The Program:


This page contains a schedule for the Megaconference. You can find out who is presenting and roughly at what time.

Please note that all presentations will be given in English and that some changes may be made to the schedule if a speaker is unavailable. Also keep in mind the times provided on the schedule are estimates and in no way guarantee a presentation will be given at the scheduled time or will last the full length of their time allowance.

Time EST

Event Title

Country

Presenter

7:00 AM

Megacon Café

7:15 AM

Model for Increasing Literacy Levels

Slovenia

Petra Ganc Vas, Mateja Kovačič,
Miša Račič, Polonca Švajger

7:30 AM

Children for Children

Slovenia

Daša Vukašinovič, Peter Jerina

7:45 AM

Different Applications of Video Conferencing in India

India

Darayus Mehta

8:00 AM

Then and Now

Slovenia

David Vrtin

8:05 AM

Working in Study Firm

Slovenia

Ivan Kolenko, Alenka Pavlin

8:15 AM

Primary School System in Slovenia

Slovenia

Milan Gabersek, Students

8:30 AM

The Mediated Museum

Sweden

Leif Handberg, Charlie Gullström

8:45 AM

Read Around the Planet

USA, Wales

Janine Lim, Steve Roberts

9:00 AM

Welcome

USA

Bob Dixon

9:05 AM

Reflections on the USA Presidential Election

USA

Dr. Herb Asher, & Dr. Paul Beck

9:30 AM

Then and Now

Netherlands

Egon Verharen

9:35 AM

Then and Now

Finland

Harri Salminen

9:40 AM

PSU Videoconferencing Then and Now

USA

Mike Hite

9:45 AM

Split - City of Beauty

Croatia

Antonela Czwyk Maric

10:00 AM

Video Conferences in Medical High School Education

Croatia

Barbara Ivanic, Dino Mrkic,
Lucijan Sabljar, Nikolina Baradic,
Nikolina Dokoza, Martina Klarica,
Kristina Hromin, Antonija Pavic,
Armando Bakaric

10:15 AM

Local & International Collaboration in the K-20 Classroom

Taiwan, USA

Meimei Mary Shih, Jason Kopp

10:30 AM

Great Minds Using Great Records

USA

Jenny McMillen Sweeney

10:45 AM

Roll Call 1

12:00 PM

The Global Consortium: Partnerships in Action

Pakistan, USA

John Haas

12:15 PM

Learning in Virtual Worlds

Finland

Sami Andberg

12:30 PM

The Impressive Moments of 2008 Olympics

China

Yafen Gin

12:45 PM

Technology at Our School

Slovenia

Miha Biruš, Andrej Dolenc,
Klemen Bratec, Aljaž Bastić, Žan
Rojko, Marjana Pograj Debevec

1:00 PM

Naš Kraj - Naša Šola

Slovenia

Krunoslav Novosel, Students

1:15 PM

Bridging the Divide: Bringing Youth of the Islam World and the U.S. Face to Face

Egypt, USA

Dr. Tonya Muro, Grace Lau

1:30 PM

Best Practice - Effective Ways to Motivate Students' Learning

USA

Adora Svitak

1:45 PM

Technology Research Training Center Virtual Tour - Argonne Nat Lab

USA

Larry Amiot, Joe Reitzer

2:00 PM

Learning Programming by Using an E-Material and Interface eProDasSC1

Slovenia

Franc Vrbancic, David Drofenik,
Nadja Popovic, Marjan Ceh,
Bogdan Atanaskovic, Renata
Horvat, Zenko Dolores and
Students from 4th class

2:15 PM

Seeing is Believing!

USA

Jayma Moore, Scott Payne

2:30 PM

Are You Smarter Than a 4th Grader?

USA

Shellie Wilson, Kathy DeCock
Diamond Path Elementary Eagan
MN Jeanette Myhre Elementary
Bismarck ND

2:45 PM

Telehealth Video Resources Center – Bringing Health Knowledge to You Through
Collaborative IT Technologies

USA

Charles R. Doarn, Rachel
Brown, MD, Arif Khan, PhD,
Michael McGill, PhD, David Gray

3:00 PM

Roll Call 2

3:30 PM

The Plant Connection

Canada

Karin Davidson-Taylor

3:45 PM

I.D.E.A.L. Classroom

USA

Bernard Gibson, David Hindi,
Michelle Coykendall

4:00 PM

Then and Now

USA

Tim Poe

4:05 PM

Mega Choir

USA

Tim Poe

4:25 PM

Then and Now

USA

John Langkals

4:30 PM

Then and Now

USA

Larry Amiot

4:35 PM

Vendor SKC

USA

Scott Dalton

4:45 PM

Vendor Royal Gardens

CA

Karin Davidson-Taylor

4:55 PM

Vendor Adora Svitak

USA

Adora Svitak

5:05 PM

Vendor CILC

USA

Julia Heighway

5:15 PM

Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre, Eden Australia

Australia

Dr Anne Felton

5:30 PM

Then and Now @ North Dakota State University

USA

Sandy Sprafka

5:35 PM

Then and Now

USA

Arif Khan

5:40 PM

Then and Now

USA

Jerry Johnson

5:45 PM

Megacon Café

6:00 PM

Challenges of Space Livability

Australia

Dr John Cokley

6:15 PM

The MRT in Kaohsiung

Taiwan

Huang Hsin-Xin, Students

6:30 PM

An Experience in Australian Indigenous Culture

Australia

Giralang Googars Dance Group,
Duncan Smith

6:45 PM

Roll Call 3

7:05 PM

CAS Introduction

China

Yafen Jin

7:15 PM

Then and Now

USA

Stan Henson

7:20 PM

Then and Now

USA

David Tiedemann

7:25 PM

Mega Choir

USA

Tim Poe

7:40 PM

Grand Prize Drawing

7:50 PM

Sign-off


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