The conference for me started off with the Edbloggercon. Edublogger Con. This was a great opportunity to meet some of the great names in the blogosphere. Sat next to Kim Cofino of Always Learning and Julie Lindsay of the Flat Classroom project.
There were a lot of great educators that had a lot to say about bringing the world into the classroom. The links between New Zealand and the US and many other parts of the world via blogs, skype, etc were clear. One of the things that I think we need to do is be a more connected group beyond just the bloggers here.

Here are some of the tweets from my sessions.

Have admin read Leadertalk. Kim’s admin staff are here at the conference. Great way to get them onboard! Wonder about HK admins??

How to shift a school hosted by Kim we have David Jakes and others. Mentions the “Tipping Point”. Good ways to move folk.

Jakes talks a lot about leadership. Not interested in isolated pockets. Interested in Systemic Change. Administrators have to be onboard. Listening to the feedback from the breakouts. Some good ideas coming out from the sessions. “literacy is ongoing” PLNs!

Four hour work week is a great book for time management. Could you outsource your adminy tasks as a teacher and still be effective. Good concept: demand that you have this time to be a professional every day. If you see blog posting as a part of your PD then write it in

tubetv is another one recommended for downloading files from YouTube. From Jeff. Hearing about downthemall. This is a great way to download a heap of pdf files at once.

Now doing a break-out on blogging. This is about finding some tools to allow you to do a lot quickly. Scribefire is one that is mentioned. Great discussion from Jakes about ensuring that the learning is to the fore.At the ed blogger con at Shanghai. Great conversations! There is a lot of discussion on kids and classrooms. Great Stuff!

Photo: Shanghai Skyline by Keith Marshall