Conference+Notes

MONDAY ISTEE PRESENTATIONS THAT I FOUND HELPFUL:

Digital-Age Teaching & Learning: early Childhood/Elementary (Monday, 6/25/2012) Elizabeth Allen, L'Anse Creuse Public School System with Melinda Kolk [|Elizabeth Allen] presented ways to stop students from copy/pasting to complete assignments. She recommends changing the end product. Her presentation slides with activities/assignments are attached.

Information Fluency in the Classroom: Evaluation and Critical Thinking (Monday, 6/25/2012) Carl Heine, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy with Dennis O'Connor [] This session and accompanying link focus on the effective, efficient and ethical use of digital information. There were rubrics for evaluating digital infomation fluency competency that would be helpful for grading.

Debate-Age Teaching & Learning: Instructional Strategies & Classroom Management An Academic Controversy Using Google Docs (Monday 6/25/2012) Tim Johnson, Medicine Hat School District No. 76 with Terry Freeman This sessions described how to engage students "using higher-order thinking and Google Docs to create an academic controversy on an academic controversy on a debatable curriculum topic." E-mail: **tim.johnson@sd76.ab.ca** Primary URL: http://tlcsd76.wikispaces.com/Academic+Controversy

Engaging Nonfiction with the New York Times and The Visual Thesaurus (Monday, 6/25/2012 Katherine Schulten, New York Times Learning Network Blog with Georgia Schurletic This presentation involved a demonstration activities (both online and offline) that combine the use of The New York Times and the Visual Thesaurus. This might be valuable for teacher that are planning reading activities of nonfiction (informational texts). URL: @http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com

Best High School Educational Apps for iPads, iPhones, and Mobile Devices (6/25/2012) Alice Christie, Arizona State University There were not specific materials linked to this presentation, however the Alice Christie website had some interesting materials, especially under the Educational Technology tab. There was a page/links that also dealt specifically to mobile devices (for K-12). []