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Category: workshops

  • Open Minds: Open Education and Open Culture by David Thornburg

    These are my notes from David Thornburg’s NECC 2008 presentation “Open Minds: Open Education and Open Culture” on June 30, 2008. David has granted me permission to non-commercially record and share this presentation subsequently. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. dthornburg [at] aol [dot] com David has handouts not related to this session,…

  • K12Online08 Keynoters Announced and NECC2008 Ning Group Available

    At long last, Sheryl, Darren, Dean and I are pleased to announce the keynote speakers for the 2008 K-12 Online Conference! Stephen Heppell, Alice Barr, Cheryl Oakes, Bob Sprankle, Gardner Campbell, Chris Lehmann, Vicki Davis, and Julie Lindsay will all be keynoting this year. What a fantastic lineup of presenters! If you’re not familiar with…

  • Monitor NECC 2008 Ning discussions with RSS

    Wow! NECC 2008 is still a few days away, but thanks to ongoing discussions on the conference Ning I feel like the conference has already physically started. It HAS virtually started, thanks to the Ning, so perceptually for me and many others it HAS started… Are we living in exciting times or what?! When I…

  • Good News: ISTE revises Recording Code of Conduct for NECC 2008

    Great news! Thanks to comments from Mike Muir and Tammy Worcester on my blog this morning and yesterday, I was alerted to ISTE’s announcement emailed to NECC 2008 presenters at 23:15 GMT on 21 June 2008 (yesterday evening here in US Central time): Dear NECC Presenter: ISTE recently disseminated a code of conduct regarding video…

  • Podcasting facilities to be provided at NECC 2008

    Although ISTE has published a controversial “Video/Audio Recording Code Of Conduct” for the NECC 2008 conference in San Antonio, they also have announced facilities will be provided for podcasters at the conference. According to the “NECC Presenter: Final Preconference Email” message this evening: NEW! PODCASTING SUITE Room 215 at the convention center will be set…

  • Prepping for a week of stopmotion fun!

    Ever since I first saw the Clay Animation Kit from Tech4Learning at the TCEA conference in the late 1990s, I have yearned for an opportunity to play with its contents and have fun making my own claymation videos! Members of our immediate family are BIG TIME fans of claymation movies like those of Wallace and…

  • Podcast259: Drupal for Education by John Jones

    This podcast is a recording of a presentation by John Jones on June 12, 2008, titled Drupal for Education. John presented this session at the Trends, Tools, and Tactics for 21st Century Learning conference in Wichita, Kansas, hosted by the Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas (ESSDACK). The conference program description of…

  • Podcast258: Trends, Tools, and Tactics for 21st Century Learning by Kevin Honeycutt

    This podcast is a recording of the keynote address shared by Kevin Honeycutt at the Trends, Tools, and Tactics for 21st Century Learning conference in Wichita, Kansas, on 12 June 2008. The TTT conference is hosted by ESSDACK, the Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas located in Hutchinson. Kevin is one of…

  • Join the NECC 2008 Ning!

    Whether or not you’re bound for San Antonio in a few short weeks for the National Educational Computing Conference, take a few moments today (if you have not already) and join the NECC 2008 Ning! I was delighted to learn (via a group invite from Lucy Gray within the Ning) about this social network today.…

  • Podcast257: Natural Learning – What Schools Don’t Do by Steve Wycoff

    This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Steve Wycoff on June 12, 2008, titled “Natural Learning – What Schools Don’t Do” at the Trends, Tools, and Tactics for 21st Century Learning conference in Wichita, Kansas. TTT is sponsored by ESSDACK, the Educational Services and Staff Development Association of Central Kansas in Hutchinson. The…