Category: workshops
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Notes from Gary Stager’s Learning 2.0 Session: 10 things to do with a laptop
I AM CURRENTLY ON THE FLIGHT FROM SHANGHAI TO TOKYO. THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM THE PODCAST OF GARY STAGER’S FINAL SESSION AT THE LEARNING 2.0 CONFERENCE IN SHANGHAI LAST WEEKEND. (TYPHOON WIPHA SLOWED DOWN AS IT APPROACHED THE COAST OF CHINA, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OFF IN SLIGHTLY ELEVATED WINDS BUT OTHERWISE…
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Creating globally connected, rigorous and highly motivated assignments by Alan November
These are my notes from session 3 at the Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai with Alan November. I am recording this session with permission from Alan and will post it here later as a podcast. – you had to construct your own learning – you thought you knew how to do something, but via a…
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A great start to Learning 2.0
Will exaggerated just a bit…. I actually just wrote 1 blog post and completed a partial podcast on the plane… my laptop battery juice didn’t let me do much more on our 13 and 3 hour flights to Tokyo and Shanghai! It was a long blog post tho, so I probably should have chunked it…
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Podcast189: Things Mid-Del Learning Leaders Are Passionate About
This audio-only mp3 podcast is a recording created on Thursday, September 6, 2007, by teachers in Mid-Del Schools in Midwest City, Oklahoma. These teachers have been selected as the first in the district to receive new laptop computers as well as sustained professional development focused on digital storytelling, authentic assessment of student learning using digital…
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Podcast189E: Things Mid-Del Learning Leaders Are Passionate About
This enhanced podcast (synchronized images with audio) is a recording created on Thursday, September 6, 2007, by teachers in Mid-Del Schools in Midwest City, Oklahoma. These teachers have been selected as the first in the district to receive new laptop computers as well as sustained professional development focused on digital storytelling, authentic assessment of student…
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K-12 Online Conference Teasers!
We’re about a month away from the start of the 2nd annual, FREE K-12 Online Conference. This year presenters have been invited to create short “teaser” videos giving others a better idea of what they will be addressing in their presentation. Four teasers are now available, with hopefully more to come! Learn more and watch…
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Meaningful PD and helping students create media
I’ve posted some new thoughts on the TechLearning blog related to meaningful professional development for teachers, and how school district leaders can help empower students by granting them access to digital technologies as well as inviting them to share their voices on the global stage via digital storytelling. My top recommendationsare : Digital Storytelling with…
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Visa to China
Well this is a relief! To travel to China next week and present at the Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai, I need a Chinese visa. Thanks to the speedy and professional services of The Travel Broker staff in Salt Lake City, Utah, my passport arrived back home today with my visa to China! The cost…
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“Prince Caspian” and the Return to Narnia: Making the Journey to Literacy Through Fantasy
These are my notes from a session titled: “Prince Caspian” and the Return to Narnia: Making the Journey to Literacy Through Fantasy by Randy Testa, Vice President of Education for Walden Media, LLC. Randy shared this presentation at the 2007 EncycloMedia presentation in Oklahoma City on 8/29/2007. Because of copyrights on media materials Randy is…
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Shanghai and “What is Learning 2.0”
In a little over two weeks, I’ll be making a trek around the globe I can barely begin to imagine. Even now, having my airline ticket reservations and having my passport in process with the Chinese embassy for a visa application, the reality of this trip is just starting to “hit home.” This “delayed realization”…