Sept2009

K12 Online LAN Party for September 26, 2009 - Post Show

Wed, 2009-09-30 14:18 — coordinator2

16:45 minutes (3.83 MB)

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

K12Online09 LAN Party With Kathy Cassidy

Wed, 2009-09-30 14:11 — coordinator2

36:39 minutes (8.39 MB)

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4:15 – 5:00 We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff With Blogging Mentors
Kathy Cassidy is a grade one teacher at Westmount School in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada. In the winter of 2008, Patrick Lewis’s university class of pre-service teachers were blogging mentors for Kathy’s grade one students. This presentation talks about that collaboration and the results of the research that was conducted about the effect this mentorship had on the students’ writing.

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K12Online09 LAN Party With Mark Wagner

Wed, 2009-09-30 14:01 — coordinator2

35:03 minutes (8.02 MB)

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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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K12Online09 LAN Party With Alec Couros

Tue, 2009-09-29 23:37 — coordinator2

41:47 minutes (9.56 MB)

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2:45 – 3:30 Open, Social, Connected
Dr. Alec Couros is a professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. This presentation unravels a recent open graduate course offering titled “Open, Connected, Social” that was offered at the University of Regina, Winter 2008. The presentation describes the theories influencing the course, types of open practice, reflections and outcomes, and goes on to describe the emergence of “open teaching”.

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K12Online09 LAN Party With Mathew Needleman

Tue, 2009-09-29 23:16 — coordinator2

40:51 minutes (9.35 MB)

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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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K12Online09 Pre-LAN Party September 2009

Tue, 2009-09-29 22:57 — coordinator2

19:47 minutes (4.53 MB)

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On September 26, 2009, the K12Online Conference in partnership with EdTechTalk hosted a worldwide, sychronous “LAN party” (free web meet-up) from 2:00PM EDT (6:00PM GMT) to 5:00PM EDT (9:00PM GMT). This was our K12Online Conference overview of the LAN Party. We were joined by the Live Events committee in kicking-off our virtual LAN party. This event provided an opportunity to try out the synchronous EdTechTalk environment and platform, which we will be using for the 2009 K-12 Online Conference in December.

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