Please sign our guestbook by adding a comment and include:
- Your name
- Your location
- Your educational role
- Any comments you have about the conference!
Also remember to add your name and location to our 2008 Google Map.
Thanks!
(Almost) all our content from 2006 to 2017 is archived and available online under a Creative Commons license. Please read this post from June 2018 for more background and updates about our conference and current status.
Please sign our guestbook by adding a comment and include:
Also remember to add your name and location to our 2008 Google Map.
Thanks!
One primary goal of the K12 Online Conference is to foster professional connections among educators around the globe. Toward that end, the following tools and resources are provided for use by 2007 conference participants:
The 2006 K12 Online Conference included participants from around the world, and we expect the same in 2007! To facilitate connections between educators as well as document the globally distributed participation in the K12 online conference, all participants are encouraged to add your name and location to our 2007 conference attendr mashup map!
In addition, we have created a free ClustrMap which documents the locations of people viewing the K12 Online Conference blog by IP address location.
The Frapper map from the 2006 conference remains available for archival reference.
Fireside chats via Elluminate as well as a culminating “When Night Falls” event will be featured in the 2007 K12 Online Conference. More information about these live events will be added here.
The Live Events 2006 page remains available for archival reference.
This page is provided to share information with selected 2007 K12 Online Conference presenters. Please also refer to the main conference frequently asked questions (FAQ) page for additional info. If you are a presenter and have a question not addressed here, please post your question as a comment!
If you are a presenter, be sure to check out the presenter’s wiki for updated information.
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Before the Dawn – Please view our SlideShare about this event!
Friday, September 28, 2:00 AM UTC/GMT
Saturday, September 29, 12:00 PM UTC/GMT
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tools for Presenters
Free Screen Capture Software
You can use SmartBoard software to create screencasts. (The use license requires that you or your organization own a Smartboard. The software itself does not require that you be plugged into a SmartBoard at the time you install or use it, however.) The software will capture your desktop and audio through your microphone. The software is cross-platform and can be downloaded from the Smart website after entering your name and email address. AVI files created on Windows computers need to be converted to a more compatible WMV file. (Check this page for details and links.) For mac users it’s a little easier, just install and go. Files are saved as QuickTime .mov files which you can import into iMovie and edit if you like. There are a slew of little programs included in the bundle. The one you’re looking for is called “Recorder.”
Click on your operating system. (You may have to “sign up.” Also free.) Then click on the [Install Now] button.
Commercial Screen Capture Software
VoxMedia has a nice collection on their wiki of screencasting tools. If you know of other screen capture software tools, please add a comment here and include a link.
Video conversion and compression
Free iPod Video Converter is a free, Windows-based program that will convert Windows Media (WMV) files into iPod compatible QuickTime movie (.mov) files.
iSquint is a free, Macintosh-based program that will convert Flash movie (.flv) files into iPod compatible QuickTime movie (.mov) files.
FFmpegX is a free, open source program for Linux/Unix and Macs that will convert and compress most video formats, including Flash. If you know of a Windows-based program (open source or commercial) that has similar functionality, please let everyone know by commenting here.
This is a our archived list of frequently asked questions regarding the 2008 K-12 Online Conference.
Have another question you would like answered here? Please leave a comment!
As in 2006, K12 Online 2007 will feature both asynchronous events and interaction possibilities as well as live/synchronous events.
When the conference begins, a link will be provided here to the complete conference presentation agenda. As presentations are published each day of the conference, links to each presentation will be added in three different locations:
The 2006 K12 Online Conference Agenda is still available for reference and use. The 2006 podcast feeds for week 1 and week 2 also remain available.
For information about K12 Online 2007 Fireside Chats with keynote presenters as well as our culminating event, “When Night Falls,” refer to our Live Events 2007 page. The Live Events 2006 page remains available for archival reference.
For the 2007 conference, we are pursuing several options for both continuing professional education (CPE) credit as well as graduate credit for participants in K12 Online.
Local school districts may grant continuing professional education (CPE) credit to teachers who participate in K12 Online. It is possible some school districts may be willing to grant CPE credit to teachers outside their district. In that event, a nominal fee may be charged by the credit-granting school district for administrative processing. Those options are being explored with representatives of El Paso ISD and San Antonio ISD, and a committee may formed to further develop those possibilities.
In addition, we are pursuing the option of individual educators obtaining graduate credit (as was available in 2006) for participation in K12 Online 2007. As they become available, details will be posted here!
More information about the graduate credit available for the 2006 conference is available on the 2006 grad credit page.
The “K12 Online Conference” is for teachers, administrators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice! This year’s conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, Oct. 23-27 and Oct. 30- Nov. 3 and will include a preconference keynote. The conference theme is “Unleashing the Potential.”
For more details, please refer to:
Please share this event with other educators you know. Everyone is invited, admission is absolutely free! 🙂