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2012 Announcements

Announcing 2012 Conference Theme & Strands

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The organizer team of the 2012 K-12 Online conference is pleased to announce our conference theme and strands for this year! Our 2012 theme is “Learn, Share, Remix.”

If you’re new to K12Online, please read our About page, Goals and Core Values, and FAQ page for more information. We are a grassroots, volunteer, online conference for educators worldwide and started in 2006. Over 250 video presentations from past years are archived online and shared under a Creative Commons license. We invite you to not only make plans to present and participate in our upcoming 2012 conference, but also continue to learn and share conference presentations from past years. These links are available in the navigational menu at the top of our website.

Learn, Share, Remix

Our conference this year will again feature forty presentations in the following four strands, as well as a pre-conference keynote.

Getting Started: Everything you wanted to know about getting started with web 2.0 technologies for learning but were afraid to ask. The presentations in this strand will focus on specific, free tools for newcomers. Whether you have one classroom computer or a wireless device for every student, digital technologies can provide new opportunities to connect with other learners, create new and exciting knowledge products, and engage students in an expanded learning process beyond the traditional “boundaries of the bell.” Presentations in this strand will amplify and model what is possible in terms of pedagogy, student creation of content, and collaboration. Practical classroom implementation ideas will be emphasized. Presentations will focus more on the ways new tools can be used to engage students in learning, rather than focusing exclusively on how specific tools are used.

Kicking it up a Notch: This strand amplifies ways new technologies can be used to transform classroom and personal learning. Rather than merely replicating traditional, analog-based learning tasks, how can digital technologies permit teacher-leaders to add greater interactivity, personal differentiation, and multi-modal exploration of curriculum topics? Presentations will explore innovative ways Web 2.0 tools can be blended together to help students create, collaborate, and share the knowledge safely on the global stage of the Internet.

Student Voices: Our student voices strand seeks to amplify the voices of exemplary students who are using digital tools as leaders in their school communities as well as the larger world. As educators and leaders, we need to listen to student voices and perspectives more as we make decisions about our schools and classrooms which affect students. Student presenters in our student voices strand must be sponsored by an educator, and presentation permission forms will need to be signed by a parent for each participating student. Students can focus on specific projects in which they have been involved using technology as a tool, outstanding classroom lessons which have had a particularly positive impact on their learning as well as their classmates, and/or recommendations for educators seeking to use digital tools effectively in the classroom. A focus on project-based learning and service learning is welcome, but not required.

Visioning New Curriculum: As the age of paper-based textbooks adopted on multi-year cycles fades away, a new age beckons with a curriculum filled with multimedia resources and interactive simulations. This strand explores curriculum possibilities for accessing as well as sharing and remixing digital content. This will include OER (open educational resources) as well as commercial curriculum sources. What does the best “digital curriculum” today look like and what should it look like tomorrow? Should curriculum still be folded into “textbooks?” When should and how can teachers “flip” classroom learning? What’s your vision for innovative curriculum?

If you haven’t volunteered yet for a K12Online12 committee, please read our “Call for Volunteers” post and submit your information on the provided Google Form. Refer to our 2012 Conference Schedule for more information about conference dates and deadlines. We will post our 2012 call for proposals on May 15th! We’re looking forward to another great year of FREE professional development and collaborative learning with the K12 Online Conference as together we LEARN, SHARE and REMIX!

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Announcements

Call for Volunteers – K12 Online Conference 2012

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Here it is, a new year and we’re already gearing up for the 2012 K12 Online Conference. We’d like to offer you the chance to come aboard this exciting and dynamic group of learner-leaders. Below are the general descriptions of our committees this year. Some will take more involvement at different times of the year, so check the list and check your personal schedules to see which one(s) would fit you the best. Also, you might be interested in volunteering for a portion of the tasks that are assigned to a committee. That’s ok! Go ahead and put your name in the hat and we’ll be very happy to have your contributions to that portion as well.

To sign up for a committee, click on following link:  K12 Online Conference 2012 Call for Volunteers Google Form

As always, thank you so much for your participation to make this event a stellar success each year. It truly would not happen without volunteers such as yourself.

2012 Conference Organizers

 

2011 Announcements

Looking Back

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It is always a good idea to think back and evaluate before going forward. To this end we would like to encourage you to fill in a conference evaluation which you can find here. This will help us continue to improve the conference for the coming year.
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We would also like to encourage you to reflect on the different sessions. These reflections may be able to be used for PD credit in your work setting. If you wish to receive a printable certificate to submit to your administrator, click here for more information about the expectations and procedures. Not only will you gain by taking the time to think more deeply about the session(s), but others will benefit from your thoughts and ideas.
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Are you using the K12 Online Conference videos in your schools or districts for PD purposes? Share how you are integrating them into workshops, staff discussions etc. by completing our brief Google form. Your ideas may spark others to see how they could be used. Do you want to see how others are using the sessions for local PD? Click here.
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If you missed the AfterGlow event, it is available here. Or subscribe to the conference in iTunesU and you will get all the sessions plus the AfterGlow.

2011 Announcements

Afterglow Live Event: Join Us Monday Night, December 12th!

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Please mark your calendars and adjust your schedules to join presenters, participants, and organizers of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference in an “AfterGlow” Closing Live Event on Monday, December 12th at 6:00pm PT / 7:00pm MT / 8:00pm CT / 9:00pm ET. If you’re located outside North American timezones, please use this timeanddate.com link (2:00 AM Tuesday, December 13 GMT) to determine the event time in your local area. “The Afterglow” is a fun, celebratory event held in Blackboard Collaborate. It will provide opportunities for presenters to share the stories behind their presentations as well as give participants a chance to ask questions of the presenters. The Blackboard Collaborate session link is: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. This link may be shared with others on Twitter, Plurk, blogs, etc. Please cross-post this information on your own blog, if possible, so we can amplify this live event and draw a big crowd of educators! (HTML code to cross-post is available.)

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The MC for the event will be Susan van Gelder, who will ask the questions of the panel members and facilitate the conversations among presenters and participants. The panel will consist of all of the keynote presenters for the conference, but all presenters are encouraged to join us and come prepared to “raise your hand to take the mic” during the session if desired. Everyone can contribute actively in the chat conversation. The webinar will be an hour long and not every presenter may have an opportunity to share. There is a possibility the conversation may continue after the ‘formal’ closing of the webinar into a post-show. Participation of the presenters is optional during post show as we know everyone’s time is limited.

In addition to joining our upcoming live event, we invite you to check out and comment on a special “backstories of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference” Voicethread. Several of our presenters have already chimed in. Please add your voice and commentary!

Organizers of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference wish to express appreciation to Steve Hargadon and the Classroom 2.0 Live community for providing the “virtual meeting room” for our Afterglow live event. We hope to “see you” virtually in Blackboard Collaborate Monday night! (Use this link for times if you’re outside North America) Please invite other educators you know to join us too!

2011 Announcements

K12Online11 Day 10 Presentations: 9 December 2011

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Welcome to day ten of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week 2 Presentation Strands: Sandbox Play and Level Up

Day 10 presentations include:

Sandbox Play:
Playing with the 4 C’s in an Elementary Classroom  by Paula Naugle and Jan Wells

Sandbox Play:
Screencasting 101: First Steps to creating “On Demand” tutorials and presentations  by Lorna Costantini

Level Up
Gaming to Learn by Learning to Game  by Leigh Zeitz

Level Up
Edmodo”¦.Connect, Collaborate, Create!  by Martha Lackey

Level Up
iCreate vs. iConsumption by Scott Meech

Remember certificates for professional development credit are available this year! If you’re not already, be sure to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook. Also remember all video and audio presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

Have a question you’d like our presenters to answer during our closing “Afterglow” live event? Please submit/share it and vote on questions submitted by others in our K12Online11 Google Moderator Poll.

2011 Announcements

K12Online11 Day 9 Presentations: 8 December 2011

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Welcome to day nine of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week 2 Presentation Strands: Sandbox Play and Level Up

Day 9 presentations include:

Sandbox Play:
Tools to help you and your students create, produce and publish by Valerie Burton

Sandbox Play:
Everything Apps for the K12 Educator!  by Naomi Harm

Level Up:
Making Learning Fun In Spite of the Technology by Kay Tibbs

Level Up:
Creating a self-grading quiz in Google Spreadsheets by Kern Kelley

Remember certificates for professional development credit are available this year! If you’re not already, be sure to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook. Also remember all video and audio presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

Have a question you’d like our presenters to answer during our closing “Afterglow” live event? Please submit/share it and vote on questions submitted by others in our K12Online11 Google Moderator Poll.

2011 Announcements

K12Online11 Day 8 Presentations: 7 December 2011

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Welcome to day eight of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week 2 Presentation Strands: Sandbox Play and Level Up

Day 8 presentations include:

Level Up:
Get Out of the Classroom with Virtual Field Trips by Jayme Linton

Level Up:
What can be done in just 60 seconds? by Julia Osteen

Sandbox Play:
ArtiTech Academy  by Teri Gragg

Sandbox Play:
The Power of Projects by Jennifer Wagner

Remember certificates for professional development credit are available this year! If you’re not already, be sure to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook. Also remember all video and audio presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

Have a question you’d like our presenters to answer during our closing “Afterglow” live event? Please submit/share it and vote on questions submitted by others in our K12Online11 Google Moderator Poll.

2011 Announcements

K12Online11 Day 7 Presentations: 6 December 2011

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Welcome to day seven of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week 2 Presentation Strands: Sandbox Play and Level Up

Day 7 presentations include:

Sandbox Play:
Sandpit QR Code Presentation by Allanah King

Sandbox Play:
Old Dogs Must Learn New Tricks by Barbara McFall and Betsye Sargent

Level Up:
Welcome to the World by Connor Janzen and Ben Honeycutt

Level Up:
Creating ePortfolios with WordPress by Dana Watts

Remember certificates for professional development credit are available this year! If you’re not already, be sure to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook. Also remember all video and audio presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

Have a question you’d like our presenters to answer during our closing “Afterglow” live event? Please submit/share it and vote on questions submitted by others in our K12Online11 Google Moderator Poll.

2011 Announcements

#k12Online11 Day 6 Presentations: 5 December 2011

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Welcome to day six of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.

Week 2 Presentation Strands: Sandbox Play and Level Up

Day 6 presentations include:

Sandbox Play Keynote:
A Teacher’s Journey by Dr. Christopher Craft

Level Up Keynote:
Get RIPped: Rigor, Innovation, and Passion by Carol Broos

Sandbox Play:
Scratching Kids Brains by Geoffrey Derry

Level Up:
Technology as an Ally in the IB Science Class by Antonio Amaral Cunha & Silvana Meneghini

Remember certificates for professional development credit are available this year! If you’re not already, be sure to follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook. Also remember all video and audio presentations are available in iPad / iPhone / iPod touch compatible format in our iTunesU Portal!

Have a question you’d like our presenters to answer during our closing “Afterglow” live event? Please submit/share it and vote on questions submitted by others in our K12Online11 Google Moderator Poll.