Presentations


Monday, April 1, 2013

TIME ACTIVITY MEDIA
6:00 – 10:00 PM
Check-in/Registration

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

TIME ACTIVITY MEDIA
7:30 – 10:00 AM
Check-in/Registration
9:00 – 10:00 AM
Workshop: Digital Reggio: Where Tinkering & Engineering Meet Progressive Education – Gary Stager
10:00 – 11:15 AM
Welcome: – Benjamin Heuston
Opening: Reimagining Learning through Personalization – Richard Culatta
11:15 – 11:30 AM
Beverage Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION 1
Applications Track: Teaching Children Using Technology -- An Overview of Open Educational Resources – Anne Arendt Slides
Applications Track: Online Software for Listening and Comprehension – Beth Holland Slides
Research Track: Two-way Play: Preschool Learning with Kinect Sesame TV – Meagan Rothschild, Alex Games Slides
Research Track: Development of the School Readiness Curriculum-based Measurement System – Jason Anthony, Jeffrey Williams, Michael Assel Slides
12:30 – 2:15 PM
Participant Introductions & Lunch
2:15 – 3:15 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION 2
Applications Track: Colaboratory: A New Space where Technology & Creativity Come Together – Javier Alvez Slides
Applications Track: Early Intervention: Closing the Academic Gap in Preschool – Brittney Nelson, Kathy Petersen, Bonnie Van Ausdal Slides
Research Track: The Effects of Traditional & Digital Manipulatives on Young Children's Mathematics Understanding – Cassandra Mattoon, Alan Bates, Rena Shifflet, Nancy Latham Slides
Research Track: The Developmental Appropriateness & Educational Affordances of Preschool Online Games – Mariya Sumaroka, Stephanie Reich, Tallin Muskat, Nazanin Tadjbakhsh Slides
3:15 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 4:30 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION 3
Applications Track: What Educators Need to Know to Implement Technology Learning in Early Childhood Education – Chip Donohue, Fran Simon, Amanda Armstrong, Karen Nemeth Slides | Resource List
Applications Track: Creating a Technology-based Personalized Reading Curriculum for Early Childhood Students – Alyson Rodman, Katie Ronstadt
Research Track: Feedback in Critter Corral: The Effectiveness of Implication Versus Corrective Feedback in a Math Learning Game – Kristen Pilner Blair Slides
Research Track: Evaluation of Using the Web-based Art Creation Tool--ePainting – Tracy Ho, Huann-shyang Lin Slides
4:30 – 4:45 PM
Beverage & Snack Break
4:45 – 6:15 PM
Keynote Speaker: Out of the Playpen into the Playground: Developmentally Appropriate Experiences for Young Children in the Digital World – Marina Umaschi Bers Slides
6:15 – 7:30 PM
Networking Reception

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

TIME ACTIVITY MEDIA
8:30 – 9:45 AM
Featured Speaker: What Can We Learn from A Reading Tutor that Listens? – Jack Mostow Slides
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Collaboration Station
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Beverage Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION 4
Applications Track: UPSTART: A Technology-delivered, Home-based Kindergarten Preparedness Program – Haya Shamir, Claudia Miner, Ann Izzo Slides
Applications Track: Citizen Science: Civic Engagement That's More Than a Game – Meagan Rothschild, Amanda Barany, Kurt Squire Slides
Research Track: Evaluation of Earobics Step 1 in Low SES Minority Children & English Language Learners – Jason L. Anthony, Claire Davis, Jeffrey Williams Slides
Solutions Track: embarK12 – Melissa King, Tom DiGiovanni Slides
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 PM
Featured Speakers: Mythbusters: How Multi-touch and App Design Debunk Tech Concerns in ECE – Warren Buckleitner & Chip Donohue Slides
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 – 3:30 PM
BREAKOUT SESSION 5
Applications Track: Integrating Technology in the Common Core Classroom – DeAnna Owens, Shirley Key Slides
Applications Track: Mobile Computer Assisted Math Learning – Dan Yang Slides
Research Track: Voices from the Field: Findings from the National Early Childhood Technology Today Survey – Lilla Dale McManis, Karen Nemeth, Fran Simon Slides
Solutions Track: Leveraging Technology to Manage & Analyze Data for Improved Early Education Outcomes – Kenneth Pool Slides
3:30 – 3:45 PM
Beverage & Snack Break
3:45 – 5:00 PM
Featured Speaker: Electrifying Children's Mathematics – Gary Stager

Thursday, April 4, 2013

TIME ACTIVITY MEDIA
8:30 – 9:45 AM
Featured Speaker: Tablets, Prescription for Learning? Evaluating Apps for Early Learning – Gail Lovely Slides
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
BREAKOUT SESSION 6
Applications Track: Playful Practice of Early Literacy Skills via Customized Digital Books and Apps – Barbara Culatta, Kendra Hall, Halley Cole, Audra Hales, Joseph Baird Slides
Applications Track: Through the Eyes of a Child--The Day in the Life of an iPad – Carrie Pfeiffer-Fiala, Kathleen Harris Slides | Handouts
Research Track: Preschoolers with iPads & Proscopes: Study of Teacher-child Interactions and Scaffolding – Sudha Swaminathan, Ariel Levesque, Erin Murphy, Suzanne Slater Slides
Solutions Track: Hatch Early Learning: Teaching with Touch – Lilla Dale McManis Slides
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Beverage/Snack Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Breakout Session 7
Workshop Exploiting the WeLearn Mobile Platform to Scaffold Synchronous Collaboration – Elliot Soloway & Cathleen Norris
Research Track: From Paper to Tablets: The Effect of Alphabet e-Books on Emergent Literacy – David Willoughby, Elizabeth Sulima Slides
Applications Track: Once Upon a Time: Engaging Young Minds Using Mobile Technology & Storytelling – Kathleen Harris Slides | Handouts
12:15 – 12:30 PM
Break
12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Keynote Speakers: Learning & Schooling in the Age of Mobilism – Elliot Soloway & Cathleen Norris Slides
2:00 – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 – 3:15 PM
Featured Speaker: Ten Affordances of Multi-Touch – Warren Buckleitner Slides
3:15 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 4:45 PM
Featured Speaker Economics and Early Education and Technology for Children – Dustin Heuston Slides