ISTE 2012 and new discoveries

This time last year I attended my first ISTE conference held in Philadelphia. It was pretty amazing and there was soooo much to see and learn. I loved it and it would have been great to attend ISTE last week. Next year it will be in San Antonio so I will definitely be attending that one. Very excited!

So I spent the day perusing twitter looking at all the #ISTE2012 tweets. I knew this would be a good way to see what was trending and grab some links, etc from those who were there. A few years ago I did the same thing with TCEA following it virtually. Not quite the same experience but I was still able to learn many new things. I also went throughout the ISTE 2012 program online and looked at the listed sessions to see which had links posted or handouts. I was able to gather quite a list and put it all in a Google doc to access later. I haven't spent much time exploring all the links but here are two that I like.

When Picnik went away, I was looking for a similar online photo editing site that was free, of course. I wrote about one I found called Fotoflexor. Really like it and would definitely recommend it. I have come across another that looks and behaves much like Picnik did. This one is called iPiccy. Very easy to navigate the site and if you were a Picnik user you will find it very user friendly. It had nearly all the same tools and free. So now there are two great options for online photo editing.

http://www.smore.com

The next site I looked at is called Smore. It is still in beta but you can try it now. You can make some pretty cool flyers/posters and share or link. Here is one I created about my pretty pup, Rose. Once you have created an account and make your flyer, there is a settings selection so you can make your flyer private. You can also keep your "profile badge" off so it cannot be seen. Features like this make it a promising web tool for students to use. The site offers templates to use or create your own. Choices for styles, backgrounds, colors, and fonts. Short learning curve and nice looking when finished. Go take a look at Smore where you can "design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly".