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(Feb 28 Tech Flex Session) **PETE&C: Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference** **Feb 13-16, 2011 Hershey PA** //**Explore to Find Topics that Interest You**//

Two websites: [] (public site) and [] (attendee site) You can view these sites without a membership. On the Ning site, you will find many topics that will interest you.

//**Probable Highlight of the Conference :**// My //**Poster Presentation** ** on Motivating Teen Readers **// (Ok, so it wasn't the highlight for most people but still....)

My Broad View: Trend Changes from PETE&C 2009 Virtual Conference scheduled for April 13 ; status of Online Learning in PA public schools Variety: cyber schools (in house and indep); credit recovery; rural schools; traditional schools Survey taken of schools to determine status in PA Higher Ed – widespread; standardization of courses; development of standards in the past few months Power is in the Apps Getting to the 1:1 (each student w/own computer) Examples: Polleverywhere; BlackBoard; AccessMyLibrary; Google Speech Search; Edmodo; Kindles, Online Text, Open Source and WikiText
 * //Here are the areas that I saw taking the forefront now that I didn't see two years ago when I last attended.//**
 * **Online Learning**
 * **Smartphones in the classroom**
 * **Digital Textbooks (E-text and E-Readers)**

Prezi -- presentations Wikispaces -- everyone uses it!
 * Presentations **

The Cool Tools that You Can Use Immediately 60 Tools in 60 Session-- Prezi link: http://60in60.wikispaces.com/petec2011

Web 2.0 Links: http://esu-reading.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0

Top 10 Web 2.0: http://top10ez2usewebtools.wikispaces.com/1

A Math Teacher’s Website: http://mrlambmath.wikispaces.com/

QR Codes: []

App Lists: []

BackChannel : Cover it Live http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/PETEC2010LiveBlog

Beyond the Conference -- Trends and Tools

Citing tool: http://www.quickcite.it/ Prezi -- Educational Program Library Association's Best Websites List: Art Wiki with Tools for Everyone