Learning 2.008 Shanghai Conference

Anne Mirtschin
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School:
Hawkesdale p12 College
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ICT teacher to grades 4 to 12
Classroom blog at http://murch.globalteacher.org.au
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A truly web2.0 conference

Learn2.008 conference – a true technological conference
This was a true technology conference, a feature I really liked.

Evidenced by:-

- A ning set up for all communication and connecting. Registration was done via the ning and conference fees paid online. Each conference attendee has their own page, enabling them to blog, add images or videos Allows those who were unable to attend, to access notes etc.
- Paperless conference, no carry bags etc Pertinent information was transferred to a usb 2… Continue

Posted on September 24, 2008 at 6:16pm — 1 Comment

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Session by Clarence Fisher on web2.0 tools used in the classroom

Clarence Fisher led this session and demonstrated many of the tools that he uses in his classroom. Here are my notes on this session

Session 12 with Clarence Fisher
Some people asked about literacy. Monday 9am what is going on and what should we start with. What does it look like.
All this stuff is like pulling a lot of pieces together
Could start with a logo,
Some schools have a lot of things in one place. Difficult to break out of that box. So, Clarence brings all these things together himsel… Continue

Posted on September 20, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

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What is best classroom practise in education?

A room full of teachers energetically contributed to a discussion "what is best classroom practise in education"? This was able led by David Jakes and Clarence Fisher

Best practice is a fluid, personal thing that changes amongst educators
• Innovative
• Something that has been researched and an intended outcome is good and we know that it will happen
• Fits context that we need
• Teacher needs to feel comfortable with it.
Some say there is no such thing that is best practice in most or all cont… Continue

Posted on September 20, 2008 at 11:37am — 3 Comments

Anne Mirtschin

Animating videos

This unconference session was absolutely great - lots of sharing with able hints and tips from Ewan McIntosh and Clarence Fisher and many others in the group. Hope I have most of the discussion correct in the section below. I cant wait to go home and try many of these sites
The discussions...
Phun is great for physics and science animations
Adobe after effects
Scratch whole community at mit with 150000 things uploaded Download the code behind project, so can tweak and remix 25% of stuff is remix… Continue

Posted on September 19, 2008 at 10:00pm —

Anne Mirtschin

Conference reflections Day 1

What I saw
…laptops all connected via wireless internet
…geeks in red tshirts (middle school students) keeping all our laptops online
…many powerpoints and power packs for recharging
…happy conference participants
…people being pushed outside comfort zones by being asked to register for twitter to connect and communicate unconference needs and general conference tweets
…many people attending unconference sessions of their choice
What I learned
…so much from all the sessions that I attended
…even… Continue

Posted on September 19, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

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At 4:04pm on June 26, 2008, Paul McMahon said…
Anne,

Does this mean you are coming to Shanghai?

Paul
 
 

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