I attend the Second Life conference on Best Practices in Education. This was a 24 hour event on May 25th, 1300 attended. It was like a typical convention – vendors, exhibits, presentation, but it was like no other. Where can 1300 people gather, share and chat from around the world while still at home, work or school. Terrific! Meg Writer (SL) conducted a mini interview with me in the verdor area. My first secondlife interview. Wish I could share more…
If you have been toying with the idea of exploring SecondLife and finding out what all the hub bub is about, now is the time. On May 25 there will be an all day conference on SecondLife Best Practices in Education in Second Life. I really urge you to take the plunge and find out what it is all about. If you have not yet ventured into Second Life I suggest you do so before the event, so you are…
I did not attend this session I have to work at the MassCUE SIG table. So Becky, a fellow Ed Tech team member from my district took these notes. (Becky it is time to get your own blog) David Warlick has be on since 8:30 and this session goes till 12:20 how does he keep going. His third session is entitled Harnessing the New Shape of Information, covers many web 2.0 tools. Handouts for the presentation can be found at…
Okay Julia here is another one this time I have Becky’s help keeping up with the notes this time. David Warlick second session: Telling the New Story. A look at redefining literacy. How do we make changes happen? We need to tell a different story it must be: Compelling, Exciting and Shatters old notions Leaders that affect change, Change begin with a story Dr. Jennifer James (cultural anthropologist) describes 3 kinds of leaders. Master – so good you can’t help…
Okay attempt number 2 at blogging on the go. David’s keynote at MassCUE. – Literacy and Learning in the 21st century. David Warlick begins by showing us the resources for this conference to be found at the following sites. The Landmark project, his wiki on presentations and the blog at your service He takes a survey of who blogs – about 20 hands go up Who knows what a blog is – all hands Who knows about wikis – most…
I just came back from lunch and a trip around the exhibit hall. And thought I’d get some thoughts down while I am waiting for the next session to begin. After meeting a bunch of people I had an interesting thought. Many of us sort of have an identity crisis. Most people here when describing what they do have trouble, they give a long list that might include any of the following… I am the computer teacher, a technology integration…
Here goes my first attempt at blogging during a presentation. A good friend is unable to attend the MassCUE conference so I am taking notes for her but thought I could share them with everyone, why not it is just a few extra clicks. Notes on the opening Keynote by Deneen Fraizer Bowen. This is a piece of performance art with a message. Deneen Fraizer Bowen arrived as Dr. Priscilla Normal, acting to replace the radical Deneen. She is a…