William Paterson University Annual Educational Technology Conference

Above going clockwise:  WPU PIR Betsy Golden, Technology Teacher Mr. Hill School 29, Technology Teacher Mr. Rhein School 12,  Technology Teacher Mrs. Selino NRC, WPU Professor Heejung An and Principal Mr. Ventura School 29 

     Last Friday, the WPU Educational Annual Educational Technology Conference was held at WPU. Featuring Keynote Speaker, Mr. Christopher Kavcak, the theme was:  "Working Smart: Effective Open Educational Resources (OER) For Teachers ."  
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Among those presenting at this conference were NRC technology teacher Janette Selino who has been part of the Dodge Arts Integration Team via this grant there for many years, working closely with WPU Arts Integration PIR Triada Samaras.  

Above:  Technology Teacher Janette Selino assists an attending teacher at the conference.

Ms Selino has consistently integrated arts and technology 
with her 350 technology students grades 6-8 in both her technology and STEAM enrichment 
classes.

At the WPU Conference she shared this knowledge with her presentation:

Creating an Interactive Bulletin Board Using QR Codes

By Janette Selino, Paterson Public School District
"In this session, the participants will learn how to navigate around a free poster software program and insert a QR code to make their posters interactive. Your students will love to make their posters come alive! You will need to bring your smartphone and all participants will learn how to download a QR scanner. This activity is good for all academic subjects and infuses art into all academic areas of your curriculum. Participants will create a free poster account and will leave with one completed poster with a QR code in their own personal free web-based account." (JS)  WPU Education Technology Conference Weebly

In addition this year Ms Selino has introduced a new robot to her STEAM extension classes.
In the image below Ms. Selino (left) discovers the new robots Dash and Dot with a phone app with Ms. Aramayo, art teacher (left).

Below students ponder programming the robots for a variety of uses.

Below is a video of Ms. Selino (right) and Ms.Aramayo (left) and WPU Arts Integration PIR Triada Samaras experimenting with the new robots:  Dash and Dot: