Thank goodness for peanut butter crackers! There was no time for lunch today-too many good sessions to attend! First session was about iPad apps and I got a few new ideas:

• Spel It Rite
• StoryBuilder
• SentenceBuilder
• iThoughtsHD (mindmapping)
• Corkulous (idea board for collecting, organizing, and sharing ideas)
• ShowMe (interactive whiteboard – record voice-over tutorials and share them online)

Another session was presented by a second grade teacher who talked about students as teachers. His students used flip cameras to teach their classmates a skill. The recording was completed at home, then shared with the class. The tutorials can be found on his Globetrotters wiki page. Think of all the skills occurring as the students created the videos: sequencing, fluency, presentation, planning, vocabulary, and much more. I think something similar would be equally as successful with our students.

Dr. Stephen Wolfram presented the afternoon keynote. He demonstrated Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha (mobile app is available). What he showed was absolutely incredible! I know that some of our upper school students use Wolfram Alpha but I really think it could benefit our Lower School.