K-12 Online Conference 2012

Definitely one for the diary!

The 2012 K-12 Online Conference is coming to a computer near you soon! This year’s FREE online conference will take place the weeks of Oct 22 – 25 and Oct 29 – Nov. 2, with a pre-conference keynote on October 15th. The 2012 theme is, “Learn, Share, Remix.”

k 12 Online Conference 2012 Final Master

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Free Online CPD Coming Soon!!

K12 Online Conference 2010 - 11th October Spread the word (replace the " with angle brackets): "embed align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" height="110" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www.inchicorecollege.ie/images/countd-k12.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="120">"/embed"

The K-12 Online Conference 2010, now in its 5th year, is an online, annual professional development conference offering "opportunities for educators around the globe to share innovative ways web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning".

The theme this year is "Cultivate the Future!" and the learning will begin with the pre-conference keynote, by Dean Shareski, during the week of October 11, 2010.

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The 2010 CRSTE Global Symposium is a completely free, completely online high-quality professional development event for all educators, around the world, from preschool through higher education.

CRSTE is offering an alternative to the traditional model of professional development believing that "the concept of professional development offerings as formal, face-to-face, one-size-fits-all events is an industrial-aged notion that does not match the realities of the twenty-first century".

Indeed, the 2010 CRSTE Global Symposium follows on from the successful 2-week online CyberConference held in February this year, which attracted "2,372 attendees from forty states and six continents".

You can start preparing for the Symposium by checking out the four asynchronous sessions, which will be available throughout the conference:

• CRSTE Teacher Tools Wiki with Allison Kipta
• Twenty-first Century: A New Dawn with Harry Tetteh
• How to Lead as an Agent of Change: 21st Century Skills in Motion with Christina Parsons Bentheim
• iPod Project Lessons Learned with Chris O’Neal

You can also check out the full catalogue right here:

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K12 Online 2009 Presenters Announced

You can start planning your K12 Online 2009 conference schedule now as the Presenters and Keynote Speakers were announced last week. A virtual feast of professional development will be provided over two weeks in December. With over 50 presenters contributing there is bound to be something for everyone. The keynote speakers include: * Kim Cofino, Thailand * Joyce Kasman Valenza, Erdenheim, PA, USA * Konrad Glogowski, Ontario, Canada * Rachel Boyd, Nelson, New Zealand * Diego Leal, Columbia

If you haven't added the conference to your diary then do it now!!

Dates:
Opening Keynote w/o 30th November 2009
Presentations from 7th to 17th December 2009

Venue: Online

Also, watch out for the  'teaser trailers', which will be released in the weeks preceding the conference.

In the meantime, you can join in the 2nd live LAN party from 6:00PM to 8:00PM EDT (10pm GMT) on 20th October 2009. Gather in the EdTechTalk chatroom with colleagues to view two past conference presentations and engage in lively discussion.

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Visualise your Delicious Bookmarks

Favthumbs is a great little site that lets you visualize your Delicious bookmarks.

And, if you haven't considered using Delicious yet then have a look at this great introductory tutorial, by Chris Betcher, from the recent K12 Online Conference.


 

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21st Century Learning System

In light of Stephen Heppell's keynote presentation to the K12 Online Conference this post by Scott McLeod is particually relevant at this time!

I kike his opening, very 007!

"Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to outline what it takes to get your state or province from ‘here’ to ‘there.’ In other words, what would it take to get from our current system of schooling to a robust, province- or statewide system of 21st century learning?"

His post and the accompanying comments are well worth a read. Would this scheme work for the Irish education system or your country's education system?

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The Death of Education.....

I enjoyed listening to Stephen Heppell's keynote presentation, this week, for the opening of the K12 Online Conference 2008. I, particularly, liked his analogy with the crisis that is currently affecting the financial system and his warning that this too could happen to the education system, if we do not act now!

Professor Heppell talks about a new model of learning that involves "schools built around mutuality and usness and sharing and democracy". He warns us that "if we don’t adopt it then the old model of learning will disintegrate and will bite us in the face".

However, Professor Heppell believes we can meet the challenge saying "For me, this is the most exciting time ever. This is absolutely the death of education but, you know, it is wonderfully the dawn of learning".



This year, the Conference convenors are adding all the video content to the DotSub website, which enables any account member to add to the video's transcription or translate the original text into another language. What a great idea!

It is, however, a very slow task requiring the help of many volunteers, but after all "many hands make light work". Why not join in and add your bit or better yet encourage your students to also lend a hand.

What a wonderful opportunity for language students to participate in a 'live' and meaningful exercise. A global flat classroom project open to all :-)

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K12 Online Conference Teaser

K12 Online Conference Teaser from Sharon Betts. Trying to get the [embed scale =] tag to work but it is not co-operating. Anyone know how to get it working on a blog platform?

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K12 Online Conference Coming Soon

The K12 Online Conference is just around the corner!!

Add these dates to your calendar now :-)
October 20th -24th and October 27th -31st
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