of 2005, and PC World recently rated Tourbus as one of the Internet's 15 best newsletters.

Since October of 1997, Patrick has been an invited weekly panelist on a call-in radio show on WGN Radio in Chicago. The show, the "Website Wednesday Nightie portion of the "Steve and Johnnie" show, is broadcast live to 38 states and most of Canada on AM 720 and is also simulcast over the Internet. Callers from around the country ask Patrick and a panel of two other experts technology-related questions.

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Patrick has a website at: http://netsquirrel.com

 

 

Karen Fasimpaur

An enthusiastic user of a variety of mobile technologies, Karen Fasimpaur has over fifteen years experience in education and educational technology, working with schools and educational organizations to integrate technology.


Ms. Fasimpaur is currently President of K12 Handhelds, which focuses on handheld computing in education. Ms. Fasimpaur has conducted presentations and workshops nationwide on the use of handhelds in education, as well as on other topics relating to the integration of technology in K-12 education. The forums she has presented at include NECC, FETC, TCEA, CUE, the Florida Technology Leadership Summit, and elsewhere. Ms. Fasimpaur is the author of the award-winning book 101 Great Educational Uses for Your Handheld Computer.

Prior to that, she served as President of Futurekids, a K-12 educational technology integration company with operations in 75 countries worldwide. Before that, Ms. Fasimpaur was an executive at Davidson & Associates (later known as Knowledge Adventure and Vivendi Universal Publishing), where she oversaw a joint venture with Addison Wesley to produce an innovative multimedia history curriculum in collaboration with the California, Florida, and Texas state departments of education. Ms. Fasimpaur has also served as the Director of Operations for the Mazer Corporation, an educational materials developer.

Ms. Fasimpaur has classroom teaching experience as a teacher of elementary and adult education. She holds a Master of Business Administration Degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree.

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Annette Lamb

Dr. Annette Lamb has been a school library media specialist, computer teacher, and professor of education and library science. She is currently teaching online graduate courses for librarians and educators as a professor at Indiana University - Indianapolis (IUPUI).


In addition to online teaching, she writes, speaks, and conducts professional development workshops, presentations, and keynotes throughout North America and is well-known for her realistic approaches to technology integration and information inquiry. In addition to working on state and national-level grant projects, she enjoys spending time with administrators, teachers, and individual school districts, universities, and museums focusing on practical, technology-rich approaches to teaching and learning.

Annette received her Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Iowa State University. Her roots in library, media, and technology are reflected in her passion for interdisciplinary approaches, reading and writing across the curriculum, and using a variety of resources from books to the Internet.

Annette's numerous articles and over a dozen books are valuable resources for educators. Her popular website, Eduscapes.com, includes a wide range of award-winning, free resources for educators including 42explore, Teacher Tap, Literature Ladders, Activate, Naturescapes, and Multimedia Seeds. Her newest web resources, escrapbooking.com focuses on electronic, primary source materials.

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She loves to share her ideas with others. All of her sessions and workshops are available at http://eduscapes.com.

 

 

Dr. John Bransford

 


John Bransford is an internationally renowned scholar in cognition and technology. He joined the University of Washington in Seattle in 2003 where he holds the title of the James W. Mifflin University Professorship and Professor of Education. Prior to this time he was Centennial Professor of Psychology and Education and Co-Director of the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Bransford served as co-chair of several National Academy of Science committees that wrote How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School (1999) and How People Learn, Bridging Research and Practice (1999). He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the National Academy of Science and National Academy of Education Committees and on the International Board of Advisors for Microsoft's Technology and Learning program.

Opening Keynote Presentation at NCCE 2006:

Thursday, February 9, 2006
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Learning Theories and Technology for the Twenty First Century: Issues and Opportunities

Learning for the twenty first century requires new skills and attitudes that allow people to manage and embrace change and diversity. The keynote will focus on new views of competence and expertise--what some call adaptive expertise--and their implications for how we instruct and assess.

Presentation Sessions at NCCE 2006:

Thursday, February 9, 2006 • 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Technologies that Permit New Kinds of Learning and Assessment

Thursday, February 9, 2006 • 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE): Issues being explored in the LIFE Center

 

 

 

Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS

Both a writer and School Library Media Specialist, Toni Buzzeo holds a Masters degree in English (University of Michigan) and a Masters degree in Library and Information Science (University of Rhode Island). She was a practicing Library Media Specialist for sixteen years, was named the 1999 Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year, and is currently serves on the Maine Association of School Libraries Board.

 

Ms. Buzzeo writes many things including children's books (picture books and novels), professional books and many professional articles. She has published four picture books: The Sea Chest, illustrated by Mary GrandPre (Dial, 2002), Dawdle Duckling (Dial, 2003), Little Loon and Papa (Dial, 2004) and Ready or Not, Dawdle Duckling (Dial 2005), all illustrated by Margaret Spengler. One more title is on the way, A Ledge Light Christmas (Dial, 2008).

She has published five professional books, Toni Buzzeo and YOU (Libraries Unlimited, 2005), Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators, and Storytellers: Real Space and Virtual Links (Libraries Unlimited, 1999), Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6 (Linworth, 2002), Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for 7-12 (Linworth, 2002), and 35 Best Books For Teaching U.S. Regions (Scholastic Professional, 2002), as well as three more forthcoming, Reader's Theater (Upstart, 2006), Collaborating to Meet Literacy Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships K-2 (Linworth 2006), and Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6, Second Edition (Linworth 2007).

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Ms. Buzzeo has a website at: http://www.tonibuzzeo.com

Handouts from her workshops and sessions are available at: http://www.tonibuzzeo.com/speakingconferencehandouts.html

 

 

Terry Crane, Ed. D.

Sponsored by LeapFrog SchoolHouse

Dr. Therese "Terry" Crane is an educational consultant who works with companies and institutions that are seeking to move into the 21st century with real solutions for challenging issues. She serves as the Senior Education Advisor to Infotech Strategies educational technology consulting practice. She applies her understanding of technology to solve educational problems, improve student achievement, and foster teacher development.

 

With more than 30 years of experience as an educator, business executive, and technology expert, Dr. Crane has been widely recognized as one of the nation's most innovative leaders in educational technology. In 1999, eSchool News selected Dr. Crane as one of the "Impact 30"--top movers and shakers for educational technology for the decade.

Dr. Crane was the former Vice President for Education and Family Products at AOL. She currently serves as the AOL Education Advisor. She previously served as President of Compass Learning, formerly Jostens Learning Corporation, where she oversaw the management of the company's core K-12 software business and served as the key liaison to the education community. In the 90's, Dr. Crane led Apple Computer's highly successful, multibillion-dollar North American Education Division. In 1996 as Apple's Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Strategic Marketing, she developed long-term strategies for the consumer, education, publishing and scientific-technical markets.

Dr. Crane was co-chairman of the national CEO Forum for Education and Technology. The forum published a yearly report on the state of technology in U.S. schools from 1997-2002. As the 2003 Chairman of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Dr. Crane led corporations and educators to set a vision for the 21st century learning environment.

Dr. Crane serves on the boards of Questia, Inc., Tutor.com, the Western Governors University, and is the Chairman of Nobel Learning Communities. She serves on the National Education Association Foundation Board, Association for Teacher Education Commission for Technology and Teacher Education and the University of North Texas Education Development Board.

An active participate in the education industry, Dr. Crane has been on the advisory boards for EdNet 2003, the Software and Information Industry Association Board, and the Education Industry Investment Forum Board.

A native of Texas, Dr. Crane has a doctoral degree in educational leadership and a master’s in early childhood education from the University of North Texas. Dr. Crane earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education and mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Crane began her career in the classroom, serving the Richardson (TX) Independent School District as first an elementary school teacher and, later, intermediate principal. Intrigued by the possibilities personal computers held for her gifted and talented students, Dr. Crane designed and implemented the district's first technology plan in 1983.

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Hall Davidson


Hall Davidson has been involved in educational media since 1980. He taught language arts, foreign language and mathematics before leaving his bilingual classroom to teach mathematics on television in Los Angeles on an Emmy-winning afterschool program. He has taught a class for technology proficiency for teacher candidates at a college in southern California. He has published classroom lessons for K-12 integration of video in Techworks, sold internationally. He coordinates and hosts the California Student Media & Multimedia Awards, the oldest continuous media festival for students in the nation with more than 5,000 student participants. As a producer, he has been nominated twice for an Emmy.


The programs he has produced include series on music, the Internet, Information Literacy, copyright, and a health and safety series for kids 0-5. He was a founder of kitzu.org, a scaffolded approach to video creation in the classroom.

While working in the Los Angeles Unified School District, he was a founder of the Video In the Classroom (VIC) awards. He has worked successfully with educators in across the country to start their own media awards programs for students. He served as the first president of Video Using Educators (VUE) and currently oversees the Schoolhouse Video project that has given student and teacher produced media access to broadcast television via PBS. A popular speaker and workshop leader, he has keynoted at many educator conferences, including NECC, and has ongoing collaborations with the California School Library Association, and the California Association for the Gifted. After working at PBS stations for more than 20 years, he left traditional media to become Director of the Discovery Educator Network, part of the Discovery Channel’s new initiative in the non-linear media arena. He also serves on the board of Computer-Using Educators (CUE).

He served for ten years as Director of Education at PBS station KOCE-TV in southern California overseeing a media consortium of 200,000 students and teachers before leaving to become one of the two directors of the Discovery Educator Network, Discovery Communication’s major initiative to serve K-12. The DEN hosts an online community and works with educators in media, including unitedstreaming and the Discovery Health Connection. He is married and the father of two children, both in California public schools.

Closing Keynote Presentation at NCCE 2006:

Friday, February 10, 2006
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
How to Think Bigger While the World Gets Smaller

When you leave the conference, you return to the world where media surrounds today's students: on their phones, on their websites, in their email and in their pockets. Master media! Learn how global corporations and K-12 schools use the same tools to make connections between the world, the classroom, the home--and the teacher's lounge. Technology has made it more effective, more accessible, and easier to share information. Google, movies, wikis, and blogs become your friends and with a few strategies and tech tools, you can keep ahead of even (yes!) the students. See fun examples of it happening.

Presentation Sessions at NCCE 2006:

Thursday, February 9, 2006 • 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
The Nuts and Bolts of Digital Video - Now Including Photons!

 

 

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Gail Lovely


Gail Lovely is a former classroom teacher. She believes that teaching is her calling and a deep part of who she is. Gail taught in Southern California inner-city schools for 9 years before moving into first district, and later regional, positions in staff development and technology in the classroom.


Gail founded a company, Lovely and Associates, to help educators integrate technology and curriculum through excellent staff development and support.

After earning her Master’s Degree in Educational Computing, Gail enjoyed being an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University for many years, teaching technology integration courses to students in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. She returned to University teaching last fall at the University of Houston.

Along the way Gail has hosted an online community for teachers on Scholastic Network, founded the K2 Email List for Classroom Connect, and written ongoing columns in Learning and Leading with Technology, Instructor Magazine, Electronic Learning, and Curriculum Administrator Magazine.

Gail loves to teach and continues to do so by sharing her vision for the active classroom, the improvement of the relationship between teacher, learner and curriculum and other inspirational yet practical messages through many keynote sessions at educational conferences, by hosting professional development seminars, and my developing the resource-filled http://www.GailLovely.com. Gail is the proud mother of two technology-savvy boys ages 13 and 16. Gail currently calls Friendswood, Texas home.

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Dr. David Moursund

Dr. Moursund is a professor in Teacher Education at the University of Oregon. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 books and numerous articles on information technology in education. He has been the major professor and/or served on the dissertation committees of about 75 doctoral students in the field of computers in education.

 

In 1979, Dr. Moursund founded the International Council for Computers in Education (ICCE). ICCE became the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) in 1989 when it merged with the International Association for Computing in Education. Dr. Moursund is known as the Founder of the International Society for Technology in Education. Dr. Moursund was the Executive Officer of ISTE from 1989 to 1998. He served as ISTE's Executive Officer for Research and Development from June 1998 to the end of March 2001.

Dr. Moursund is a member of the Board of the Mathematics Learning Center, which is headquartered in Salem, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of this nonprofit organization in 1976, and has served on the Board in a variety of capacities, such a Secretary for many years, and more recently Chair of the Board, with this term ending in January 2005.

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Alan Walker

Alan Walker is a confirmed gadget geek and avid tech promoter. Known for his gadgets, magic tricks, and unending energy, Alan has been a technology trailblazer on many frontiers. His many websites reflect his varied interests and his passion to share free educational resources. TechSparc.com and StemStar.com offer teachers a wide range of planning tools. EdTechToys.com showcases innumerable and indispensable gadgets. Receiving over 3 million visitors per year, Alan's most popular site, Multiplication.com is used as a teaching tool by thousands of schools, teachers, and parents.


Alan's passion to ignite learning in others is infectious. He is well known for his lively NCCE and NECC conference presentations on a wide variety of topics. In recent years, Alan has been a trainer for the Teacher Leadership Project, Intel Teach to the Future, and the PRISM program.

In 2000, Alan received the Washington State Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Education. The following year, he was the Washington State Teacher of the Year nominee from Educational Service District 123. For the past ten years, Alan has been selected by his former students for inclusion in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers."

Alan was a geek before anyone knew what a geek was. His first car was pale in comparison to his first computer, a strap'n Commodore PET with 8KB of RAM and a cassette recorder under the hood. Since than he has owned more computers, tech toys, and gadgets than a dog has fleas. Alan has owned and managed a hardware store (Walker's True Value Hardware), written and published a book (Memorize in Minutes: The Times Tables), and taught in many capacities. He is currently the Technology Director for the Prosser School District where he is actually paid to be a geek!

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