Category: web 2.0
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K-12 Online Conference Agenda
The agenda of all events for the 2006 K-12 Online Conference has been published. Again in case you have not heard, this is a completely FREE conference event focusing on the uses of web 2.0 tools in the classroom, and features over 40 presentations for educators and other interested parties, as well as several exciting…
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Simplifying collaborative videoconferencing
Despite all the technology around us in many U.S. schools, collaborative videoconferencing remains a rarity for many students and teachers. Certainly some schools utilize videoconferencing for foreign language, higher mathematics, or other types of high school courses– and students may be able to earn college as well as high school credits for successfully completing these…
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Podcast88: Skypecast about When Night Falls
This podcast is a recording of a skypecast held on October 11, 2006 to discuss the culminating event of the K-12 Online Conference: a 24 hour long skypecast conversation titled, “When Night Falls.” In this skypecast, conference conveners and others discuss the goals for the event as well as ideas for helping insure it is…
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When Night Falls skypecast notes
We had an enjoyable and enlightening skypecast this evening with several people, around ten different folks in all, about the culminating event for the upcoming K-12 Online Conference, “When Night Falls.” For details, refer to the event wiki on http://k12online.wikispaces.com. Here are my notes from the skypecast. We used Vyew as a synchronous interactive whiteboard…
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Join our skypecast: When Night Falls discussion!
The web address for the Vyew interactive whiteboard for our skypecast is http://vyew.com/room/085454. Darren Kuropatwa and I are going to host an open skypecast this coming Wednesday, October 11th starting at 9 pm US Central Time. Our topic is “When Night Falls Discussion.” “When Night Falls” will be the culminating event of the upcoming K-12…
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SLJ podcast on K-12 Online
School Library Journal has published a short podcast about our K-12 Online Conference that I recorded recently for them. Spread the word, we want as many educators as possible around the planet to join us in this exciting online event! 🙂
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Complexities of open content
Larry Lessig offers some thought provoking insights into the complexities of ongoing discussions about open content and open source in his recent post, “on the economies of culture.” He writes: But the important point to recognize is that this effort to preserve the separation is fundamentally different from the effort of many in the “free…
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Podcast87: Stephen Downes on E-Learning 2.0- Learning Networks and Connected Learning
This podcast is a recording of a presentation made by Stephen Downes during Global Learn Day on October 8, 2006 and recorded via Skype and Call Recorder. I apologize for the keyboard noises which were inadvertently also recorded along with Stephen’s excellent presentation. Despite this distraction, I think Stephen’s message was superb and well worth…
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Elearning 2.0: Notes from Stephen Downes
These are my notes from Stephen Downes’ presentation today during Global Learn Day. Stephen gave me permission to share my skypecast recording of his presentation as a podcast, and I’ll be publishing that later this evening. Stephen Downs on ELearning 2.0: Learning Networks and Connected Learning Stephen’s blog and website: http://www.downes.ca/ Like web 2.0, it…
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Wiki, Blog or Moodle?
I’ve posted some thoughts about how to decide which web 2.0 tool to use over on the TechLearning blog.