Welcome to day eight of the 2009 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.
Today’s presentations include:
KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
Engaging Our Youngest Minds: Integrating the Internet in Primary Classrooms
Angela Maiers
Thriving in a Collaborative Web 2.0 Classroom: The “Great Debate” and “Student News Action Network”
Tom Daccord
Parallel Play or Collaboration-Leveraging the Wiki Platform for High Quality Work
Paula White
WEEK IN THE CLASSROOM
Nurturing the 21st Century History Teacher: Research and Examples
Tom Daccord
Living History – Authentic Learning Empowered by Technology
Jane Ross
Around the World with Skype (English version) & Alrededor del Mundo con Skype (Spanish version)
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
Presentation links on our 2009 schedule page should be updated by 12:15 GMT today.
HELP DESK
If you need assistance during the conference, please post your question in our conference Ning help desk forum category. If you can answer or offer suggestions to any of the questions posted there, please do! If you are a first-timer to our conference, please read the “Getting Started” page on our conference wiki.
PODCAST CHANNELS
A page containing web feeds from the conference is available, including updated links for our 2009 audio podcast and video podcast channels. Podcast channel links should be updated by 12:30 pm GMT each day of the conference.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Information about opportunities and procedures for receiving professional development are available on the PD page of our conference wiki as well as in our Professional Developing conference Ning group.
UPDATES:
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ACCESSIBILITY:
Accessibility has been and remains extremely important to organizers and presenters in the K-12 Online Conference. At some point during or after the conference, please complete our accessibility survey. We value your input and encourage you to participate fully in the conference as well as share it with others in your school and community.
