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2011 2011-Team Captains

Transforming Education

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Presenter: David Truss
Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada
@datruss

Presentation Title: Transforming Education

Presentation Description: There are really only two messages in this presentation. First, Education is NOT broken! So let’s start using language that is constructive rather than counterproductive. And secondly, as educators we are inherently leaders, no matter what our role is, and so we need to model what it means to be a connected, life-long learner.

 

iTunes video – mp3 audio

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://trans4med.org

Additional Information:
Resources and opportunities to continue learning and engaging on these topics can be found at: http://trans4med.org
Also, if people would like to share their thoughts on Transforming Education, I thought we could play with the twitter hashtag #Trans4mEd for a while… a way to get connected around a common theme.

2011 2011-Team Captains

The World is My Classroom

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Presenter: Anne Mirtschin
Location: Hawkesdale, Victoria, Australia
@murcha

Presentation Title: The World is My Classroom

Presentation Description: Learn how a virtual, global, and culturally-blended classroom is not just a dream, it’s a reality. Listen to stories from classrooms in a small rural P12 school that is isolated culturally and geographically where innovative technology is used to engage students allowing them to connect, communicate and collaborate with students/classrooms across the globe. This is a big classroom where:

  • blended classrooms may be global in nature
  • learning is 24/7/365
  • Experts and students of all ages learn together – learning is vertical and horizontal
  • learning goes beyond physical walls
  • global projects are encouraged
  • learning can be “˜messy’ but the learning outcomes amazing!

Listen to classroom stories, learn of favourite online tools to use and ways to use them. Explore different ways to get connected to others, join projects and how to have your students take initiative.

Presentation:

iPod video – mp3 audio

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://murcha.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/the-world-is-my-classroom-presentation-for-the-k12-online-conference/

Additional Information:
Teacher blog
Class blog

2011 Announcements

Professional Development Credit

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Did you know that the K12 Online Conference offers PD certificates for adding to the conversation around K12 Online sessions? To find out all you need to know, you can click on the Professional Development link at the top of this page.

Here are the important facts about how to get a certificate to submit to your work place. It’s up to your work place as to whether they will credit you the hours.

  • Listen / Watch one of the sessions.
  • Reflect on it – make a podcast, create a voicethread, make a movie, write a blog post, write a thoughtful comment on the blog post that features the session to let people know what you got out of the session and how you are going to use this in your situation. More detailed guidelines can be found here.
  • Submit a link to your response via this form.
  • You will then get a link to where you can find your certificate.

You will have to submit the certificate along with a copy of your reflection or the url which links to it to the appropriate people in your work place. We can issue the certificate. It’s up to them if they will grant the credit hours.

We hope you will add to the conversation. It is through “talking” with others that we all learn and grow. So your response will not only help you, it will help get us all thinking, too!

'Mr. Santucci receives Big Read award from Rockaway Twp Library' photo (c) 2009, RTLibrary - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Announcements Echo Webcasts

K12 Online Echo with Tony Vincent

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The Echo gives you the opportunity to watch a session with others and to ask questions of the presenter. Tony Vincent will be featured on January 24 (in North America) / January 25 UTC and beyond. His topic Project Based Learning in Hand is particularly relevant as schools buy iPods and iPads and are looking for ways to use them effectively. Tony looks at how to use them as tools for creation where students solve problems, and create their presentations to express their findings all with these handheld devices. Join us at http://edtechtalk.com/studio and participate in the discussion.

Details for the event, including an RSVP link, are available on the Ning event for the Echo. The webcast will start at 9 pm EST / 8 pm CST / 7 pm MST / 6 pm PST. Use this link from dateandtime.com to check the start time in your local area.

Echo Webcasts

K12 Online Echo

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This year we will once again be presenting the K12 Online Echo. It is hosted on EdTechTalk and will take place once a month on Tuesday at 2:00 am UTC or Monday evening in North America: 10:00 pm AST, 9:00 pm EST, 8:00 pm CST, 7:00 pm MST and 6:00 pm PST). Each show will feature one presentation from the K12 Online Conference with time to watch the presentation together as well as time for a discussion with the presenters.

Our first guests, on November 23 / November 22 in North America, will be Paula Naugle and Jan Wells. We will feature their presentation: Seeds to Success with Skype from the Week in the Classroom strand. This is a great opportunity to learn more about how to get involved in projects like theirs. We are lining up guests for future shows. Let us know who you would like to see featured. Just add your comments.

Echo Webcasts

K12 Online Echo: Beth Ritter-Guth

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Please join us for our next K-12 Online Echo Webcast on 23/24 March 2010 with  Beth Ritter-Guth! Our Echo Webcasts are FREE, take place approximately twice per month, and offer LIVE opportunities to learn from and interact with K12Online presenters. EdTechTalk provides our virtual meeting space for these events!

In this week’s Echo Webcast, Beth Ritter-Guth will elaborate on her 2009 presentation: Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum. Check the date and time for your location and time zone. It will be Tuesday evening in North America. Do you want to know more about geocaching?

For archives of the LAN parties, Fireside Chats and Echo, go to EdTechTalk.

If you haven’t seen Beth’s 2009 presentation yet, you can view it now or wait to view it during the webcast. During each webcast, we have a live “backchannel” (including the presenter whose video we’re watching) where we can respond to and discuss the ideas raised in the presentation. We also spend time in live Q&A (over skype audio, which is shared via Ustream) discussing the presentation in-depth.

Hope you can join us for this week’s Echo Webcast!

Announcements Echo Webcasts

K12Online Echo Webcast with Jackie Gerstein

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Please join us for our next K-12 Online Echo Webcast on 9/10 March 2010 with  Jackie Gerstein! Our Echo Webcasts are FREE, take place approximately twice per month, and offer LIVE opportunities to learn from and interact with K12Online presenters. EdTechTalk provides our virtual meeting space for these events!

In this week’s Echo Webcast, Jackie will elaborate on her 2009 presentation: Digital Writers’ Workshop. Check the date and time for your location and time zone. It will be Tuesday evening in North America.

For archives of the LAN parties, Fireside Chats and Echo, go to EdTechTalk.

If you haven’t seen Jackie’s 2009 presentation yet, you can view it now or wait to view it during the webcast. During each webcast, we have a live “backchannel” (including the presenter whose video we’re watching) where we can respond to and discuss the ideas raised in the presentation. We also spend time in live Q&A (over skype audio, which is shared via Ustream) discussing the presentation in-depth.

Hope you can join us for this week’s Echo Webcast!

2010 Announcements Echo Webcasts

K12Online Echo Webcast with Kelly Hines

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Please join us for our next K-12 Online Echo Webcast on 23/24 February 2010 with  Kelly Hines! Our Echo Webcasts are FREE, take place approximately twice per month, and offer LIVE opportunities to learn from and interact with K12Online presenters. EdTechTalk provides our virtual meeting space for these events!

In this week’s Echo Webcast, Kelly will elaborate on her 2009 presentation: Little Kids, Big Possibilities. Check the date and time for your location and time zone. It will be Tuesday evening in North America.

For archives of the LAN parties, Fireside Chats and Echo, go to EdTechTalk.

If you haven’t seen Kelly’s 2009 presentation yet, you can view it now or wait to view it during the webcast.  During each webcast, we have a live “backchannel” (including the presenter whose video we’re watching) where we can respond to and discuss the ideas raised in the presentation. We also spend time in live Q&A (over skype audio, which is shared via Ustream) discussing the presentation in-depth.

Hope you can join us for this week’s Echo Webcast!