It’s less than two weeks until the opening pre-conference keynote for the K12 Online Conference. Here’s a teaser for the Open Learning strand from Jane Park of Creative Commons and the School of Open who will be presenting on “School of Open Courses for Educators.” The Open Learning strand will open on October 21!
Teaser: Teachercast Teaches WordPress at the K12Online Conference
Building up momentum for this year’s conference we have Jeffrey Bradbury with his teaser on WordPress for Beginners. Enjoy!
Look for Jeffery’s (@teachercast) presentation on Week 2 of the conference starting on Oct. 28, 2013.
Teaser: Science is All Around Our Town
The date is getting closer for the K12 Online Conference. Here’s a teaser by JoAnn Delaney for her presentation on Science is All Around Our Town: QR Scavenger Hunt Using Google Earth. It is part of the Outside Learning Strand which will open on October 23!
Teaser: Creativity Rising
Check out this new teaser by Kelly Dumont @kdumont Look for Kelly’s presentation during week 2 of this year’s conference (Week of October 28th) from Leading change #K12online13 Enjoy!
Teaser: Making and Sharing Fugleflicks
Enjoy this teaser for Tricia Fuglestad’s upcoming presentation: Making and Sharing Fugleflicks (student-created, art-related movies) which is part of the Outside Learning strand. Watch for it the week of October 21, 2013.
Making and Sharing Fugleflicks Teaser from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Announcing K-12 Online 2013 Presenters
Please join the organizers of the 2013 K-12 Online Conference in congratulating our selected presenters for this year’s conference! As in past years, our conference is organized into four strands. Each strand has an invited keynote speaker and (at least) nine additional selected speakers. Our conference begins October 14th with a pre-conference keynote presentation. Strands for 2013 are:
Week of Oct 21 – 25: Open Learning and Outside Learning
Week of Oct 28 – Nov. 1: Leading Learning and Building Learning
OPENING KEYNOTE
Shannon Miller
Van Meter, Iowa, USA
OPEN LEARNING
Steve Hargadon and Audrey Watters
Keynote
Lincoln, California and Hermosa Beach, California, USA
Tanya Avrith and Holly Clark
EduSlam! Ideas for Crowdsourcing Your Professional Development
Montreal, Quebec, Canada and San Diego, California, USA
Bill Fitzgerald
Writing and Sharing Open Content
Portland, Oregon, USA
Vanessa Gennarelli
Radically Learner-Centered: Badges at P2PU
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Naomi Harm
Any Device Will Do! Best Practices of BYOD Implementation
Brownsville, MN USA
Alan Hudson
The planning and development of a free online resource – “A Trifling History of the Moving Image’
Wells, Somerset, UK
Brendan Murphy
The Open Online Experience: Creating Your Own Professional Development
Richmond, Illinois, USA
Jane Park
School of Open Courses for Educators
Los Angeles, California, USA
Verena Roberts
Adventures in Open Learning
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
David Wells
Writing – its all about Collaboration and Sharing!
Montpelier, Vermont, USA
OUTSIDE LEARNING
Kathy Cassidy
Keynote
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Terra Bodkins and Bess Altman
Blogging for Little People
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
Harry Brake
Project-based Blogging Through the Educational Terrain
Mexico City, Mexico
Janine Campbell
Going Outside the Lines: Redefining Learning Spaces with Field Trips, Skype Chats, and Online Tools
Dorr, Michigan, USA
JoAnn Delaney
Science Is All Around Our Town: QR Scavenger Hunt using Google Earth
Hershey, PA USA
Erin Fitzpatrick
Place-Based Education – Partnering with the Grand Traverse Conservation District
Traverse City, Michigan USA
Tricia Fuglestad
Making and Sharing Fugleflicks (student-created, art-related movies)
Hoffman Estates, IL USA
Tressa Graveley
Extreme Communication
Helmville, Montana, USA
Leslie Pralle Keehn
5 Themes of Geography: Local to Global
Blairsburg, Iowa, USA
Todd Nesloney
Connecting Kids Globally
Brenham, Texas, USA
Luis Perez
Photography for All
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Jaime Wood
Expanding Learning Possibilities through Crowdfunding Education Projects
Portland, Oregon, USA
LEADING LEARNING
Larry Ferlazzo
Keynote: Developing Leadership in Classrooms, Schools and Communities
Sacramento, California, USA
Michael Boll
Bringing Digital Badges to your Organization
Shanghai, China
Jeffrey Bradbury
Paperless Classroom Websites for Student Engagement
New Jersey, USA
Candice Clark
Digital Portfolios
Hurricane, West Virginia, USA
Kelly Dumont
Creativity and the Common Core (or other standards)
Riverton, Utah, USA
V. Paige Hale
Leading by Example: Harnessing the Internet to Promote Professional Growth and Lifelong Learning
Salvisa, Kentucky, USA
Betsy Hanger
Mindfulness and Neuroscience: How a Contemplative Curriculum Improves Focus, Connectedness, and Self-Regulation
Los Angeles, California, USA
Laura McBain
Deeper Learning Online
San Diego, California, USA
Julia Osteen
The Promise of Leadership
Lewisburg, Tennessee, USA
Jenny Rankin
If You Want Data to Transform Learning, Present It as “Over-the-Counter”
Laguna Beach, California, USA
Brad Waid
Game Changing Apps!
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
BUILDING LEARNING
Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager
Keynote
Los Angeles, California, USA
Chris Betcher
Coding for Kids
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Carol Broos
T3: Triple Threat in Tech Using Transliteracy
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn
Ideas for Sharing Artifacts Created in the Classroom
Manhattan, Kansas, USA
John Graves
SlideSpeech
Auckland, New Zealand
Claire Kreuger
Constructing Identity with an iPad Treaty Education Through Digital Storytelling
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
David Lockhart
20 Creation Apps in 20 Minutes
Marietta, Georgia, USA
Ann Oro
Building Knowledge of Web Search
Roselle Park, New Jersey, USA
Vinnie Vrotny and Sheryl Peterson
STEAM (Science-Tinkering-Aesthetics-Engineering-Math): Creating a Maker Culture
Palatine, Illinois, USA
Dan Whisler
Energy 101- Making Connections By Combining STEM and PBL in the Classroom
Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Katie Ann Wilson
A Story + A Green Wall = 1 Amazing Transformed Digital Story
Pratt, Kansas, USA
Remember to download and share our 2013 conference flyer with other educators you know, and mark your calendar for the start of the K-12 Online Conference October 14th!
Announcing K12Online 2013 Keynoters
The organizing team for the 2013 K-12 Online Conference is pleased to announce our fantastic lineup of keynote speakers for this year’s conference! Please download, print and share the marketing flyer PDF which has all the details. If you’re attending ISTE 2013 in San Antonio, stop by the blogger’s lounge and pick up several printed copies of the flyer so you can share the conference with others!
If you’re new to the K-12 Online Conference, please read our About page as well as as our Goals and Core Values. Since 2006, K-12 Online has hosted a free, all-volunteer online conference with 40+ free videos each year featuring some of the most creative and innovative teachers sharing their best ideas for engaging students with digital tools and effective learning strategies. All past keynote addresses are now available on our YouTube channel, and we’re in the process of migrating all past presentations there too.
Shannon Miller will kick off our 2013 conference with a pre-conference keynote on Monday, October 14th. During week 1 of the conference which starts October 21st, Steve Hargadon & Audrey Watters will keynote the “Open Learning” strand, while Kathy Cassidy will keynote “Outside Learning.” During week 2, starting October 28th, Larry Ferlazzo will keynote “Leading Learning” while Sylvia Martinez & Gary Stager will keynote “Building Learning.” Please forward and share this post on social media to get the word out about our fantastic keynoters for this year’s conference!
Also remember our call for proposals for the 2013 conference remains open through August 16. Please consider submitting a proposal and inviting other educators you know to submit!
K12Online 2013 Call for Proposals
** CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN THROUGH AUGUST 16 **
The 2013 K-12 Online Conference organizer team is pleased to announce dates for this year’s conference as well as our call for proposals. Since 2006, K-12 Online has offered unique, free, entirely volunteer-powered opportunities for educators worldwide to share and learn together about innovative ways to use technology tools to enhance teaching and learning at all levels.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE 2013 CALL FOR PROPOSALS! (due August 16th)
The theme for the 2013 conference is “Transforming Learning.” The conference will begin with a pre-conference keynote on Monday, October 14th. The next two weeks, starting on October 21st, 40 presentations will be published in four different strands, with four presentations posted per day. All K-12 Online presentations are published as pre-recorded videos, generally no longer than 20 minutes in length. The 2013 conference strands are Open Learning, Outside Learning, Leading Learning, and Building Learning.
Open Learning (convened by Karen Fasimpaur)
Open learning is about transparency, inclusiveness, sharing, collaboration, agency, and authenticity. It’s about how we make, share, and learn — together. If you are using or sharing open-licensed, shareable resources, participating in open communities for learning (PLNs, MOOCs, etc.), or otherwise encouraging participative learning that transcends the normal classroom boundaries, please share your stories!
Outside Learning (convened by Susan van Gelder)
Do you take mobile devices outside the classroom? Do you connect with others beyond your school and across the globe? Do you take your students on field trips (real or virtual). Have you brought in visitors via Skype or in person? Where do you go for your own learning? How do you bring the outside in and the inside out? Learn about how other teachers are opening up their classrooms and be inspired to take more of your learning outside!
Leading Learning (convened by Jose Rodriguez)
Leadership is a critical part of innovation in education, whether it is “driven” by leaders, self-directed, or led by informal means. In this strand, sessions will focus on the leaders of education who may or may not be in formal leadership positions. Participants will be encouraged to consider various types of leadership in the classroom, in the school, and in the community. Additionally, we’ll explore strategies to foster strong leadership in ourselves, our colleagues, and in our school families. Finally, we’ll look at the impact that leadership has upon the growth of the profession and ultimately, the world.
Building Learning (convened by Ginger Lewman)
In the real world, we build things. Hands-on learning is intrinsically authentic, building upon learners’ previous knowledge. Sessions in this strand will address the literal construction of artifacts, digital or otherwise, and maker-spaces, as well as the idea of building learning through a constructivist approach. Participants will explore ideas and strategies for creating and sustaining a “building learning” environment.
Please see our “Presentation Guidelines” for more information about formats and requirements.
Please consider submitting a proposal for the 2013 K-12 Online Conference by July 31st August 16th, and personally invite other educators you know to submit a proposal. K-12 Online offers great learning experiences every year because of our fantastic presenters. Your encouragement to others to present, as well as your own willingness to present, will make K-12 Online 2013 our best year ever!
How Many People Are Watching K12Online Videos?
How do you measure the “value” and “impact” of a face-to-face conference you attend? Most likely, these benefits are measured differently by different folks. In the case of a virtual and free online conference like K-12 Online, it’s likely some of those “metrics of value” may be different than they are for face-to-face conferences. While we can count number of attendees in a face-to-face conference session, we can count the number of video views for an online conference. While those numbers don’t tell us how many people stayed for an entire session or watched an entire video, nor do they tell us how many people “did something different” or even “had their teaching practice transformed” by things they learned in a particular session, these numbers can provide a little insight into the impact of different events on attendees / participants.
Since K12 Online Conference videos are shared both on Blip.tv as well as iTunesU, the statistics provided by Blip alone are not comprehensive for the number of video views per day, week, or month for our conference. They do provide a partial picture, however, of how many people are viewing videos from our conference. Based on a Blip.tv report inclusive of video views from October 1, 2012 through January 14, 2013:
- Our videos (hosted by Blip) were watched 10,143 times in all
- Our videos (hosted by Blip) were watched an average of 100 times per day (98.48 times per day, to be more exact)
These statistics are available as a shared Google Spreadsheet, if you’d like to look at them in more detail.
In addition to these view statistics, it’s interesting to note how video views peaked during the actual weeks of the conference but have remained fairly steady (although lower in quantity) since then.
It’s also interesting to see what the “top referrers” are to our Blip videos. Clearly, some professors at Indiana University are using K-12 Online videos with students! Chris Betcher is also a major referrer!
The number for iTunes does NOT include or refer to video views in our iTunesU channel. We’ll see if we can obtain some statistics for those video downloads, and share those as well.
What do you make of these statistics? Are they lower or higher than you’d expect? It seemed we had far FEWER comments on presentation videos in 2012. These view statistics are actually higher than I’d expected, so I’m pleasantly surprised. What’s your take?
K12Online12 Day 10 Presentations: 2 November 2012
Welcome to day ten of the 2012 K-12 Online Conference! All presentations are listed and linked on our main conference schedule.
Day 10 presentations include:
STUDENT VOICES
Kim Herron
Mars Rover, Mars Rover, Send My Own Rover Over
KICKING IT UP A NOTCH
Robert Appino
Speak up! Transforming Classroom Discussions
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