K12 Online Conference 2009

Bridging the Divide

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K12Online09 Week2 Fireside Chat Archive

The archive of Saturday’s K12Online09 week 2 fireside chat is available! K12Online Echo Webcasts continue, and will be posted on our K12Online Ning Events page. Archived programs are and will be available via the K12OnlineEcho EdTechTalk channel. Our first official “echo webcast” will be Tuesday, January 26th. More details will be forthcoming! Technorati Tags: edtechtalk, education, k12online, k12online09, [...]

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Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism Debate Finals

The 2009 global debate project for middle schoolers, the Eracism Project (a Flat ClassroomTM Project www.eracismproject.org) will hold the finals of Eracism on the private Eracism grid on ReactionGrid on Thursday, December 17 at 9:15 am EST – 10:15 EST. Although the students and judges for this project will be in-world, the presentation will be [...]

Super Social Safety Digiteens Present the Top Sites for Kids Ages 8-12: Invitation to Join

As part of the k12 online conference 2009 and as a conclusion to the Digiteen Project #3 of 2009, students from Westwood Schools will be presenting their top socially connected sites for kids aged 8-12 (and some that they DO NOT recommend.) As part of Digiteen 2009, these students felt that many sites that are [...]

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WEEK IN THE CLASSROOM KEYNOTE
A Peek for a Week – Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom

Presenter: Rachel Boyd Location: Nelson, New Zealand Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: A Peek for a Week – Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom Presentation Description: Rachel Boyd’s keynote presentation for the “Week in the Classroom” strand of the K12 Online conference. A peek for a week inside a kiwi junior classroom of 6 year olds. Come [...]

KICKING IT UP A NOTCH KEYNOTE
BRINGing it OUT a notch

Presenter: Diego Leal Location: Bogotá, Colombia Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: BRINGing it OUT a notch Presentation Description: The amazing innovation we are seeing in many classrooms around the world still has a small impact, when compared to the size of our educational systems. How do we bridge the divides to go bigger? This [...]

LEADING THE CHANGE KEYNOTE
Self-driven and Classroom-based: Professional Development in the 21st Century

Presenter: Konrad Glogowski Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Self-driven and Classroom-based: Professional Development in the 21st Century Presentation Description: Based on Guy Claxton’s statement that “schools should become communities of practice where … the ‘elders’ of the community are themselves exemplary learners” (Claxton, 2002), this presentation explores the importance of Classroom-Based [...]

GETTING STARTED KEYNOTE
The Wizard of Apps

Presenter: Joyce Kasman Valenza Location: Rydal, PA, USA Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: The Wizard of Apps or Will they have an app for that? or What we are learning and loading along the road Presentation Description: In this student-produced keynote, Joyce and the students of Springfield Township High School’s Theatre II class consider which [...]

2009 PRECONFERENCE KEYNOTE:
Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence and the Future of Education

Presenter: Kim Cofino Location: Bangkok, Thailand Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page Presentation Title: Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence and the Future of Education Presentation Description: Looking at daily life in foreign lands reveals a colorful spectrum of inspiring metaphors for the shifts we need to make in education. Often what we may find initially chaotic, disorienting and [...]

Welcome to K12 Online Conference 2009

The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2009 conference theme is “Bridging the Divide.” This year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote by classroom teacher and international educator Kim Cofino the week of November 30, 2009. The following two weeks, December 7-11 and December 14-17, over fifty presentations will be posted online to our conference blog and our conference Ning for participants to view, download, and discuss. Live Events in the form of three “Fireside Chats” are listed on the events page of our conference Ning and Facebook fan page, and live events will continue in 2010 through twice-monthly “K-12 Online Echo” webcasts on EdTechTalk. Everyone is encouraged to participate in both live events during and after the conference as well as asynchronous conversations. Over 122 presentations from 2008, 2007, and 2006 are available, along with archived live events. Follow the K12 Online Conference on Twitter and Facebook!