to be a place where I learned a great deal and met people In fact, Vinnie,
you and I "met" at the Lausanne laptop conference online this year,though we
were both "there" as well. Much hard work has gone into this conference, and
I look forward to the week.
On 10/8/07, Vinnie Vrotny <vvrotny@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Seconding Pam's suggestion, I too would reccomend the K12 Online
> Conference. For details, check out the conference blog (
> k12onlineconference.org). For me, the conference last year:
>
>
> 1. Transformed me in positive ways which I am just beginning to
> understand. It challenged my notions of what should be done to prepare
> students, faculty, administrators, and parents to prepare them for the
> shifts that I believe are happening in the world around us. I have
> begun to
> act up those notions in my professional practice.
> 2. The presenters last year mentored me to making a real commitment
> to embed the use of these new tools into my daily practice. I owe a
> huge
> debt of gratitude to the opening keynote speaker, David Warlick whose
> presentation pushed me to blog consistently for the past 11 month now,
> to
> Vicki Davis whose hands-on activity on wikis provided me with real
> experience as to how wikis can be utilized in the classroom, and to the
> contributions of other presenters such as Mark Wagner, Jeff Utecht,
> Chris
> Lehmann, and Ewan McIntosh.
> 3. Many of individuals who I got to meet during the As Night Falls
> (scheduled for October 26th - October 27th this year) I now count
> amongst my
> friends. They have provided me opportunities to grow and learn both
> professionally and personally. And from this group, I have been
> introduced
> to an even larger pool of people who now fall within my friendship
> group. I
> now feel that I can travel nearly anywhere throughout the world and
> know
> that I can connect and share with these great people.
>
> The conference kicked off today with the posting of the Pre-Conference
> Keynote by David Warlick. There is both an audio and a video component of
> the presentation. (http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=144). On Monday and
> Tuesday, there is a live chat that you can participate in (
> http://davidwarlick.com/k12onlinekeynote_chat/signin.php) and on Tuesday
> at
> 6:00 p.m., there will be an opportunity to participate in an live
> discussion, facilitated using Elluminate.
>
> Beginning next Monday and continuing until Friday, October 26th, there
> will
> be four sessions a day that will be available to "attend". There are
> additional Fireside Chats on Saturday, October 20th and Tuesday, October
> 23rd, where participants can converse with each other and with the
> presenters.
>
> The culminating event, When Night Falls, will begin on Saturday, October
> 27th at 0:00 GMT. This 24 hour event allows for participants to connect
> with
> each other and provides a starting point to keep the conversations alive.
>
> The beauty of the conference is that it remains available beyond the scope
> of the three weeks, so you can "attend" when time, energy, and motivation
> permits.
>
>
> On 10/8/07, Pamela Livingston <livingstonp@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Wizards and ISED-L Colleagues (cross posting!)
> >
> > Sending this along to everyone - about the K12 Online Conference
> > which is amazing and really useful - and a terrific example of the
> > morphing and interactivity of conferences for both asychronous and
> > synchronous connected-ness:
> >
> > http://k12online07.wikispaces.com/First+Time+Attendee
> > -------------------------------------------
> > Pamela Livingston
> > livingstonp@mac.com
> > Author of "1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work"
> > writer, presenter, consultant
> > Web: http://www.pamelalivingston.com
> > Blog: http://1-to-1learning.blogspot.com
> > 973-476-4819
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> ------------------------------
> Vinnie Vrotny
> Blog - Multi-Faceted Refractions (vvrotny.edublogs.org)
>
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