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The link for ISTE Vodcasts and Webcasts: This site has video, ppt presentations...

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A list of presentations that will be Vodcasts: (65 so far)

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ISTE Memebers Blogs:

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ISTE2010 Twitter and Some Archived Sessions:

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ISTE NING: Fabulous!!!!!!

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Engaging Math Lessons Using SMART Notebook Software. Two wonderful teachers and tons of templates for engagement in upper math content.
Lin ks: //** What is Engagement, Really, and Where Can I Get Some? **//  What we may perceive as engagement may not really be engagement. This session discussed different ways to engage students and think about how to measure such an elusive and internal behavior. Big idea - technology is not engaging it is what we as teachers do with the technology!
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Links: @http://webquest.org/workshops/engagement7/ @http://www.iste2010.org/forum/topics/engagement-what-is-it-and


 * What do we mean by engagement? (Pointing out that it means so many things that it might well mean nothing.)
 * Research conducted in which people were asked to describe learning experiences that were boring or fun. Characteristics of engaging learning experiences.
 * Models and measures of engagement from the literature.
 * A visual model of engagement that emphasizes four types of interactions.
 * Examples of how a single web site can lead to experiences that vary widely in engagement. Audience practice at designing an engaging lesson based on the 360 Cities site.
 * Measuring engagement. The Engagement Observation Protocol (in Excel) and a Mobile

// **Technology and Mathematics: The Right Angle** - Excellent!!!! //
Seven pieces of software + 113 digital images + 5 grade levels + 29 ideas + 17 videos = 67 minutes of prime technology fun.

Warm up: @http://www.themathplace.org [] [] []
 * Parametric color to help solve Max/Min problem,
 * Blind Date Pi and E--Video with math vocabulary
 * Pirate buried treasure Geometry Proof
 * Main Event: Each of the following content pieces takes between 1 minute and 6 minutes:
 * Digital Images: scavenger hunts, slopes of roller coasters and wheel chair ramps, Permutations, conic sections, corporate logos, catenaries, room numbers, stop signs, locus treasure hunt...
 * Digital Video: basketball, assembly lines, escalators, stop motion math, cell phone PI video, TV video, Math liars.
 * The best graph ever--no kidding.
 * The Birthday Problem

// **Elementary Mathematics, Brain-Based Learning, and the SMART Board** //
The session focusing on instructional strategies for teaching mathematics, brain-based learning, and the integration of the SMART Board. @http://www.HarveysHomePage.com Lots of resources, many free – some for pay. Very engaging and adaptable.

Visualization Tools to Explore Algebra and Geometry Connections – Fabulous!! Explored relationships between algebra and geometry using Geogebra, Geometer’s Sketchpad, java applets, and Etoys, a child-friendly computer environment. Focus on Geometer Sketchpad, other tools were discussed. This was a hands on session although not a full blown BYOL. They showed the use of the software to allow students to see relationships between algebra and geometry. Make multiple conjectures about a concept and then test and revise them quickly and easily. Actually immediately. This manner of presentation would require lab work, as it is totally student driven explorations. They are very similar in idea to some of the applets by PBS TeacherLine. @http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/ @http://www.etoysillinois.org/index.php [|Sebestik_Handout1_functionFamilies.pdf] 225 KB (main handout) [|Sebestik_chordsheet.pdf] 11.1 KB (instructions for gathering chord - distance data) =__//** Tuesday: **//__=

//__ Solving the Math Problem: Exemplars of Open Educational Resources for Teaching and Learning Algebra __//
Poster Session Organization that promotes open source Math Resources. Incredible online, open source flash math text. Inclusive of all supports. Really a wower!!!! @http://hippocampus.org Digital Media and Learning Research Reports (http://mitpress.mit.edu/digital_minds) OER Commons (http://OERCommons.org) Creative Commons (http://learn.creativecommons.org) UNESCO OER research agenda (http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org/index.php?title=OER_research_agenda) Improving Education via Open Educational Resources (OER) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)(http://www.montereyinstitute.org/newsevents.html)

__// **Engaging 21st-Century Learners: Brain Research Affecting Technology ** //__ Carnige Learning – This is a high powered, long standing research group. Crediable source of research for education. Much in the area of middle school. 21st century video and Graphics Brain-based research Visual learning in the classroom Best practices for presentations, do’s & don’ts Scoffolding Technologies and electronic resources that differentiate and scaffold instruction Critical mistakes framework Confusion: What we’ve learned from the gaming industry The power of conversation Technology’s role with project-based learning Web 2.0 applications [] []

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//** EPEARL (Electronic Portfolio Encouraging Active Reflective Learning K-12) **//
Web-based electronic portfolio designed to encourage self-directed in learning. Unfortunately, server based. I will be looking for free space as this is open source. Love it! @http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/pedagogy/portfolio/tools/index.html || [|Stenzel_choose_level.pdf]  467 KB (How to change user level in Teacher account (pdf)) ||

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