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Moderators: Scott Snyder, Lori Sheldon

We had a lively conversation! Some of the topics we discussed:


 * Scott's presentation about Backchanneling, grade levels that would benefit, bringing out the shy kids, tools to use
 * Blogging Buddies preso, benefits for pres-service teachers as well as students, not many pre-service teachers doing anything like that
 * Sylvia Martinez's preso on Gaming: discussion of Scratch & fact there are higher level, authentic games out there...and kids can create those too!
 * How people found out about the conference: Twitter!
 * Adding our own markers to the map
 * Ideas for getting sites and content unblocked or unfiltered
 * Bandwidth concerns with web 2.0 tools
 * Using tools with special needs students (Beth Lloyd's preso)
 * Matt N's presentation about film making
 * Getting equipment into the room: DonorsChoose, BestBuy Teach, DigitalWish.com, AdoptAClassroom.com
 * Taking personal responsibility for professional development


 * Bouguets**
 * K12 Online Conference Site nicely laid out and easy to navigate
 * 6 people back for a second year of the conference
 * 1 person new to the conference
 * people really seemed to like the 20 minute length


 * Brickbats**
 * Fireside chats...maybe have those a week after all the presentations have gone live