Category: workshops
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Compress and convert video
Apparently the work and discussions around the imminent K-12 Online Conference have energized several (Darren and Chris in Winnipeg, for two) to begin screencasting. Several free and commercial screencasting tools are listed on the K-12 Online Conference tools page. Darren commented today in a skype discussion that his 8 minute screencast made with SmartBoard Recorder…
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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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Google Teacher Academy
Google is moving more into the education space, and will be offering its first “Google Teacher Academy” on November 7, 2006 at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. This initial workshop opportunity with Google is open only to educators in northern California. Sign up online with the link above, the deadline for sign-ups 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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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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Email relevancy
Friday’s Chronicle of Higher Education article “E-Mail is for Old People” raises again the issue that digital natives have moved beyond email as a communication modality and now principally embrace instant messaging, digital social networking, and cell phones. (Link via CogDog.) I think email is still highly relevant, however, especially for digital immigrants (like most…
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Join in Global Learn Day!
Free, online international professional development for educators? K-12 Online at the end of the month is just one of our opportunities for exciting PD empowered by web 2.0 this month– another that begins October 7 and 8, 2006 is Global Learn Day. Now in its 10th year, Global Learn Day will feature an impressive lineup…
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Please submit a proposal for K-12 online!
As you may already know, the first annual FREE K-12 online conference is coming up at the end of October and beginning of November. Even if you have never presented at a conference before (online or face-to-face,) I encourage you to consider sharing a presentation for K-12 Online. “Presentations” are recorded screencasts, audiocasts, or videos…
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Networked learning
“The Future Of Learning In A Networked World” is a traveling conference sponsored by Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand that started on September 18, 2006, and is continuing. The conference blog and wiki have more details. This is really a superb idea: An ecclectic group of participants “are now travelling as a roadshow to participating…
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Announcing K-12 Online!
www.k12onlineconference.org Announcing the first annual “K-12 Online 2006” convention for teachers, administrators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year’s conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, Oct. 23-27 and Oct. 30- Nov. 3 with the theme “Unleashing the Potential.” The…