ISTE 2016 - Honorable Mentions or for Further Research As always there is way too much information at tech conferences to the point of shutting down (that happened to me in Atlanta at my first IS...
ISTE Top 10 - #1 - Seesaw There were several hot topics at ISTE this year (gamifying PD...global collaboration...coding...micro-credentialing ) but one tool that kept...
ISTE Top 10 - #2 - Amazing Race Challenge Using MyMaps I went to a ticketed session titled " Challenge Students (or Staff) to Google MyMaps Amazing Race ." (click on the link to view th...
ISTE Top 10 - #3 - Challenges and Badges At ISTE they have a series of sessions known as Snap Shots. It is where you get two sessions in an hour verses one. I like the format mainly...
ISTE Top 10 - #4 - Zaption (?) This WAS my favorite thing at ISTE but I just found out the company sold and is closing on September 30th. WHAT?!?! It is a lot like EdPuzz...
ISTE Top 10 - #5 - More Google Extensions...for YouTube I took a Straight Outta of YouTube class put on by the Google Education folks (click on the link to see the slides of extensions that were ...
ISTE Top 10 - #6 - Google Tone Extension In one session I learned that Google has a chrome extension called “Google Tone”. Once you add it to your computer you can go to any website...
ISTE Top 10 - #7 - New Google Sites One thing I got very excited about, when I heard about it at ISTE, is the fact that Google is launching a new streamlined Sites. Anyone fami...
ISTE Top 10 - #8 - Google Quiz Feature in Forms The big news this trip was the release of a quiz feature in Google Forms that launched June 27 th . This feature allows you to create quiz...
ISTE Top 10 - #9 - Kahoot Additions I am a big Kahoot and Quizizz user. I stopped by the Kahoot booth to see what was new (to me) for the coming year and I got to demo the new ...
ISTE Top 10 - #10 - ClassFlow I was very fortunate to attend ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education) in Denver this year. Under normal circumstances ...
ISTE Idea #1 - TouchCast This was my "WOW" moment at ISTE and to think I might have missed it! When you sign up for an ISTE conference you register for ...
ISTE Idea #2 - Random Poster Session Ideas Before I get to the #1 ISTE Idea I was looking at my notes and ran across a few random ideas I got from the Poster Sessions (which is basica...
ISTE Idea #3 - Google Translate I attend a Google Apps for the iPad at ISTE (click for full presentation) mainly because my boss asked me to. This year I have had a love/h...
ISTE Idea #4 - Text to Table (and Wordle) This idea was presented at a Poster session titled "Unleash Cool Unknown Tools with Microsoft Word and OneNote." It wasn't on ...
ISTE Idea - #5 - 100 Word Challenge I saw this at a poster session and am very excited about getting some classrooms to try this 100 Word Challenge this coming year. In a nuts...
ISTE Idea - #6 - Shutterfly Photo Story in the Classroom This idea came from a Poster Session led by folks at Shutterfly. They have a Photo Story in the Classroom app for iPad and had several stud...
ISTE Idea - #7 - Padcaster This was by far the coolest "tech tool" on the Expo Hall. The tool is called The Padcaster and it turns your iPad into a video re...
ISTE Idea - #8 - Quizizz Kahoot! was the most popular and used tool this year for classroom assessment. Students and teachers loved it. When I was at ISTE one of the...
ISTE Idea - #9 - Mystery Skype Last year I did my first Mystery Skype in the Classroom. I did a Mystery Number Skype with two first grade classrooms in my district (second...