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It was great to finally get to see David Jakes and Dean Shareski present live. I have had the opportunity to network with them but their message in how to tell a story is great.
They gave 10 tips of what to teach kids.
1- Teach them biology 2- Teach them to make it visual 3- Teach kids how to search for images 4- teach kids about creative commons
5- Teach them design 6- Teach them to sell 7- Color and font choice matters 8- Teach them to incorporate multimedia 9 - Teach students some PowerPoint secrets 10 -teach them to share
***one of my top NECC takeaways I learned about in this session Flickr storm...I am sure this is going to be something that I spend some time reflecting on
Wes Fryer and Ewan McIntosh both have better notes that I do...I especially like Ewan's title...why would you use words when they do just fine in your mouth? but here is my "live blog" in coveritlive from the session.
This morning I led a session on Copyright and Fair Use at NECC Unplugged. There were about 40 people in the room, and 11 folks watching on ustream. Unfortunately the conditions were not so great, but the conversation was amazing and I think folks left thinking
Here is the ustream recording...
Free .TV show from Ustream and the information that I posted for the session can be found here
http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/necc_copyrightconfusion
Thanks to all my "twitter pals" who helped set up and made for great conversation and all the new folks I met.
So this post started this morning and I never got a chance to finish, and it started out titled...the calm before the storm, but the day began and the storm blew through...which you may have noticed in my posts :) but I wanted to post some reflections about NECC so far...
Last year was my first NECC...it was the place where I made many connections that have helped me to build an amazing personal learning network. At the end of the conference Steve Dembo posted a twitter wondering if these types of large conferences were really necessary...with the ability to stream, twitter, and liveblog do you REALLY need to attend? I thought about that as I was running along the riverwalk. It was really quiet, the calm before the storm. Very few folks were out...very unlike the night before. As I was running along the river, I was thinking about the evening before seeing all the folks that I "work with" all year long, but only get to see and connect with face to face but 1-2 times a year. I was preparing for the week ahead when across the river I saw Pat Sine....a "colleague" that I met only recently but have connected with a number of times. We called out to one another like old friends and it struck me, THIS is what it means to attend a conference face to face. Is NECC needed, YES... it really is and at breakfast this morning Michael Baker summed it up perfectly...
When it [the conference] is streamed to you, you get the information yes, but today information is EXPECTED to be free…When you attend the conference…you get the connections…and you can’t put a price on that
I hope to connect with many of you as we convene here for together we can transform what is happening in today's classrooms
It has been a long time since I posted...owe cliff mims a PD meme (it's coming cliff) but as I was going through my Diigo drafts I came across this goody...thought it about summed it up
FROM THE ABOUT PAGE... the real purpose of this exercise is to alleviate our natural tendency to edit everything—and learn to flow.
an analogy would be a film camera: when a film is shot, the camera just rolls and captures everything—good and bad. when all the shooting is complete, the raw film is edited into a cohesive piece.
the camera operator doesn't keep stopping the camera and rewinding and editing on-the-fly—the camera just rolls. if it were to stop, some of the best performances and spontaneous moments might be missed.
so: be the camera. well, that's a stupid saying, but you get the idea. in writing—just flow. go back later and edit.
Go write.
Leaving for NECC in a few hours....Guess it is time for me to get back at it!
On Monday, September 17, 2007, Google launched the Google Presentation web application to their suite of services. News of this new service spread quickly through the blogosphere and Twitter and soon more than fifty different people made over 500 edits in a twenty-four hour period to one Google presentation. Since introduced, this presentation has been used by hundreds of people to begin conversations centered on free online tools used to weave a web of connections between people around the world.
As a result of this transformational experience, educators begin discussing the importance of sharing the changing nature of professional development and documentation of best practices in VIRAL professional development. The proposal was written in Google docs and since acceptance, an expanded group of educators around the world has used a wiki, elluminate, and a variety of tools to bring a collaborative, immersive viral PD experience to NECC and to people around the world.
At 1:30pm CDT on July 2, we will be participating in a NECC panel discussion that centers on the power of the network. During our presentation we hope to demonstrate to all those attending our session in person (and virtually), just how powerful global collaboration can be. Hence, we are asking for your participation in our presentation as well.
1) Join our Ustream
We will be streaming the presentation live on the Open PD Ustream channel at 1:30 pm CDT on July 2nd. You may watch here and participate in the conversation (and even ask the panelists questions).
2) Leave a comment on our voicethread
One way that you can participate now is by adding your voice to the VoiceThread below. Please take a few minutes and add your thoughts about the different tools depicted through images in the thread. We would truly like as many voices possible, offering a wide range of thought on the usefulness of the common tools we all use in our collaborations.
How do you use these tools? How are they important to your professional development? Please add your voice.
As a lifelong learner with an MEd, ITSC, an Administrative Certificate I started this blog to:
...reflect on the fairly imposing personal and professional changes I have made as I moved from a classroom teacher to a mentor and eventually an administrator and to model transparent practice.
...solicit thoughts & opinions from other educators regarding how they use technology to best serve and meet the needs of their students.
...try to sort out how I can best utilize technological tools as both a teacher and a mentor.
Please note: While lessons are shared with permission from the teachers, the views and opinions I express in my blog do not reflect those of my employer or colleagues.
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