The LAN is being hosted by EdTechTalk: http://www.edtechtalk.com/
An overview will be posted on their website 30 minutes prior to the start
on Saturday.
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I am really confused...I went to the link and saw the list of speakers
>scheduled, but I could not figure out where I would actually go on
>Friday to connect and hear these presentations. How do I connect to
>this "LAN party"? Will there be a link on the K12 Online page on the
>day of the event to click and join?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Renee Ramig
>Seven Hills School
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Patrick Woessner
>Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:15 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: K12 Online Live Event on 9-26
>
>K12 Online (http://k12onlineconference.org/) is an annual, free
>conference
>by educators for educators around the world interested in integrating
>emerging technologies into classroom practice. A goal of the conference
>is
>to help educators make sense of and meet the needs of a continually
>changing learning landscape.
>
>Our first live event of 2009 will occur this Saturday, September 26, as
>we
>host a LAN party from 2:00PM to 5:00PM EDT and encourage everyone to get
>together with colleagues to engage in lively discussions. Past
>presentations will be shown and you are invited to participate in live
>conversations about the presentations with the featured presenters. A
>K12
>Online Conference overview will be posted at the EdTechTalk website 30
>minutes prior to the LAN party.
>
>Here is the schedule for this event (all times EST):
>
>2:00 - 2:45 Film School
>Mathew Needleman, Apple Distinguished Educator, has been integrating
>video
>in the classroom for seven years as a teacher of kindergarten, first,
>and
>second grade. Make better classroom movies with simple tips that will
>help
>elevate your vodcast to the next level in terms of artistic and
>technical
>merit. Learn how to storyboard like a pro, choose shots that support the
>telling of your story, and capture better lighting and sound.
>
>2:45 - 3:30 Open, Social, Connected
>Dr. Alec Couros is a professor of educational technology and media at
>the
>Faculty of Education, University of Regina. This presentation unravels a
>recent open graduate course offering titled "Open, Connected, Social"
>that
>was offered at the University of Regina, Winter 2008. The presentation
>describes the theories influencing the course, types of open practice,
>reflections and outcomes, and goes on to describe the emergence of "open
>teaching".
>
>3:30 - 4:15 Wiki While You Work (Basic)
>A former high school English teacher, Mark Wagner has since served as an
>educational technology coordinator at Estancia High School, the
>Newport-Mesa Unified School District, and the Orange County Department
>of
>Education. His session briefly introduces participants to the Read/Write
>Web, and to wikis in particular. A live demonstration of wikispaces.org
>and wikipedia.org will illustrate that... "If you can use a word
>processor,
>you can use a wiki."
>
>
>4:15 - 5:00 We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blog
>Mentors
>Kathy Cassidy is a grade one teacher at Westmount School in Moose Jaw,
>SK,
>Canada. In the winter of 2008, Patrick Lewis's university class of
>pre-service teachers were blogging mentors for Kathy's grade one
>students.
>This presentation talks about that collaboration and the results of the
>research that was conducted about the effect this mentorship had on the
>students' writing.
>
>More information, including a PDF flyer for the event, is available
>here:
>http://www.scribd.com/doc/20033516/Sept-26-LAN-Party-Invite
>
>We hope you can join us on Saturday; please don't hesitate to contact us
>if you have any questions.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Patrick Woessner
>K12 Online Public Relations Chair
>Middle School Coordinator of Instructional Technology
>MICDS
>101 N Warson Road
>St. Louis, MO 63124
>314-995-7375
>
>
>
>
>
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