Dave Cormier

• Dave's Link: #myedublogawards. The pros and cons of hating awards.http://edublogawards.com/
• Jen's Link: With K-12 Online, -> see http://k12onlineconference.org/ ... and Global Ed -> seehttp://www.globaleducationconference.com/schedule-gmt-6.html ... , we have seen lots and lots of examples of folks facilitating presentations. Drawing on our collective experience, let's share presentation ideas we like ... and the dreaded practices that should never again see the light of day. Some areas to consider: (a) asynchronous tools and strategies, (b) synchronous tools and strategies, (c) soliciting participant feedback (before, during, after), (d) the backchannel, and (e) posting for posterity (how, where, what?)
• John's Link: So yes, perhaps we did talk about Wikileaks last week. But it's a big story, and it might be worth another pass.It's interesting how the news media has stretched it, taking a little piece in each news cycle, with "new" revelations, and new scandals. Then, there's the issue of whether they're terrorists, the statements by Senator Lieberman, and (more importantly) the response from the host and DNS providers. Then, there's the whole (somewhat related) issue of the US Government seizing the domains of copyright criminals. Is the wild west finally being tamed? Is free speech on the Internet dead?
• United States Diplomatic Cables Leak (Wikipedia)
• Santorum Calls Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange a Terrorist (Associated Press)
• Wikileaks Fights to Stay Online Amid Attacks (Associated Press)
• Possibly related -- US is getting into the censorship business: US Shutters 82 Sites in Crackdown on Downloads, Counterfeit Goods (Wired)
• Elizabeth Helfant:
• http://www.yolink.com/yolink/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG7qCTtfkNI
• http://webklipper.com/ or http://sharedcopy.com

Dave's Link:  Wikileaks. What does it mean for our classrooms? With Australia banning links to the site... where does this lead? Do textbooks of 'controlled content' become more important? Should we be teaching this in courses? Do we have a patriotic duty not to touch this information?

John's Link: Project Red: Do 1:1 right or don't do it at all. We're far enough along now that the novelty of 1:1 programs has worn off, and it's time to look at what effect they really have on a school. With many more schools now looking at 1:1 programs, it's important to look at best practices. For those thinking about 1:1 programs, the CDW 1:1 Readiness Surveyis a great place to start.

Zac Chase:

• Sourcemap: A platform for researching, optimizing and sharing supply chains:
• Building History
• Bringing Internet access to the people who need it: http://buythissatellite.org/
• Preserve the National Writing Project.

Dave's Link: As a follow up for last week's "online PhDs are awesome" discussionhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/education/10kaplan.html?_r=1&src=tptw NYT's article on Kaplan and lobbying to go with our own fun at UPEI. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/11/10/pe-upei-degree-maclaughlan-584.html?ref=rss#socialcomments

Jen's Link: Hard to  NOT  mention the #boycott amazon uproar this week. Jen used the story as an opportunity to try out tweet doc -> http://www.tweetdoc.org. Check out the boycott amazon tweets linked here if you were hiding under a rock on Wednesday and Thursday ... or if you just want to see how tweet doc functions :) ...http://tweetdoc.org/View/6387/Boycott-Amazon

John's Link:  If we're talking about books, there were a couple compelling book-related items that crossed my radar this week. Adrian Hon, founder of Six Apart, addressed book piracy in an Op Ed in the Telegraph a couple weeks ago (Your time is up, publishers. Book piracy is about to arrive on a massive scale). And from Read Write Web comes a piece (Will Your Local Library Lend E-Books? (Or Can They?)) on the impact of e-books on the ability of libraries to legally lend resources. What better topics for one of the few weeks when we don't have a librarian as a guest

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

Guest hosts: Connie Sitterley, Teacher / Technology Integration Specialist from Pennsylvania

This Week's Menu:

Dave's Link: Leigh Blackall and the open phd. http://leighblackall.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-and-why-ill-do-phd.html and the response from Darren Draper. http://drapestakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/three-questions-for-leighblackal...(Drape's+Takes)

Jen's Link: Mashable recently posted a roster of "website designs" that blew them away in 2010 -> see http://mashable.com/2010/10/31/breakthrough-website-design/ ... so, with some pushing students to create / foster their "online identities" -> see http://twitter.com/#!/shareski/status/29421705996 ... what does "website design" mean to students (and teachers, instructional designers, etc.) in 2010? in 2015?

John's Link: Firesheep

• Using Wi-Fi? Firesheep may endanger your security http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-01/tech/firesheep.wifi.security_1_wi-fi-...
• Firesheep not Evil, says Snooping Tool's Maker: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9194463/Firesheep_not_evil_says_s...
• Security Now episodes: http://twit.tv/sn272 and http://twit.tv/sn273

Connie Sitterley: School Leaders' Opinions of 21st Century Skills: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/10/20/survey-reveals-school-leaders-opin...

• Survey was sent to district leaders who planned to attend the annual NSBA Ed Tech Conference-results were shared at the conference
• NSBA link (all links on the NSBA Top Stories were broken earlier today but seems OK as of 6:00 http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=NSBANew&...
• Resource link: http://ilearntechnology.com
• Wes Fryer on Firesheep: in reference to John's link: http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/11/01/firesheep-should-get-your-at...
• My website: http://4everlearner.com http://4everlearner.pbworks.com

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