I am eyes WIDE open!

YOU ARE A GENIUS AND THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR CONTRIBUTION

I learned so much by 'attending' the e-sessions of the Reform Symposium 2010 over the weekend. Here are some stats: 712 registered users, 3 days of conference, 35 presentations/keynotes/panels, 313 attendees in open keynote, 4875 visits to the website, 4239 tweets during the conference, 2401 unique visitors, 59 different countries were represented, 366 visits from mobile devices, 79 PD forms were down loaded, and 3401 visitors on Friday & Saturday. GO TO THE WEBSITE: www.reformsymposium.com FOR ARCHIVES OF THE PRESENTATIONS!
Some of the sessions I listened in on and participated in were Edu-Blog, 21st century skills, blended learning, Skype, playing to learn, abolishing grades, using social media in the classroom, students redefining schools, HOTTS-higher learning thinking skills, and tech tools. Presenters were from all over the world!
I am eyes wide open! I have a notebook to go thru with sites, names, and blog addresses. I have so many new tools to try: Diingo, wolfram alpha, shelfari, live binders, cool tools for schools, voice thread, and vacaroo to name a few!
And the people: Shelly Terrell, Silvia Rothenthal Tolisano, Alex G. Francisco, Scott St. Pierre, Terry Freedman, Judith Way, and Steven Anderson. [TO NAME ONLY A FEW.] So many talented educational architects!

Here are some blogs/websites/wikis you might want to check out:
www.Kalinago.blogspot.com
www.zarcoenglish-tooloftheday.blogspot.com
www.kcreutz.blogspot.com
www.web20classroom.blogspot.com
www.ictineducation.org/symposium
www.scottstp.com
www.langwitches.wikispapces.com
www.doug-johnson.com
www.alexgfrancisco.webnode.com
www.NerdyTeacher.com
www.tinyurl.com/bloomsdigitaltaxonomy
**I hope I wrote them down correctly :)

It's not about the tools. It's about using the tools to facilitate learning. Andrew Churches

Terry Freedman offered his book, The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects for free download at www.ictineducation.org/symposium or by contacting Terry at Terry@ictineducation.org

My brain is on fire!
Until next time...
Theresa