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Show Archives: February 2008 - July 2008

5 July 2008
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NECC Wrapup and Review (agenda, notes, chat link here)
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Recording (audio and video)
The NECC wrap-up and review show. EduBloggerCon, NECC Unplugged, the Bloggers' Cafe, and all the rest. The best links, leads, streams, podcasts, vlogs, and blogs. What you loved, what you didn't. We'll try and document all in a special 90-minute show.

2 July 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Recording and Chat
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week. Discussion of NECC policy on recording of sessions.

Saturday, June 7, 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Recording
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week.

Thursday, June 5, 2008
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NECC "Unplugged" Planning Session
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Recording
An open invitation to help plan NECC Unplugged (www.neccunplugged.com)! Exploring the benefits of a collaboratively-built schedule of sessions during a traditional conference.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis on Flat Classrooms
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Chat Log
Special guests Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis talk about the five global collaborative projects they've done together, including more than 20 classrooms and 500 students from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, and geographic locations.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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CR 2.0 Phoenix Workshop Followup
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Our first-ever virtual follow-up from a CR 2.0 LIVE Workshop event--this time for the Phoenix, AZ crowd!

Saturday, May 24, 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Michael Staton
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Recording
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week. This week's topic: RSS. (See detail)

Thursday, May 22, 2008
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"Put Yourself in the Story"
A Language Arts Workshop
Andrew Pass
Sponsored by:Pass-Ed
Vyew
We'll discuss how to actively engage students in imagining that they are part of the story they are reading. This workshop will incorporate both Web 2.0 applications and Web-2.0 applications.

Saturday, May 17
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Jeffrey Yan,
Founder and CEO of Digication
Michael Staton
Elluminate
Event
http://www.digication.com is one of the most popular e-portfolio sites on the web and also offers a fully integrated Course Management System with a focus on the k-12 level. Join us to talk about e-portfolios, PBL, and portfolios as assessments.

Monday, May 12 , 2008
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Parents using Web 2.0 tools
Lorna Costantini
EdTechTalk
Event
Interview with Anne Reed, Milwaukee Wisconsin Lawyer using Blogging and social networking tools

Tuesday, May 13
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Tim DiScipio, founder of ePals, and Ed Fish, CEO of ePals
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Recording
http://www.epals.com
ePals has a global community of almost 13 million students and teachers in 200 countries using their social learning network, called Classroom Match, and their communication tools, SchoolMail and SchoolBlog. All these are free to the K12 community. Tim is the co-founder. Ed has extensive experience in the web 2.0 world, having been involved in AOL previously, with StudyBuddy, and with IM, in particular. ePals hosts its first conference on July 15 in Boston. Check www.epals.com/conference for more information.

Monday, May 12
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Open Source Software in Portuguese Schools: Jose Victor Pedroso
Steve Hargadon
Skype
Audio Recording
The Portuguese Ministry of Education has been promoting the use of Open Source Software in schools, including:
-Since 2004 every equipment available in schools has a Dual Boot System
-There is a Protocol between the Ministry of Education and the University of Évora for the development of Linux solutions.
-The installation of Linux in the ICT Rooms of every school.
-The promotion and organization of the event " Open Source Software Day in school"
-The distribution of a CD with Open Source Software to all the schools.
-Free availability of Moodle (LMS) and Joomla (CMS).

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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CR 2.0 Open Advisory Panel
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Monthly "open" advisory panel meeting for CR 2.0. New greeter volunteers.

Monday, May 5 , 2008
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How to include parents in schools
Lorna Costantini
EdTechTalk
Event
Interview with researcher Dr. Debbie Pushor: Parent Engagement: a Shared world

Saturday, May 3, 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Recording
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week. Special guest this week: Jane Hart (http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/janehart/, founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, which "provides a number of resources, consultancy services and workshops to help you understand more about how Web 2.0 technologies and tools are creating a new approach to learning (in both in education and the workplace learning) known as Learning 2.0 or Social Learning."

Friday, May 2, 2008
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Open Source Friday
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Guests Manish and Ketan Kothari from Aspen Learning. Manish and Ketan will discuss their new learning management project based on Moodle, called "Open Classroom." We'll also cover news of the week in Free and Open Source Software, and give updates on plans for the K-12 Open Minds Conference in September.

Friday, May 2, 2008
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Web 2.0 Educational Initiatives in India
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Interview with Shuchi Grover (see http://www.blogger.com/profile/06375501078930042738)

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Essential Learning with Digital Tools, the Internet and Web 2.0
Jane Krauss & Suzie Boss
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Recording
Join returning guests Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss for a discussion of emerging and tried-and-true technologies that can transform the teaching and learning enterprise. More...

Monday, April 28, 2008
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Generation Yes with Sylvia Martinez
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Audio
Exploring youth involvement in educational technology with Sylvia Martinez from Generation Yes (http://www.genyes.com/about/bios#sylvia)

Saturday, April 26, 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
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Recording
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week. Special guest this week: Michael Staton (http://www.edumorphology.com/)

Friday, April 25, 2008
Interview with Jonathan Mooney
Melinda Pongrey
NowLive
Event
Author, Speaker, Innovator, Jonathan Mooney reaches into his past experiences growing up as a student with labels of dyslexia and ADHD and tells it like it is! He shows us the gifts inherent in re-framing LD as part of a continuum of learning diversity.

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Interview: Cheryl Hewett, HP Education Market Development Manager
Jack Olmsted/Pamela Livingston
NowLive
Event
Pamela Livingston, author of 1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work; will talk with Cheryl Hewett, HP Education Market Development Manager, on LD LIve about the new HP 2133 Mini-Note PC and the computer manufacturer's concept of 21st century learning.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
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Using Ning for Conferences
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Video
Special discussion on the use of Ning for educational (and other) conferences, with guest Jeff Utecht from China. We'll look at the different conference networks that have been used and the tips and tricks for using Ning successfully in this way.

Thursday, April 17, 2008
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Ning in Education Weekly Show - European Time Edition!
Steve Hargadon
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Video
Weekly meet-up for educators using Ning in education.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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An Introduction to Educational Blogging
Janni Black
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Video
Janni Black leads an introductory session on educational blogging, using the resources from her recent post on the topic: http://web20intheclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-in-classroom-why-how-and-lots.html

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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K12 Learning Adventures with sitesALIVE!
Steve Hargadon
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Flash Video
Steve interviews Rich Wilson, President of the sitesALIVE Foundation, Inc. , about their online educational series that links remote field sites with classrooms around the world. Live Q & A with Rich. http://www.sitesalive.com/

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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(Building) A Tour of Classroom 2.0
Steve Hargadon
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Video
A tour of Classroom 2.0, with help from those who join the webcast. The recording of this session will then be available for new members of CR 2.0 to view to help them get started!

Saturday, April 12, 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
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Video
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week.

Friday April 11, 2008
LD Live! Living with Learning Disabilities
Melinda Pongrey, MSED
NowLive
Event
A weekly online talk radio show that connects Innovators, Ideas and Individuals in the Field of Education and Learning Disabilities! Guests: 9am David Flink, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Project Eye-To-Eye
9:30am Members of the HP education group will talk about the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC and the the development of the Teacher Experience Exchange, an online community sponsored by the company and Microsoft.

Friday April 11, 2008
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Open Source Friday
Steve Hargadon
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Video
A new weekly series on Open Source Software in Education, this week with special guest Bryant Patten, executive director of The National Center for Open Source and Education (NCOSE)

Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Ning in Education Weekly Show
Steve Hargadon
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Video: Link
Weekly meet-up for educators using Ning in education. Special Guest: Glenn Moses--assistant principal, teacher, and Ning user!

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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Reinventing Project-Based Learning
Jane Krauss & Suzie Boss
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Audio: Link
Video: Link
Energy shortages, climate change, health pandemics—the challenges facing today’s students loom large. Their future will depend on knowing how to solve problems, work together in a global economy, use tools effectively, and think creatively. Will they be ready? Co-authors Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss suggest that we prepare students by introducing them to real-world challenges today. Their new book—Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age—shows how.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Interview: Kathleen Whitmire, RTI Action Network
Melinda Pongrey
NowLive
Event
The RTI Action Network is a multi-year effort with the goal to facilitate and support the development, replication, scalability, and sustainability of RTI as a means for systems change to improve educational outcomes for all students, including children who are at risk for learning disabilities. The RTI Action Network website launched Monday April 8, 2008

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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An Educational Family Travel Adventure and Web 2.0
Steve Hargadon
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Video: Link
http://www.soultravelers3.com/

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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Teaching Across the Content with Curriculum
Andrew Pass
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Event
How can current events benefit teaching and learning in our classroom?

Saturday, April 5, 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Video: Link
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week.

Friday, April 4, 2008
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Open Source Friday
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Video Link
A new weekly series on Open Source Software in Education

Thursday, April 3, 2008
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Starting a Ning Network (Tutorial)
Steve Hargadon
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Video: Link
Visual tutorial on how to start a Ning Network.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
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Web 2.0 for the Real Beginner: Blogs, Wikis, and More
Steve Hargadon
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Video: Link
Want to learn more about Web 2.0 in education, but don't know where to start? Or want to help beginners? This is the meet-up for you! (Turned out to be much more about social and legal impediments to Web 2.0 usage in schools...:)

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Teaching Across the Content Areas with Current Events
Andrew Pass
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Video: Link
How can current events benefit teaching and learning in our classroom?

Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Diigo Drilldown
Lisa Parisi
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Video: Link

Saturday, 29 March 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Video: Link
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week.

Wednesday, 26 March 2008
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"NECC 2.0" Brainstorm
Steve Hargadon
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Video: Link
The "Bloggers Cafe" at NECC has the potential to be a great "fringe" conference, and this is a planning meeting to help organized it. http://plannecc2008.iste.wikispaces.net/Bloggers+Cafe

Tuesday, 25 March 2008
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Diigo Version 3
Steve Hargadon
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Recording Playback: Link
Social bookmarking tool Diigo releases their newest version. See http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A

Monday, 24 March 2008
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Classroom 2.0 "Working" Birthday Party
Steve Hargadon
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Recording Playback: Link
Classroom 2.0 turns one today, and we celebrate by working together to greet new members, and re-organizing our guest host system. Also, the creation of an advisory panel.

Saturday, 22 March 2008
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"Web 2.0 Week in Review"
Steve Hargadon
Elluminate
Video: Link
Classroom 2.0 weekly meet-up to share news and tips from the week.

Friday, 21 March 2008
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Al Upton and Order of Closure for Student Blog Platform
Steve Hargadon
Ellluminate
Audio: Link
Video: Link
http://alupton.edublogs.org

Friday, 22 February 2008
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"Learning 2.0: We Participate, Therefore, We Are"
Steve Hargadon & G. Andrew Page
Talkshoe
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Advanced reading: John Seely Brown's "Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0. http://www.johnseelybrown.com/mindsonfire.pdf

Thursday, 21 February 2008
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Weekly Classroom 2.0 Discussion (International)
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Talkshoe
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Was to be the first time meeting at a time for the international crowd. Ended up being a small discussion around beginning to use web 2.0 in English and Science classes.

Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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"The Classroom 2.0 Beginners Forum"
Steve Hargadon
Talkshoe
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A regular session for beginning users of Classroom 2.0. Everyone welcome. Overview of CR 2.0 features and use, then Q&A time

Wednesday, 20 February 2008
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"Creative Commons, Open Content, and Copyright", Additional Time
Steve Hargadon
Talkshoe
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Additional scheduled time for this topic for those who couldn't make the first session.

Tuesday, 19 February 2008
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"Using Ning in Education"
Steve Hargadon
Talkshoe
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A discussion of the ways in which Ning is being used in education, and tips and tricks. See http://education.ning.com. Actually ended up doing an audio walk-through of creating your own Ning network, and anyone wanting step-by-step help to do so could listen to this recording.

Friday, 15 February 2008
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"Creative Commons, Open Content, and Copyright"
Steve Hargadon
Talkshoe
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Looking for a better understanding of these topics in education for a CoSN article.

Thursday, 14 Feb 2008
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"Classroom 2.0 Welcome & Connecting"
Steve Hargadon
Talkshoe
Link
First in "conversations" series, and experiment more than anything else. Talkshoe seems improved.

Saturday, 9 Feb 2008
"Looking at a Book Group Using Ning"
Steve Hargadon
Skype
Link
A look at how to set up Ning effectively for a book discussion group.