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Application lets you joing an online meeting from smartphone /tablet/whatever. We have been talking about web conferencing/meeting/learning in the Let's Talk Technology group for the past 2 months. Ran across this in the Android Marketplace today. Reviewers love it but seems to need 4G to work - something to watch in the future.

"Michigan Virtual University developed this planning document as a practical resource to assist school board members, administrators, teachers, parents and others in meeting student needs. This document presents an overview of online and blended learning, offers guiding questions to support local planning efforts, identifies standards for teaching in online and blended environments and provides student and district planning rubrics." This guide was featured in an article on Page 14 in the Spring 2013 MACUL Journal. http://www.macul.org/downloads/journals/macul_journal_spring_2013_20130114_115352_2.pdf

from Elluminate, moderated by Steve Hargadon. A social learning network for educatios offers resources, online meeting area with archive. An eSchoolNews site of the Week: Elluminate creates free social learning network for educators. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/site-of-the-week/site/?i=60325

Use with smartphone or any connected device - free. Supports many quiz types and polls. Has anyone used it? How does it compare to Poll Anywhere? Can email responses to excel.

I have the teacher app and the student app on my devices but I have not yet tried it out. Maybe for a Let's Talk meeting. It would be interesting to see if different types of devices can all connect to the teacher's device or if they all have to be the same brand.

Cant' wait for the Michigan conference? The Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) is just ending. Visit this site to browse through the sessions, get insights, learn about trends and trend setters and pick up a few new buzzwords. Search for #FETC for participant's posts of what they found to be the most useful, amazing and exciting. It's like having an instant PLN! "FETC 2015 offers more than 250 sessions in dozens of the latest focus areas and in a variety of meeting structures as part of the full conference registration. Sessions range from 20 minutes to one hour and are designed to maximize participant networking and collaborative learning to build their individualized effective professional learning network."