Awesome is the only way to describe my feeling about EduCon 2.0. It was a conference focused on learning and the people who play a role in the process; students and educators. There were no vendors, nor products or tools demonstrated. It did not mean that participants did not learn about twitter, or voice thread or flicker, but they learned about them from a conversation here or there. It was a conference born of a group of people wondering “what…
I attended the keynote and the first two session at EduCon 2.0. The third session I spent in the Cafe Ustreaming the different sessions. Below are some notes and comments from the two sessions. Session 1: Notes Influence without Authority: Finding the Common Ground to Frame Innovation and Change Kevin Jarrett and Sylvia Marthinez This session focused on the Future Search process to help bring about change. The process is researched based. In order for change to occur you need…
I wanted to provide you some links to help you keep up on Educon 2.0 The wiki can has links to each sessions wiki You can watch from Ustream – EduconTV Here are a few bloggers sharing their insights Chris Lehman, Jen Wagner, Sarah and, Alice Barr. I know there are many others you can search for the tag Educon2 at technorati to help you find others. You can look at some photos at Flicker again search for the EduCon…
The pre-conference activities of EduCon 2.0 began Friday afternoon. It started with a tour of SLA, our hosts for this event. I was unable to attend as my flight was canceled and had to get another later in the day. I was able to catch up with everyone one at the Franklin Institute for the opening reception and IMAX movie. I met up with my roommate Lisa Durff (Edith Halderman –SL) whom I never met face to face to, I…
EduCon 2.0 is almost here. I am excited about this conference. I am looking forward to meeting people I only know on line face-to-face, the sessions, and watching the format of the conference unfold. Unlike any other conference I have attended I have been able to watch this one develop and grow. I and may others have followed the planning process on the wiki, blog posts and twitter. During the call for conversations people discussed what they would like to…
Note: I originally wrote this over the Christmas vacation and lost it. So I am trying to recreate it from my notes. Not quite as good as the original. The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are a wonderful time for multiple generations to sit around the table and share stories about the good old days. Around our table the conversations usually lean towards education and science. My parents were in high school during the mid 1940’s and we were talking about…
Julia and I recently conducted a presentation on Tips for Presenting in Second Life for both Lighthouse Learning Island and the DEN in SL. It was great to meet educators and non educators who are interested in learning how to share in SL. I hope that this will help encourage more voices to participate in the community. I am eager to here from other educators and looking forward to learning from others experiences. For a copy of the notecard we…