2010+Conference+Sessions


 * A summary of sessions we attended:**

= Tiny Techies: Web 2.0 in the Early Primary Classrooms - Christy Diaz = [|www.tinytechies.yolasite.com] Presenter stressed that all of these tools are free and are easy for students to use with minimal teacher set up.

__Voki__ - 60 seconds to record, could use for fluency testing __Animoto__ - 30 second collage videos, has an Educator account, use for field trips, class projects, summarizing tool, steps of a cycle __TikATok__ - has story starters, can use scanned or digital pictures, can use for all content areas, free unless you are going to purchase a printed book, great for word problems for math __StoryJumper__ - similiar TikATok, used for lower ability readers, create own illustrations. __Mixbook__ - Digital Storybook creator, class activity, each student creates their own page in the book. __CreateAGraph__ - Survey class and creat a graph, different graph types: pie, bar, etc. Use to compare/contrast, can be used in all content areas, use to analyze data. __Oovoo__ - Alternate to Skype, can have up to 6 people, great to use for classroom to classroom discussions, used for parents or Administrators to read stories to class, virtual field trips, interview community members, teachers need an account, nothing to download unlike Skype. __Glogster__ - create interactive posters, can include video, text, pictures; alternative to book reports, use educators account, on website 'categories' has pre-made templates; used for parent/teacher conferences. Right click and choose print glog. __Voicethread__ - alternate to typing assignments, predicting, drawing conclusions, debates, creating a time line, steps in a cycle, compare/contrast, explaining word problems, can comment on other students threads, can add text comments, AZ classroom and Egyptian classroom are comparing deserts.