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=YESS at ISTE=

We are three technology teachers from the Granite School District in Salt Lake City Utah who attended this year's ISTE conference in San Diego. For one of us it was our first ISTE for the 2 other teachers the last time we attended was 6 years ago, and needless to say a lot has changed. ISTE has improved and grown so much, it was fabulous. Below are highlights of the conferences we attended. 8:30
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Hordes of Google and Other Free Tools Rushton Hurley
NextVista.org SH
 * students should have fun
 * free resources a-plenty- www.tinyurl.com/RHresources
 * apple F(mac) or ctl F(PC) is find on page, quick way to find something on page full of stuff
 * google zeitgeist 2011 video about what was most searched in 2011
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIEamakLoY
 * get ipad cover with note paper attached
 * 30/30 rule-in 30 seconds tilt the screen to 30 degrees
 * ===Communication Tools===
 * insights of the crowd- [|http://www.todaysmeet.com] /RH-IST
 * todaysmeet is good for kids who won't raise their hands
 * [|http://www.Collaborizeclassroom.com]
 * this is a discussion tool
 * www.remind101.com
 * a safe way to text message your class or group of teachers etc.
 * [|http://www.tinyurl.com]and Goo.gl
 * shortens urls
 * ===Images===
 * www.creativecommons.org searches by licensing, you can use but must provide citation, this is important if you want to share the assignment on the web
 * flickr- photos in flickr have a much higher quality than simply doing a google search. To cite work use name of photo, site and who uploaded photo in the name of the photo you use.
 * www.taggalaxy.de cool way of searching for pictures
 * ===Video===
 * www.nextvista.org videos that are made for students categories include careers, all subject areas, global videos and service videos
 * have students teach something using video
 * www.WeVideo.com free online video editor
 * www.jingproject.com screencasting tool
 * youtube can learn how to use any software by typing in the word tutorial
 * ===Collaboration===
 * maps layers
 * www.twitter.com great educational tool
 * ===History, Books, Art===
 * www.googleartproject.com you can view art from all over the world and zoom in closely
 * www.jamendo.com free music
 * www.librivox.org free audio books and in other languages
 * www.ck12.org free textbooks online

Keynote
Sir Ken Robinson SH Monday 8:30 a.m. [|Engaging Nonfiction With The New York Times and The Visual Thes][|aur][|us]
 * "any growth requires a temporary loss of security" by Madeline Hunter
 * "education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire" by William Butler Yeats
 * Look for intro video online
 * ISTE online courses
 * PLN=professional learning network, important to be part of one
 * Instructional coaching - ISTE Nets for coaches
 * Teachers have to be proactive and be lifelong learners
 * August is connected educator month. Us Dept. of Education
 * Personalize education for every student in the system per Sir Ken Robinson
 * What does it take to engage every student?
 * give students options about their assignments so that they can be in the top 20% of something
 * What are the roles of new technology in "a" above?
 * Use mobile technology to improve peoples lives
 * 21st century skills-collaboration, innovation and use of technology
 * mobile devices are more prominent than drinking water and tooth brushes, people look at their mobile phones on average of 150 times per day
 * EdTech conference-what is happening in mobile learning, what are the challenges? October 2013
 * Expand student horizons so that they can find their passion-motivation, learning, jobs, happiness
 * All teachers need to listen to students, respect students, overexpect from students, empower all teachers

Katherine Schulten, New York Times Learning Network blog with Georgia Scurletis
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ SH 11:00 am
 * //On this blog they publish a lesson plan every day//
 * //Dystopian Fiction//
 * //Common core 70% nonfiction by the time they are seniors, it also emphasizes argument, vocabulary is also emphasized in order to prepare students better for college level vocabulary//
 * The NY Times has a blog called Room for Debate which will help tackle the argument expectation of the common core http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate
 * //most popular news search this year Trayvon Martin, last year tsunami in Japan//
 * //students should show their work in reading Visual Thesaurus//
 * //Reading activity-find the most difficult sentence in a reading. Make it simpler by replacing each pronoun, replacing each hard word, underline and explain symbols and metaphors, sum it up in under 10 words. Make a vocabulary list from the reading.//
 * www.visualthesaurus.com -vocabgrabber-
 * www.vocabulary.com can make the vocabulary into a game

The Personal is Political:Digital Storytelling with Purpose
Matthew Williams KQED Education http://www.kqed.org/education/ >
 * KQUED has a blog called edspace http://education.kqed.org/edspace/
 * watch fair use video
 * video educasts -tutorial on how to use imovie

Project Voice Scape
@ James Lick Middle School "The Skin I'm In" about how a young girl dealt with racism SH 12:45
 * Research Literacy-perform effective, critical online research,knowledge of academically appropriate protocols for selection, citation and attribution of source materials and knowledge of fair use
 * How do search engines work-Authorship, Publisher, Point of View, Referral of knowledge, Accuracy
 * Purdue Online Writing Lab-how to cite electronic sources properly
 * The Center for Social Media-don't take too much and don't transform media, then it's ok
 * Remixing
 * "So You Think You Can Be President"
 * The Alliance for Children's Rights-Next Step Transitioning Youth ages 8-18
 * Youth Council Documentary Project
 * Jesse
 * Movie Making Process
 * Prepare Idea
 * Production
 * www.kqued.org/quest has worksheets for production etc.
 * Easy YouTube Video Downloader on Mozilla
 * www.archive.org has a lot of public domain pics
 * www.creativecommons.org
 * www.squared5.com will change video from mp4 to avi for Windows Moviemaker
 * Publish - they have youth media festivals on KQED (from the community), KQED Do Now

Create INteractive, Web-Based Google Maps to Extended Learning Beyond the Classroom
Google Treks Alice Christie www.alicechristie.org/classes/stem www.maps.google.com/maps Dr. Alice Christie's Unit on Earthquakes Dr. Alice Christie's Google Treks on youtube Tagxedo-Like Wordle, but puts it into a shape like a bird, a person etc.

Making a Google Trek
SH 2:30
 * www.googletreks.org
 * Put student information first and teacher information last
 * When reading a novel have students find the location on google maps
 * Have students create a google trek
 * google maps
 * create map-give name and description, make public
 * use the line tool to define perameter and it will give you square miles
 * use draw a shape tool around a building or park etc. and it will give you a shaded area
 * drop push pin on an area of interest and name and describe it rich text will allow you to add photos etc., always cite the source

Global Empathy the 21st Century Skill
Alan November SH 4:15
 * CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act)- read this to know what internet sites are allowed in schools
 * http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/04/straight-from-the-doe-facts-about-blocking-sites-in-schools/
 * what separates the top people in a corporation?-empathy
 * The dominant use of technology outside of schools is communication, but not in schools
 * teach global research
 * teach country codes the 2 letter codes that are at the end of a url
 * youtube videos Eli Pariser: beware online "filter bubbles" look up Eli Pariser on TED
 * you can turn off personalized search on google
 * tweetdeck, hootsuite these organize tweets
 * teachers should connect kids to authentic conversations of people on the ground
 * epals
 * for example if you are reading "Number the Stars" have a conversation with Denmark on epals

ReadWriteThink.org:Encouraging Reading, Writing, and Thinking across the Curriculum
Lisa Fink this is a part of www.thinkfinity.org SH
 * At www.readwritethink.org
 * keyword and filter search
 * lesson plans and teaching resources
 * online student interactive tools
 * classroom resources by grade levels
 * lists of the most popular resources
 * RSS feeds, email, sharing and commenting
 * www.readwritethink.org calendar is her favorite part of the site
 * each day identifies someone famous on that date and if you click on it you will find classroom activities to go along
 * podcast of books-text messages
 * lesson plans with all support
 * students will plan a project and evaluate
 * the project could be a glog from www.glogster.com
 * strategy guides are for teachers and how to teach with technology such as animoto, voki, Prezi, glogster
 * pre-reading visualization activity learn about place before reading the book for example The Cay they will have a choice of various projects
 * for math read Math Curse then have them create their own word problem and make a crossword using crossword creator
 * educator involvement from teachers
 * community stories from teachers
 * apps are coming so kids can make their own trading cards and make magnetic poetry
 * student interactives- cube and essay

Top 5 things Don Knezak, CEO of ISTE has learned
1. Hire top educators and administrators 2. Have money to back up the programs 3. Accountability based on old measurements doesn't work 4. Think globally 5. When groups collaborate kids win

Dr. Yong Zhao
[] We need to know where we are going in education, what's important civilizations die because they choose the wrong goals The US students have been poor test takers for 50 years, yet we are happy and we excel in business US students have this attitude that I believe I can do it, even though they probably can't do it confidence drives kids to be creative and innovative The US relies on a diversity of talents. Tolerance, technology and talents are key to successful societies throughout history The US should not use reading as a national goal Do not make test scores a goal Entrepreneurs or black collar workers-you create your own job which requires: confidence friends risk taking passion creativity passion curiosity cultural diversity individual differences Education should enhance the strengths of each individual student Education should be product oriented We need to collaborate globally SH 12:15

Applying Apps for Communication and Creativity
Ben Smith and Jared Mader www.edtechinnovators.com SH 2:00
 * kids learn to choose which tool on ipad is best to use rather than teacher directing
 * learn to use ipads for creating
 * example-physics teacher said at amusement park each group needs to become an expert on one ride and present that information however they want using technology
 * one group did a podcast,
 * another activity he did was describe what waves do and one group made a song
 * be vague and let the students choose where their interests are
 * students could tweet about event and upload videos of event to youtube, teachers can create classroom accounts
 * how to take a screen shot-the home and power button at the same time, teach this to the students
 * Recommended Apps
 * **twitcasting live**-broadcast video and radio for free, then they can embed in a wiki
 * **evernote**-they are view only by teacher unless you upgrade to premium, this is like one note
 * **mindjet for ipad**- like inspiration, for mind mapping
 * **edistorm**-also available in a webbased version-write one thing they learned etc. and then they can vote on each others sticky notes
 * **voicethread**- also available webbased, pictorial discussion board
 * **display recorder**-records what is happening on the ipad
 * **drawing book**-example-go take a pic of hexagon, then they can overlay audio over pic and send to teacher
 * skitch for ipad -take the photo, then mark up the photo and then export that into evernote
 * **strip designer**-like comic life on the ipad
 * **story kit**-make a story on the ipad about lesson
 * **viddy**-bring video from ipad and then change things like speed and lighting
 * **animoto video maker**-use photos from existing photo library, this essentially makes a slideshow
 * **vernier video** physics-learn about physics by looking at games like angry birds or cut rope
 * photo-365 -have kids do a photo diary
 * **educreations interactive whiteboard**-
 * coach's eye -mark up the video
 * **audio memos free**-the voice recorder-record their voice and catalog it and use it
 * **toontastic**-work on sequencing or story boarding
 * **artrage**-cool art program that adds on to existing artwork

Got Edugame
Tim Chase

http://resources.edtech2020.org/got-edugame

Google docs full of game recommendations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnuBQOU7ugJNdEpGVUw0Z1ZjSzRuaENQbWIyTjIyT2c#gid=0

Articles Playing to Learn NY Times Learning by Playing NY Times GameMaker What is a good game? Edutopia Games for Learning to play games on an ipad try using the rover browser Games www.sumdog.com math games, junk pile is a fun one http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/game/ http://quizlet.com/ good for making vocabulary games dancemat typing and free typing are his favorite typing games SH 3:45
 * there are some financial literacy games on his web site**
 * http://www.mangahigh.com/en_us/games/sigmaprime for learning prime numbers, but they have other games**
 * arcademics has an app

Adam Bellow Stand
we need to stand together, assemble on twitter to make a difference, there are no simple answers-but it starts with people, don't go back and do nothing, take a risk

Jonathan Blank 10 Features of the Future Technology-Based Curriculum
Why hasn't technology improved educational results? Digital Delivery of curriculum-customize Harnessing the power of experts-teachers will have time to individualize Gamification-levels Cusomization and individualized instruction Providing choice Rapid Innovation and Adaptation Utilizing new science on how the brain works Employing a wiki /open source /crowd source approach Shifting to a test when ready methodology

Jac de haan, techwithintent.com
There are more websites on the internet than there are grains of sand on the earth We are all beginners and should all participate in order to change the world we can coach students behavior on line what does behavior online say about your life?

Dave Edyburn, UofW, Milwaukee Goldilocks and the Library
help kids who struggle with reading simple wikipedia-has information in much simper terms [] 42 explore text compactor-paste in text you can't read there's a youtube video that tells you how to use it vozme- text to speech

Johnny Hamilton Ed Tech Consultant
How can technology work with the following instructional strategies? Nonlinguistic learning cooperative learning concept maps-select, arrange, cluster

Summer Hawarth-Social Media for Social Justice
what's the problem or issue and how can we fix it? Invisible Hearts Project -send in a hand heart photo when you see a mean thing on facebook, send a positive message Hearts_Project

Erin Klein-Practical Paperless Pedagogy
the teacher needs to communicate, entertain and engage big projects need big help-find them on twitter pirates of silicon valley-remind101 educreations-whiteboard free app classconnect-kind of like pinterest class dojo-behavior management app kleinspiration.com

betty ray design thinking for educators
discovery-define the challenge, prepare the research, gather inspiration, interpretation-tell stories, search for meaning, frame opportunities ideation-generate ideas, refine ideas, experimentation-make prototype, get feedback evolution-evaluate, build the experience www.edutopia.org/designcamp

Ben Smith EdTechinnovators
be vague SH =Wednesday= 8:30

Take Your Classroom Global
www.tiged.org Young people see themselves as leaders, problem solvers, role models and mentors social network for social good youth run and youth driven video-introducing taking it global on youtube SH 10:15
 * Taking it Global for Educators TIGed
 * Ecourses
 * Collaboration
 * Student Voice
 * Global Citizenship
 * Environmental Stewardship
 * Online Community of global educators
 * Virtual Classroom
 * Resources-Lesson Plans, online games
 * Professional Development
 * Programs
 * www.deforestaction.org
 * this has become a student led activity
 * The Bat-Chen Diaries-written by Israeli girl who didn't understand why she couldn't be friends with Arabs, then was killed by a suicide bomber at 15. Collaborative writing about the diaries
 * Adobe youth voices - everyone is creative []
 * creating media with purpose-learn photoshop, find an issue that is close to your heart, make a poster,
 * Class blogs
 * myworldgeography-online textbook
 * why aren't we using online textbooks in the YESS program?
 * myworldhistory-online textbook

I-Imagine Waking up a Generation to their own Greatness
SIGDS www.digitales.us i-imagine.wikispaces.com Bernajean Porter SH 11:45
 * what are your talents, strengths-but what is your light, your passion, what delights you?
 * books-
 * Take This Job and Love It by Susan Jaffer
 * Sparks by Peter L. Benson - when kids find their passion they make a commitment to their education and life
 * TED talk of Peter Benson
 * Educating for Human Gratness by Lynn Stoddard
 * Your Child's Strengths by Jenifer Fox
 * Our work is to inspire human potential and we are born for this time
 * kids need to learn that they have a voice and a talent and will be voting in the future and solving the future problems
 * 77% of kids are bored-no fun for them and no fun for the teacher- we want hearts and brains on fire
 * only 14% of kids have hope for the future-they are yearning to know that they matter
 * www.kidsareheros.org how kids are making a difference
 * Youtube video If you never fail, you never live.flv
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBt_wuM4ED4
 * turn your wordle into a t-shirt
 * If you don't like the story you're living in write your best future story
 * vision videos -jump you 20 years ahead, living the life you want, lots of details
 * what personal qualities do you have, how did you accomplish these things,what will your personal setting be, what advice will my future self give me, how will you start nourishing your life now? Age yourself with an app ( Age Me free ipad app ) or photoshop
 * docu-dramas (AS-IF)
 * Neuroplasticity-
 * Advertise your cool projects in the news

Exploring Instructional Uses of Youtube
Lucy Gray http://lucygray.org favorite ed youtube videos http://goo.gl/0tegw http://goo.gl/xCgSO Lucy's diigo group Make a Playlist on Youtube Google certified teacher Apple distinguished teacher Where in the World Is Matt Make it Count youtube video onehourpersecond how much info is loaded on to youtube send things to your evernote or flikr account making video SH 1:15
 * Creating
 * photobooth-make video
 * ios device-apps
 * ***voicethread this app was mentioned many times this week
 * screenchomp
 * explain everything
 * imovie
 * isto motion
 * animoto
 * animation creator
 * education creations whiteboard this app was mentioned many times this week
 * goanimate.com
 * showme app
 * video creation sites
 * animoto
 * ***voicethread
 * record video from web cam right onto youtube
 * email it to 62497548264@mms.youtube.com
 * screencasting software and websites-this is a trend
 * quicktime
 * camtasia
 * screenr
 * jing
 * screencast-o-matic
 * Consuming
 * google hangouts
 * playlists
 * embedded in social media such as a wiki or a blog
 * Curating
 * when searching youtube look at filter on left and choose channel which will give you a channel dedicated to that subject
 * create playlists for units that you teach
 * give links to playlists to students to supplement classroom materials
 * collect videos created by students to show to parents. Can use private links.
 * create video on your ios then send directly to your youtube account
 * greenscreenfx app is a free green screen
 * editing tools in youtube
 * annotations
 * use the browse icon on youtube
 * on the upload icon you can record from your computer directly to youtube
 * youtube for education account http://www.youtube.com/education
 * youtube for schools www.youtube.com/schools
 * find your youtube email under sasaharty on the right
 * create your own youtube account under your school then link to the teachers youtube channels
 * suggested channel subscriptions are on her handout
 * The 10 Most Important Educational YouTube Channels for Teachershttp://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/10-most-important-educational-youtube.html//
 * [|10 Interactive Lessons By Google On Digital Citizenship] about Youtubehttp:edudemic.com/2012/07/10-interactive-lessons-by-google-on-digital-citizenship/

Dr. Z's Creative Cookbook for Collaboration Part Deux
www.DrZReflects.com SH
 * voicethread put a picture up and everyone comments on it - it is in the notetaking app section, could be used as a lecturing device and students can comment on it, documents can be put into it, and you can circle things on the document
 * google hangout some people use **adobe connect** to collaborate with peers, watch a youtube tutorial about google hangout, once it's on people in my circle know that I am there and can talk to me and see me
 * **google forms**
 * **wikibook** it's on wikipedia,
 * **TPaCK**-the merging of Technology, Pedagogy and Content
 * QR codes - watch a youtube video called QR Codes Explained, QR means quick response
 * **Joinme** sharing multimedia, sharing screens, it's free between 2 people and their computers, but costs for more
 * **audioboo** is audio annotation which you can send to a student, but it's not private
 * **chirbit** is also audio annotation for up to 5 min. and this is private
 * screencastomatic - up to 15 min. screencast, a great way to make technology videos for teachers or students, and will save as an mp4, with a picture of yourself in the corner talking
 * **videoant** -video annotation
 * **wevideo**- making video social, keeping video in the cloud, watch wevideo ad- they have free royalty free video, all students would have access to it at home, so much better than moviemaker
 * contact the publishers of any company so you can give them ideas as to what you need

**Video on Demand**
Now that the conference is over and before school begins, I have some time to watch some videos of sessions I wasn't able to attend, but wanted to. Below are the notes from those sessions. I am so glad that ISTE videotaped these presenters and is leaving the videos up on their website for a while.

**60 webtools in 60 minutes**
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 * **poll everywhere** poll students or mentimeter
 * **present me** present ppt. with video
 * **gooru**learning.org math and science resources tons
 * **little bird tales** app story making
 * **hippocampus.org**
 * **course hero** a look at online courses from colleges
 * **math train** students create math video
 * **class dojo** student behavior management
 * **mail chimp** neat way to send nice looking group emails and can see email statistics
 * **ibooks author** make your own textbook
 * **duolingo** teaches you a new language and records your voice
 * **boom writer** start a writing prompt and have kids vote on best writing
 * **scrible** annotate over websites
 * paper rater tells you how good your writing is and what grade you get and if there's plagiarism
 * nbc learn
 * **speak pipe** send a voicemail to your website
 * capzles on line timeline with pics, video, sound etc.
 * **docsteach.org** uses national archives and let's you put questions at bottom
 * **usefulcharts.com**
 * **screenr.com** make screencasts without downloading anything on pc
 * **anymeeting** make a webinar for free up to 200 people
 * **jeopardy lab** easy way to make jeopardy quiz
 * **vocaroo** record on computer if you don't have recording capabilities
 * toontastic fun ipad app for making stories
 * **smore** newsletter site, good for sending out announcements for organizations
 * incredibox fun music beats http://www.incredibox.com/en/#/application
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