Category: workshops
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Developing 21st Century Skills in School and District Leaders (notes from COSN2008 panel)
These are my notes from COSN breakout session 1: “Developing 21st Century Skills in School and District Leaders.” I obtained permission from the panel presenters to record this session and share it later as a podcast. This was a GREAT discussion. My own thoughts and comments below are in ALL CAPS. The conference program description…
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COSN 2008 Opening Session (notes)
These are my notes from the opening session and keynotes at the COSN 2008 conference in Washington DC. My thoughts and comments are IN ALL CAPS. 2008 CoSN District Team of the Year: Bryan ISD! Priority for CoSN and the ETAN network: funding for educational technology from 5:30 – 7:30, annual COsN auction – lots…
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Live over UStream from COSN in Washington D.C.
Assuming a reasonably fast Internet connection is available Monday at the COSN conference in Washington D.C., I’m hoping to broadcast both my concurrent sessions as well as the “vendor demo” I’m sharing about using cell phones for learning over UStream.tv on my “Moving at the Speed of Creativity Live” channel. Throughout the week (hopefully, pending…
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Podcast230: Free Content + Open Tools + Massive Collaboration = Learning for All by Karen Fasimpaur
This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Karen Fasimpaur about OER (Open Educational Resources) and open content licensing options at the NCCE 2008 conference in Seattle, Washington. The program description of Karen’s session was: Learning should be free and accessible to everyone! Come learn about how the Open Educational Resources movement is reshaping…
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Engage Me or Enrage Me: Educating Today’s Digital Native Learners
These are my notes from Marc Prensky’s NCCE 2008 opening keynote. My thoughts and comments are in ALL CAPS. I heard Marc share this presentation in 2006 at TCEA, and my notes from that preso remain online / available. NCCE is recording a video of Marc’s presentation which they will be posting later as a…
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Compelling Oklahoma Oral Histories
I was blown away by several of the digital stories created by our participants this week in our first “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” oral history digital storytelling workshop of the year. Karen Jo’s story, “Lillie and John,” relates an amazing account of her grandmother whose family moved away when she was 13 to prevent her planned…
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Why Celebrate Oklahoma Voices Matters
Today was day one of our first Celebrate Oklahoma Voices 3 day workshop for educators in 2008. The project team is facilitating five of these workshops during spring and summer 2008 at different five locations in our state. Of all the topics I have addressed in professional development workshops over the past two years, digital…
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Good morning, your workshop materials have been blocked
BYOB is not just convenient, it can mean survival in the 21st century educational technology and information landscape. After trying to pull up my workshop curriculum and handouts site today at the school where I’m presenting 4 workshops this morning, I was greeted by the following screen:After trying 1 more time to reach the root…
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BYOB – Bring Your Own Bandwidth
The burn of a stove is a memorable instructor. As I share presentations and workshops about educational technology tools as well as instructional strategies with teachers in different places, getting online and getting to the websites I need to access is frequently a challenge. Many school districts have networks which require a proxy configuration. Some…
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Podcast225: The K-12 Online Conference – Free, World-Class Professional Development for Educators about Web 2.0 Tools for Learning
This podcast is a recording of my spotlight presentation at the Oklahoma Technology Association’s annual conference on February 5, 2008, about the K-12 Online Conference. The program description for this session stated: The K-12 Online Conference offers a fantastic, free opportunity for educators around the world to learn together about innovative and effective ways web…