21st Century Learning #118
January 12, 2010
Internet Safety 101
 
A discussion about the how to speak about Internet Safety with parents and their kids.  Vinnie mentioned a danah boyd podcast that you can find here.  Lots of great links in the Chat Transcript too.  Enjoy!

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21st Century Learning #114
November 17, 2009
NEIT2009 Review

arvind, Vinnie and Alex debrief on the NEIT2009 conference. 

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21st Century Learning #105
Fred Bartels on the Rye Country Day School N1H1 Flu School Closing
May 21, 2009

Fred Bartels, Technology Director at Rye Country Day School joined us to share what he and his school learned when they had to close for a day because of a possible case of N1H1 Flu.

Do you have a story?  How would you handle this?  Let us know in the comments below. 
 
Photo from CDC.gov

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21st Century Learning #104
Teaching with Technology 2009 a NEIT Production
May 7, 2009

A conversation debriefing the NYSAIS Techning with Technology 2009.  TWT2009 was a teacher lead technology professional development conference.  Check out the session information at the wiki here: TWT2009 Schedule and notes. 

What is your favorite technology professional development?

Photo from BudhasBreakfast:

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21st Century Learning #102
Checking in with arvind, Alex and Vinnie
April 23, 2009

arvind, Alex and Vinnie chat about what's going on at their schools; what the rest of the year looks like; and plans for the summer and next school year. 

Photo from: beatkueng

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21st Century Learning #101
Lorrie on Social Media in for Advancement and Admissions
April 16, 2009

This week, Lorrie Jackson, Director of Marketing at Lausanne Collegiate School and author of "Are We Really Listening: Social Media and the Marketing of Independent Schools" in the Winter 09 issue of Independent School Magazine joined us. Topic included how our constituents are using social media to make admissions, fund-raising and retention decisions, why every school needs to think beyond the alumni Facebook page and what lessons can be learned from the schools already in the social media fray.


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21st Century Learning #100
Andy Zucker on Transforming Schools with Technology
April 9, 2009

Andy Zucker, author of Transforming Schools with Technology: How Smart Use of Digital Tools Helps Achieve Six Key Education Goals and Senior Research Scientist at the The Concord Consortium joined us to discuss integrating education and technology in the classroom. 

A conversation concentrating on the core of what educational technologists should be working in this, the first decade of the 21st Century.

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21st Century Learning #99
Sarah Hanawald - Designing Games and Activities for Faculty Professional Development
April 2, 2009

Sarah Hanawald from Greensboro Day School and the Literacy, Technology, and Learning blog joined us this week.  We discussed desiging games and simulations for faculty professional development around using social learning tools.

What are your thoughts about this?  How would you design a game for faculty to learn how to participate in online communities? 

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21st Century Learning #97
Designing an open, web 2.0, personal learning network, online community building, project for teachers
March 12, 2009

Dave Cormier and Demetri Orlando join us to explore the concept of an open, web 2.0, personal learning network, online community building, project for teachers.   Have suggestions or resources to discuss here?  Please add them to this conversation by commenting on this post or emailing us at 21@edtechtalk.com.  Please join us at 1:00pm EST on Thursday, March 19th at http://edtechtalk.com/live where we'll continue the conversation. 

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