The K12 Online Conference is a free, two-week virtual conference for educators featuring presentations on using technology in the classroom. Presentations are organized into strands such as Classroom 2.0, New Tools, and Professional Learning Networks. Educators can access presentations at any time and participate in live chat sessions with presenters. The conference aims to explore transforming education through leveraging online tools and playing with traditional boundaries in teaching and learning.
Getting started with global collaborationJulie Lindsay
Presentation / workshop given at the Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning conference, NYC, June 2012.
See resources: http://globalcollaboration.flatclassroomproject.org/2012+Partnership+for+Global+Learning
Learn how to incorporate global collaboration into any classroom one step at a time. Students are the greatest textbook ever written for one another. Based upon Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds coauthored by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay.
Presentation for The University of Sheffield Study School, Malta, January 2011.
Based partly on book by Davies and Merchant Web 2.0 for Schools and presented by Julia Davies.
Designing curriculum for global understandingJulie Lindsay
Created for educator workshop at http://fclive2013.flatclassroomproject.org/Designing+Curriculum+for+Global+Understanding Flat Classroom Live! Hawaii 2013
Embedding Global Collaborative Projects into the CurriculumJulie Lindsay
Global Project Design essentials for success in the classroom
Presented by Julie Lindsay at the Global Education Conference 2011 and the Beijing Learning Summit 2011.
This session will focus on curriculum design and pedagogy to embed global collaborative learning experiences and projects into the classroom to enhance learning outcomes. Emerging technologies allow students to experience communication and interaction with others around the world, however designing a meaningful learning experience through a global project that is also part of the curriculum is an important part of developing global digital citizenship and intercultural awareness. Techniques used in Flat Classroom Projects from upper elementary level to high school level will be shared and discussed.
Getting started with global collaborationJulie Lindsay
Presentation / workshop given at the Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning conference, NYC, June 2012.
See resources: http://globalcollaboration.flatclassroomproject.org/2012+Partnership+for+Global+Learning
Learn how to incorporate global collaboration into any classroom one step at a time. Students are the greatest textbook ever written for one another. Based upon Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds coauthored by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay.
Presentation for The University of Sheffield Study School, Malta, January 2011.
Based partly on book by Davies and Merchant Web 2.0 for Schools and presented by Julia Davies.
Designing curriculum for global understandingJulie Lindsay
Created for educator workshop at http://fclive2013.flatclassroomproject.org/Designing+Curriculum+for+Global+Understanding Flat Classroom Live! Hawaii 2013
Embedding Global Collaborative Projects into the CurriculumJulie Lindsay
Global Project Design essentials for success in the classroom
Presented by Julie Lindsay at the Global Education Conference 2011 and the Beijing Learning Summit 2011.
This session will focus on curriculum design and pedagogy to embed global collaborative learning experiences and projects into the classroom to enhance learning outcomes. Emerging technologies allow students to experience communication and interaction with others around the world, however designing a meaningful learning experience through a global project that is also part of the curriculum is an important part of developing global digital citizenship and intercultural awareness. Techniques used in Flat Classroom Projects from upper elementary level to high school level will be shared and discussed.
Designing Engaging Curriculum for Global Collaboration in the ClassroomJulie Lindsay
Designing Engaging Curriculum for Global Collaboration in the Classroom - Learning 2.012 Conference Leader, Beijing, China. October 2012.
Let’s Go Global! Let’s connect with the world! This session will immerse participants in the exciting world of global collaborative projects at all levels of learning. After reviewing essential steps to flatten the classroom the focus will be on design and management for effective and successful global projects using emerging technologies and Web 2.0 tools. Existing projects will be explored for essential design parameters and new projects and opportunities discovered. This session is for teachers at all levels of learning, curriculum coordinators, administrators and anyone interested in improving learning outcomes and engaging learners.
Exploring Web 2.0 to support online learning communities: where technology me...Jon Rosewell
A presentation to kick off a workshop at ICL2009 conference, given by Giselle Ferreira, Wendy Fisher, Jon Rosewell & Karen Kear, The Open University. http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/terg/
7 (and a half) Steps to Flatten Your ClassroomVicki Davis
You can connect your classroom to the world! Using the methods I've learned over the past 9 years, I share how you can do just this. Starting in 2006 when I co-created the Flat Classroom Projects (winner ISTE Online Learning Award 2006), through today, I connect my students with the world. This presentation shows you how and is an updated version of the 7 steps shared in Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. You can do this!
Students crossing global borders AEF 2014Julie Lindsay
New World: Students crossing global borders
Borders are crossed and intercultural understanding takes place when students connect, collaborate and co-create meaningful actions and products. This session will share recent global examples and encourage learning about the world with the world through technology supported interactions and projects.
"Process, Technologies, and Impact of the 2007 Horizon Report" presented at CNI Spring 2007 Task Force Meeting (Phoenix) See <a>sesion materials</a>
Dr. Karen Swenson, a 2010 Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award finalist, uses the Sakai wiki with her students to "think about important issues presented through works of speculative fiction," but has found there is even more to her students than the wiki reveals. Although the course goals include collaborative work to "reconsider traditional concepts of 'author' and 'self,' working together to build a better world, encourage a sense of community, and become aware of others contributions" her recent collected data provides insight as to "who" are these students in her Sakai Wiki community. Come to this session to see the paradigms that underlie the structure of the course, what the students do with the Wiki in class and after the semester ends, and who these students are (including demographics, previous wiki contributions, and perceptions of self, information technology, and active involvement in their learning process).
“Participatory Pedagogy: Challenging ‘Real Life’ Practices of Educational Institutions in Virtual Worlds”
This presentation discusses virtual spaces as participatory pedagogy in which student learning is formulated through exploration, reflection and collaboration (Hobbs et al 2006) both individually and as a group. Importantly, we argue that virtual environments such as Second Life have shown educators that we need to rethink existing learning strategies and enhance them with innovative tools that encourage creative thinking and promote technical skills that foster communities of knowledge and practice.
Questions:
1) How can virtual worlds effectively challenge the ways we sociologically frame education and educational practices?
2) What are some of the obstacles educators face when converging real life and virtual worlds into their pedagogical style, and in the classroom?
Reflecting on 23 Things: using 23 Things in an Information literacy classSheila Webber
This is a presentation given by Sheila Webber (Information School, University of Sheffield) on 13th December 2011 in the virtual world, Second Life. In SL she is Sheila Yoshikawa. Firstly, she describes what is meant by a "23 Things" initiative, and she identifies some characteristics and examples. Secondly, Sheila describes a "23 Things" initiative she has used in a Masters-level class that she coordinates.
This presentation accompanies a workshop on incorporating wikis into classroom settings and professional learning communities. For more information, visit http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/+Wikis.
Building Online Learning Communities Using Web 2.0 TechnologiesDr. Mariam Abdelmalak
In this presentation, I describe how I use Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate the development of a community of learners among graduate distant students and how students responded to the use of Web 2.0 tools and to what extent these tools assisted in developing a community of learners. Twitter, Skype, Google Documents, Blog, and Wiki were intentionally used in order to build online learning communities among students. An anonymous survey was used. The students indicated that using Google Documents, Twitter, Wiki, and blog gave them a sense of a learning community while using Skype did not give them a sense of a learning community. Google Documents and Wiki had the most impact on students’ sense of a learning community in the course.
Learning At Your Service Opener Opener 10guest770c70
This slide show demonstrates the power social networking sites and how personalized learning in revolutionizing education in today's technological driven world.
Designing Engaging Curriculum for Global Collaboration in the ClassroomJulie Lindsay
Designing Engaging Curriculum for Global Collaboration in the Classroom - Learning 2.012 Conference Leader, Beijing, China. October 2012.
Let’s Go Global! Let’s connect with the world! This session will immerse participants in the exciting world of global collaborative projects at all levels of learning. After reviewing essential steps to flatten the classroom the focus will be on design and management for effective and successful global projects using emerging technologies and Web 2.0 tools. Existing projects will be explored for essential design parameters and new projects and opportunities discovered. This session is for teachers at all levels of learning, curriculum coordinators, administrators and anyone interested in improving learning outcomes and engaging learners.
Exploring Web 2.0 to support online learning communities: where technology me...Jon Rosewell
A presentation to kick off a workshop at ICL2009 conference, given by Giselle Ferreira, Wendy Fisher, Jon Rosewell & Karen Kear, The Open University. http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/terg/
7 (and a half) Steps to Flatten Your ClassroomVicki Davis
You can connect your classroom to the world! Using the methods I've learned over the past 9 years, I share how you can do just this. Starting in 2006 when I co-created the Flat Classroom Projects (winner ISTE Online Learning Award 2006), through today, I connect my students with the world. This presentation shows you how and is an updated version of the 7 steps shared in Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. You can do this!
Students crossing global borders AEF 2014Julie Lindsay
New World: Students crossing global borders
Borders are crossed and intercultural understanding takes place when students connect, collaborate and co-create meaningful actions and products. This session will share recent global examples and encourage learning about the world with the world through technology supported interactions and projects.
"Process, Technologies, and Impact of the 2007 Horizon Report" presented at CNI Spring 2007 Task Force Meeting (Phoenix) See <a>sesion materials</a>
Dr. Karen Swenson, a 2010 Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award finalist, uses the Sakai wiki with her students to "think about important issues presented through works of speculative fiction," but has found there is even more to her students than the wiki reveals. Although the course goals include collaborative work to "reconsider traditional concepts of 'author' and 'self,' working together to build a better world, encourage a sense of community, and become aware of others contributions" her recent collected data provides insight as to "who" are these students in her Sakai Wiki community. Come to this session to see the paradigms that underlie the structure of the course, what the students do with the Wiki in class and after the semester ends, and who these students are (including demographics, previous wiki contributions, and perceptions of self, information technology, and active involvement in their learning process).
“Participatory Pedagogy: Challenging ‘Real Life’ Practices of Educational Institutions in Virtual Worlds”
This presentation discusses virtual spaces as participatory pedagogy in which student learning is formulated through exploration, reflection and collaboration (Hobbs et al 2006) both individually and as a group. Importantly, we argue that virtual environments such as Second Life have shown educators that we need to rethink existing learning strategies and enhance them with innovative tools that encourage creative thinking and promote technical skills that foster communities of knowledge and practice.
Questions:
1) How can virtual worlds effectively challenge the ways we sociologically frame education and educational practices?
2) What are some of the obstacles educators face when converging real life and virtual worlds into their pedagogical style, and in the classroom?
Reflecting on 23 Things: using 23 Things in an Information literacy classSheila Webber
This is a presentation given by Sheila Webber (Information School, University of Sheffield) on 13th December 2011 in the virtual world, Second Life. In SL she is Sheila Yoshikawa. Firstly, she describes what is meant by a "23 Things" initiative, and she identifies some characteristics and examples. Secondly, Sheila describes a "23 Things" initiative she has used in a Masters-level class that she coordinates.
This presentation accompanies a workshop on incorporating wikis into classroom settings and professional learning communities. For more information, visit http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/+Wikis.
Building Online Learning Communities Using Web 2.0 TechnologiesDr. Mariam Abdelmalak
In this presentation, I describe how I use Web 2.0 technologies to facilitate the development of a community of learners among graduate distant students and how students responded to the use of Web 2.0 tools and to what extent these tools assisted in developing a community of learners. Twitter, Skype, Google Documents, Blog, and Wiki were intentionally used in order to build online learning communities among students. An anonymous survey was used. The students indicated that using Google Documents, Twitter, Wiki, and blog gave them a sense of a learning community while using Skype did not give them a sense of a learning community. Google Documents and Wiki had the most impact on students’ sense of a learning community in the course.
Learning At Your Service Opener Opener 10guest770c70
This slide show demonstrates the power social networking sites and how personalized learning in revolutionizing education in today's technological driven world.
An Introduction to the Principles of 21st Century Learning and Web 2.0Bill Tracey
In keeping with some of the principles of 21st Century Learning, the nature of this space is to connect those interested in learning more about the concepts, skills, and strategies for learning and teaching in the 21st Century.
It is meant to allow participants to collaborate in order to share, mentor, and foster personal and professional growth, and create new ideas, opinions and relationships.
21st Century Learning is about educators. Pedagogy - how we teach – must be influenced by an understanding of the “learning space” of now.
Please explore and share.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
2. Are you interested in learning more about technology but don’t have the time to attend a workshop or conference?
3. Darren Kuropatwa, Sheryl Nussbaum Beach, Wesley Fryer and Lani Ritter Hall have organized the K12 Online Conference just for you . You can attend virtual sessions whenever you have the time.
4. The K12 Online is a conference for educators by educators. This map shows educators from around the world who have visited the K12 Online Conference website. The larger the dot, the more people who have attended.
5. Over a two week period, four presentations are posted each day for you to choose from. Select the presentation you want and listen or watch to learn, explore and create.
6. The sessions are organized into four strands with keynotes and live events throughout. Classroom 2.0 Obstacles to Opportunities Professional Learning Network New Tools
8. Virtual Fireside Chats Join the conference organizers and the keynote speakers in free wheeling open-ended chats in Elluminate. One chat will follow the pre-conference keynote. Two others will be scheduled during the two weeks of the conference presentations. This is open to anyone interested in participating. A link to the chat will be published on the blog well before the time we’ll get together. Ask the keynotes about their presentation and share your thoughts and ideas about the other presentations seen that week. This is an opportunity for all presenters and participants to get together and discuss anything on your mind. With David Warlick View the Elluminate Live! recording Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8:00 AM With Week One Keynotes and Presenters https://sas.elluminate.com/m .jnlp?sid=2 007095&password=M .7115FA90A18944DFD E02B70CCAD62A Tuesday, October 23 at 6:00 PM Fireside Chat With Week Two Keynoters and Presenters https://sas.elluminate.com/m .jnlp?sid=2007095& password=M .214C12CCC5DB9DCB930DCD20BD4050
9. Classroom 2.0 Leveraging the power of free online tools in an open, collaborative and transparent atmosphere characterises teaching and learning in the 21st century. Teachers and students are contributing to the growing global knowledge commons by publishing their work online. By sharing all stages of their learning students are beginning to appreciate the value of life long learning that inheres in work that is in “perpetual beta.” This strand will explore how teachers and students are playing with the boundaries between instructors, learners and classrooms. Presentations will also explore the practical pedagogical uses of online social tools (Web 2.0) giving concrete examples of how teachers are using the tools in their classes.
10. Classroom 2.0 Keynote and Presentations Keynote Clarence Fisher "Classroom 2.0 or You Live Where?“ Presentations Silvia Tolisano “Travel Through Space and Time” Anne Davis “Putting the Pedagogy into the Tools” Vance Stevens, Nelba Quintana, Doris Molero, Saša Sirk, and Rita Zeinstejer “Motivating Student Writers by Fostering Collaboration through Tagging and Aggregating” Dean Shareski “Design Matters” Konrad Glogowski “Initiating and Sustaining Conversations: Assessment and Evaluation in the Age of Networked Learning” Chris Harbeck “Release the Hounds” Drew Murphy “Step by Step- Building a Web2.0 Classroom” Jeff Utecht “Sustained Blogging in the Classroom” Wendy Wolfe “If All My Classes Did This”
11. New Tools Leveraging the power of free online tools in an open, collaborative and transparent atmosphere characterises teaching and learning in the 21st century. Teachers and students are contributing to the growing global knowledge commons by publishing their work online. By sharing all stages of their learning students are beginning to appreciate the value of life long learning that inheres in work that is in “perpetual beta.” This strand will explore how teachers and students are playing with the boundaries between instructors, learners and classrooms. Presentations will also explore the practical pedagogical uses of online social tools (Web 2.0) giving concrete examples of how teachers are using the tools in their classes.
12. New Tools Keynote and Presentations Keynote Alan Levine, Brian Lamb, D'arcy Norman "More Than Cool Tools “ Presentations Liz Kolb “Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools” Sharon Betts “Oodles of Googles” Cheryl Oakes, Bob Sprankle, Alice Barr “Flat Agents of Change” Anne Davis “Learn to Blog : Blog to Learn” Kevin Jarrett and Sylvia Martinez “Second Life: K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds - Panel” April Chamberlain “Trailfire” Kurt Paccio and James Gates “The Electric Slide! Twenty-First Century Style” Jason Hando “LMS 2.0 - Engaging Learners Using More Advanced Techniques and the Odd Mash-up inside Moodle” Frank Pirrone “Collaborative Concept Mapping - Breaking the Bounds of Location and Time... for $0.00 per Seat”
13. Professional Learning Networks Research says that professional development is most effective when it aims to create professional learning communities — places where teachers learn and work together. Using Web 2.0 tools educators can network with others around the globe extending traditional boundaries of ongoing, learner centered professional development and support. Presentations in this strand will include tips, ideas and resources on how to orchestrate your own professional development online; concrete examples of how the tools that support Professional Learning Environments (PLEs) are being used; how to create a supportive, reflective virtual learning community around school-based goals, and trends toward teacher directed personal learning environments.
14. Professional Learning Networks Keynote and Presentations Keynote Derek Wenmoth "Holding a Mirror to our Professional Practice“ Kevin Hodgson and Bonnie Kaplan “The Collaborative ABC Project: Using Technology To Tell Stories” Brandi Caldwell “Creating PLE's with TLC” Lee Baber, Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim and Thomas Locke “Building Online Communities for Youth” Vinnie Vrotny “Expanding Horizons - Engaging the Adult Members of your Community (Teachers, Administrators, and Parents) through the Use of Personal/Professional Learning Networks” These presentation will go live beginning Monday, Oct. 22. Visit http://k12onlineconference.org/docs/k12online2007schedule.html for the presentation links. Jen Wagner, Cheryl Oakes, Vicki Davis, Sharon Peters “Webcasting for Educators: Expanding the Conversation” Sharon Peters, Vincent Jansen “Building a Yardstick for PD Success: Establishing Key Performance Indicators for Web 2.0 Personal Optimized Learning Environments” James Folkestad “Changing a System: Network Centric Learning Communities” Jeff Utecht “Online Professional Development” Alex Ragone and Arvind Grover “EdTechTalk: A Network of Homegrown Webcasters”
15. Obstacles to Opportunities Boundaries formalized by education in the “industrial age” shouldn’t hinder educators as they seek to reform and transform their classroom practice. Playing with boundaries in the areas of copyright, digital discipline and ethics (e.g. cyberbullying), collaborating globally (e.g. cultural differences, synchronous communication), resistance to change (e.g. administration, teachers, students), school culture (e.g. high stakes testing), time (e.g. in curriculum, teacher day), lack of access to tools/computers, filtering, parental/district concerns for online safety, control (e.g. teacher control of student behavior/learning), solutions for IT collaboration and more — unearthing opportunities from the obstacles rooted in those boundaries — is the focus of presentations in this strand.
16. Obstacles to Opportunities Keynotes and Presentations Keynote Brian Crosby "Obstacles To Opportunities - The Why's And The Wherefores“ Sylvia Martinez “Challenging Assumptions About Technology Professional Development” Karen Richardson “Crossing the Copyright Boundary in the Digital Age” Patrick Ledesma “The Technology Specialist as Teacher Leader: Strategies to Ensure Successful Technology Integration and Student Learning in Schools” Lisa Durff “Pushing the Envelope or How to Integrate Web 2.0 Tools on a Shoestring” These presentation will go live beginning Monday, Oct. 22. Visit http://k12onlineconference.org/docs/k12online2007schedule.html for the presentation links. John Pearce ”Me blog? No Way!!!” Sylvia Martinez “Web 2.0 Share the Adventure” Joseph Bires “Acceptable Use and the Web 2.0” Ben Wilkoff “Starting From Scratch: Framing Change for All Stakeholders” Shawn Nutting “Creating a Paradigm Shift in Technology”
17. Culminating Events When Night Falls , is a chain of several 1 or 2 hour long Elluminate sessions stretching over a 24 hour period; a 24 hour continuous K12 Online coffee break! The purpose of When Night Falls is twofold: To give participants an opportunity to share reflections, to build networks and relationships and to make connections with each other. Hopefully, some of the connections people make at K12 Online will grow into global collaborations for students and support networks for all of us as we continue to push the envelope of teaching and learning in the 21st century. To get feedback on this year’s conference as we begin to plan for next year. Volunteer moderators plan and implement the sessions which are loosely structured to encourage open ended conversations. Friday, Oct. 26 beginning at 7:00 PM until Saturday, Oct. 27 At 7:00 PM When Night Falls Begins TO JOIN IN https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2007095&password=M.9A22958F5C9502E8DB6FB4E756DD82
18. Thoughts, Ideas, etc. If you choose to take advance of this unique conference, please share which presentations you attended, what you learned, ideas for using technology in the classroom, and more by e-mailing April Chamberlain.
