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K12Online09 Day 7 Presentations: 15 December 2009

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Welcome to day seven 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

The Virtual Heroic Journey
Kevin Hodgson

Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum
Beth Ritter-Guth

OpenSim: Open Learning
Timothy Hart

WEEK IN THE CLASSROOM

Blogging and Communicative Competences in the EFL Class
Cristina Arnau Vilà

Show & Tell: Exhibit, Reflect & Critique with Blogs
Sarah Sutter

The Digital Writer’s Workshop
Jackie Gerstein

Presentation links on our 2009 schedule page should be updated by 12:15 GMT today.

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PODCAST CHANNELS
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2009 2009-Week in the Classroom

Digital Writers’ Workshop

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Presenter: Jackie Gerstein
Location: Heading to Boise, Idaho, USA
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: Digital Writers’ Workshop

Presentation Description: This K12 Online Conference presentation describes the writers’ workshop conducted with a group of upper elementary students. The focus was on the process of writing combining hands-on and technology activities with a special focus on the engagement of multiple intelligences.

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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
Discovery Change  Wiki Writer’s Workshop

Additional Information:
Jackie’s PageFlakes Site
On Twitter

2009 2009-Week in the Classroom

Show and Tell: Exhibit, Reflect, Critique with Blogs

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Presenter: Sarah Sutter
Location: Lisbon Falls, Maine, US
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: Show and Tell: Exhibit, Reflect, Critique with Blogs

Presentation Description: Explore the evolution of blogs in a high school art program, from a class blog to individual blogs to working in a drupal environment with other students. Students used blogs to exhibit work, reflect on their creative process and engage in meaningful critique with their peers. What were the hurdles? How were they addressed? What worked well? What needed to change?Hear one school’s story and see what might work for you.

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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://showandtell-k1209.wikispaces.com

Additional Information:
twitter
http://sarahsutter.com
http://edueyeview.wordpress.com
http://mssutter.edublogs.org
sutterview [at] gmail or googlewave

2009 2009-Week in the Classroom

Blogging and Communicative competences in the EFL

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Presenter: Cristina Arnau Vilà
Location: Berga (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: Blogging and Communicative competences in the EFL

Presentation Description: I am a foreign language teacher in a high school in Berga (Spain). We are using blogs as a tool to learn a foreign language. Here you will find three experiences I have used. I hope you enjoy it.

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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://swedenexchange2009.blogspot.com

http:/iesguillembergueda.xtec.es/comenius/students.htm

Additional Information:
Blogs:
English time – 3ESO

English time – 4ESO

Sweden Exchange 2009

IED Guillem de Bergueda
Teaching Foreign Languages
Boundless Communication

Twitter

2009 2009-Kicking It Up a Notch

OpenSim-OpenLearning

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Presenter: Timothy Hart
Location: Orono, ME, United States
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: OpenSim-OpenLearning

Presentation Description: Opensimulator is open source software for creating 3D virtual worlds. OpenLearning is learning without artificial restrictions. This presentation is about jumping on the open virtual worlds for learning bandwagon and about giving you a start on using them in your classroom. For more information, resources, classroom examples and links, check out my accompanying blog post at edutim.com.


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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://www.edutim.com

Additional Information:
Blog: http://www.edutim.com
Twitter: hartastic

2009 2009-Kicking It Up a Notch

Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum

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Presenter: Beth Ritter-Guth
Location: Lakeville, CT USA
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum

Presentation Description: Can a worldwide scavenger hunt and a GPSr change the way we teach? ABSOLUTELY! This presentation will introduce geocaching and educaching and provide examples and resources to those interested in getting students out of the classroom!


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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com/k12online

Additional Information:
Twitter ID: BethRitterGuth
Facebook: BethRitterGuth
Skype/iChat/GChat: BethRitterGuth

2009 2009-Kicking It Up a Notch

The Heroic Journey Project

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Presenter: Kevin Hodgson
Location: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Link to presenter’s K12Online Ning Profile page

Presentation Title: The Heroic Journey Project

Presentation Description: This presentation highlights the use of Google Maps and Google Earth (and Picasa photo)to create a fictional “Heroic Journey” story. The unit is tied to literature (The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief), writing (creating an original story with episodes of adventure) and technology (integrating online tools into the classroom). The presentation includes some sample student work from sixth graders but I encourage you to follow the links to the website where the student journeys are posted.


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Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://sites.google.com/site/heroicjourneymaps/

Additional Information:
I encourage you to spend a little time on a journey with my students. We have created a Google Sites where all of the student work is located, including the KML Google Earth files.

The Heroic Journey Website

If you need more depth in what was shown students as they moved into Google Maps and Earth, go to this presentation that walks students through the process.

Project Overview

Thanks for being part of the K12 Online Conference. Good luck on your own journeys.

Kevin Hodgson
Twitter: @dogtrax
Blog: Kevin’s Meandering Mind