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The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. Please join our Ning to "register" and participate. Our 2010 conference begins on October 11 with a pre-conference keynote, and will be followed during Oct 18-29 with 40 more presentations. We will be having a closing keynote as well this year. Over 140 presentations from 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006 are available, along with archived live events. Follow the K12 Online Conference on Twitter and Facebook!

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year's TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize.

The ability to make changes to the document is an issue for me. We are using Sign Up Genius at Northside. When parents sign up, they provide their email address and they get a reminder a few days before the conference (actual # of days is set by teacher). SU Genius integrates with Google Calendar too! Our guidance counselor used it for her monthly guidance lesson sign up. Participants can go in and change time slots if they need to. I schedule SRI testing with Sign Up Genius. Can you tell I love this site?

Mobile learning is seen by many as a disruptive technology. This is because it has been identified as a technology which holds great potential to transform the learning and teaching within a classroom. What follows is a mash up presented at the NSWDEC 5th biennial equity conference in 2011 which explains some of the issues

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the trusted source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy and leadership for innovation. ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education. ISTE is home to the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), and ISTE's annual conference and exposition, (formerly known as NECC). ISTE represents more than 100,000 professionals worldwide.

Resources from the summit workshop. All the presentations from the Summit are linked to the session schedule. Search strategies w/ Theile, and Google Docs w/Kafka were especially good.

Thanks for sharing this information. It will be especially useful as we migrate towards a Google Apps world in Milton.