26 TH ANNUAL TEACHING & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

1. 26TH ANNUAL TEACHING & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 14 NOVEMBER 2009

2. Presentation Overview • Conference Overview • Presentation of attended sessions • Feature Presentation • Blogging for Classroom Communication • Build your own K-5 literacy with Google Maps and Lit Trips • Twitter for Educators • General thoughts on the conference

3. Conference Overview • Sponsored by the College of Education Alumni Association and MACUL • Feature Presentation • given by Andy Losik, the 2009 MACUL Technology Using Educator of the Year • 16 Sessions & 8 Workshops • Exploring various dimension of Technology • Examples of teaching with technology in K-12 schools • Conference information

4. Featured presentation • Get in the Game : Fielding your own EdTech All-Star Team , Andy Losik, Hamilton, Michigan • Personal websites • Children’s blogs • Blog.discoveryeducation.com • MACULspace • Delicious bookmarking

5. Blogging for Classroom Communication • Presenter: Lenya Faye (Virtual presentation via Skype from Montreal, Canada) • Goals of blogging • Different ways of using blogs • Presentation of personal e-portfolio www.leynafaye.com • Web authorized tools to create blogs • Edublogs • Blogger • Wordpress • Bluehost

6. Built Your own K-5 literacy with Google maps and Lit Trips • Presenter: Andy Losik • Googlelittrips , a visual way to teach Literacy • Google earth for teaching Literacy • How to create your story’s journey in Google maps • Google for educators (Google teacher academy)

7. Twitter for Educators • Presenter: Greg Casperson • A twitter video on YouTube • Twitter.com (“the power of twitter is who you follow”) • Twitter for teachers Wiki • Tweetdeck.com • Tweepml.org

8. General Thoughts on the conference • Well organized • Interesting sessions –topics • Session Descriptions • Opportunity to meet with Colleagues and Teachers • Certificate of Attendance