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             Dr. Xiaodan Huang, Teacher Education professor, and three students, Matt Lonsinger, Keri Sagraves and Amy Berry, will be presenting “Wikified Webquest Project: Using Web 2.0 to Bridge P12 and Teacher Education” on Wednesday, Feb. 3 during the Ohio Educational Technology Conference February 1-3 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus.
             “It is a project using Web 2 to make a lesson plan,” Huang said. “The project model is called a Webquest model, but we use Wiki, a Web 2 technology.”
             The students are all in different fields each will be presenting projects using Wiki at the conference. Lonsinger is in high school math education; Sagraves is in K12 Visual Arts education; and Amy Berry is in early childhood education.
             Lonsinger and Sagraves worked together on a project integrating high school math and visual arts. Berry worked with two other students on her project and she will be presenting for her group.
             “This is unique,” Huang said. “We were in an early group using this technology and this is the first time we are presenting.”
             The 2010 eTech Ohio Educational Technology Conference attracts a huge crowd with nearly 6,000 participants last year. It is among the largest educational technology conferences in the nation with more than 300 sessions and displays, 225 exhibitors, and acclaimed keynote and featured speakers.
             The theme for this year’s conference is “P-20 Conversations: Shaping a Path for the 21st Century Student.” It addresses the need to provide seamless technology integration throughout students’ careers. It is the first time that eTech Ohio, OhioLink, Ohio Learning Network and OARnet have come together to present the conference.
             The conference provides interactive sessions, research presentations, hands-on labs, national keynote speakers, networking opportunities and a classroom of the future.