Holly+Grady

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 * Monday **


 * Big Idea:** Make grant writing approachable and Free web tools galore.
 * Grant Writing in the Information Age - Sheryl Abshire. Great session on getting the money you NEED, not want. Try Grant Reading first ti reveal inside info on how grants are judged, glean great ideas, contacts.
 * Tammy's Favorite Free Web Tools - Tammy Worchester. My Avatar Editor, Taxedgo, Blogger.com and Vocaroo - make vocal audio files. sketchcast (skitch is similar - Mac) - take a sketch to a blog. Bibme - APA, bibliographies. Fur.ly - keeps track of URLs.
 * getfreemoney.com


 * Tuesday **


 * Big Idea:** The crowd that takes themselves too serious to the "lighten up folks" - not much useful to students
 * What is a Computational Thinker? - Leslie Conery. Computational thinking CT has roots in Math, Science, English......An automation of abstract thinking. A definition is difficult for k12 but basically trying to solve problems with comparisions to computing that may or may not be solved better with a computer.
 * LOL @ ISTE - Bring Popcorn and an open Mind - Saul Rockman et al. Great comic relief from a group of not so geeky computer geeks.


 * Wednesday **


 * Big Idea:** Fun, creative free web sites.
 * Extreme Web 2.0 Makeover - Steve Dembo. From Discovery Education, Steve demonstrated Wallwisher.com - sticky notes (no registration needed). Blabberize is similar to Jabberwocky. Zamcar - used to convert files.
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 * Keynote and other Special Sessions **


 * Big Idea:** Feel good session; free lunch.
 * Cororate Spotlight: At Risk students in Digital Age - Anthony Mullen. Was mostly about his personal connection and story of his students and how he captured them with technology. Shared his grassroots effort to raise funds when the budget include this. Half of session hard to hear with a tech glitch in the audio!
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 * Links and Resources so others can pick up on what you learned

Final / overall reflections on how you plan to integrate what you learned at ISTE into your classroom )
 * Implications for your Classroom ** (

As a Physical Education teacher, I was very frustrated with the fact there was virtually nothing offered in my field including Tables and other resources outside the sessions. However, there was ample information available in sessions and Tables for Fine Arts and Music. However, my colleagues that attended with me and I are planning on using our experiences at the conference to help us create a video and still photo resource for our school and website on PBS integration into our school and using students as our stars.