Learning2gether Episode 101

Learning2gether, Electronic Village Online, and EarthBridges

were all part of the 5th Virtual Round Table online conference

on language learning technologies – from April 20th (Friday) to 22nd (Sunday)

• http://www.virtual-round-table.com/
• Program of events: http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events
• Google Doc overview of all of the sessions: http://tinyurl.com/VRTWebConProgram

Sunday, April 22, 2012 13:00 GMT – EVO and Earth Day

http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events/panel-evo-earthday

Virtual Round Table Livestream recordings:

• http://www.livestream.com/letstalkonline
• The EVO /  Earth Day part
  (last 45 min, Robert’s game and EarthBridges participation):

• http://www.livestream.com/letstalkonline/video?clipId=pla_e8e7cf03-2383-44a8-b6d7-9fc0f0f87eed&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb
• http://tinyurl.com/2012apr22earthday 

Event announcements:

• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EVO_Moderators/message/6622
• Vance got busily overwhelmed and didn’t post the usual announcements,
  but Mary pitched in on Twitter

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The EVO part 13:00-13:50 GMT

Vance Stevens, Nellie Deutsch, Robert Squires, Susan Burg, Carla Arena, Teresa Almeida d’Eca, Heike Philp, Scott Lockman, Laine Marshall, Kalyan Chattopadhyay, and Mary! … 

Projected events include:

1. A pecha prezi to introduce the session: (Vance)
   http://prezi.com/vvkidi7e2eif/april-22-2012-vrt5-evo-earth-day/
2. A PowerPoint on Moodle for Teachers (Nellie)
3. A PRESTO (Mary)
4. A special EVO game show (Robert)
5. A pecha kucha (Heike) – woops, slipped through the cracks 😦

The Earth Day part 13:50-14:30 GMT

With Peggy George, Jose Rodriguez, and Sheila Adams, from EarthBridges:

who shared some of their experiences over the years with Earthcast and http://earthbridges.net

See the 2012 Earth Day Earthcast 2012 schedule wiki:  http://earthbridges.wikispaces.com

Explore Earth Day April 19-22, 2012

• See what will happen this Earth Day at
  • Streamed from April 19: http://earthbridges.wikispaces.com/
  • Live online 5pm April 22: http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events/panel-evo-earthday
• Explore the Earth Day 2012 “media bin” at
  • http://earthbridges.wikispaces.com/Media_Bin_2012
  • http://earthcast.posterous.com/earthcast-2012

Check out what other students have done for past Earth Days

• Here is more information: http://earthbridges.net
• The “Green School Project” is where students from around the world upload their school activities to show they care about their environment: http://globalproj.wikispaces.com/Green+School+Project
• Rye Jr. HS Media for Earthday 2011 http://sau50.org/rye/rjh/adams/earthcast/earthcast11/index.htm
  • Earthday Glogs: http://talk2schools.wikispaces.com/Jujuy+-+Rye
  • Podcasts: http://sau50.org/rye/rjh/earthday/contest2011.htm
  • Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#q+earthcast11.b1954278.i10306656

Follow-up

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On a personal note, see how Vance has spent past Earth Days:

• 2009 – http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2009/04/learntrends-in-global-learn-day-april.html
  • http://vancestevens.posterous.com/further-reflections-on-earth-day-events-april
• 2010 – http://advanceducation.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-teach-is-to-learn-modeling.html
• 2011 –  http://justcurious.posterous.com/earth-day-april-22-2011
• 2012 – Vance’s students prepared a few Earth Day recordings using Prezi
  • The wiki portal for the course in which Earth Day was a component is here:
    http://acommunication.pbworks.com/w/page/52696874/earthday22april
  • and the Prezi links start here:
    http://acommunication.pbworks.com/w/page/52696874/earthday22april#ClassA

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A year later, this appeared on Facebook …