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Entries from November 2007

Obstacles to Opportunities Reflection

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

My colleagues and I met yesterday to explore the Obstacles to Opportunities strand of the K-12 Online Conference 2007.
For homework, we were to have watched the Keynote presentation by Brian Crosby. Since only one had seen the presentation (done their homework), I decided to play it for about 30 minutes. I think that keynote is [...]

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K-12 Online Conference – Pre Conference Keynote Reflections

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

My colleagues and I are learning together from the K12 Online Conference 07. Each week, for 5 weeks, we are meeting together to discuss the keynotes from each strand and also to view presentations together ala lan party style that Jeff Utecht started last year at the 06 conference. Our first meeting was November 7th. [...]

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Like a Key

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

This is a post that has been sitting in my drafts folder for a few months. I decided to post it even though it’s older, because it documents my thinking and reflection on sharing the learning about Web 2.0 tools. The online Read/Write Web course I mentioned has already finished, and I am hoping that [...]

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Expanding the Boundaries of Classroom 2.0

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I am co-facilitating a salary point class on the K-12 Online Conference. (The other facilitator is Jose Rodriguez, in District 5. I really am enjoying working together with him on this as we expand the boundaries of professional development for our teachers.) This week, our focus was the Classroom 2.0 strand. Participants were to view [...]

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