Date:  Saturday, April 11, 2009 

Time:   9:00am PDT/10:00am MDT/11:00am CDT/12:00pmEDT

Location:  Elluminate


Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/installinfo/playback?psid=2009-04-11.0929.M.718FC641983B295CE984DBA7FBBFBC.vcr

Recording (audio): http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/neccebcunplugged.mp3
 
Recording (chat): http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR+20+LIVE+11+Apr+09

Topic: NECC Unplugged, NECCLive, EduBloggerCon

Newbie Question of the Week: What are unconferences?

Sharetabs link:  http://www.sharetabs.com/?classroom20live04112009

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

http://www.stevehargadon.com/2009/04/blowing-doors-off-necc-2009.html (Steve Hargadon: Intro/overview of this Elluminate conversation today)
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/04/10/help-make-edubloggercon09-fantastic-join-the-live-conversation-saturday/ (Wes Fryer: Help Make EduBloggerCon09 Fantastic-Join the Live Conversation Saturday)
http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/04/10/edubloggercon09-and-the-barcamp-model/ (Wes Fryer: EduBloggerCon09 and the Bar Camp Model)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference (Wikipedia description of an unconference: An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven conference centered around a theme or purpose.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcamp (Wikipedia description of BarCamp-BarCamp arose as a spin-off of Foo Camp, an annual invitation-only participant driven conference hosted by open source publishing luminary Tim O'Reilly.)
http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/03/05/what-is-an-unconference/ (Scripting News Annex: What is an unconference?)
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/understanding_the_unconference (Jonathan Follett: Understanding the Unconference)
http://necclive.wikispaces.com/Live+Information (NECC LIVE 2008 wiki)
http://neccunplugged.wikispaces.com/ (NECC Unplugged 2008 wiki-schedule and information for events taking place in various Blogger Cafe locations at conference)
http://www.necc2008.org/ (NECC Ning Community-started last year and continuing with communication for 2009)
http://www.necc2008.org/forum/topics/isteconnects-guest-bloggers (Wes Fryer: Invitation for guest bloggers on NECC Ning for 2009)
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/ (NECC Conference Main Site-conference registration, hotel information, program and additional information)
http://www.isteconnects.org/ (ISTE Connects blog)
http://www.iste-community.org/ (ISTE Community Ning-links to to many additional groups including ISTE Affiliate groups from various states)
http://necc2008.ning.com/group/plan09birdsofafeathersessions/ (Invitation to help plan birds-of-a-feather sessions or request a meeting time for your group at NECC 2009.)
http://www.istevision.org/ (ISTE Storytelling Corps: Submit your videos here for ISTE's 30th Anniversary Digital Storytelling Project, detailing the journey of successes, lessons learned, and celebrations of educational technology making a difference for our kids.)
http://www.edubloggercon.com/   (EduBloggerCon main wiki page for all EduBloggerCon conferences)
http://www.edubloggercon.com/Unconference (EduBloggerCon Unconference, NECC 2007, Atlanta, GA)
http://www.classroom20.com/events/edubloggercon-2009-classroom (EduBloggerCon Ning event announcement for NECC 2009-join and RSVP to indicate whether you are planning to attend on Saturday, June 27, 2009)
http://educon20.wikispaces.com/Protocols+Examples (Steve Hargadon: Handouts and information related to protocols for facilitating conversations in unconferences prepared for Educon20-January, 2008)
http://wiki.classroom20.com/NECC%202008%20Wrapup%20and%20Review (Steve Hargadon: NECC 2008 Wrapup and Review Wiki)
http://education2020.wikispaces.com/Unconference+2009 (Unconference example-Education 2020-What Should Education Look Like in 2020?)
http://educon21.wikispaces.com/ (Unconference example-EduCon 2.1 Conference hosted by Chris Lehman and Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA)
http://colearning.wikispaces.com/Home+2009 (Unconference example organized by Bud Hunt: Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation--one day conference/meetup for teachers, administrators, students, school board members, parents and anyone who is interested in education)
http://podcampaz.org/ (Unconference example-Relevant Media Unconference in Phoenix AZ)
"Possibilities for Transformational Conferences" (Tree Bressen from http://www.treegroup.com-downloadable PDF of a description of many alternative participatory formats to replace presentations)
http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2008/03/21/conferences-must-change-with-the-times/ (Sylvia Martinez: Conferences Must Change with the Times)
http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2008/11/18/the-people-in-the-room-are-the-right-people/ (Sylvia Martinez: The People in the Room are the Right People)
http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/thinking-disruptively-about-conference-presentations/ (Will Richardson: Thinking Disruptively about Conference Presentations-So, I’m askin’…how do we bring the unconference into the conference?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2t3EXflXZk (Open Space Method Explanation: how the Open Space meeting method works, and how it was applied to the NewsTools2008 conference.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn-OVHG2v8&NR=1 (Open Space in 3 minutes-includes the 4 principles)
http://www.openspaceworld.org/news/ (Open Space World: podcasts, videos, stories about open space meetings)