From+My+Classroom+to+Yours+Conference

On March 14 I attended the 'From My Classroom to Yours' conference at Stockton College. The conference is a way for educators, school administrators, information specialist and others to come together and share ideas for integrating technology into todays classrooms. There were four sessions with a variety of subjects to choose from. In the Event Room at Stockton there were light refreshments in the morning and a tasty lunch in the midst of the sessions. Also in the event room various exhibitors set up tables to display their newest products for schools.

My first session was titled **Teaching Non-Fiction Text Across the Content Area with Technology Infusion,** presented by Dr. Michele Barto of Farleigh Dickinson University. Her session was geared toward showing us how to integrate technology and specifically the internet into our non-fiction curriculum. The workshop offered many hands on strategies and resources focused on integrating technology and media to help students successfully comprehend and analyze the modes of non-fiction text. we learned resources and lesson strategies for all levels, K-12.

The second session I attended was entitled //**Active Reading Project** presented by// Mrs. Jennifer Jamison of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior school. She showed how she helped the teachers in her school include e-readers, and specifically, nooks into the classrooms of her school. Mrs. Jamison showed us the many practical applications of e-books in the classroom setting to enhance the reading process. Mrs Jamison shared her ideas of how the Active Reading Project worked with special needs studentsin her school, the teacher/librarian connection and how the project is assessed. //The third session i attended was called// //**How to obtain real-time forecasts and data from the National Weather Service** presented by Joe Miketta. he took us to the web site for the national weather service. We were taught how the National Weather Service gathers data about current weather conditions and processes that data to forecast weather trends. He showed us how to get real-time weather forecasts in our specific areas of choice. This was a very interesting session but I'm not sure it pertains to schools. Very fun though.//

My fourth session had to be the most popular of the four sessions I attended and for me the most informative. It was entitled **Edmodo Integration Across Content Areas** presented by Mrs. Kelly Vasquez of Fairfield township schools. The ladies who presented showed us how to use the free services of edmodo to network with students in our classrooms and fellow teachers in our schools and fields of teaching. Edmodo is a safe way to interact with your students. i found this session to be so informative that my group used edmodo as our topic in our tech tips project.

The conference was a very illuminating experience for me. I was able to mingle with educators from across the region and have them share their knowledge and expertise with me. I hope one day to be able to create a presentation that informs my fellow teachers. Can't wait until next years conference!