ACTEM+2011

=Keynote Address= Tony Vincent @http://todaysmeet.com/actem

The greatest obstacle to learning is coverage. - Howard Gardner Students should UNCOVER knowledge...NOT cover material.

Search: Delcious Diigo Quiki AppleSiri

Box.net Use wifitti to collect ideas and opinions

Flip the classroom... Show me white board Works with iPad...free accounts! Wicked cool!!!

=APPS= Factor Samauri Puppet Pals...do this with Sam's class!!!

=Little Techies= Denise Hatch Atwood Primary, Oakland, ME (attended our talk last year) Get Cheap Flip Cams to hand to kids! Make "Magic Movies." Blogging...have kids type. "Point in Time" blog...Monster Buddies...don't blog for the year...blog for a purpose. Using Wikis... BLURB...now you can publish iPad format books!!! portaportal.com/actem guest pass access ACTEM @http://www.tagxedo.com/ Word clouds with SHAPES!!! Wordle...high frequency words @http://www.bubblesnaps.com/ Have kids add speech and thought bubbles

=Mobilize for Productivity= tonyv.me/mp Create a URL shortener... URL Shorteners: bit.ly, j.mp, tinyurl.com, is.gd, ow.ly, etc. Create your own URL shortener with [|YoURLS]. connect to ipad with eclicker! super cool! $10 app A book about productivity by David Allen __Getting Things Done__ (you can also get the podCasts on iTunes) Advanced common sense: put things on cruise control or auto pilot Mint.com...bill paying...

email: Turn off automatic notifications...or reduce to hourly. Set e-mail PROCESSING time. 4 Ds: Delete, Do it (immediately if it will take less than two minutes), Delegate, Defer Inbox zero...live clutter-free "Thank you in advance." and No Reply Necessary Grammar Girl PodCasts (Quick and Dirty Tips) and Get it Done Guy DELETE it ALL! "Bacn" make a folder! Let me google that for you.com lmgtfy.com

to do lists: web browsing:

=Geek of the Week= Evernote! Motion Math and motion math zoom gmail Tasks Make an email a task...and date to make a calendar event!!! Scratchwork...note taking along side web site Newspaper map http://piclits.com/ zombies vs. literacy app 25 best sites Rubber keyboard covers at Amazon Voicethread now has an app Google Chrome...voice search...set reading levels Speechmaker.com literature map.com @http://cueprompter.com/ A google a day...search literacy Assistments Verizon MiFi Cards...very cool @http://hackasaurus.org/ ShoutKey answergarden Give feedback...really cool! @http://m.socrative.com/ Give feedback at meetings...

=Getting the Most out of your Google Domain= @http://kernkelley.com/ thetechcurve.com kernkelly (Google+) "Cloud Based" Data Silo...dataliberation.org...you can get your data back! Apps vs apps Google forms....use forms...basically a spread sheet in a different view...color code!!!! Embedded gadget in google forms to make word clouds!!!! Spread sheets can have searchable windows. For example, you can enter all the states and then have it look up all the state capitals and automatically plop it into your spread sheet! Digitize all work!!! Let's go paperless.

=Going Viral= @http://portal.sliderocket.com/AZSXH/actem2011 YouTube.com/Devusic Socially FTW.com Tumblr...could be a place for the class... Create FaceBook Alum. Page :-) Hootsuite can organize all social media publishing

=IDEAS!!!!= Have kids post their book reviews. Upload them to Amazon Collaborate via maps with Skype Buddies! Have kids take photos of completed work to create a digital portfolio.

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