I am attending the FETC live conference today. WOW! Click HERE to log-in; it will last until late this afternoon, 5:00 E.T. The Technology Smackdown was amazing. One of my "online heroes" Kathy Schrock was one of the presenters. She was awesome! I've got a page full of notes and new apps, websites, etc. that I can't wait to explore. It is so neat to me that I am sitting at my school in Alabama and attending a conference in Orange County, FL. Technology is just amazing isn't it? And when you think you're on top of everything, you attend a conference like this and learn about all the new things that are the latest and greatest. It truly reminds you not to get behind - we've always got to be learning because technology is changing on a daily basis. A couple of things that I was just blown away by: INFUSELEARNING shared by Kathy. A free site to use with BYOD. You can create quizzes, have students answer using their devices, create reports on results, and even create a PDF with the results. I can't wait to explore this one more! Also, FUR.LY lets you create a short URL to share a list of links. And have you heard of Google Glass?? I hadn't until today at the conference. WOW! Click HERE http://www.google.com/glass/start/ for the official site and then google project glass for all the info. you want and then some. Sure wish I'd known about it in time to apply for the free trial. I heard they will be about $1500.00 - yikes that is expensive.
Hi Melanie! I've just checked out those Google Glasses! Oh my goodness! They're insane!
ReplyDeleteThis might be a really dumb question but what is TWEK? In my mind I read "I love TWEK, Tasty Technology TWEATS for Teachers" (Kinda like how daffy duck would say it). Then I realized it said Treats not Tweats!
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Magic Mistakes & Mayhem
Hi Serena. The Google glass thing is just amazing isn't it? Watch these day made of glass videos here - http://bit.ly/xITx1H It is just so neat!! TWEK is what I came up with for my blog after everything else was already taken! It originally stood for Technology, tWitter, Education, Kindergarten when I taught K. Now that I am a tech specialist, it stands for just a shortened version of Technology "twek". haha It is my twitter name , too so I really didn't want to change it - I just made it work. It's funny I was wondering the other day if any one would ever ask me that......
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words and I am glad you were able to attend the FETC sessions virtually!
Kathy
I absolutely loved the technology smackdown - ya'll did such a great job! I'm going to the archive today to listen/watch again. So much great info! Thanks for the comment, I've always loved your website and appreciate all that you share that has made me a better teacher!
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