Roseann+Connell

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 * Monday **


 * Big Idea:** Digital Documentation
 * Session Title Documenting, Reflecting and Teaching: Digital Portfolios in the Preschool Classroom
 * Session Title Let's Do It: Planning for Techology in Early Childhood
 * Links:
 * [|www.easternct.edu/cece]
 * http://plan4tech.wikispaces.com
 * Swaminathan_SwaminathanRezailISTE2010Paper


 * Tuesday **
 * Big Idea: Literacy and Technology for Students and Parents**


 * Session Title: **Spotlight Session-**Support Beginning LIteracy with Technology: Two Literacies with one Stone.
 * Session Title: **Coporate Spotlight Session-**Discover How Technology Transforms Learning for ALL Students and Parents
 * Links:
 * kerpoof.com
 * googlelittrips.org
 * storynory.com
 * tech4learning.com


 * Wednesday **


 * Big Idea:** Literacy and Beyond
 * Linking Literature to the 21st Classroom
 * Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Global Themes in the Elementary Curriculum
 * Links:

techlearning.com nais.org thejournal.com 21stcenturyskills.org


 * Keynote and other Special Sessions **

> Session Title: **Speciality Session-**Promethean's Social Media Boot Camp Social Media in the Classroom
 * Big Idea:** Global Learners
 * Session Title: **Closing Keynote-Jeff Piontek** Today's Global Learners = Tomorrow's Global Leaders
 * Links:
 * [|www.hawaiitechnologyacademy.org]
 * [|www.htaohana.org]
 * [|www.creativeacademies.com]
 * [|www.bluemarsonline.com]
 * [|www.prometheanworld.com]
 * [|www.facebook.com/stanford]
 * [|www.teacheng.us]
 * [|www.su.se/english/]
 * [|www.coveritlive.com/]
 * [|www.journalism.wisc.edu/~kbculver/]
 * [|www.youtube.com]
 * Blogs
 * Wiki

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

The ISTE Conference was amazing. There was so much to absorb that many times it was overwhelming. The information shared was invaluable but the integration will be somewhat difficult in my personal classroom. Many of the presenters and exhibitors shared techniques that need the use of an interactive board which I do not have. I will share this information with my colleagues in hopes that they will be able to use the sites and ideas in their classroom.

The workshop on Digital Portfolios is one aspect that I do plan on implementing in my classroom. It correlates to our Work Sampling Online assessments. The presenters shared samples and videos on transforming our hard copy portfolios into digital portfolios. The purpose of this is to share student work in a digital mode to parents and monitor their progress in more detail. In sharing this with parents encourages them to become more tech savvy and enables them to share personal experiences with their children because that is the way they are learning in the classroom due to 21st century learning.

Attending conferences such as ISTE it allows me to keep abreast of all the high tech learning possibilities for students, parents as well as for myself. My hopes are to update my classroom and in the process teaching my students and parents the importance of technology and how it is the wave of the future.