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Teaser Trailer: Ways of Working by Chris Betcher

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From Chris Betcher: Just a short teaser clip for my K12 Online presentation in the “Week in the Classroom” strand, called “Ways of Working”. In a nutshell, using Sculpture by the Sea as the theme – a popular community outdoor art event held each year in Sydney Australia – I will look at a diverse range of way that digital technology could be used to enrich the learning activities that teachers could build around such an event. There are all sort of interesting ways that technology can help us document, research, enhance and create around a theme such as this. I hope you join me to find out more!

More teasers are coming! These are also available on our K-12 Online Conference Ning, both in the videos section and in the group 2009 Teasers.

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Teaser Video: You Might Be a 21st Century Leader if… by David Wells

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This is the K12Online09 teaser trailer for David Wells‘ presentation, “You Might Be a 21st Century Leader if…”


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Teaser Videos: Around the World with Skype – Alrededor del Mundo con Skype

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These are the video teasers for Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano‘s presentation “Around the World with Skype” (English version) and “Alrededor del Mundo con Skype” (Spanish Version) for K12Online09.

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In Spanish:

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2009 Announcements

Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence, and the Future of Education

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Cross-posted on Always Learning

I could not be more honored to be the pre-conference keynote speaker for this year’s K12 Online conference!

I have been participating in this annual conference since its inception in 2006 and every year I am amazed at the quality of presentations shared by educators around the world. The opportunity to learn together over the course of the conference (and beyond) is one of the most inspiring and engaging experiences of the year for me. Of course, this year’s lineup is no different!

When I was asked to keynote this year’s event, I knew right away that I wanted my presentation to have a global focus. Thinking back over the course of my ten years of living overseas, I realized that in many ways my exposure to new ways of thinking about technology has been paralleled by some similar learning experiences in the real world. I wanted to explore those links between virtual and real-world perspective shifts, and in the process try to share what I feel is an interesting and unique perspective in the expat mindset.

I’ve also decided to try to practice what I preach and make this presentation a true global collaboration, and although I will be putting together and presenting the final product, I really wanted to make it based on group input. Thankfully, my personal learning network includes a number of outstanding international school educators who’ve been willing to help me in preparing my presentation (thank you!). Right now I’ve gotten a lot of great input and material from (in no particular order):

While these teachers have already sent me fantastic material, I would love to include other perspectives as well. Knowing that the deadline is just over a month away, I’m beginning to put the final pieces together, and would love to hear your thoughts, include your perspectives, and emphasize the power of global collaboration in the final product.

Here’s the presentation overview:

Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence, and the Future of Education

Everything I need to know about the future of education I learned, not from kindergarten, but from living overseas. Looking at daily life in foreign lands reveals a colorful spectrum of inspiring metaphors for the shifts we need to make in education. Featuring voices from students and teachers from around the globe, this presentation will start with a look through an expatriate’s eyes at some vibrant details of daily life in many lands. Often what we may find initially chaotic, disorienting and strange in other countries can actually spark new ways of thinking about teaching and learning.

Then, again through the voices and viewpoints of teachers and students from all around the world, we’ll examine the unique aptitudes which allow successful expats to thrive in any environment: adaptability, flexibility, the ability to understand differing viewpoints and constructs, and the communications skills to collaborate across cultural, religious and linguistic barriers. These are exactly the skills that future students and teachers will need to confidently enter the digital, global, converging, collaborative world of tomorrow – wherever they might be physically located.

Final Thoughts

What do you think? Does this sound interesting to you? Are you an expat or Third Culture Kid? Have you or your students participated in a global collaboration? What did you gain from that experience?

2009 Announcements

Announcing K12 Online 2009 Presenters

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Since 2006, the K-12 Online Conference has provided outstanding opportunities for free, collaborative, accessible professional learning for educators around the globe. The 2009 conference promises to again provide more exemplary learning opportunities in the same spirit of collaboration and sharing! The learning will begin with a pre-conference keynote during the week of November 30, 2009. We again invite presenters to submit “teaser trailers“ for their presentations in advance of the conference.

This year’s fantastic line up of keynote presenters will create an inviting and welcoming introduction in which the sharing of ideas among diverse learners working in diverse contexts continues. Our distinguished keynote speakers will not only extend the conversations, but also invite each of us to stretch and grow as they share their expertise and wisdom in their respective strands. See our post from June 24th for more information about keynote speakers in each of our 2009 strands.

The presentations accompanying the keynotes for each strand have been selected in 2009 through the collaborative work of a review committee composed of conference conveners and strand keynote speakers. The selection process was challenging as the quality of proposals was again outstanding. We thank everyone who submitted a proposal. Due to some changes in the procedures our presenters  will follow this year in uploading / sharing their video files, we were able to select more presentations in each strand. More details about those procedures will follow soon. We are elated to announce the K12 Online 2009 presenters whose creativity, depth of thought, and innovation promise to make K12 Online 2009 exemplary.

The presenters by strand are:

WEEK 1: December 7-11, 2009

Getting Started (13 presentations)

Keynote
Joyce Kasman Valenza
www.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch
Erdenheim, PA, USA

Using E-Books to provide a motivation for writing
Colin Hill
colport26.blogspot.com/
Southport, UK

Options for Building Your Teacher Website
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
www.cyndidannerkuhn.info
Manhattan, KS, USA

Orientation into Second Life: Methods and Processes for Introducing New Users to the Use and Controls in 3D Worlds.
Deborah Butler & Alan Hudson
www.sllondon.com & www.londonmet.ac.uk
London, UK

Using Web 2.0 tools to teach The Outsiders
Drew Buddie
digitalmaverick.ethink.org.uk
Rickmansworth, Herts, England

Keeping the Literacy in 21st Century Literacies
Drew Schrader
moodle4pbl.wordpress.com
Bloomington, IN, USA

Instructional Strategies That Work with Videoconferencing: Increasing Interactivity
Janine Lim
vcoutonalim.org
Berrien Springs, MI USA

If You Host It They Will Come
Jennifer Wagner
www.jenuinetech.com/blog
Wildomar, CA, USA

Google SketchUp Unleashed
Joseph J. Bires
www.edtechleadership.com
Trenton, NJ, USA

Building on Analog Success with 2.0 Technology
Kelley Connolly
iteach.ning.com
Chestnut Hill, MA  USA

Little Kids, Big Possiblities
Kelly Hines
keepingkidsfirst.wordpress.com
Washington, NC, USA

The iPod Touch in the Classroom
Kern Kelley
thetechcurve.blogspot.com
Newport, ME, USA

Bridging History Using Web 2.0 Tools
Robin Beaver
www.rosemontschool.org
Rosemont, PA, USA

Leading the Change (13 presentations – 14 originally, but 1 cancelled)

Keynote
Konrad Glogowski
www.teachandlearn.ca/blog
Ontario, Canada

Just a Touch of Leadership – Using the iPod touch & Web 2.0 to Enhance School Leadership
Andy Crozier & Mike Amante
www.newhartfordschools.org/amante
Cedar Rapids, IA, USA & New Hartford, NY, USA

Organizational Learning and Technology Collide
Ben Grey
bengrey.com/blog
Elgin, IL, USA

LAN: Learning Is Social!
Bryan Hughes
www.nvsd44.bc.ca/Staff/UZ/VanAlstyneA12161/Blog/LAN%20Buzz.aspx
North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Moogpal in Action
Chris Walsh
www.newtechnetwork.org
Walnut Creek, CA, USA

You Might be a 21st Century Leader if…
David Wells
principalofchange.wordpress.com
Montpelier, Vermont, USA

Slippery Rocks and Hard Places: Twelve Bridges and Learning Matters
Dennis Richards
innovation3.edublogs.org
Andover, MA, USA

Whither Eportfolios
Drew Buddie
digitalmaverick.ethink.org.uk
Rickmansworth, Herts, England

21st Century Learning Plato’s way
Gail Dyer
gaildyer.edublogs.org & www.belmoresouthpublicschool.edublogs.org
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Probing the Possibilities of Paperless Pedagogy
Jason Neiffer
www.techsavvyteacher.com/blog
Helena, Montana, USA

Learning Confluence: Where Philosophy Meets Practice in the 21st Century
Julie Lindsay
123elearning.blogspot.com
Beijing, China

Digital Empowerment: How Bytes Affect Us (CANCELLED)
Minhaaj Rehman
www.minhaaj.com
Umea, Sweden

Building a Web 2.0 Culture
Paul Curtis
www.newtechnetwork.org
Napa, California, USA

Digiteens: Digital Citizenship from Digital Teenagers
Vicki Davis
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
Camilla, Georgia, USA

Embracing Web 2.0 as an Administrator
William Carozza
billcarozza.com
Deerfield, NH, USA

WEEK 2: December 14-17, 2009

Week in the Classroom (13 presentations)

Keynote
Rachel Boyd
rachelboyd.wikispaces.com
Nelson, New Zealand

To Those Who Want to Rock – Don’t Suppose Compose!
Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny
www.carolbroos.com; www.beatechie.com; musictechie.pbworks.com; grasslakemusicteacher.edublogs.org
Gurnee, IL, USA and Northbrook, IL, USA

Ways of Working: How students can leverage Web 2.0 tools to their own advantage
Chris Betcher
www.betchablog.com
Sydney, NSW, Australia

Blogging and communicative competences in the EFL class
Cristina Arnau Vilà
www.xtec.cat/~carnau22
Barcelona, Spain

The Digital Writers’ Workshop
Jackie Gerstein
www.pageflakes.com/jgerst1111/
Santa Fe, NM, USA

Living History – Authentic Learning Empowered by Digital Technology
Jane Ross
gr5swa.blogspot.com
Indonesia

Competencias Artisticas En La Plástica
Josu Garro
jotaclick.blogspot.com
Bilbao, Bizkaia, España

Skateboard
Keith Kelley
www.itsvms.com
Newport, ME, USA

Steal this Preso:  Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom
Mathew Needleman
www.videointheclassroom.com
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Algunas aplicaciones para trabajar la competencia comunicativa linguistica y audiovisual
Pilar Soro
espaicompartit.blogspot.com
Tarragona, España

Show & Tell : Exhibit, Reflect & Critique with blogs
Sarah Sutter
edueyeview.wordpress.com &  mssutter.edublogs.org
Lisbon Falls, Maine, USA

Around the World with Skype (English version) & Alrededor del Mundo con Skype (Spanish Version)
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
www.langwitches.org/blog
Jacksonville, FL, USA

Nurturing the 21st Century History Teacher: Research and Examples
Tom Daccord
edtechteacher.org; besthistorysites.net; thwt.org; tewt.org
Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism (a Flat Classroom Project)
Vicki Davis
coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
Camilla, Georgia USA

Kicking It Up a Notch (12 presentations – 14 originally, 2 cancelled)

Keynote
Diego Leal
www.diegoleal.org
Columbia

Engaging Our Youngest Minds: Integrating the Internet in Primary Classrooms
Angela Maiers
www.angelamaiers.com
Clive, Iowa, USA

Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum
Beth Ritter-Guth
hotchkissmedia.org
Lakeville, CT, USA

Googlios: When Google Apps Meet ePortfolios & PLNs
G. Alex Ambrose
www.galexambrose.com & www.edvibes.blogspot.com
South Bend, IN, USA

Telling the World: Flat Classroom Student Summit in Practice
Julie Lindsay
123elearning.blogspot.com
Beijing, China

The Virtual Heroic Journey
Kevin Hodgson
dogtrax.edublogs.org
Leeds, Massachusetts, USA

Remixing in the Classroom: Engagement for History Students
Neil Stephenson
thinkinginmind.blogspot.com
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Using computer games to enhance learning and social interaction
Ollie Bray
www.olliebray.typepad.com
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Parallel Play or Collaboration–Leveraging the Wiki Platform for High Quality Work
Paula White
tzstchr.edublogs.org
Greenwood, VA, USA

Media Literacy in the 21st Century School through Online Interactive Integrated Curriculum Maps (CANCELLED)
Rhys Daunic
themedaispot.org
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Using VideoAnt Annotations to Provide “Audience-Based” Assessment to Students’ Video Productions
Richard Beach
digitalwriting.pbworks.com
Minneapolis, MN, US

Prezi in the classroom (cancelled)
Rob Cheshire
Austin, Texas, USA

OpenSim: Open Learning
Timothy Hart
www.edutim.com
Orono, ME, USA

Thriving in a Collaborative Web 2.0 Classroom: The “Great Debate” and “Student News Action Network”
Tom Daccord
edtechteacher.org; besthistorysites.net; thwt.org; tewt.org
Chestnut Hill, MA, USA