Networking: Making Friends, Catching Up, Checking In 

By Barbara

TCEA is the perfect place to meet others who share your similar interests. Here you learn new ideas, share thoughts on technology, renew friendships, meet new friends, and learn about the latest and greatest ideas in the field of technology.

First Time Information 

By: Stephanie and Jennifer

Let's get started!
Level 1
Registration
Ballrooms
Exhibits
E-mail stations
Level 3
Classrooms 4-10
Level 4
Additional classrooms

Parking Information

Be there early because the garages fill up quickly. There are two parking garages that are available.

201 E. 2nd St. Entrance on Brazos and San Jacinto
601 E. 5th St. Entrance on 5th Street

Food and Refreshments

Some concessions are available during the conference. Please refer to your TCEA book for details. There are a few restaurants within walking distance but they tend to be very crowded and a little expensive. You may bring your own food into the Convention Center. Water jugs and cups are available also.

What to bring?

Snacks
Light jacket (it is extremely cold)
Water bottle
TCEA booklet and backpack
Cash (parking costs!)

Valuable Information

CPE credit hours available at most workshops/presentations
Complimentary shuttle buses available
WiFi available
DON'T FORGET YOUR ID BADGE AND ENTRANCE COUPONS

What you can bring home

Valuable new information about the technology available to you and your students

Highpoints 

Linda and Liu

Acrobat Professional 8: Workshop lead by Scott Trudeau from Region 12

Creating forms in Acrobat was very easy. You can create pdfs from word, powerpoint, photos and videos.

Scrapblog: www.scrapblog.com Presenter: Randy Rodgers from Birdville

Photostory on line. Drag and drop photos, backgrounds, text bubbles, etc. can publish to world or invite viewers.

Build Online Learning Centers with TrackStar workshop presented by Carolynn Mortensen

Use TrackStar making your own lesson plans. In the frame of this learning center you may include instructions, guided practices, independent practices, games and assessments.

Links We Learned About! 

By Melissa and Angie

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 in the classroom

Web 2.0 in the classroom

Using Web 2.0 in the Classroom: Samples, Examples, and Resources

Samples, Examples, and Resources

Web 2.0 Tutorial

Web 2.0 Tutorial

Kathy Schrock's Web 2.0

Kathy Schrock's Web 2.0

Categorized list of web 2.0 applications

A website from Southeast Asia

Great web search engine for Web 2.0 topics

Great web search engine for Web 2.0 topics.
See also www.web20links.net

Del.icio.us Web 2.0 links

Great Delicious Page has every Web2.0 resource imaginable

Tiny URL

Tiny URL condenses log websites into short ones

From David Phillips

Great resource for project based learning.
See also the pdf link "Good Stuff from the Internet"

Zamzar

Converts You Tube videos to avi then emails them to you so you can use them in presentations, etc. Also converts files.

Firebrand

Great for persuasive Writing: Commercial videos

Library of Congress Photos on Flickr

Library of Congress Photos on Flickr

Video Helps & Converters

See also http://vectormagic.stanford.edu

Handbrake

Will rip chapters from DVD
See also www.media-convert.com

Tutorials

Tutorials, See also www.lynda.com

The Machine is Using Us

YouTube video called "The Machine is Using Us"

Lesson Ideas for Google Earth

See Also
Google Page Creator
http://sitekreator.com/sitekreator/index.html
Google Notebook: http://tinyurl.com/3cp4ce

Podcasting in the Classroom

Students create authentic resources for other students to share.

VoiceThread

A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.

New Products at TCEA 

By Ruth and Pam

New and Fun Products at TCEA

TUFF - CAM

S&S Worldwide

This is a very kid friendly video camera with a unique design. A "radar-gun" look with a trigger shutter makes this a fun camera for kids to use. It is covered with a tough rubber casing and has a docking station that works with both PCs and Macs. Features include: 64 MB slot card that can be expanded, flash, timer, AA batteries, 1 ½ in. screen, and audio and video recording and playback.

BEE BOT Teaching Robot

S&S Worldwide
The Bee Bot is a kid friendly robot that introduces programming to elementary age students. This durable Bee has a memory that holds up to 40 steps that sounds and flashes lights when the programming is downloaded. Accessories are available including different floor mats( shapes, community, and number track, and a transparent grid that you can adapt to any subject.) and cross -curricular resources. This is a great tool to get students interested in programming.

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Make Plans to Attend TCEA 2009 

And Submit a Session Proposal by May 2, 2008

The Texas Computer Education Association 29th Annual Convention & Exposition will be held in Austin at the Convention Center, Feb. 2-6, 2009.

Go to http://www.tcea.org for more details.

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