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This week I attended the ISTE conference in San Antonio, TX.  The big message from this conference?  "Where the Energy is Palpable"   Not only did I feel the energy, my senses were heightened on every level.  Let me share with you what I saw, heard and spoke.  #1 See New Technology - As I attended different sessions a few new technologies were mentioned.  One is something called: "Wearable Technology"   This is literally people wearing devices that have technology attached to them.  Here are some examples: Google Glass These high tech glasses allow a person to record live what they are seeing, use a built-in GPS to navigate where they are going, receive social media updates, take a picture, send a message, ask a question, and more. This is Adam Bellow one of the Keynote speakers. Watch 10 minutes of Adam Bellow's Keynote speech as recorded through his Google Glasses.   Up by Jawbone is a...

It's my first #ISTE13 post and I haven't even arrived in San Antonio yet.  However, I just had to share this before I arrive at the conference. One of the Keynote speakers this year is Adam Bellow .  Unfortunately I will not be able to hear Adam talk since I will already be back in Wisconsin.  Adam is the founder of the web site eduTecher.net  as well as eduClipper.net .  If you haven't used either of these sites, you should check them out. The eduTecher.net site is used as a way to keep track of the growing number of web tools that could be used in the classroom setting.  The website's mission is to help educators and schools around the world effectively integrate technology and web tools into the classroom. Here are three reasons I love the eduTecher site: 1)   eduTecher site has eduTecherTV videos made by Adam himself.  As you may know, one of my favorite ways to learn is through videos, so this part of the website r...