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 * Monday **


 * Big Idea:** Technology is only a tool that enables us to achieve our goals
 * Session Title: Identifying and Analyzing the Elements of Realistic Fiction- I liked the way this session used 2.0 webtools to encourage kids to map out and compare and contrast.
 * Session Title: Take This Book and Map It- The presenters, although not too organized, showed how to use Google Maps to incorporate geopgraphy into summarizing a book
 * Links and Resources so others can pick up on what you learned- readwritethink.org- literary elements map; wordle.net; bitstripsforschools.com- cerate a comic strip of the book; fcit.usf.edu- free social studies clip art and resources for teachers; jeromeburg@googlelittrips.com- samples of book maps


 * Tuesday **


 * Big Idea:** It is very important to teach students how to read digital content; there are skills to absorbing online information, rather than just scrolling and clicking
 * Session Title: Worlds Converge: Fusing Library and Technology in the Classroom- Helping each other to teach students to find, read, evaluate, and produce legally
 * Session Title: Separating Truth from Fiction: Information Literacy for Elementary Students- Using a not-so-reliable resource, students learn how to evaluate information
 * Links and Resources so others can pick up on what you learned- check out the links from Adam Bellow's session on 10 best web tools- only2clicks.com/pages/adambellow; use ISTE model lessons at ISTE Learning; fake website- [|http://wiki.allaboutexplorers.com]


 * Wednesday **


 * Big Idea:** Be an innovator; keep trying new ways to engage students
 * Session Title: Web Literacy for the Digital Generation- ISTE and Microsoft coming together to create great literacy lessons
 * Session Title: Paperless for Less Than $100- Great resources on how to completely digitize your classroom on the cheap
 * Links and Resources so others can pick up on what you learned- [|www.diigo.com/list/nsd/wokshops/wgbh]- great content from a leader in public broadcasting; apuedtech.com/ISTE.html- Tory Temple's resources for cheap digital


 * Keynote and other Special Sessions **


 * Big Idea:** Things are moving forward, whether we understand or like it or not
 * Session Title: Best 10-Week End-of-Year Project EVER- Using consumerism as a platform for creating digital content; students create a company (Poster session)
 * Session Title: Tools for Teaching Critical Thinking and More- Federal Trade Commisssion resources, and other government sites for kids (Poster session)
 * Links and Resources so others can pick up on what you learned- kids.gov- all kinds of sites; admongo.gov- advertising literacy; ciconline.org- Cable in the Classroom resources for teaching media literacy

Final / overall reflections on how you plan to integrate what you learned at ISTE into your classroom ) I think the biggest notion I realized is that we are going to have to do a better job of teaching students how to access (read) information online and evaluate it. I think it is okay to use filters and sources such as Nettrekker to help them locate readable material. I also want to use wikis and other online "storage" places where students can access selected resources, instead of depending so much on browsers.
 * Implications for your Classroom ** (