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NCTM 2018 Annual Conference -- and OneNote

Since organization is important when visiting an incredibly packed conference like the annual National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), I thought I would share my approach to that using OneNote.  You can visit it here: http://tinyurl.com/nctm18onenote How did I do it?  First, I visited http://www.onenote.com and signed in with my Microsoft Account.  If you don't have a Microsoft Account (1) they're free and (2) you can make any email into a Microsoft Account login, so you're not creating a new email.  It's just another identity provider, like Google, Facebook or Twitter. There's a (very small) button to add a new OneNote Notebook on the OneNote website -- this is also where you can get at all of your notebooks, both those you created and those that have been shared with you.I named the OneNote "NCTM 2018" .. it comes created with a Section called "Quick Notes" and a first page. Now, every one of my browsers have the OneNote Web...

You want how much for wireless?

I'm off in mid-April to the NCTM's Annual Conference ; I'm looking forward to it because I'm also attending the Research PreSession (have to learn how to network with researchers in anticipation of starting my PhD) and also the NCSM, which is more for teacher-leaders. Not that I'm a teacher-leader by any stretch. I just like to know what's going on. Anyways... as I was preparing for my own session (it's on Saturday the 26th, discussing Web 2.0 and aids to differentiating instruction ) I checked in with the supplier of wireless access at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre - SmartCity . If I'm doing some internet stuff and differentiating, I'd like the participants to experience what we do with our classes. Unfortunately, they replied with a cost of 24.95$ a day. And that is for access suitable to "checking email and surfing the web... not recommended for exhibitors or presenters". So much for that idea... it's going to cost...