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2007-Classroom2-0

Classroom 2.0 “Design Matters”

Published by:

Dean Shareski
Moose Jaw, SK, Canada
Blog: http://ideasandthoughts.org/

Bio
Dean Shareski is in his 20th year in education. He has taught grades 1-8 and is currently a Digital Learning Consultant for Prairie South School Division in Saskatchewan, Canada. He is passionate about the power of networks and advocates for students to be in charge of much of their learning and be challenged to create new things and connect with new people.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Dean+Shareski

Presentation Title
“Design Matters”

Description
Design is a word and idea that engulfs so much of our lives. How does it impact our classrooms and schools? How can we begin to think of design as something that we intentionally build into every day. We’ll look at very practical examples and ideas to begin the process of making design and creativity a part of teaching and learning.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/k12.mp4 (24:42 Run Time, mpeg4, 94.1 MB)
Original
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-7573353454993995098&hl=en-CA (24:22 Run Time, Google Video)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/k12.mp3 (24:23 Run Time, mp3, 33.6 MB)

Supporting Links
http://designmatters.wikispaces.com/

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2007-New-Tools

New Tools “Collaborative Concept Mapping – Breaking the Bounds of Location and Time… for $0.00 per Seat”

Published by:

Frank Pirrone
Buffalo, New York, USA
Blog: http://www.tona.wnyric.org/

Bio
The presenter has been involved with programming and computing since 1979, building and using early machines in the microcomputer revolution, as well as exploring a number of the more interesting programming languages. He has created applications for personal, commercial and educational use from that beginning to the present, including in his capacity as school district Technology Integrator.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Frank+Pirrone

Presentation Title
“Collaborative Concept Mapping – Breaking the Bounds of Location and Time… for $0.00 per Seat”

Description
This presentation will explore a Concept Mapping solution developed at University under funding by US government agencies. CMapServers are running around the world for accessing, publishing and collaborating in building Concept Maps. CMapTools, use of which can promote the development of high-order thinking skills, is a stand-alone application for developing Concept Maps that can be published to a CMapServer. These Concept Maps are capable of containing concept text and relationships, as well as rich multimedia elements and hyperlinks to other resources to support and inform the map.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/cmap-server.mp4(9:35min. Run Time; mpeg4; 21.3MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/cmap-tools-iPod.mp4(9:19min. Run Time; mpeg4; 22.4MB)
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/introduction.ogg (3:02min Run Time; ogg audio; 3.1MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/rationale.ogg (3:59min Run Time; ogg audio; 4.3MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/cmap-server-orig.mp4 (9:35min Run Time; mpeg4; 23MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/cmap-tools-full.divx (33:49min Run Time; divx video; 277.7MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/cmap-tools.divx (34:02min Run Time; divx video; 160MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/introduction.mp3 (3:02min Run Time; mp3; 2.8MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/rationale.mp3 (3:58min Run Time; mp3; 3.6MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/cmap-server.mp3 (9:35min Run Time; mp3; 8.8MB)

Supporting Links
Concept Map Theory
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm

Concept Map White Papers
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Documentation/WhitePapers.php

Concept Map Documentation
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Documentation/

Concept Map Research and Publications
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/

CMap FAQs
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Support/FAQs.php

CMap Help
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Support/Help/

CMap Support
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Support/

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2007-Classroom2-0

Classroom 2.0 “Step by Step- Building a Web2.0 Classroom”

Published by:

Drew Murphy
Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
Blog: http://ddddmurphy.edublogs.org/

Bio
Drew Murphy is a technology/business teacher at Chatelech Secondary and lives in the beautiful seaside town of Gibsons, in British Columbia. He teaches and manages an in-school online program called Planning 10 and Portfolio. In this program he has been developing innovative online teaching methods and applying a variety of 2.0 tools. He has been involved in pioneering online programs and methods in his district for the past 15 years. During this time, he has also been a educational consultant in designing online learning systems. He has a passion for teaching in the online world and believes it is a meduim that can bring art of teaching and the act of learning to a new level.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Drew+Murphy

Presentation Title
“Step by Step- Building a Web2.0 Classroom”

Description
Drew presents the 10 essential skills and concepts needed for playing the Web 2.0 game. He shows you an order of online activity types that flow into each other and builds your online teaching skill set so that you can apply Web 2.0 tools at the appropriate time and in the appropriate way. He also shows how to progressively apply a variety of methods and 2.0 tools so that people can see the fundamentals in action and understand the potential that exists to move forward. Finally, he’ll give you his insights daring predictions for the future of Web 2.0 and get you thinking in ways you probably would never have considered. And he’ll show that the road to the future lies along the path of fundamental skills and concepts.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/dmurphypart1.mp4 (40:00 Run Time, mpeg4, 47.1 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/dmurphypart2.mp4 (28:53 Run Time, mpeg4, 53 MB)
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/dmurphypart1.mov (40:00 Run Time, mov, 628 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/dmurphypart2.mov (28:53 Run Time, mov, 417.6 MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/dmurphypart1.mp3 (40:00 Run Time, mp3, 9.21 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/dmurphypart2.mp3 (28:53 Run Time, mp3, 6.7 MB)

Supporting Links
Google Video
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-9132701495911891485

Production Tools
xspression project
http://support.schools.xspression.com

zoho.com
http://zoho.com/

tangler.co
http://tangler.com/

bubbleshare.com
http://bubbleshare.com/

viddler.com
https://viddler.com/

netvibes.com
http://netvibes.com/

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2007-Classroom2-0

Classroom 2.0 “Sustained Blogging in the Classroom”

Published by:

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
“Sustained Blogging in the Classroom”

Description
Starting to use blogs in your classroom is one thing, actually embedding them into how you teach and sustaining them as a learning tool over time is something completely different. In the past 3 years, Jeff has helped numerous teachers set up blogs with their students. Some have continued to use blogs as a learning tool, others have given up not able to sustain blogging in their classroom. In this presentation we’ll look at some ways that you can successfully embed blogs into your daily routine and look at examples from teachers around the world who have made blogging part of just what they do in the classroom.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/jublogging.mp4 (23:09 Run Time, mpeg4, 36.6 MB)
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/jublogging.mov (23:09 Run Time, mov, 291.1 MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/jublogging.mp3 (23:09 Run Time, mp3, 5.4MB)

Supporting Links
http://thinkingstick.wikispaces.com/Sustained+Blogging

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2007-New-Tools

New Tools “The Electric Slide! Twenty-First Century Style”

Published by:

Kurt Paccio
Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Blog: http://weblog.techruminations.org/

Bio
Kurt is an educator with over 14 years experience. Kurt is a Technology Director for a medium-sized school district in eastern Pennsylvania where he has worked for 5 years. Prior to that he was an Instructional Technology Specialist, teacher and coach in central Pennsylvania. Kurt’s interests include open source software, audio-visual integration, and digital video. Away from the keyboard Kurt enjoys American football at all levels, coaching youth athletics, and family activities with his wife and 3 children ages 4, 6, and 8. He is an avid St. Louis Ram’s fan.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Kurt+Paccio

 James Gates
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
Blog: http://tipline.blogspot.com/

Bio
Jim has 32 years experience in public education. He has been teaching with and about computers since 1983. Jim maintains a tips blog at http://tipline.blogspot.com. His Internet column featured has won him both National Gold and National Bronze awards from the Parenting Publications of America. He has presented at the PETE&C conference in Hershey, PA and at the NECC conferences.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Jim+Gates

Presentation Title
“The Electric Slide! Twenty-First Century Style”

Description
Kurt and Jim will focus on two web 2.0 tools that we feel have the potential for immediate impact in the classroom. Kurt will show sPresent and Jim will show Splashcast. The main part will be to show how the site works, but at the end of the presentation Jim will talk about how they might look in the classroom by talking about using them for student assessments and for engaging students in the conversations about the content.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/ElectricSlidePart1_iPod.m4v (15:01min Run Time; m4v; 19.3MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/electricslidepart2_iPod.mp4 (15:49min Run Time; M4p; 6.5MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/ElectricSlidePart1.mp3 (15:01min. Run Time; mp3; 7.3MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/electricslidepart2.mp3 (15:49min. Run Time; mp3; 6.9MB)

Supporting Links
http://www.spresent.com/v2/
http://www.splashcast.net/

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2007-New-Tools

New Tools “LMS 2.0 – Engaging Learners Using More Advanced Techniques and the Odd Mash-up inside Moodle”

Published by:

Jason Hando
Sydney, Australia
Blog: http://cleverlearning.blogspot.com/

Bio
Jason Hando is a teacher of Design and Computing subjects at Macarthur Anglican School in Sydney, Australia. Over the years he has filled many roles, the most important being Outreach Coordinator for the school, leading teams of students and staff overseas to help communities in developing countries and Head Teacher of the Technology Faculty, leading a team of inspirational teachers and developing innovative courses.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Jason+Hando

Presentation Title
“LMS 2.0 – Engaging Learners Using More Advanced Techniques and the Odd Mash-up inside Moodle”

Description
A series of screencasts showing people how to bend and stretch Moodle to allow for authentic, web 2.0 style, participatory engagement and learning for their students. These screencasts will be accompanied by support files where appropriate, such as backed-up Moodle courses that can be restored on people’s sites as well as any instructional material such as worksheets in pdf form. I’d also like to provide some way for people to screencast their own work in Moodle and share with the rest of the community – perhaps using screen-o-matic, a free screencasting tool that works from your browser. This will allow other people to share new ways they have used Moodle.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/handomoodlemashups.m4v (Run Time 7:04min; m4v; 13.2MB)
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/handomoodlemashups.mp3 (7:04min Run Time; mp3; 1.6MB)

Supporting Links
Introduction: http://www.screencast.com/t/Z8XBVNe8IC
First Mashup– adding pageflakes: http://www.screencast.com/t/BasffBxUMAt
Slideshare mashup: http://www.screencast.com/t/WR7FfBfQai
Vuvox Mashup: http://www.screencast.com/t/h6MuGU6x

Moodle LMS
http://moodle.org/

Pageflakes
http://pageflakes.com/

Slideshare
http://slideshare.net/

Vuvox
http://vuvox.com/

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2007-New-Tools

New Tools “Trailfire”

Published by:

April Chamberlain
Trussville, Alabama, USA
Blog: http://maythetechbewithyou.blogspot.com/

Bio
April Chamberlain has worked in education for 11 years as a 6th grade, 5th grade, 4th grade, computer lab teacher and now as Trussville City School’s District Technology Integration Specialist. Along with her day job, she spent the last two years as a Fellow in the Alabama Best Practice Center where she and ten other Fellows assisted in leading 40 schools in Alabama into the 21st Century. She has been selected as Second Mile teacher in all three of the schools in which she has taught.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/April+Chamberlain

Presentation Title
“Trailfire”

Description
Have you ever been sent to a list of websites to find information, evaluate a tool, etc. but lose your path once you get there? Trailfire is the tool for you and those you work with. Trailfire is a free tool in which the “guide” leaves “marks” on specific websites that when combined create a trail relating to a specific topic. Trails can be public or private. Viewers can leave comments and also collaborate on the trail if created as a wiki trail. Not only can teachers use this tool to direct learning with students but also when working with other teachers to share knowledge. Students are also able to create trails to share their knowledge in place of the traditional report, poster, etc. Come join the trail with other educators!

Presentation
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/Trailfire.mp3 (2:20min Run Time; mp3; 2.2MB)

Supporting Links
Part 2
http://www.trailfire.com/aprilpc/trails/47032

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2007-Classroom2-0

Classroom 2.0 “Release the Hounds”

Published by:

Chris Harbeck
Winnipeg,Manitoba Canada
Blog: http://makeitinteresting.blogspot.com/ and http://sargentparkmathzone.blogspot.com/

Bio
Chris Harbeck teaches grade 8 math to approximately 140 students each year. He has been teaching middle school students for over a decade and is in his third year of using 2.0 applications and “21st Century Learning” in his classroom. With his strong focus on conceptual understanding, Chris has discovered that using 2.0 tools and applications make math fun and interesting.

Bio Page
https://k12online07presenters.wikispaces.com/Chris+Harbeck+Release+the+Hounds

Presentation Title
“Release the Hounds”

Description
This presentation takes participants along my journey into integrating 2.0 applications and “21st Century Learning” into my pedagogy. The presentation will show how teacher driven assignments and projects teach students some of the skills they need to use these new technologies to enhance their learning. Scribe Posts, Growing Posts and E-Portfolios will provide participants with three different activities to do with their students. The final part of my presentation takes participants into “unprojects”. Participants will learn how to create “unprojects”. For the veteran teacher who is using 2.0 in their classroom this is for you. See how students are more creative and show more enthusiasm towards assignments when they are in charge of their learning.

Presentation
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/eportfolios.mp4 (4:31 Run Time, mpeg4, 3.4 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/growing.mp4 (6:09 Run Time, mpeg4, 4.7 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/scribeposts.mp4 (7:10 Run Time, mpeg4, 4.8 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/unprojects.mp4 (8:47 Run Time, mpeg4, 6.5 MB)
Original
http://www.slideshare.net/charbeck1/eportfolios
http://www.slideshare.net/charbeck1/growing
http://www.slideshare.net/charbeck1/scribepost-119097/
http://www.slideshare.net/charbeck1/unprojects-125206
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/eportfolios.mp3 (4:09 Run Time, mp3, 3.9 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/growing.mp3 (5:58 Run Time, mp3, 5.5 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/scribeposts.mp3 (7:08 Run Time, mp3, 6.6 MB)
http://k12online.wm.edu/unprojects.mp3 (8:42 Run Time, mp3, 8 MB)

Supporting Links
Scribe Posts
http://thescribepost.pbwiki.com/

Growing Posts
http://sp8mathzone.pbwiki.com/

Eportfolios
http://room17math.wikispaces.com/

Unproject Sites
http://spfractions.wikispaces.com/
http://spunproject07.pbwiki.com/

Release the Hounds Wiki
http://releasethehounds.wikispaces.com/

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