DEN Virtual Conference - Technology

What a fantastic way to spend a Saturday – at a National Conference (First DEN Virtual Conference) with the focus of Web 2.o in my sweatpants and sweatshirt sitting on a comfortable chair with a front row seat with over 1,000 other educators from at least 4 countries.
This virtual conference with nationally know speakers had sessions that will be archived. Sessions were: Lost in Translation (Lance Rougeux)Revenge of the Digital Immigrants (Hall Davidson)Building a Bigger Builder (Matt Monjan)The Bionic Lesson (Mike Bryant)50 Ways to Spin a Digital Story (Steve Dembo)DEN in Second Life (Lori Abrahams)

Keynote: “Lost in Translation” presented by Lance Rougeux -- Lance Rougeux stressed that our students are bilingual they students speak a different 2nd language a digital language and we are the ones who need to have the IEP . One great websit to make sense of the lingo students speak is transl8it . Great books to read ttyl or ttfn ot l8r, g8r are by Lauren Myracle
Other interesting things discussed were Moonk , voice threads , mosaickr

DiscoveryEducationScience for Elementary looks like a fantastic area for my students as science is going to be playing a bigger part than previously because of standards now.

Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators has a nice section of Web 2.0

For on-line professional development DEN from Discovery Education or for DEN Blogs -----

A great book to read “A whole New Mind” by Dan Pink

Additional information later it is back to the conference now.
Other sessions included
Keynote: Revenge of the Digital Immigrants
Breakout with Steve Dembo - 50 Ways to Spin a Digital Story derived from 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
Breakout / Building a Bigger Builder

Steve Dembo's - 50 Ways to Spin a Digital Story was fantastic -- I am looking forward to going to the PETE&C and all the technology information I will learn on Sunday from DEN and then for Tuesday’s Opening Keynote: Steve Dembo (Online Community Manager, Discovery Educator Network) Learning to Speak Native: How education can be transformed in 140 characters or less. The hardest part for me will be choosing which sessions to go to as I want to be at more than one at a time.