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 * Monday **

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 * Big Idea: What is Engagement, Really, and Where Can I Get Some?** Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University
 * **Interactions define Engagement.** He is studying classroom interactions between students and the computer, between students, and teacher-student interactions.
 * 360 Cities--[|http://www.360cities.net] A Google Earth app that provides an interactive 360 degree panorama of cities.
 * Too often I start a class with students fully engaged, but after 15 or 20 minutes they lose interest. Need to think projects thru and not just rely on "flash and dash".
 * Tuesday **


 * Big Idea:**
 * Support Beginning Literacy with Technology: Two Literacies with one Stone**
 * Kerpoof Studio [|www.kerpoof.com >]
 * [|Kerpoof tutorials]

@http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/diypodcast/index.html Didn't actually go to this session as it was full, but I plan to use this site for a podcast project for my middle school students. The NASA podcast site is structured to provide topics for students to choose for their podcast such as fitness in space, rocket evolution, spacesuits and robots. The NASA site then provides audio clips, video segments and still images to match each topic. Students will be able to use the Apple iLife suite tools such as iMovie, Garageband, and iPhoto to produce their final podcast. Since engagement is a primary theme of this conference, I an excited to launch this project with my sometimes "unengaged" middle schoolers. Wednesday **
 * NASA's Do-It-Yourself Podcast**
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Google: 25 Things You Didn't Know it could Do--by Howie Diblasi @http://www.drhowie.com Many of my DPS colleagues didn't like this presentation. Howie was rapid-fire and "all over the place", but that was just what I needed. Mostly I came away from this feeling confident and excited to try many of the dozens of Google apps available. This year I want to add more geography and social studies to my middle school classes so Google Earth, Google Maps, and Googletreks will be essential tools.
 * Big Idea:** Anything Google gets my attention and I've known Howie for a long time.

Wed. 1:30-2:30 [|Gadget powerpoint] People thought Howie Diblasi flew through his presentation? Leslie Fisher hardly takes a breath. Very entertaining and informative. Good presentation to lower you tech self-esteem. I am interested in the Orbicule Undercover software that loads on laptops and "phones home" if the computer is stolen. How about a district license? Leslie ended her presentation with "demotivators" from [|despair.com] These sarcastic de-motivators could be good Quick Write starters.
 * Return of the Gadgets---Leslie Fisher**
 * Keynote and other Special Sessions **

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 * Big Idea:** Why is it Keynote Speakers break all the "rules" of Powerpoint presentations? I lost most of the content of speech because he read 12-point text with a flat monotone voice.
 * Session Title: Global Problem-Solving and the Critical Role of Educators and Technoloty for Education
 * Jean-Francois Rischard

[|http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2653 -- Twenty Global Issues]
--Portraits of Communities Across the Globe: An international Wiki Project** [] Haven't completely figured out this project, but I like the idea.
 * Sunday 7-8:30 pm informal session

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