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How to Edit This Page = ISTE Conference Session Notes below... = 5 = excellent || 11:00-12:00 || 3 || 12:30-1:30 || 4 || 3:30-4:30 || 4 || 2:00-4:00 || 2 || 11:00-12:00 || 2 || 12:30-1:30 || 3+ || 2:00-3:00 || 5 || 3:30-4:30 || 4 || 8:30-9:30 || 3 || Thayer || Wednesday 10:30-11:30 || 2 || Thayer || Wednesday 12:00- 1:00 || 4+ || Thayer || Wednesday 1:30-2:30 || 5 || Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction Top 10 Tech Tips for Teachers 21st Century Skills || Leah Lindblom ||  ||   || **Potential of social networking for our students. They need a map with dots and quality interactions of the world that is bigger than they are.** || Susie Lackey ||  || 4 || ** Increase Accountability – triangulated, exhibitions (1 per quarter) ** ** Student engagement: What are the levels of engagement? ** || Susie Lackey ||  || 4 || Huge plug for regular collaboration with the Teacher Librarian http://critical-thinking@.iste wikispaces.net "If I think something is valid and accurate; I need to prove it. " || Susie Lackey ||  Wed. 8:30 – 9:45 || 4 || Just tab when you are in the far right cell to add another row. -LL
 * Session Title || Attended By || Date/Time of Session || Rate it!
 * Developing, Designing, Delivering:The case for powerful and productive presentations || Leah Lindblom || Monday 8:30- 9:30 || 4 ||
 * Backchannel: Let Everyone Speak || Lynee' Zajac Beck || Monday 8:30-9:30 || 4 ||
 * What is Engagement, Really, and Where Can I Get Some ? (with Bernie Dodge) || Lynee' Zajac Beck || 11:00-12:00 || 2 ||
 * The Future of Ed Tech in the Obama Administration [[file:The Future of Ed Tech in the Obama Administration.docx]] || Lauren Kott || 11-12pm || 3.5 ||
 * Dissecting the 21st Century Teacher || Lynee Zajac Beck || 12:30-1:30 || 2.5 ||
 * How to Leverage Social Networking for Education [[file:Social Networking.doc]] || Annie Gorenstein || 6/28 2-3 || 1 ||
 * Podcasting 101:: Integrating Podcasts into your lessons || Leah Lindblom || Mon 3:30 - 4:30 || 4 ||
 * Writing in the 21st Century[[file:Writing in the 21st Century- NCTE Session.docx]] || Lauren Kott || Monday 3:30-4:30 ||  ||
 * Tablet PCs in the Classroom[[file:Tablet PCs and DyKnow.docx]] || Lauren Kott || Monday 2-3pm || 4 ||
 * Take this Book at Map it![[file:Take this Book and Map It.docx]] || Lauren Kott || Monday 12:30-1pm ||  ||
 * Effective Focus Activities: Free Tools to Engage Learners of All Ages || Lynee Zajac Beck ||  || 4 ||
 * Tammy's Favorite Tools || Lynee Zajac Beck ||  || 5 ||
 * Tweet, Learn, Lead - [] || Trevor McKenzie || Monday 3:30 - 4:30 || 2 ||
 * __Developing, Designing, and Delivering: The Case for Powerful and Productive Presentations Presentations:__ A few basic ideas on how to make your presentations more effective...Powerful Presentations || Bret Thayer || Monday 8:30-9:30 || 2 ||
 * __Games that Teach: Using Smart Lesson Activity Toolkit:__ 5 review games using the Smartboard...Smartboard Games || Bret Thayer || Monday
 * __The iPod Touch/Phone Application Support Group for 2010__ (a review of apps for the iPhone and iPad with //some// applications for the classroom if they have an iPhone--Leslie Fisher made a strong case for replacing lap tops with iPads!)iphone apps || Bret Thayer || Monday
 * __#tweet.#learn.#lead__. (For educational leaders //not// teachers BUT I signed up for Twitter and came away with a few ideas on how to use this and Tweetdeck in my class!)Twitter in the Classroom || Bret Thayer || Monday
 * Poster Information Sessions: __Got Google?__ and __Interactive Social Studies Classroom__ ...a list of Google apps that you can use in your classroom.Got Google? || Bret Thayer || Monday
 * __Exhibit Hall__--Turn it in.com has a newer version that promises to be easier and more flexible to use. Check out their web site at[|Turn it in 2] || Bret Thayer || Monday || 2 ||
 * Project Based Learning - Birds of the same feather- too disorganized, was hoping to hear some good ideas about projects, Trevor McKenzie Monday 4-6 2 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Copyright Clarity- Tuesday 11-12am-Lauren Kott[[file:Copyright Clarity in the Classroom Tuesday 11.docx]]5- such a relief! || Lauren Kott || Tuesday 11-12 || 5 ||
 * Teaching Writing Effectively in the 21st Century- 12:20-1:30pm 3.5 (more like a huge advertisement for //WritetoLearn// software-some good links. [[file:Teaching Writing Effectively with Digital Age Technology.docx]] || Lauren Kott || Tuesday 12:30-1:30 || 3.5 ||
 * A Dose of Twitter For Every Day of the Year || Lynee Zajac Beck || 12:30-1:30 || 2 ||
 * Using Shakespeare in the Classroom- Remixing the Bard[[file:Remixing the Bard.docx]][[file:Shakespeare ISTE.doc]] || Lauren Kott and Annie Gorenstein || 2-3pm || 4 ||
 * Library of Congress- Teaching with Primary Sources[[file:Teaching with Primary Sources-Library Of Congress.docx]] || Lauren Kott, Bret Thayer, John Gallup, Trevor Mackenzie || 3:30-4:30pm Tuesday || ? ||
 * Beyond Catch Phrases: Digital Age Best Practices for Real Classroom Teachers (had an interesting rubric for deciding if the technology being used is effective, or not) [[file:Beyond catch phrases.doc]]will scan and upload the rubric soon :) || Annie Gorenstein || 12:30-1:30 || 3 ||
 * Matching Teachers and Technology: Good Ideas and Common Mistakes (The Dos and Don'ts of creating a tech friendly environment in your school) [[file:Matching teachers and technology.doc]] || Annie Gorenstein || 3:30-4:30 || 4 great presenter! ||
 * Using iPod Touch iPhone iPad for teaching and learning. Great Source for reviews of applications. www.iear.org (provides reviews of the educational relevancy of apps for iGear) || Annie Gorenstein || 4:45-6:15 ||  ||
 * __Twitter Goes to School: Telling Stories Through Digital Threads__ (Chris Bigenho's main idea was that Twitter can become an on-going story for your students that will take them places--the journey becomes the lesson kind of thing. His example was the recent Iranian Election)Twitter in the Classroom || Bret Thayer || Tuesday
 * __Shift Happens: Technology Integration Decisions via Learning Activities__ (This was mostly theory-presented by Judith Harris of the College of William and Mary who has tracked techology in the classroom for 30 years: Technology in the classroom works best AFTER a teacher has gone through the planning stages of the lesson/unit and then turns to technology as a means for student presentations and/or evidience of learning. Technology does NOT work well when teachers force a fit of a tech tool because it's cool.)[[file:TPACK ISTE Conference 2010.docx]] || Bret Thayer || Tuesday
 * __Goomoodleikiog__. (This session talked about using Google, Moodle, Wiki, and Blog as ways to create, track, & grade assignments. Much of this is student centered and enables a student to track their own learning via the web! See their website: [|www.goomoodleikiog.com] for examples!) They also have a short video on YouTube[|Goomoodleikiog] || Bret Thayer || Tuesday
 * __Library of Congress and Professional Development__ (Over 19 million items that are digitized on the web from the[|LOC] Professional development opportunities via "Build and Deliver" and "Self-Paced Modules" also 5k to 20k grants via Metro State College[|TPS Regional Grant Program] . Here is one lesson idea for American HistoryLincoln's Pockets . World History docs via [|www.wdl.org] || Bret Thayer || Tuesday
 * __Teaching docs National Archives__ Session presented the available tools at the National Archives best info came from their site at docsteach.org || John Gallup || 2-3 || 4 ||
 * __10 web tools to make learning in your class even better__ Excellent resu=ource for web tools to help us at edtecher.net - all FREE Vidinotes, Museum box, capziles.com is timetoast on steroids. good stuff || John Gallup || 11-12 || 4 ||
 * __Tammy's Free Web Tools__ Lots of good web tools - all FREE todaysmeet.com, jamstudio.com, blogger.combibme.org. Thtese and more available at tammyworcester..com || John Gallup || Mon 3:30 - 4:30 || 4 ||
 * __HEC TV__ This was an interesting presentation about interactive live tv shows linked to classrooms. If we do not have the required technology to video conference all programs can be downloaded and viewed on itunesu. Addresses all content areas || John Gallup || Mon 2-3 || 3 ||
 * __Rhetoric to Reality__ Good information about what our students have at their fingertips and what they can do on their own. Excample: MIT courses on line. Students could explore these ourses and come to class with a full understanding. They could take these free classes over the web and simply take the AP test and pass. Also focused on Critical thinking issues, my tought was to alter our literacy team to be more of a literacy / critical thinking team and use some critical thinking strategies like we did P.A.S and write to learn this year. || John Gallup || Mon 12;30 - 1:30 || 4 ||
 * __Interactive Nets__ More cool tools for our use that are all free. Introduction to Google forms, Data, Graphs. Sl;ightly more directed at the middle school level but some applications would be viable here. kansastlc.org. || John Gallup || Mon 8:30 - 9:30 || 3 ||
 * __Mapped then walked the upstairs booths__ in search of cool stuff. Teacherweb looked great for those willing to spend $39 a year for their own web site. NBC Learn has some great looking applications and videos for use in the classroom, they say they are currently discussing partnerships of some kind with Jeffco. PBS will allow downloads starting this fall - great resource to replace some of the DE material we are all tired of. || John Gallup || tues || 3 ||
 * __Library of Congress__ Just like Brett this was a valuable meeting for SS. Professional development opportunities abound for SS and others. || John Gallup || 3:30 - 4:30 || 4 ||
 * Digital Citizenship: What we have learned || Leah Lindblom || Wed 8:30 || 1 ||
 * Asynchronous Mastery Learning in a Hybrid Classroom [[file:Asynchronous Mastery Learning in a Hybrid Classroom.docx]] || Lauren Kott, Luke Folck and Lynee Zajac - Beck || Wed 8:30 || 5-Lauren ||
 * Writing in the 21st Century- Focused on Blogs and WIkis in the High school classroom. Good! [[file:Writing in the 21st Century Kristin K.docx]] || Lauren Kott || Wed 10:30-11:30 || 4 ||
 * Driving Performance at Every Level || Leah Lindblom || Wed 10:30 || 2 ||
 * Creative Writing and Collaboration on the Wikis- No notes, not much was new information. || Lauren Kott || Wed 12:30-1:30pm || 3 ||
 * [|Blogging Basics and Beyond] || Lauren Kott || Wed 2pm-3pm ||  ||
 * **__An Introduction to Open Source Software and Open Source Technoogies__.** (Valuable information but more directed toward "systems" rather than individual use of software. One interesting thing learned is thatMIT has a series of FREE online cources which are available through "MIT open courseware". Haven't tried the link yet, not sure I am smart enough, but might be worthwile. || Clark Grose || Mon 8:30 - 9:30 || 3+ ||
 * __**Deeper Learning with Web 2.0**__ (Very good presentation of content delivery programs (Jing, PhotoPeach, Prezi, Slideshare, Pixton) and collabrative programs (Voice Thread, Blogspot, wiki's, Wordle, etc.). Since I don't have much practical experience with many of these, I gained a lot of knowledge and will try to develop practical uses for some of these in my classes for next fall for our "share out" day in August. || Clark Grose || Mon 11:00 - 12:00 || 5 ||
 * **__Recipes for Success: Hot Technologies to Spice Up Your Program__.** (Good information on wiki for educators, webspiration, you tube video edtor, etc. ~ you can go to [] for links to all of the information presented. || Clark Grose || Tu 12:30 - 1:30 || 4+ ||
 * **__Google: 25 Things You Didn't Know it Could Do__.** Excellent review of many of the Google Apps which we aren't aware of by Dr. Howie DeBlasi. Please go to [|www.drhowie.com] for his updated presentation and links to what he discussd. Lots of direct applications to classroom projects which Google has developed or are in the applicationstage where they need teacher input for te application and ow it can be modified for education || Clark Grose || Wed. 10:30 - 11:30 || 5 ||
 * __**Exteme Web 2.0 Mkeover: Education Edition**__. The most informative and useful presentation I went to, presenter was excellent (Steve Dembo - Discover Education). Lots and Lots of Web applications which will have a direct impact on how to add technology to the classroom (wallwisher, blabberize, blogs, podcasts, etc.) Awseome presentation and awseome applications. I believe that his presentation may be viewed at [] (I know it is a weird address but I tried the link and it works) It almost made me want to start leaching classes in July. Sorry, I will come to my senses soon:) Susie was also at this presentation and I am sure she would love to collaborate on projects with anyone using some of these applications. || Clark Grose || Wed 12:00 - 1:00 || 5 ||
 * Oh, the Things You Can Do with Google Forms and Spreadsheets || Lynee Zajac Beck, Leah Lindblom ||  || 4 ||
 * Enhancing Active Learning with Technology || Lynee Zajac Beck ||  || 4 ||
 * From Consumers to Producers of Knowledge with Jeff Utecht || Lynee Zajac Beck ||  || 4 ||
 * Games in Science: JASON Project || Lynee Zajac Beck ||  || 2.5 ||
 * Electronic Constructivism || Lynee Zajac Beck ||  || 1 ||
 * Paperless Classroom || Lynee Zajac Beck ||   || 5 ||
 * __Digital Portfolios: How the Side Effects Transform Schools:__ An introduction to using technology to create and store student work...Digital Portfolios || Bret Thayer || Wednesday
 * __Autism and Learning Technologies: Pathways for Engagement and Expression:__ An overview of technologies available for autistic and sensory challenged learnersAutism & Learning . See also Dr. Boser's website[|Autism Technology] || Bret
 * __Extreme Web 2.0 Makeover__: A beginner's overview on using 5 free web tools in the classroom..Cool Web 2.0 Tools . || Bret
 * __Paperless Classroom for Less Than $100__: An overview of a few tricks and tools to minimize paper in your classesPaperless Tricks ...See Torrence's science web page as an example[|Mesa High School] || Bret
 * Making Text Accessible to Struggling Students- I didn't really attend this session, but got the presenters notes and posted them on this link. Some really great tools are shared. || Leah Lindblom || Didn't attend, but got the notes || 5 ||
 * [[file:Games that teach.pdf]] - Smart board - quick tips on how to use the lesson activity toolkit in the smartnotebook software to create games that teach in your classroom. || Leah Lindblom || Didn't attend, but got the notes || 4 ||
 * Innovative Leadership, Cheryl Lemke || Leah Lindblom || Mon 11- 12 || 3 ||
 * Cracking the Native Information Experience, David Warlick || Leah Lindblom || Mon 12:30-1:30 || 5 ||
 * Empathy: The 21st Century Skill, Alan November || Leah Lindblom || Tues 11 - 12 || 5 ||
 * Shift Happens: Technology Integration Decisions, Judith Harris and Mark Hofer || Leah Lindblom || Tues 12:30 - 1:30 || 4 ||
 * Digital Learning Farm: Students as Contributors, Alan November || Leah Lindblom || Tues 2 - 3 || 5 ||
 * Cool, Random Websites found at ISTE:
 * Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread:[] || Leah Lindblom || Didn't attend, but got the notes || 4 ||
 * Twitter, Twitter, Twitter || Leah Lindblom || Wed 12-1 || 5 ||
 * 21st Century Tools for 21st Century Schools || Leah Lindblom || Wed 1:30 - 2:30 || 4 ||
 * [[file:Will Richardson.doc]] “IF YOU ARE NOT FEELING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE MOMENT, YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.” Will Richardson
 * [[file:Innovative Leadership.docm]] School is a very small portion of where kids learn throughout life. ** Ensure digital access and infrastructure: networks, devices, Application of Web 2.0, Instructional, business and technical support (blog, twitter and wiki opportunities) **
 * Critical Thinking
 * Crap Detection 101 -** Teaching students to be critical thinkers when using the web. Evaluating resources!