1. The document discusses using technology tools in classroom instruction and provides an agenda for a session on the topic. 2. It lists various online tools for creating word clouds, timelines, and visualizing words as well as resources for using Twitter, Google Maps, and global projects in the classroom. 3. Attendees are asked to consider how they could use one or more of the tools in their own classrooms and to share preliminary plans with others.

1. Using Technology In Classroom Instruction Sara Armstrong, Ph.D. [email_address]

2. Lingo Bingo Find others in the room who can define the terms on your Lingo Bingo sheet. Have them initial the square and write the definition. Try to have no more than two squares filled in by the same person. Prizes will be given!

3. Today’s Agenda Lingo Bingo Tools Issues Projects Resources What will you use? A Story

4. www.wordle.net

5. www.wordle.net

6. Tagxedo www.tagxedo.com

7. Wonder Wheel Enter your search term in Google, then click Wonder Wheel in the left navigation bar.

9. Visuwords www.visuwords.com

10. Google Docs in Plain English on You Tube

11. NAF Blog

12. Let’s Blog! The most interesting film I’ve seen or book I’ve read recently is…., and this is why:

13. What can you say in 140 characters? tweetstory (@kevinmulryn) scavenger hunt (@ccahillMN) experts (NASA, e.g.) (@turrean) student logbook (@driesvangils) probability questions (@tombarrett) “ Thirty Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom” by Tom Barrett

14. Historical Tweets historicaltweets.com Lewis discovering Google maps….

15. Your Online Image

16. Global Projects

17. Resources www.edutopia.org www.webquest.org

18. Select one or more of the resources you’ve seen this session. Think about how you could use it/them in your classroom. Jot down a few notes for a preliminary plan. Share at your table. What will you use?

19. Haiku Write a poem about your experience in today’s session. 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables

20. A Story

21. Thank you! Sara Armstrong, Ph.D. [email_address]