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Allison Zmuda, The Competent Classroom, Virginia Beach, VA shared their 21st century skills longitudinal rubrics that they used in their K-12 curriculum. These can be used to revise existing summative performance tasks, or inspire the development of new tasks. || ||
 * **Developing K-12 Longitudinal Rubrics to measure 21st Century Skills**
 * **Transformational Technology Integration: Using Google Tools for Education** Char Shyrock, Bay village City Schools, Avon Lake, OH

Two things caught my eye "transformational" and "Google." I'm techie, but I haven't fully bought into the Google as educational tool wave. The speaker gave specific ways to use Google Tools in the classroom and opened my eyes to uses for other content areas. || ||
 * **Engaged Learning and Teaching with Technology** Meg Ormiston, Tech Teachers, Burr Ridge, IL

Participants are invited to her wikispace where you can get student and teacher examples of creating multimedia projects that go beyong the "PowerPointless" and transforms learning through technology. || Meg Ormiston's Wiki page on Engagement ||