Learn how to navigate through the Thinkfinity website and find excellent resources for literacy, science, math, social studies, social-emotional & culture.
Hundreds of teachers use Thinkfinity. Here's why:
• Free, exciting, top-quality materials
• Quick, accessible and easy to use
• Content created by trusted experts and leading educators
• Thousands of standards-based lesson plans
• Valuable professional development opportunities

Learn how to navigate through the Thinkfinity website and find excellent resources for literacy, science, math, social studies, social-emotional & culture.
Hundreds of teachers use Thinkfinity. Here's why:
• Free, exciting, top-quality materials
• Quick, accessible and easy to use
• Content created by trusted experts and leading educators
• Thousands of standards-based lesson plans
• Valuable professional development opportunities

TeacherFeast comes to Rockford and DeKalb! These highly popular technology Feasts have been held in other parts of the state for many years. The TeacherFeast covers a variety of topics including SMART, Moodle, web development, RtI, podcasting, Office 2007, Windows 7 google applications, Web 2.0 tools, and many more. Trainers provide 1 to 1 suport and just-in-time enrichment based on daily feedback.

Learn how to navigate through the Thinkfinity website and find excellent resources for literacy, science, math, social studies, social-emotional & culture.
Hundreds of teachers use Thinkfinity. Here's why:
• Free, exciting, top-quality materials
• Quick, accessible and easy to use
• Content created by trusted experts and leading educators
• Thousands of standards-based lesson plans
• Valuable professional development opportunities

Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, has digitized 11+ million sources. Participants will learn how to use the LOC website, and will receive a variety of ideas on how to integrate resources into the curriculum to differentiate learning. The workshop will cover many fun activities and lesson ideas such as digital storytelling, sequencing and photo analysis. Participants will have work time each day to begin a project to use in their classroom. **NOTE: This course replaces Focus on Photos. If you have taken this course for college credit in the past, graduate credit will not be available again. CPDU’s would be provided.**Graduate credit is through Regis University for upper elementary teachers and middle and high school Social Studies, fine arts and language arts teachers. This includes workshop time, online module work & a classroom project (one year to complete)

This is an event you can’t afford to miss! This session will begin by looking at some of the legal and insurance liability issues districts now face related to technology. Participants will then examine eight types of technology security threats confronting districts, including network security; data and identity theft; inappropriate content; cyberbullying; predators; inappropriate uses of the network; copyright infringement; misuse of mobile communication devices. Participants will create a framework of policies, procedures, trainings and hardware/ software systems that districts should have in place to address those threats.
Teams of technology coordinators and administrators are encouraged to attend. The session is based on the book "Security vs. Access: Balancing Safety and Productivity in the Digital School." Conference fee includes the cost of the book ($22) (registrations received after October 12th may not receive the book at the conference). Administrators' Academy credit.
Dinner Tuesday night at Vinny Vanucchi’s in Galena is sponsored by H2IT and CISCO Systems!
You must make your own room reservation at Eagle Ridge. Call 1-800-892-2269 and ask for the rooms held for the Learning Technology group to get a special conference rate (block released Oct. 11).

***Please note $10 Registration fee is non-refundable.***
Session is divided into elementary and secondary sections in separate rooms. Topics:
• Finding strategies you can put into your classroom tomorrow
• Utilizing technology in your classroom-whether you have it or not
• Utilizing the Internet to expand your classroom
• Strategies for maximizing student understanding and achievement