Looks really cool.
Check out the details here http://www.k12onlineconference.org/
You might also want to read a shorter blog posting about it here http://betch.edublogs.org/2007/09/28/spread-the-love/
I have always wanted to get involved in this but always been really busy. I plan to try to have more involvement in it this year.
Here’s hoping!
Paul
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Have still been doing some thinking, reading and discussing about leadership and the use of powerful tools with learners. I am still of the opinion that there is not enough out there to guide teachers towards using technology to be the best that you can be. I guess it is still a bit to do [...]
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Since returning from the Learning 2.0 Conference in Shanghai I have had a great many discussions with friends and family about the ideas of the conference. I really enjoy discussing this sort of things with people who may not share the same passion and vision for the use of ICT in learning as it allows [...]
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Having just returned from the fantastic Learning 2.0 Conference in Shanghai, I formed quite a clear thesis in my own mind about what we really need to be doing to move the use of effective ICT in learning forward. IMHO, we do not really need a whole lot more hype from the evangelists who tell [...]
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Whilst authentic learning should mean that the tools that students learn with are transparent, the reality is that we are in a time where children in schools do not have access to the tools that are most appropriate for learning all of the time and it is unlikely that anytime soon there will be a [...]
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In my work in Schools in Hong Kong and the region (Learning Solutions Asia) it often appears to me that educators do not have enough examples of how today’s successful people are using ICT to work smarter and achieve their goals.
For example, it was not until I read Thomas Freedman’s book on the flat earth [...]
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Adrian Bruce is a Primary Teacher in NSW who has been very innovative with ICT in his teaching. He has a great deal of resources for teachers on his website http://www.adrianbruce.com
Recently he did some podcasting by getting the kids to do all of the work. The results are on Podomatic here.
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Funny how in this new age of communication, blogging and “online always” lifestyle, you can feel like there is someone that you know well and yet have never even chatted to. Adrian Bruce seems to be one of those for me. He is a regular contributor to lists of which I am a member and [...]
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