Fireside Chat with Diego Leal and Rachel Boyd

If you are watching the UStream, Rachel's presentation starts at 51:03

Rachel Boyd shared her Week Two keynote: A Peek for a Week - Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom. She fielded questions and elaborated on her presentation. We left with a deeper understanding of how her class runs, how technology is infused in what she does and how her students become such independent learners. 

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Fireside Chat - Going Global: Culture Shock, Convergence and the Future of Education with Pre-Conference Keynote: Kim Cofino, December 3, 2009, 8:00-9:30pm EST

And the fun continues... Join us for our next LAN party on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 6pm EDT.

3:30 – 4:15 Wiki While You Work (Basic)
A former high school English teacher, Mark Wagner has since served as an educational technology coordinator at Estancia High School, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, and the Orange County Department of Education.  His session briefly introduces participants to the Read/Write Web, and to wikis in particular. A live demonstration of wikispaces.org and wikipedia.org will illustrate that…, “If you can use a word processor, you can use a wiki.”

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2:00 – 2:45 Film School
Mathew Needleman, Apple Distinguished Educator, has been integrating video in the classroom for seven years as a teacher of kindergarten, first, and second grade. Make better classroom movies with simple tips that will help elevate your vodcast to the next level in terms of artistic and technical merit. Learn how to storyboard like a pro, choose shots that support the telling of your story, and capture better lighting and sound.

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