NETA+2009

Please type your notes from 2009 NETA conference sessions here so we can learn from each other. Please try to include the name of the session and include links to any web site mentioned in the session.

Thank you! Math - Geometry website: www.mathopenref.com websites to download videos: zamzar, videobox, snapzpro Dr. Neal Topp has website with ten free on-line resources for teachers: [|http://10teacherresources.blogspot.com]

Notes for Google workshop: NETA 2009 - April 23, 2009 power point from workshop: [] [|http://books.google.com] //scholar.google.com// blogsearch.google.com //images.google.com// alerts.google.com //maps.google.com// google.earth.comhave to download //picasaweb.google.com---great for PC(pictures)close to iphone// sketchup.google.com //iGoogle ---make as open page// google.com/appsedu---setting up email accounts for students google.come/educators/index.html DOC INFO to get to __**template**__ go to new doc open then file/doc/template "So you Ning" this session was about using Ning as a classroom site in the primary and middle level grades. "Tech coordinators round table" discussed many problems and solutions that schools were having. A great session. I also went to Dr. Topp's session and have for years. Great resources that are accessable on the website listed above. __** Notes from NETA - April 23, 2009 - RAxtell **__ - **//Note from Renae (Thanks ESU 6 for sending me! Great opportunity!)//** //Title: Rev Up Your Reading and Writing Classrooms with Technology - Tammy Worcester "Powerpoint Queen!" :-)// Ms. Worcester had some clever ideas for using computers in reading and writing classrooms. She gave several examples of quick and easy tools and activities using technology. She promoted herself as the Powerpoint Queen and showed several examples of its uses. One thing that she noted was the use of Wordle....she gave the idea of having students paste in their writing after typing it to see what words are overused! As a 4th grade teacher I hadn't thought of that, but find the information very valuable! Can be used at all grade levels in that way! Her handouts along with other tips of the week can be found at the following website! [] //- very good information and worth taking a look at!

Title//: //21st Century Skills in Practice - Tanya Windham// I found this session to be amazing! Mrs. Windham is a true testament to technology in the classroom! She believes in being green and having a paperless world! She teaches 8th grade Science and uses many of the following tech services such as wikiblogs, webquests, quia, using cell phones as clickers, gaggle, and the list goes on! Her session was very informative and she shared what she uses in her "Cyber Classroom!" I was in awe of how much technology she uses with kids! Fantastic! Go here to check out her website! [] Weekly Blogs - wordpress.com (free, easy, and flexible to use) Online Journal - Gaggle (free version, has great filter, can set up individual e-mails, blogs, storage locker, and much more! Webquests - webquest.org, Quest Garden, Zunal (make your own webquest!) Online quizzes and Activities - Quia Online Tutorials- Jing (videos for ex. Math explaining how to do a problem) Online Presentations- iSpring, SlideShare, Google Docs (need to sign up, but great for kids who take vacations or have lost papers)