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Global Collaborations PreK-12 (Session 10)
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Connecting to Learn, Learning to Connect: Social Networking in the Classroom

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At 6:57pm on August 17, 2008, Ann Krembs said…: Hi Kim,

I like following your blog, and I really admire the program you guys are implementing at ISB. I'm looking forward to meeting you in person during the Learning2.0 Conference. Currently, I serve as the head librarian at the American School of Bombay. Until September...:) Ann

At 3:36pm on September 18, 2007, David Carpenter said…: Now we are talking. Your efforts to bring the theory into real practice are wonderful with the 20 project ideas. Nice work.

At 9:26am on September 18, 2007, cindy wainikka said…: Great ideas for elementary classrooms. I have not signed up for yak pack before. Is it easy to partner with other schools around the world? How do you go about doing that?
Thanks

At 8:44pm on September 13, 2007, Dan Robinson said…: Hey Kim, I am working with some English lout named David at TAS :). He mentioned that you would be worth catching up with.

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School:

International School Bangkok, Thailand

Position:

After seven years as a middle school tech facilitator, first five at Munich International School in Germany, last two at Mont'Kiara International School in KL, Malaysia, I am now the 21st Century Literacy Specialist at the International School Bangkok.

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http://mscofino.edublogs.org

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20 Project Ideas Inspired by Learning 2.0

[Cross posted from my blog, Always Learning]

We all know that you only get out of a conference what you put in. So, I did my best to make the Learning 2.0 unconference sessions work for me
by moderating 2 of the 3 sessions (during the third session I was
totally wrapped up in Alan November’s amazing presentation on

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Posted on September 18, 2007 at 12:29pm —

Energized and Inspired: Reflections from the Learning 2.0 Conference

[Cross posted from my blog, Always Learning]

What a weekend! I’ve barely been able to sleep since the Learning 2.0 Conference started because my brain has been in overdrive - just being around so many like-minded people in one place was absolutely the most inspiring
experience I’ve had in years. Over the summer I was jealously following
the tweets from

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Posted on September 17, 2007 at 6:40pm —

Collaborative Projects Developed During Unconference Sessions Today!

Another great unconference session today!

Our group came up with tons of great ideas for collaborative projects
for elementary. These ideas are only a starting point, please feel free
to add anything you would like to start collaborating on in the replies:

The starting point:

Grade 5 Ideas:

Book Club / Literature Circle: Use Ning to share our thoughts on
our reading - create literature circles with students from a variety of
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Posted on September 16, 2007 at 11:26am —

Overcoming the Obstacles: Keeping the Conversation Going

Had a great session with Will and Sheryl today on embracing "problem" technologies.

Lots of problems:

YouTube

Facebook/MySpace

Texting

Wikipedia

Filters/Firewalls

Access

Inappropriate content

MP3 Players

Fear/Fear Mongering

Cyber-bullying

Consistency

K-12 schools

Managers/

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Posted on September 15, 2007 at 5:37pm — 1 Comment

Roundtable Discussion Favorite Quotes

A few of my favorite quotes from the fantastic roundtable discussion last night:

Will Richardson:

the network is the most powerful piece of learning

kids need models for appropriate, safe, effective use for blogging (in response to Jamie McKenzie's point that students are blogging about nonsense that no one is reading - the problem is that people are reading!)

Shery Nussbaum-Beach