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“When Night Falls” begins!!

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When Night Falls begins on 12:00 AM Saturday, October 27 GMT. To see what time this begins in your time zone, click here.

As night falls across the planet, educators across the globe are encouraged to participate in the K12 Online culminating event, When Night Falls. This event will be a 24 hour opportunity for participants in the 2007 K12 Online conference to share a virtual coffee break (in an Elluminate room), to reflect and connect with friends, both old and new, about their experiences at K12 Online 2007. It’s also a time to give feedback on this year’s conference as we begin to plan for next year.

Join us for engaging, meaningful conversation and fun in “When Night Falls“!

Before joining the session, please take time to complete the conference evaluation at this link.

To join the conversations and fun in “When Night Falls“ click on this link.

Do you have a photo of your community at twilight, or as the sun is going down?
Please consider joining the When Night Falls Flickr Group and sharing it with the world. Directions for joining the group and adding your photos can be found here. See the current set of When Night Falls photos here or Here. Be sure to add yours!

Image courtesy of James Jordan (http://flickr.com/photos /jamesjordan/115627088/in/set -72157601323284300/)

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Friday, October 26 Presentations

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These presentations have been published today! Direct links to the presentation are provided.

  1. Professional Learning Networks: “EdTechTalk: A Network of Homegrown Webcasters”

  2. Obstacles to Opportunities: “Starting From Scratch: Framing Change for All Stakeholders”

  3. Obstacles to Opportunities: “Creating a Paradigm Shift in Technology”

  4. Professional Learning Networks: “Online Professional Development”

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Professional Learning Networks “Online Professional Development”

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Jeff Utecht
Shanghai, China
Blog: http://www.thethinkingstick.com/ and http://www.utechtips.com/

Bio
Jeff Utecht is an international educator currently working in Shanghai, China. Prior to Shanghai. Jeff has presented at both Administrative conferences and Teacher conferences around Asia and the Far East. Recently he helped to successfully organize the Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai, China. The first technology conference of its kind in Asia aimed at bringing International schools together around technology.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Jeff+Utecht

Presentation Title
“Online Professional Development”

Description
In the past year we have seen a number of new free web tools used for online professional development. There are tools that can be used in the traditional sense as well as tools that are redefining how we learn in this connected network. In this presentation, we will take a look at some of the free tools that are now available to schools and educators to hold online professional development sessions. We will also push beyond Professional Development in the traditional sense and look at how these new network tools are being used by educators for “Just in Time Learning” and redefining how we learn from each other in a global network.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/juonlinepd.mp4
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/juonlinepd_iPod.m4v
Alternate Original (Ed. Note: Same as above, larger file size.)
http://k12online.wm.edu/juonlinepd.mov
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/juonlinepd.mp3

Supporting Links
http://thinkingstick.wikispaces.com/Online+PD

What is “Take My Hand”?
“Take My Hand”

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Obstacles to Opportunities “Starting From Scratch: Framing Change for All Stakeholders”

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Ben Wilkoff
Denver, Co, USA
Blog: http://yongesonne.edublogs.org

Bio
Ben Wilkoff is a 7th/8th grade Language Arts teacher at Cresthill Middle School in Colorado (a Denver suburb). He has been immersed in the world of school 2.0 ever since he started reading Will Richardson’s blog in 2004, and he was recently awarded the Totally Wired Teacher of 2007 award by Edutopia Magazine. Ben has also designed a school 2.0 within a school model called The Academy of Discovery.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Ben+Wilkoff

Presentation Title
“Starting From Scratch: Framing Change for All Stakeholders”

Description
Starting from Scratch tells the story of education transformation. Its point of view is the classroom, with all of its eccentricities and complications. The characters are students, teachers, administrators, and parents, with all of their hopes and fears vying for attention. Its plot shows measured steps down the path of real change. This presentation chronicles one educator’s experience with crafting a voice at the intersection of research, pedagogy, and technology. It outlines a way forward for teachers who recognize the obstacles to opportunity and still want to press on.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/StaringFromScratch.m4v
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/StaringFromScratch.mp4
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/StaringFromScratch.mp3

Supporting Links
Academy of Discovery Portal
http://academyofdiscovery.com

Discourse about Discourse Blog
http://yongesonne.edublogs.org

Discourse about Discourse Podcast
http://bhwilkoff.podomatic.com

A screencast on Framing Change for Students
http://tinyurl.com/3alt8a

A screencast on The Academy of Discovery Wiki
http://tinyurl.com/2nprgk

http://k12online.wm.edu/StartingFromScratchCompanion.pdf
http://k12online.wm.edu/AuthenticLearning.pdf
http://k12online.wm.edu/101Resourcesver2.pdf

What is “Take My Hand”?
“Take My Hand”

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Professional Learning Networks “EdTechTalk: A Network of Homegrown Webcasters”

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Alex Ragone
New York, NY, USA
Blog: http://www.learning-blog.org/

Bio
Alex Ragone is the Director of Technology at Collegiate School, a K-12 boys school in New York City. Arvind and Alex host a weekly web radio show at www.edtechtalk.com that explores the intersection of education and technology.

Bio Page
http://www.learning-blog.org/about/

 Arvind Grover
New York, NY, USA
Blog: http://21apples.org/

Bio
Arvind S. Grover is the Director of Educational Technology for The Hewitt School, a K-12 girls school in New York City. Arvind and Alex host a weekly web radio show at www.edtechtalk.com that explores the intersection of education and technology.

Bio Page
http://21apples.org/pages/about_21apples

Presentation Title
“EdTechTalk: A Network of Homegrown Webcasters”

Description
We will present the history and development of the EdTechTalk Channel of the Worldbridges Network through screencasts and audio and video interviews of our show hosts. In little over 2 years, the channel has gone from one weekly webcast to eight weekly interactive webcasts using the newest and most interactive web based media. EdTechTalk is a professional learning community that is participatory and open. Goal: The goal of this session is to create a documentary view of the development of the EdTechTalk channel of the Worldbridges network. To share the vision of founders Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier and the stories of the webcasters on the network. Through this documentation, we hope to inspire more participation and/or parallel learning community work.

Presentation
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/EdTechTalk-K-12-Online.mp3

Supporting Links
http://www.edtechtalk.com/

What is “Take My Hand”?
“Take My Hand”

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Obstacles to Opportunities “Creating a Paradigm Shift in Technology”

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Shawn Nutting
Trussville, AL, USA
Blog: http://www.trussvillecityschools.com/Teachers/Shawn.Nutting/default.aspx

Bio
Shawn, Dir.of Tech. for Trussville City, IT for 20 years. Published in Business Week Online,T.H.E.Journal, AL Best Practice Center’s WorkingToward Excellence, Access Control&Security Systems. Presenter at AETC, T+L, NECC, and SITE. CNS degree from ITT tech. District V rep. to the AETA, state committee child Internet safety, member of SSA, ISTE, and IEEE. In 2007 awarded the Chiquita Marbury award.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Shawn+Nutting

Presentation Title
“Creating a Paradigm Shift in Technology”

Description
What if you worked for a dream system? With a Superintendent & BOE whose focus is technology and professional development. Would it be a utopian and collaborative environment with teachers and students engaged with Web 2.0 tools? Not necessarily. Having open Internet access and a 1:1 computer initiative is not necessarily the key to engagement. A core cultural change must take place where students, teachers, administration and the community support technology in the curriculum. This presentation will share how we overcame many obstacles, created opportunities, and our current obstacles.

Presentation
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/k12online_2007.mov
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/k1207.mp3

What is “Take My Hand”?
“Take My Hand”

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