Slower Traffic Move to the Right!

Good session for finding free online resources. Presenters were from Richmond City Public Schools
Site below includes several resources:
http://allllaboard.pbworks.com/w/page/27797612/FrontPage

If We Use Them, They'll Succeed: How iPads transform classrooms into interactive environments

Good session.  The ITRT from Loudoun County demonstrated the use of a variety of Apps for the iPad.
Below is a link to the presentation document::
http://lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/ModuleInstance/51861/Presentation%203.pdf

Topics she covered:
Digital Storytelling (Some great apps for the iPad)

• SonicPics Lite – Free App
• StoryKit
• Storyrobe

Augmented Reality - This was amazing!

• JUNAIO
• Daqri

Other Apps

• ScreenChomp – Same as Camtasia – for iPad
• AudioNote Lite – Notepad and Voice Recorder Like LiveScribe
• Newspapers for iPad- $3.00 – Everywhere in the World
• Dictionary.com
• US History Timeline
• Splashtop – Turns iPad into a slate (Remote Desktop for iPad)

10 Technology Tools to Use Today

Presented by Jennifer Sparrow and Aimee Brenner

Director of Emerging Technologies and New Ventures Virginia Tech.

They reviewed 10 (actually 11) free technology tools you can use today in your classroom.

1. Drop box-used for storage- can share folders. http://www.dropbox.com

2. Jing- Instantly record and share screen casts or still images. http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html?gclid=CPrF7anK8KwCFchM4AodcUIRdA

3. Voice Thread-Conversations in the cloud. http://voicethread.com/
4. BoxTheWeb- used to make widgets to insert into webpages. http://boxtheweb.singpolyma.net/
5. Creative Commons (CC)- a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon and share legally. http://creativecommons.org/
6 Prezzy- web-based PowerPoint-like presentations. http://prezi.com/welcome/ Demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3lsd6tiDA4

7. Glogster-Cool tool for making and sharing interactive posters online. http://www.glogster.com/

8 Wordle-a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. http://www.wordle.net/

9. Voki is a free service that lets you create and customized avatars with voice. http://www.voki.com/

10 Picnik-photo editing software. http://www.picnik.com/

11. Skitch.com- Annotate, edit and share your screenshots and images. http://skitch.com/

Windows 7 Migration-What Works, What doesn't, and What I wish I knew

Speaker: Glenn Cunningham
Notes: Quoted form schedule: Do you feel like you have fallen into a pit of quicksand, you’re struggling, and there is no help in sight? Struggle no more, help has arrived. In this collaborative session, facilitated by an experienced migration engineer we’ll discuss best practices, image development methods, upgrading with limited resources, and how to design for inevitable future changes. If you have done it, share your experiences; if not, bring your questions.

Extremely technical session aimed at folks such as our Network Engineers. Stressed on the waste of time in trying to make Windows 7 function with Zenworks 10. Must give up and move on.

Video Downloading Program

Picked this up at a session on Sunday. Program that can help make downloading videos from YouTube, TeacherTube, etc. a lot easier