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English Collaboration Day will be held April 23rd at Mountain View Jr/Sr High School! ** ===**[|What did I sign up for?] **===
 * Language Arts Collaboration Day

**Location:** Mountain View Jr./Sr. High School in Kingsley, PA
==**Directions: [|Use Google Maps]**== **GPS Directions:** Latitude 41° 44' 21.354" Longitude -75° 43' 37.3938"

** 1:45--3:00 Collaboration & Wrap-up **

 * Session #1 **

Info || Explore the full potential of an interactive wiki page in a Language Arts classroom. Collaborate with other classes, use the discussion features, and embed widgets. || Additional skills will include making basic place marks, downloading kmz files, running a trip once downloaded and basic search and find functions inside of Google Earth. || Aaron Sinkovich || Explore the best resources available on the web to enhance Language Arts learning. ||
 * **Session Name ** || ** Presenter/Co Presenter ** || ** Session Description ** ||
 * **//Copyright//** || Meredith Davis || Learn the laws and regulations regarding copyright and how it pertains to a Web 2.0 Language Arts classroom. ||
 * **//Using Wikis (Advanced) Best Practices//** || Rich Mackrell
 * **//Google Lit Trips//** || Tim Snyder || Basic introduction to using Google Earth in a Language Arts classroom; Learn how you can track a character’s journey using “Lit Trips”.
 * **//The Best of the Best English Websites//** || Lexi Konsur
 * **//Planning a Novel Guide Using Multiple Tools//** || Kathy Matis || Develop a unit that integrates technology, meets your students' interests, and meets "The STANDARDS" ||

Info || Basic introduction to wiki pages. Learn what a wiki page is, and what you can do to enhance your classroom. || Mike Burke || Discovery Education has more to offer your Language Arts department than videos. Come out and see the exciting things Discovery has to offer. || Dana Mascioli || Using advanced tools with Google Earth to make “Google Lit Trips” – Using an HTML editor like “NVU” to make advanced “Place Marks” & exploring “Google 3D Warehouse” and “SketchUp”. Teachers will create their own “Lit Trip”. || Patty Smith || Manage your classroom by utilizing the free software program, Moodle. ||
 * Session #2 **
 * **Session Name ** || ** Presenter/Co Presenter ** || ** Session Description ** ||
 * **//<span class="wiki_link"> Using Wikis in the Classroom (Beginners)//** || Rich Mackrell
 * **//Using Discovery Educator Tools//** || Kathy Matis
 * **//Using Discovery Educator Tools//** || Kathy Matis
 * **//Google Lit Trips (Advanced)//** || Tim Snyder
 * **//Using Moodle for Classroom Management//** || Tom Kameroski

Info || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enhance your Language Arts classroom by using a free and safe blog. || Angel Masco || Tell your story digitally. Discover the practice of using computer-based tools to make stories come alive. || <span style="display: block; font-size: 180%; color: rgb(61,0,255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">[|Survey]
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(250,250,250); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(9,4,180); text-align: left;">Session #3 **
 * **<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(249,36,36); text-align: center;">Session Name ** || ** Presenter/Co Presenter ** || ** Session Description ** ||
 * **//Copyright//** || Ty Yost || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learn the laws and regulations regarding copyright and how it pertains to learning in a Web 2.0 Language Arts classroom. ||
 * **//Peer Editing--Going Paperless//** || Tom Kameroski || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Foster collaboration among your students by allowing them to digitally edit Language Arts projects. ||
 * <span class="wiki_link"> //**Using a Blog**// || Rich Mackrell
 * **//Dante's Technology Inferno//** || Kevin Davenport || "ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE." The study of a Medieval Allegory telling of a spiritual quest through an eternal place where the wicked are punished for their evil deeds. "Welcome to Hell!" ||
 * **//Digital Storytelling//** || Patty Smith