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EdCampKY Resource Roundup

Last week I had the good fortune of attending #EdCampKY in Elizabethtown with a teacher from my building.  I have to say for only being there for about 6 hours, there was a lot of learning I managed to cram in.  Here's the stuff I think is going to stick with me:)

It doesn't take a tech-goddess to build an app these days

With some gentle coaxing from "The Technician" and a "sit down let's do this" ISTE binge session with a fellow "Tech Twin" from my district,  I made an app for the library.   Actually, I made three apps for the library.  Just saying that makes me feel like a tech-goddess (or someone with too much time on her hands...not sure which).  The reality of it isn't that cosmically enchanting.  Anyone - I mean ANYONE - can make an app these days thanks to some excellent web based tools. This is the part where I take all the mystery out of app making and show you I'm not really a tech-goddess (even if I feel like one saying I have an app). First, I didn't make what's called a " Native " app.  A "Native app is an app that you find in the app store of your device.  You have to be a genius to make those.  Instead, I made an HTML5 web based app , which, for me, is essentially a device friendly website with a bunch of links on it.