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=Presentations from Educators:=

Here is a sampling of some of the teacher presentations that were at the convention. Many of them had student presenters as well.
 * Engaging Education || **Engaging Education**

A weblog created by Nancye Blair that highlights student work through technology. Examples are relevant for all subjects. ||
 * Developing Mobile and Desktop Tools || **Programming for Students**

John Patten gave a presentation at his table about teaching programming to 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade students in the Sylvan Union School District. ||
 * Google SketchUp || **Using Google SketchUp**

This presentation demonstrated how you can use Google SketchUp to create 3D models to graphically illustrate written work. The website has student examples of models and their written counterpart. ||
 * Beyond Four Walls || **Beyond Four Walls**

The presenters were mentioning how this was a one-stop website to look for helpful links and reviews of apps, especially for mobile devices. It also includes a tab for "Appsolutely Not" apps that you would not want to use in your classroom. ||
 * Muvizu Project || **Using Muvizu**

Using history content, this teacher had his students create short animations using Muvizu and Audacity. There are a lot of student examples and a lesson plan link. ||
 * Promethean Planet Flipped

Flipped Google Doc || **Flipping Your Classroom**

This presentation was all about flipping the classroom. They were primarily focused math but it covers a lot of other subject matter as well. There are also links to parent FAQs about the concept on the Google doc site. One of the presenters also has a free iBook: Flipped by Wayne Feller. ||
 * P.E. and Technology || **Using Tech in Your P.E. Classroom**

This presentation was held by Ms. Betty Ann Fish and she gave examples of how she incorporates technology into her P.E. classes. She mentioned to me that it was an elementary program but there may be ideas that you can translate to the middle school. ||