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=ICE 2011 -Illinois Computing Educators Conference, St. Charles, IL=

Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners - Pre-conference Workshop: February 22, 2011
Jump into a 21st Century Learning environment and learn many powerful, yet simple ways to use digital tools to engage **all** learners. Internet Safety, Universal Design for Learning and classroom management will be discussed throughout. Walk out of this session with a tech toolkit of resources to use right away to empower your teaching.

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8:30 Welcome
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 * Introductions
 * Get Started
 * Bag the Web

9:00 Live and WorldWide

 * Avatars & Internet Safety
 * Set up Wiki
 * Upload avatar to profile page
 * Edit a page - Add your name to workspace page

10:00 Working on a wiki

 * About Universal Design for Learning
 * Wikispaces
 * Workspace, setup link to your page
 * Templates, Use a template to create your workspace page

12:30 Glogster

 * Why Glog? - a glog about glogs
 * Universal Design for Learning
 * Samples
 * Create a Glog
 * Embed glog in workspace page

1:45 VoiceThread

 * Contribute to Vacation VoiceThread
 * Samples, UDL
 * Create your own VoiceThread
 * Share and comment
 * Comment on sample VoiceThreads

Parting Thoughts: Collaborative Learning

 * ePals
 * Classroom 2.0
 * Global School Net
 * Twitter