Yes, Jo presented TWICE at GaETC. Both presentations were fabulous as expected!

HP Reveal (formerly Aurasma)
     - you must follow the channel of  the person who created an AR activity. 
     - Jo's  ar JNase1's Public Areas and MES Media Center


Chromeville - has 3 apps
     Science
     Barcy - eco friendly - save the Earth - g00d for Earth Da

Chromeville - also has sheets. You can add a kid's picture to the sheet and the app will pick it up and add it to the AR

Quiver - download sheets - color and then activate with App. Jo read a fiction and nonfiction book about Penguins then gave them the Quiver coloring sheet. Kids LOVED it!

Crayola  - has AR coloring books - app is free but you have to buy the coloring books.

AR Flashcards -
     Alphabet
     Dinosaur

AR Flashcards Space Free - planets

SpaceCraft 3D
Guinness Book of World Records - 2013, 2014, and 2015 have triggers throughout the book. She marks the pages with AR triggers so that kids can find them more easily.

Look for AR Trigger books on Amazon, book sales, yard sales.. etc.

The Dragon Brothers series
Ernie's Wish Trail
Spiders, etc.

Merge Cube has 30 apps so far. Just about to release 6 apps that are just for education.

You can make your own merge cube with paper.
Be sure to join the Merge Cube Educator's Facebook pages
Merge Cube ideas can be found on TPT.

Create your own AR
     HP Reveal - Aurasma
     Blippar
     Layar
    HP Studio - more involved - Jo uses this at the beginning of the year to review sections of the media center. Scan the cover of a book to get the next clue.

The first full week in November is always my favorite. As an Instructional Technology Specialist (1998 - 2003), classroom teacher (2003-2007), and Media Specialist (2007 - present) I have found GaETC to be one of the most exciting and informative geek out three days to be found. I meet up with friends from other schools and other counties and we have a blast! There is so much to learn and absorb... I have to sleep several days after attending because my brain hurts!

I plan to share my notes with you on this blog and thought I would add them session by session. I THINK I'm going to make a separate blog entry for each session to make it easier to search and type!  OK - my goal is to get this done before I retire (3 years, 10 months, and 17 days... but who's counting) AND yes, I have thought about "What will I do about GaETC when I retire?" I've already thought of that. VOLUNTEER!

I couldn't be more excited to announce that Carmen Agra Deedy will be coming to Jefferson Parkway Thursday, September 28th! She is one of my favorite storytellers, authors, and people! I see her at a lot of conferences and meetings for people who love books. She was born in Cuba and migrated to Decatur, Georgia when she was a young girl. She tells some of the best stories of her childhood that will keep you listening to every word she says.

I will send home an order sheet so that students can pre-order her books to have them autographed. Students have loved every single one of her books that I've read to them. 

Stay tuned for more information!!!

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Sadly I spent the entire day Wednesday in Urgent Care, and several doctor's offices. I have a kidney stone and missed the ENTIRE conference. Thankfully my buddies who attended have shared all of the knowledge they obtained. It's not the same as being there! Boooooo!!!!

Today the entire school had the opportunity to vote for president. Teachers were able to sign up to come to the library to vote for president with their students. 
The ballot looked like this...
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This was created as a Google Form so I could see in an instant how the votes were going. I have a few pictures of kids voting but honestly it was so fast that it was difficult to be one of 2 poll workers on site! :-)
Here are a few classes voting...

This is a snapshot of the results from our voting experience.
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​Man, has it been a whirlwind in the media center. It feels like it should be Christmas already! The good thing is most 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders now have their Chromebooks. 

It's FINALLY here! My favorite week of the year! I hate being away from school but this is the BEST place to be if you have to be out of work. THREE days of pure joy... GaETC, the Georgia Educational Technology Conference. My head gets so full of stuff in those 3 days I could never do it all. I get to see friends I sometimes only see at conferences... I just adore every minute of it. Check back here for updates of the day... IF I have enough energy at the end of the day to tell you about it!