Learning2gether with Moodle MOOC 4

Learning2gether Episode 220 (June 1) and Episode 221 (June 8)


Download mp3 here

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Moodle MOOC 4 started on Sunday June 1 with an opening by Dr. Nellie Deutsch and continued through the week with a presentation Sunday June 8 by Shelly Terrell on a wide range of Web 2.0 tools and apps for enabling engaged learning in the classroom, in a presentation entitled: Exploring Current Learning Rituals for Better E-Learning

The sound in the video starts at about 7 minutes

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1849597-mm4-exploring-current-learning-rituals-for-better-e-learning

Courtesy of Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning

Shelly’s slides are posted at the tutorial archive: http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/771907-mm4-the-way-we-learn-a

Earlier this week

Sun Jun 1 1600 GMT Nellie Deutsch – Opening Ceremony and Introduction to Moodle MOOC 4

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1849647-mm4-opening-ceremony-and-introduction-to-moodle-mooc-4

Here is the full program:

And YouTube playlist:

Mon Jun 2 0001 GMT –  IHAQ #9

http://edtechtalk.com/ihaq9-how-encourage-authentic-blended-learning-conversations-f2f-campus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k905eNkPs5o

Sun Jun 1 2000 GMT Edunation Language Community event in Second Life

The EdLC is the new name for an active group of language educators who meet twice a month to exchange best practise in language education. 

WHERE? EduNation next to the Sandbox, bonfire in front of Irish Pub

WHY?

– to learn from each other through practical sessions on building, scripting, machinima (‘workshops’)

– to exchange ideas on how to deal with students, methodology etc. (‘fireside chats’)

– invite guest speakers (‘coffee with…’)

TODAY …

Randall Sadler, Holodeck workshop I  and afterwards Aneloz’s house warming party

Holodecks–a Users and Builders introduction.  This workshop will introduce to holodecks and take you step-by-step how you create your own scene using the Horizons Holodeck System.  (If you want to package your own builds during the workshop, please buy either the Horizons Multi-Scene Rezzer Home Edition or the Horizons Multi-Scene Rezzer Pro Version before the workshop–both available on Second Life Marketplace

For more information,

Mon Jun 2 0200 GMT – Zaid Ali Alsagoff on MM4: DNA of a 21st Century Educator


Download mp3: https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/zaid-alsagoff-on-dna-of-a-21st-century-educator-jxojskh5laq.mp3

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1651266-mm4-dna-of-a-21st-century-educator

http://zaidlearn.blogspot.ae/2014/05/dna-of-21st-century-educator-at.html

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Fri Jun 6 at 2000 GMT Shelly Terrell American TESOL webinar – Digital Adventures with Avatars

Note that times in GMT may vary because the timing is fixed to a local time zone where clocks are moved forward / back periodically

As an example, this is the one for May 16, 2014, 1600 EDT, 2000 GMT

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Shelly+Terrell%27s+Weekly+Friday+TESOL+Seminars&iso=20140516T16&p1=179&ah=1

Sat Jun 7 1900 GMT Carl Hammond – MM4: Education in Virtual Worlds and WizIQ

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1893921-mm4-education-in-virtual-worlds-and-wiziq

Judy Thompson on Radical English and teaching pronunciation through colors

Learning2gether Episode 219

On Monday May 26 we met Judy Thompson discussing Radical English and teaching pronunciation through colors

 

http://radicalenglish.weebly.com/

Where Google Hangout

What?

Announcements

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Network

Teresa Almeida d’Eca has been working with a small group of colleagues that came together through Judy Thompson in LinkedIn. “In November 2013 we met f2f in Lydbury, England, hosted by Rita and Duncan Baker at their Language Center. However, I only met with them through Skype. And we founded the Radical English group.

We believe in a totally different approach to teaching English, in tune with Rita’s post “it’s time to take a radically different approach to teaching and learning English”. Each of us has an area of expertise and we’ve been sparking one another to carry it to the next level. So far we’re more a support group rather than a group with a single project. We spread the word about one another and promote our ventures.

  • Judy (in Canada) created the EPA: English Phonetic Alphabet. She has published for a few years and is now online and has an app.
  •  Rita in England just published her first e-book, Brain Power. It’s a very interesting read aimed at the education world, above all, at common people. Do take a look! It’s on Amazon (http://amzn.to/19OFwgh).
  •  I just finished proofreading my e-dictionary based on a pronunciation strategy I came up with in class and out of the blue 10 years ago. It’s based on bridging the L1 and the L2. I’ll let you know when it comes out.

The other members are Peggy Tharpe (California, USA), who specializes in pronunciation and accent reduction, Jennifer England (a Canadian in Spain), who’s involved in projects and learning programs, and Judit Tárczy (Hungary), who uses word boards to teach vocabulary to YLs. Each of us is doing work that we enjoy, as you will see in our RE website (http://radicalenglish.com/) in the “All about us” tab. We invite you to subscribe to our newsletter and follow our blog.

I also invite you to visit my own RE website (http://teresadeca-radicalenglish.weebly.com/) where you have more information about my project. Do read the blog and follow it. You’re very welcome to leave comments.”

Earlier this week

Mon May 19 00:01 GMT IHAQ#7 Return to EdTech Weekly

IHAQ#7 – a good old-fashioned EdTechWeekly Link Dump
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c6fcsd10hma19gp619hltbpn6uo?authkey=CL3ai7rVwdv0Cw

Fri-Sat May 23-24 TOSCON14

http://toscon14.wordpress.com/

The registration page doesn’t appear to work in Chrome, but works fine in IE

Program:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZQNx-GsFAcAn5La1MqKuD84kMDFHXv9pO8Vw8ioq9-Y/edit?pli=1

The webcasts indicated for this event are not going to happen as indicated in our Bb Collaborate / Elluminate calendar here:

http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen/. The webcasts would have been at

http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Sat May 24 1430 GMT Marina Majonica – Becoming a Master Teacher (Or How To Get There)

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1870430-becoming-a-master-teacher-or-how-to-get-there

Hangout with Alexander Hayes – Google Glass in Education

Learning2gether Episode 218

Download mp3

Sun May 18 1100 GMT – Hangout with Alexander Hayes – Google Glass in Education

Alexander Hayes has been associated with a number of cutting edge education projects over the years, including exploring the potential of StreamFolio, Talking VTE, POV technologies, Drones for Schools, wearable technologies (and the social implications of surveillance, sousveillance, and uberveillance) and most recently, Google Glass through posting his interviews with 60 Google Glass Explorers on YouTube and hosting the recent Glass Meetup #1 in Canberra.

We’ll speak with Alex about his extensive work in these areas. All are welcome, should be F.U.N.

Hangout

Homework

  • It might be useful for you all to watch a few of these interviews beforehand – http://goo.gl/bo94t2
    There are 45 video interviews at this link, all well worth watching / listening to

About Alexander

Show Notes

Links from Chatwing

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Links from Hangout
I was unable to copy text from the H/O  text chat from my Windows 8 computer (in Windows 7 I could copy the visible chat but could not scroll to copy), so I clicked on the links to open them and  pasted them below

Follow up conversation

Alexander Hayes

Announcements

Earlier this week

May 12 Webmaker MOOC begins

http://training.webmakerprototypes.org/en/

 

May 12 to June 15 – Part 2 of Shaping the Way we Teach English, a MOOC for Language Teachers

You are invited to participate in “Shaping the Way We Teach English: Paths to Success in English Language Teaching“. This is the second course of the series but you did not have to participate in Part 1 to be eligible to participate in Part 2.

This course is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). This means that you do not need to log in at any one specific time during the week but you will be given readings, assignments, and discussions questions that are due at a specific time each week. You should log into the course a few times a week to be successful. Registration is unlimited so please feel free to share with your colleagues.

We also encourage teachers to work collaboratively. Many successful MOOC participants have formed facilitation groups. Each individual will still need to submit his/her work online, but facilitation groups meet once a week to discuss the content of the course.

If you complete the course, you will be issued a “Statement of Accomplishment” from Coursera.

Course Information:

Part 2: Paths to Success in English Language Teaching – Begins May 12

Enroll at:  https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping2paths

  • Week 1, May 12: Integrating skills and using tasks to motivate learners
  • Week 2, May 19: Alternative assessment to demonstrate language ability
  • Week 3, May 26: Incorporating individual learning differences in instruction
  • Week 4, June 2: Effective classroom management
  • Week 5, June 9: Reflective teaching 

Visit Shaping the Way We Teach English at: http://shapingenglish.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

News bulletin here: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/03/224040.htm

Sat May 17 1430 GMT Andrés Ramos – Memes: Witty Cultural Discourse for An ELT Blast

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1870400-memes-witty-cultural-discourse-for-an-elt-blast 


At this link

http://gisig.iatefl.org/event/events-past/webinar-graham-stanley-the-ceibal-english-project-in-uraquay

Recording: https://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/_a875541554/p2j5iu5swl6/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

Slideshttp://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/ceibal-english-in-uruguay

Hangout with University of Canberra INSPIRE first #glassmeetups and IHAQ#6

Learning2gether Episode 217

My Monday May 12 started at 4:00 a.m with the midnight GMT “I have a question” IHAQ#6

Recording
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCa-5Xod8ag&feature=share

Jeff Lebow and his EdTech Talk colleagues Dave Cormier, Jennifer Maddrell, and John Shinker meet every Sunday at midnight GMT in Hangout for their new venture I have a question #IHAQ

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Show Notes & Chat Log at: 
http://edtechtalk.com/ihaq6-how-do-we-keep-track-our-stuff

Next Week: IHAQ#7 – a good old-fashioned EdTechWeekly Link Dump
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c6fcsd10hma19gp619hltbpn6uo?authkey=CL3ai7rVwdv0Cw

Followed closely Mon May 12 at 0200 GMT by Hangout of the Minds EduGlasses

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107609996462187425150


And finally la pièce de la pièce


Mon May 12 Hangout from Uni of Canberra: Google Glass Meetup 



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  1. Event page – https://plus.google.com/events/cssd2617d4r9hilh9j03m759lek?authkey=CMKSgciVt9npaA
  2. Youtube page – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCd2kRhAVAw
  3. Main event page – http://www.inspire.edu.au/glass-meetups/2014/4/4/confirmed-meetup
  4. Main programme link with times given worldwide – http://goo.gl/t4pHnI
    1. Start time 06:45 GMT, 16:45 in Canberra: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%23glassmeetup+1+-+INSPIRE+Centre%2C+University+of+Canberra&iso=20140512T1645&p1=57&ah=3
    2. Closing 09:30 GMT, 19:30 in Canberra http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%23glassmeetup+1+-+INSPIRE+Centre%2C+University+of+Canberra&iso=20140512T1930&p1=57&ah=3
  5. Aggregations
    1. https://plus.google.com/s/%23ucgm1

Announcements:

  • Forums

I snapped this (coincidentally) just as @alexanderhayes was thanking (unexpectedly 🙂 Vance Stevens and Webheads among others for acting as ‘nodes’ for the event

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https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ucgm1&src=hash

Learning2gether in Hangout with Jose Antonio Da Silva on Mobile Learning Tips and Issues

Learning2gether Episode 216

Sun May 11 Hangout – Learning2gether with Jose Antonio Da Silva on Mobile Learning Tips and Issues

What Jose, plans  to talk about
Jose and his colleagues have been using iPads in class since 2012 after Carla Arena got a grant with the first set of 20 iPads for one of the branches at Casa Thomas Jefferson in Brasilia. Now that there are sets in all branches, the teachers at CTJ have done quite a lot in the area of mobile learning and learned to address some of the issues that might surface when one decides to use mobile devices. These are some of things that Jose hopes to share with the community.


Jose is a teacher at Casa Thomas Jefferson in Brasilia, frequent contributor at EVO Electronic Village Online, and travels consistently to conferences around the globe. He is a natural teacher who shares expertise with colleagues worldwide, and it will be interesting to chat with him and share our knowledge about mobile learning and iPads https://twitter.com/joseantoniook 

http://newsmix.me/joseaokc/mobile-lerning 

Text chat from the Hangout (raw, unedited)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18-BULuzAN_caYTPvqoRUGTbgtogshDxmab4pivz4ESQ/edit?usp=sharing

Announcements were made in the following:

 Feedback

 

Facebook

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Earlier this week

Fri May 9 at 2000 GMT Shelly Terrell weekly American TESOL webinar

This week: Fri., May 9th, Inspire Learners with Guest Experts

The following screen with its many links live can be found at http://bit.ly/eltlinks which redirects to

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?tab_layout=side&id=292127#anchor

The schedule to the right of this image is updated weekly and available at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBCwS4uFDrdVdYGYBBYUOlpK9CMaSV69770D20QIW3c/pub

Sat May 10 Audrey Watters at BCC Agora

http://bccagora.org/may10/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPSGZQ42aP4&feature=youtu.be

Sat May 10 1600 GMT Classroom 2.0 LiveBinders on Bullying

Timehttp://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=05&day=10&year=2014&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=179

Link to join the session:  http://tinyurl.com/cr20live

More information: http://live.classroom20.com/ 

Learning2gether with Reform Symposium MiniCon in May (and IHAQ#5)

Learning2gether Episode 215

On Sun May 4 from 1330 to 1700 GMT Learning2gether enjoyed interacting with Reform Symposium MiniCon May

Reform Symposium MiniCon May, May 4th 9:30am – 1pm EDT

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=RSCON+Miniconference+May&iso=20140504T0930&p1=179&ah=3&am=30

This was the last half day free online event to prepare for July 11-13th official online conference.

Features

  • 13;30 GMT guest poet Chaouki M’kaddem,
  • 14:00 keynote speaker Steve Wheeler 
  • From 15:00 GMT seven  Inspire presentations
    At one point you could have signed up to be an Inpire Presenter! invited to do a 3 to 5 minute presentation that either (1) gives us highlights of your RSCON4 presentation or (2) gives us a sneak peek at what you are thinking about presenting for RSCON5. Space is limited for these presentations, so sign up soon. 
  • 16:00 GMT Tech & App Smackdown – Share your favorite web tool or app as we celebrate our amazing presenters from 2013 and look forward to #RSCON5 on July 11-13th, 2014. Your presentation will only be 2 minutes long with 2 images as your presentation. 

All this is intended to give you a sneak peek at what to expect at the annual Reform Symposium Free Online Conference (RSCON5), that will take place July 11-13th, 2014 and feature 60+presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, and much more. 

Announcements:

Tech and App Smackdown text chat links and exerpts

I thought the most practical was the last event, the tech & app smackdown. LOTS of material there. I saved the txt chat with links and the recording will be worth revisiting

Peggy George – This will be a fast and furious, fun-filled session with lots of great tools and tips

Here are the tools and web sites mentioned

Glogster

QR codes

ZEEF

Rositsa Mineva – http://learningapps.org/

Presentation tools

Edmodo

blendspace

no red ink

goanimate

https://audioboo.fm/ free apps for iPhones and Adroid phone (and tablets and iPads) and Windows phones and some Blackberries . Now allows up to 10 minutes recording time and no limit on number of recordings as far as I can see

Touchcast

Pearltrees

  • Shelly is the most amazing Pearltree user I know!!! I love her resources on Peartree!

Pinterest

Linoit

Smore

educlipper https://educlipper.net/ logo creation apps

Tellagami, https://tellagami.com/

Oronoque

  • Oro loves Voki

Powtoon, http://www.powtoon.com/

  • Sarah Thomas @sarahdateechur – PowToon…it is my new fave
  • shellyterrell @ShellTerrell – My students love Powtoon! It’s their favorite way to create

Thinglink

Prezi

Pozo

Lucidchart

http://www.englishcentral.com

TED Talks for educators

Audio tools

EDUCANON

Youngzine.org great lessons

Luciane Duma project with SEN students http://esafety4etwinners.blogspot.ro/

Kahoot

Comics

LucianeCurator @web20education – My Portofolio with over 1000 edtools https://lucianecurator.contently.com/

Knovio sounds interesting.

Nearpod

http://shellyterrell.com/2013/02/18/20-storybook-creation-tools-and-apps/

ibookcreator

Avatars

Later that day

Sun May 4 2359 UTC IHAQ#5: Why Does Sugata Mitra anger so many in education?

In Hangout with @eduquestion; https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/chss40e7i3k7h10856fjoh6gd54?authkey=CMnbpYX_7oydVg

Find more IHAQ videos at http://edtechtalk.com/

Related Links

Vanessa Vaile offers

Benjamin L. Stewart

My thoughts… http://benjaminlstewart.com/the-mitra-debate-research-vs-teaching-practice/

Earlier this week

Mon Apr 28 2:00 ET – The Role of Badges in Alternative Credentialing

Monday, April 28, 2-3:00 ET: The Role of Badges in Alternative Credentialing – In response to specific employer/industry requirements and the particular needs of the adult learner, interest in new approaches to credentialing is on the rise. In December, 2013, the U.S. Dept. of Education issued a notice inviting suggestions for new experiments for the Experimental Sites Initiative. The notice expressed particular interest in competency-based education programs and prior learning assessment for postsecondary education. This session will investigate various ways that open badges provide the basis for alternative credentialing programs.
Presented by Anne Derryberry, Producer, Designer, and Advisor at Sage Road Solutions

From the MOOC on badges: badges.coursesites.com

How to Join the Live Sessions

To join the live sessions, use the following Blackboard Collaborate Web Conference link: http://tinyurl.com/OpenBadgesCollaborate

Live sessions are the last Monday of each month at 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET 

For April 28, here  is your local time:  (forthcoming)

Mon Apr 28 Events announced on LearningRevolution

Monday, April 28th at the American Museum of Natural History, NYC YouthCaN 2014, YouthCaN is a global youth-run organization co-sponsored by iEARN that uses technology to inspire, connect and educate people about environmental issues facing the planet. Every year at our annual conference at the American Museum of Natural History, YouthCaN groups from around the world present and/or attend environmental science-related workshops. The date for the YouthCaN New York City Conference is April 28, 2014 at the American Museum of Natural History. More information here.

Monday, April 28th in Pacific Palisades, CA Tips & Tools to Tech Up Your Teaching, Today’s educators are tasked with integrating technology in the curriculum to enhance student learning and advance 21st century skills, but, with myriad of tools and educational applications to choose from, it can be a daunting task for already busy teachers. This professional development workshop is designed to help jump-start meaningful technology integration with ideas, resources, and teaching tips. More information here.

For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here.

Wed Apr 30 More SLMOOC14 sessions scheduled through Apr 30, 2014

This one at 1800 GMT

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1758295-slmooc14-workshop-on-small-learning-objects

This one at 1900 GMT

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1722584-slmooc-re-engineering-virtual-worlds-for-pedagogic-practice

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Thu May 1 Curt Bonk on MOOCs, Flipping, and Microcredentials

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/456445550

 

Note: This session is designed specifically for trade and professional associations.

Thu May 1 Reinventing the Classroom online conference

Reinventing the Classroom, May 1st, 2014 

is about “how ed tech is reshaping the classroom experience.” This is a free event bringing together classroom educators and innovators from around the world, being held Thursday, May 1st (May 2nd in some time zones). The entire conference takes place online in a webinar format, and specifically encourages teachers to share their best practices with their peers.

Ed Tech Month + PowerUp WHAT WORKS. We’re boldly declaring that May is Ed Tech Month – kicking off with Reinventing the Classroom, and followed by a month long webinar series presented by PowerUp WHAT WORKS. Topics include: Personalize Your Math Professional Development, Learn About Differentiated Instruction and UDL, Personalize Your ELA Professional Development, and more. PD certificates will be available through the Learning Revolution. PLUS you can host your own Ed Tech Month event(s) using our Host Your Own Webinar program, and share local events using #edtechmonth. Visit www.edtechmonth.com for more information.

Be sure to check out the incredible lineup of keynotes and distinguished speakersTravis AllenSteve Anderson,Barnett BarryVicki DavisHowie DiBlasiJulie EvansTroy HicksRushton HurleyBill KistGary LopezAnne MirtschinJeff PiontekShelly Sanchez Terrell, and Nicole Tucker-Smith.   

May 1, Alexander Hayes interviews Stephen Downes on wearable technology

Sat May 3 0900 PT Classroom 2.0 LIVE – Swaroop Raju and eduCanon 

Date: Sat., May 3, 2014
Time: 9:00am PT/10:00am MT/11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Location: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)

Peggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 “LIVE” shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat, desktop sharing and closed captioning. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available athttp://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.

Join us on Saturday, May 3rd, when our special guest will be Swaroop Raju, eduCanon Co-Founder” who will introduce us to the amazing teaching resource, eduCanon! eduCanon is an online learning environment to build and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any YouTube, Vimeo, or TeacherTube video content (screencasts, LearnZillion, Khan Academy, Minute Physics, TED, NOVA, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students. By time-linking activities that students engage with as the video progresses the content is segmented into digestible components – increasing student engagement and, through our real-time monitoring, informing the next day’s lesson planning. Teachers have used the eduCanon interface in class as a blended tool, assigned students an eduCanon lesson as homework in a flipped setting, and even asked students to create their own eduCanon lesson as a higher-Bloom’s project! eduCanon is flexible to suit the resources and teaching style of your classroom. eduCanon is a FREE web app that works on all major browsers. It works on Macs, PCs, and is even responsive to iPads. You can even embed it into your website or blog!

More information and details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live.

When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors Weebly, The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

 

Learning2gether with the 7th Virtual Round Table and EVO SYMPOSIUM – IHAQ#4 and Earthcast 2014

Learning2gether Episode 214

Fri April 25 through Sunday Apr 27 – Learning2gether with the 7th Virtual Round Table

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Sun Apr 27 1400 GMT EVO SYMPOSIUM

On Sunday April 27 EVO moderators are invited to present their EVO sessions at a special 2 hour EVO SYMPOSIUM at the Virtual Round Table Web Conference. Presentations were planned as 20 min (“TED talk length) followed by 10 min Q&A with a 30 min networking session in the middle. The sessions took place in Adobe Connect, hosted at http://www.virtual-round-table.com

Sun 2pm GMT

MultiMOOC EVO 2014

http://www.slideshare.net/vances/multimooc

Vance Stevens, UAE

Sun 2:30pm GMT

Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers EVO 2014

Dennis Newson, Germany

Sun 3pm GMT

Networking Event

Sun 3:30pm GMT

Moodle for Teachers EVO 2014

Dr. Nellie Deutsch

Sun 4pm GMT

Crafting the e-Perfect Text book EVO 2014

Shelly Terrell, USA

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This was but a small part of the …

Fri-Sun April 25-27 7th Virtual Round Table Web Conference

Some 74 presenters in 66 sessions scheduled to present, discuss and conduct workshops covering language learning technologies such mobile apps, digital publishing, tools, gaming, virtual worlds, resources, mpedagogy, video, Moodle and much more.

A total of 5 symposium were organized by each of the conference organizers bring together groups of people:

  • ARCALL Symposium with Jennifer Verschoor
  • VIDEO Symposium with Russell Stannard
  • iDTi Symposium with Steven Herder
  • EVO Session Symposium with Vance Stevens
  • ELTons Symposium with Shelly Terrell

Also an AppSwap session, keynotes by Joe Dale, Graham Stanley, Shelly Terrell, Bente Milton, Berni Wall and Geoff Tranter.

For the AppSwap participants were requested to add your favorite app to the following google docs (ppt). Share a photo, a screenshot, a website and your name to the page.

There are several networking sessions in place, designed to give a voice to the audience.

There is also fun! Entertaining events are …

  • a party in Second Life on EduNation in the Irish Pub (Fri at the end of day one)
  • one of the best live singers in Second Life (Sunday at the end of conference)

Here are some useful links

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Conference Program Overview with printable pdf

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/program-overview

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Conference Program Details (GMT)

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events

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FAQs

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/faqs

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Sponsors and Exhibitors

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/sponsors-and-exhibitors

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About Virtual Round Table Web Conference

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/page/about-virtual-round-table

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Your conference organizers

Heike Philp

Shelly S Terrell

Steven Herder

Berni Wall

Jennifer Verschoor and

Russell Stannard

Visit Virtual Round Table Web Conference at: http://www.virtual-round-table.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Recordings have been published on the program overview (remember to click CTRL and the link to open in a new tab) of Joe Dale’s keynote, the AppSwap BYOD session with Shelly, Berni’s deep insights on building IELTS blended learning courses and much more.

Conference Program Overview

Friday Apr 25 1600 GMT to 2230 GMT

Saturday Apr 26 1200 to 2400 GMT

Sunday Apr 27 0700 GMT to 1300 GMT, followed by

  • EVO symposium 1400 to 1630 GMT
  • final events 1730 to 2430 GMT (past midnight)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHdMwncjIeMPrsaI4R5i-rzyo2-J3rveBcojX9VtzQs/edit?pli=1

Then on …

Sunday, April 27th at 8pm I Have a Question EdTechWeekly, Weekly attempt to crowdsource answers to education questions from our community of communities. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community.

IHAQ4

Earlier this week

Learning2gether with Jeff Lebow: I have a Question and Earth Day Preview
https://learning2gether.net/2014/04/20/176463172/

Tue Apr 22 from noon GMT Earth Day on earthbridges.net

Sheila Adams connecting from Rye Jr. High

Earth Day April 22 was celebrated again this year in the Worldbridges community,

Preparation:

Google+ Community create at: https://plus.google.com/communities/106328638894600774537

You can join the Flickr group for Earthcast14

earthcast2014participantBadge

Tuesday, April 22nd at 7pm Learning Revolution Keynotes, Don’t miss Carlo Ricci on “Learning and Love,” Howard Rheingold on “Co-Learning, Social Media, Peeragogy, and Open/Connected Learning,” Maria Droujkova on “From Adventurous Learning to Disruptive Innovations: Brave Design in Mathematics Education,” and Mark Treadwell on “The Neuroscience of Learning – A Model for How the Brain Learns.” See the schedule in your local time at http://learningrevolution.com/page/attending-schedule.
 
Wednesday, April 23rd at 4pm Free BrainPOP Webinar: Come Play! Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey, We welcome Christopher W. Czajka, Senior Director at LAB@Thirteen, the producer of our GameUp title Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey. Christopher will discuss how Mission US prompts young players to think critically, make choices, and reference primary sources. He’ll also provide an overview of the accompanying educational resources. Join here.
 
Wednesday, April 23rd at 7pm ISTE – ISTE Standards and the Common Core Integration in Action, Are you daunted by the prospect of implementing the Common Core State Standards? Don’t be! The Common Core opens the door for innovative teaching techniques to ensure students are college and career ready. Join Catlin Tucker to see how she’s successfully blending technology and tradition to teach the new standards in her classroom. Learn how to leverage web 2.0 tools to engage students and teach creative problem solving, critical thinking, and effective communication and collaboration. Leave this webinar with lesson ideas you can use with your students today! Registration and more information here.
 
Wednesday, April 23rd at 7pm Learning Revolution Keynotes, Don’t miss David Loertscher on “The Flat Co-Taught Learning Experience: A ‘Core’ Idea,” Cynthia Mediavilla on “Learning by Doing: Internships and Residencies,” and Bernajean Porter on “Futuring with Story Telling Inspires Communities, Schools and Student Lives.” See the schedule in your local time at http://learningrevolution.com/page/attending-schedule.
 
Wednesday, April 23rd at 9pm Teachers Teaching Teachers, Weekly conversations hosted by EdTechTalk, a collaborative open webcasting community. For more information, click here.
 

Thu-Fri April 24-25 Learning revolution online conference

Learning Revolution Conference Online, April 24th – 25th, 2014

Thursday, April 24th at 7am Learning Revolution Keynotes, Don’t miss Pat Farenga on “What is the role of the teacher when children learn on their own?” Leonard Waks on “Beyond the University: New MOOC Audiences and Providers,” Stephanie Sandifer on “Mobile Learning Among the Museums of Houston, Texas: A Blended & Personalized Learning Environment Leveraging Community Resources for Improved Learner Outcomes,” Jackie Gerstein on “SAMR as a Framework for Moving Towards Education 3.0,” Steve Wheeler on “Students Driving Change: How Learners are Making the Difference in the Digital Age,” Roger Schank on “Out with the Old and In with the New: A Plan for Redesigning High School so that it is Fun and Useful,” and Michael Strong on “Creating Great Educational Communities.” See the schedule in your local time athttp://learningrevolution.com/page/attending-schedule.

Thursday, April 24th in Omaha, NE Identifying the Learning Potential of Apps, Websites, and Games & Resources for Teaching Digital Citizenship on an iPad; , Common Sense Media presenter, Jeremy Nielsen, will deliver two great sessions at the Nebraska Educational Technology Association event in Omaha, NE. More information here.

Thursday, April 24th at 3pm Rethinking Lesson Design with App Flow & Digital Citizenship: A Whole-Community Approach, Common Sense Media presenter, Kelly Mendoza, will deliver two great sessions at the free, online Learning Revolution Conference. See the schedule in your local time athttp://learningrevolution.com/page/attending-schedule.

Friday, April 25th in Denver, CO Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship & Literacy for K-12, Empower youth to be in control of their online lives by teaching them digital citizenship using Common Sense Media resources. The K-12 Digital Citizenship and Literacy curriculum includes lesson activities, student videos and interactive assessments…More information and registration information here.

Learning2gether with Jeff Lebow: I have a Question and Earth Day Preview

Learning2gether Episode 213

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Sun Apr 20 I have a question about Earth Day preview

This Earth Day preview was planned as a 1400 GMT webcast coordinated from Korea by veteran MC Jeff Lebow and in UAE by Vance Stevens. Those interested in Earth Day Educasts were invited, and in the meantime we talked to Jeff about the new initiative of EdTech Talk, I’ve got a question.

Where? Google Hangout

Earth Day April 22 is being celebrated again this year in the Worldbridges community,

Preparation:

Google+ Community created at: https://plus.google.com/communities/106328638894600774537

You can join the Flickr group for Earthcast14

Jeff Lebow’s links:

Andreas Fischer created a storify story  about “Earthday” and its steadily immense growing.. woow.. see here: https://storify.com/WordfisherMedia/earthday-2014

Reading

Announcements

Sun Apr 20 2359 GMT I have a question #3 on EdTech Talk

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Hangout with the EdTech Talk team Jeff Lebow, Dave Cormier, Jennifer Madrell, and John Shanker

Event page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c96j63hoe6tnhaggdminc1ts980?authkey=CO6tzcjAv9yW_AE

Show notes: http://edtechtalk.com/ihaq3-curating-fostering-online-conversations

Ask questions via

Tag searches on #eduquestion:

 I have a question archives

Earlier this week

More SLMOOC14 sessions scheduled through Apr 30, 2014

Nancy Zingrone
Hi Folks: This afternoon’s lecture on Setting up a Learning Center in Second Life will be mostly in WizIQ with the option of taking a tour of the still-under-reconstruction Learning Center in Second Life towards the end of the hour. The SLURL for the Learning Center is available on the Poster Board in the SLHQ but if you go there, the Learning Center is actually next door, one door down to the left as you are looking at the HQ. The direct SLURL to The AZIRE Learning Center is: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/153/88/60
Nancy Zingrone
Hi Folks, we have scheduled on Tuesday at 3pm SLT (April 15th) an inworld only picnic for the purpose of playing together, and working on walking, running, jumping, climbing and dancing in Second Life! Come join us inworld on Tuesday from 3pm to 4pm in the Chilbo Education Village Sandbox. Here’s the SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madhupak/56/52/63

Thu Apr 17 2030 GMT STEMseeds 4: Lesson Ideas with Henry Ingwersen

Please plan to join Henry Ingwersen, Amy Loeffelholz and Wesley Fryer on Thursday, April 17th at 4:30 pm Eastern / 3:30 pm Central / 2:30 pm Mountain / 1:30 pm Pacific online (via a Google Hangout) to talk about STEM lesson ideas and ways to engage students through STEM learning. Henry is an elementary classroom STEM teacher in Wells, Maine, and maintains a blog about some of his classroom STEM lessons. Please tweet about this event using the Twitter ID @STEMseeds and follow @STEMseeds.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cfik2ppobrkjlnjbcpqp0cu8n8o

Learning2gether from Robert Wachman and Deborah Healey talking about Shaping the Way we Teach English

Learning2gether Episode 212

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On Sun Apr 13 Learning2gether with arranged to meet with Robert Wachman to talk about his role in helping teachers with Shaping the Way we Teach English, and we were joined by Deborah Healey

http://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-mooc-aims-help-teach-english-language

Robert is involved in helping teachers in the Philippines with the MOOC Shaping the Way we Teach English, and he gave us a tour around the 5-week MOOC: https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape

Robert had worked out beforehand how to join the Hangout on Air in an iPad while participating on an iMac where he can screen share and walk us through the program from there while maintaining screen presence on the iPad.

Place: Google Hangout on Air (HoA), available through direct participation in the Hangout or via its live stream, URLs to appear as they come available toward the start of the event

Announcements on various Google+ communities and Facebook groups as well as at:

Earlier this week

Monday, April 7th Teaching Digital Citizenship in an iPad Classroom

If you have iPads, you know that teaching digital citizenship is more important than ever. With the tablet classroom in mind, Common Sense Media, well-renowned for their digital citizenship curriculum and resources, now offers resources for teaching digital citizenship in an iPad classroom. Participants will learn about two resources that teach students to be safe, responsible, and respectful in a digital world: 1) Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum in interactive eBooks, and 2) Digital Passport. Learn more here, and more information about this and other upcoming events at t http://learningrevolution.com/.

Monday, April 7th  TL Virtual Cafe – Libraries and the 1:1 School: Final Nail in the Library Coffin?

Learn about the role of libraries and librarians in a 1:1 school. Hoover High School librarians and administrator(s) will discuss the successes, pitfalls, and follies involved in launching a 1:1 iPad program for our 9-12 grade school of approximately 3000 students with an emphasis on the role of the library and librarians in this process. Join here.
More information about this and other upcoming events at http://learningrevolution.com/.

Philip Rosedale (the founder of Second Life) and his keynote address is on YouTube: http://youtu.be/KyuS3jwrCu0

Sat Apr 12 last day of VWBPE Virtual Word Best Practices in Education on Avalon

Time: April 11, 2014 to April 12, 2014
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Central%203/248/248/22
Organized By: Heike Philp aka Gwen Gwasi
VWBPE – Virtual World Best Practise in Education Conference – www.vwbpe.org

From AVALON: http://avalon-project.ning.com/

Here was the schedule for

There was a live feed here http://vwbpe.org/conference/watch-live-now :

Sat Apr 12 Classroom 2.0 special guest Donna Roman – Featured Teacher

Date: Sat., April 12, 2014
Time: 9:00am PT/10:00am MT/11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Location: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)Peggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 “LIVE” shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat, desktop sharing and closed captioning. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.Join us on Saturday, April 12th, when our special guest will be Donna Roman,”Featured Teacher”. Donna Adams Román is a 5th grade teacher at Mill Creek School in Illinois, blogger, trainer, and presenter committed to providing rich learning opportunities for her learners and professional learning network. She is a recent recipient of ISTE’s first place SIGOL Online Learning Award (2013) and a Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator. Donna is active in Professional Development online and in her district, CoSN, ISTE, and iEARN. Educators are pulled in so many constantly changing directions. Donna will discuss how we can address these obligations while providing deep and meaningful learning experiences, not only for our students, but for ourselves as well. Suggestions to work smarter by condensing and combining, that in turn can deepen teaching, learning, and our lives while we engage fully in the process. 21st Century Learning, Project Based Learning, and Technology will be the common languages. Donna’s Blog More information and details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live.On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings from our recent ”Featured Teacher” session with our special guest Erin Klein. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.

When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors Weebly, The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

SLMOOC14 sessions scheduled through Apr 30, 2014

included:

Sat Apr 12 SLMOOC14 – Jay Jay Jegathesan – The Freedom Project

Sat Apr 12 SLMOOC14 – Vicki Robinson – Physics Education In Second Life – Virtual Hands On

Sun Apr 13 SLMOOC14 – Nancy Zingrone – Setting up a Learning Center in Second Life and  Display Building Workshop in Second Life

Learning2gether with RSCON5 MiniCon and more

Learning2gether Episode 211

Sun Apr 6 – Learning2gether with RSCON5 MiniCon and preview

Learning2gether in the guise of its coordinator Vance Stevens was on holiday April 6, but followers were invited to attend the following significant event, which coincidentally took place during the time that L2g normally meets on Sundays

Sunday, April 6th RSCON5 MiniCon will feature musical guest Jason Levine, keynote speaker Steven Anderson, a technology smackdown event that anyone can sign-up for, and eight mini-presentations that highlight RSCON4 and give you a sneak peek at what to expect at our annual Reform Symposium Free Online Conference (RSCON5), that will take placeJuly 11-13th, 2014 and feature 60+presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, and much more. Learn more here / or at http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/rscon-2014
More information about this and other upcoming events at t http://learningrevolution.com/

and, as usual …

Earlier this week

Mon Mar 31 – Introducing Mozilla’s BadgeKit

Monday, March 31, 2-3:00 ET: Introducing Mozilla’s BadgeKit – BadgeKit is a new set of open, foundational tools that will make the badging process easy and simple. BadgeKit will be launched by Mozilla’s Open Badges team in March of 2014. This session will provide a general overview of BadgeKit, including: Why BadgeKit? What is BadgeKit? A deeper look at BadgeKit tools, and more
You’ll need to enroll in the MOOC on badges: badges.coursesites.com

Thu Apr 3 – SLMOOC14: David W. Deeds – Using Second Life in the K-12 Classroom

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1755560-slmooc14-using-second-life-in-the-k-12-classroom

Fri Apr 4 – SLMOOC14: Language Practice on Second Life – Edunation

Presented by Edunation by Victoria University of Wellington

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1756032-slmooc14-language-practice-on-second-life

Sat Apr 5 – Classroom 2.0 live weekly show with Erin Klein

Saturday, April 5th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show with Erin Klein, We are so excited to have Erin Klein as our Featured Teacher! Erin is a 2nd grade teacher in the Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI. She will be sharing some of her fantastic classroom projects and teaching ideas in this inspirational, jam-packed show. Besides her amazing student-centered classroom Erin is an education technology expert and a master of project based learning. In her blog, Kleinspiration, Erin shares strategies and tools to help educators create transformational schools of the 21st century. Classroom 2.0 LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular “live” web meetings. Details to join the webinar athttp://live.classroom20.com. Follow us on Twitter: #liveclass20.
More information about this and other upcoming events at t http://learningrevolution.com/.

From Apr 5 – more SLMOOC14 sessions scheduled through Apr 30, 2014

http://www.wiziq.com/course/39928-second-life-mooc