Day Two ISTE

Another Jammed Packed Day of learning!

We were off and running at 7:15 today to visit the poster sessions before we went to Leslie Fisher presentation at 9:00. We stopped by and spoke with a group from Australia.  There students do a research project on an area. We were introduced to Book Creator, which we heard about again in Leslie Fisher's session.
Our session with Leslie Fisher--- Websites, Apps and More was packed with awesome resources.  We were introduced to storytelling tools Quick Draw, Auto Draw, and Book Creator,  We learned about Immersive Reader being rolled out by Microsoft which is a great benefit to students who may be Dyslexic or the struggling reader too.  It has a color therapy feature, line focus, picture dictionary and can translate for students.
Flippity is a site that can take a google sheet and turn it into a interactive version.  There are built in templates that student can use and share.  It could be used for Elearning.
Kahoot now has a create screen page and has a question bank that you can access without scrolling to look for already made Kahoot questions.  You can set a timer as long as 240 seconds for that struggling learner not too feel frustrated by time limitations.  Alexa also has a game it can open using Kahoot. This feature rolls out at Back to School time.

PDF candy is free and can help you convert documents into PDF format.  We learned about PDFBob which we need to explore to understand all of its features.

We were able to meet up with Ann Oro and Anna Baralt who we have had connections with for many years being involved in the Monster Exchange project in which they organize and facilitate. It was fun to meet them in person.

We visited the Expo Hall for a short time, then off to Apps Smashing session.  We were already familiar we several of the apps being  highlighted Chatterpix, Doink and Flipgrid.  We went to a session on Green Screen using Doink again as the app of preference.  The reason a green background is better than other colors is that is easier for lighting.

We ended our day with a fun event with Tech4Learning at the Magic Artist Garden.  We learned about the new updates being rolled out this summer.  We asked for a one on one webinar for teachers who were interested in learning that Wixie is not just for the little kids but would be a great tool for even grades 3-5.  It could be a tool to use for Elearning. We talked about how they could put together that session.  They stood their and brainstormed how this could be accomplished.

We went back to our room to crash and relax for the evening.  We basically have had time for only one meal that being breakfast and lots of not so healthy snacks.
Tomorrow is our day to present in the morning.