Excellent, informative overview of the Flat Classroom Project and how it has developed since 2006. Very creative descriptions provided by students involved in the project. Once you watch the video you're going to want to try this project with your students! Very motivating!

The opening video played at the inaugural Flat Classroom Conference hosted at Qatar Academy, Doha Qatar in January 2009. It is a review of the beginning and development of flat classroom projects from 2006-2009. The Flat Classroom Project was created by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis based on the book by Thomas Friedman "The World is Flat." A fantastic "best practice" example of how Web 2.0 tools can support global collaboration and learning.

Excellent panel discussion on Making Change in Education at Educon 2.1 in Philly, Jan. 25, 2009, 9:00-10:30 EST.

Making Change Discussion: A Panel Discussion with a group of education leaders about how we can reform our schools in both "big idea" and practical ways
* David Bromley -- Regional Director, Big Picture Schools
* Chris Lehmann -- Principal, Science Leadership Academy
* Marc Mannella -- Principal, KIPP Philadelphia
* Bette Manchester -- Former State Educational Technology Director, Maine
* Gary Stager-- Executive Director of the Constructivist Consortium
* Mike Wang -- Executive Director of Teach For America Greater Philadelphia
* Moderated by Andy Carvin -- National Public Radio

Excellent 7-minute TeacherTube presentation by Kim Cofino that explains what 21st century literacy looks like (both physical and actual implementation) in her school-International School in Bangkok, Thailand. What an ideal situation with a facility that supports learning and true collaboration among tech specialists, librarians and teachers. Library is called the "learning hub."

Presentation that explains approach to literacy in the 21st century at the International School in Bangkok, Thailand. Excellent photos of library setting (called learning hub).

Sheryl Nussbaum Beach and Will Richardson presentation on Professional Learning Communities at NECC.

Part 2 of ustream video for presentation. Part 1 is on the same page but isn't loading for me right now.

CoverItLive video of Will Richardson & Sheryl Nussbaum Beach-NECC 2008

Presentation/discussion with Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum Beach at NECC 2008.

I also really like uStream for many reasons including the fact that it's free. You can involve multiple people in the audio conversation via Skype and everyone who joins in can participate in the chat. You can video the person speaking/presenting but more importantly, you can stream the desktop with websites, screenshots, PowerPoint slides and even streamed video. This is an example of some of the ustream features on a recent show facilitated by Dean Shareski. There's some audio difficulty near the beginning, but once it gets underway it is very good. The video is about 35 minutes into the preso. He brought in several presenters one at a time via Skype and they were able to answer questions from the chat room. The students in this session also participated via Elluminate so you will hear comments about hands raised.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/293430

I had a really hard time participating in the recent Adobe GoLive session you hosted on Diigo. It was very challenging to try to keep the chat on the screen and keep the screen visible (no way to move the chat window) and the lag in the voice with what was actually on the screen was very problematic because the demo of steps to do certain tasks on Diigo was essential to understanding. I don't know if that was a bandwidth issue, but it was difficult for me.

If money were no issue, I really like Elluminate and think that Steve Hargadon has done a wonderful job of using it very effectively for his Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations. Participants can interact via audio or text chat, you can do quick surveys, and much more.
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Miguel guhlin wrote:
> Maggie, I like uStream (because it's free) but unfortunately, it's blocked for similar reasons as Diigo is in some places.
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> Elluminate and Wimba provide alternative solutions that are usable but can be expensive, although I'd argue Elluminate is MORE expensive than Wimba.
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> Miguel
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> Maggie Tsai wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > Great group and lots of good resources and expertise here! I hope I'm in the right place to ask this question:
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> > We are interested in hosting more interactive online Diigo sessions. Can someone recommend the best platform that will accommodate a large group of audience, allow online demo, record session, and hopefully no or minimum cost? Oh, one more - ideally the platform will support Firefox browser, not just IE. We see a few platforms ( uStreams, Elluminate) mentioned - curious what are the pros and cons...
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> > Thanks a lot!

This was an outstanding course presentation for Dean Shareski's class with online guests (Kathy Cassidy, Clarence Fisher, Darren Kuropatwa). Kathy presented her experiences with technology in her first grade classroom--focus on learning and NOT the technology. All presenters demonstrated how their students use blogs/wikis and other Web 2.0 tools.

One of the best learning experiences with some real classroom pros I have experienced recently. I've listened to it several times and learn something new each time! Awesome course taught and shared with all of us by Dean Shareski-ECMP 355.

Very good YouTube video about social bookmarking and Diigo. Would be a great starting point for helping teachers understand how to use Diigo.

Very good start-up video for explaining social bookmarking and how Diigo can help you. Visuals are really helpful.

Video interview with Karl Kapp on the value of video games in learning.

Very interesting TV interview with Karl Kapp-Author of Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning.

ustream presentation by David Jakes and iJohnPederson at WEMTA conference-April 7, 2008 -- Cool Tool Duel.

I went back in and added edustreams to the tags where they were missing. If we can all remember to do that when we share a bookmark with edustreams that will help a lot! I think if we occasionally remind people about edustreams on Twitter we will get more people involved. These are the presentations they are wanting to see and hopefully they will add their own streams. :-)
Peggy
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Miguel guhlin wrote:
> edtechdiva:
> Sounds like a plan. I definitely think we should tag stuff "edustreams" as well. The catch will be inviting more people to this group so that more folks will know about it!
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> Any suggestions for accomplishing that?
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> Miguel
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> edtechdiva wrote:
> > Might I ask that if we are the content creators of the UStream, that we also tag our videos w/ 'EDuStreams'.
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> > And while we're at it, if you have videos in your Diigo account you might want to tag them w/ 'EDuStreams' as well.
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> > I looking for (hopefully) a universally accepted educational tagging format.

Preview of CTAP3 - ETLN Presentation\nOn Tuesday April 8, 2008 I'll be doing a presentation for California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) Region 3 at Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE). The meeting of the Educational Technology Leadership Network (ETLN) goes from 4 - 7 p.m. and includes a dinner at 6. My topic will be about using technology to scaffold and structure research projects, and will include some discussion of digital storytelling.\n\nIf you can't make it in person, you can watch it on the web starting at about 4:20 p.m. (PDT) at: http://edtechtalk.com/live

An opportunity to listen to this event as it is streamed or view the archive following the presentation by Alice Mercer.

Online Google calendar with scheduled webcasts, Skype conferences, video streams or physical conferences around tech and learning--anyone can add to the wikispace. Currently includes CR 2.0 LIVE Conversations, EdTechTalk Events and OpenPD Sessions.

Great site to bookmark to be able to go back and view webcasts you may have missed when they were streamed live. Links on the page will take you to CR2.0 LIVE Conversations, EdTechTalk Events (many of which are podcasts) and OpenPD sessions.

TeacherTube Presentation by Alvin Trusty at the Ed Tech Ohio 2008 Conference.\nThe topics of the presentation are copyright law and how to create a great PowerPoint presentation. (45 min.)

This is an outstanding presentation that blends creating a PowerPoint with copyright information. Very thought-provoking and lots of tips and resources provided. If you go to his del.icio.us bookmarks you can access all of the links he provides in the presentation.
http://del.icio.us/atrusty/eTechOhio08

Excellent tutorial session for beginners on Ning! Lots of great tips from Steve and chat log and he created a great Ning site in just one hour while answering questions too.

Steve Hargadon walks people through all of the steps (with screenshots) for setting up a Ning network.

Some background conference noise but an excellent conversation about social networking in schools.

Panel/Group Discussion on Social Networking in Education at CUE-March 7, 2008\n\nHost: stevehargadon\nPanel Members: Sylvia Martinez, David Jakes, Dennis O'Connor, Mark Wagner, Jim Klein

I'm wondering if it is OK for us to post edustreams links for presentations/shows we have participated in or if they need to be posted by the creators? Would we need permission to post them if we are not the originators? This is such an awesome way to track and view conversations we may not have been able to participate as live events. Miguel, thanks for setting this up!
Peggy

Excellent! That makes sense to me. Since I am "retired" and have more time than most of our educators who are creating/leading these sessions, I will try to follow the postings in Twitter and post the links to the group as much as possible. It's often very last minute notification about the live event but is usually followed with a post about the archived event.

Is there a good way to quickly check whether something has already been posted to the group? Not a problem yet but as the list grows, it could be quite time consuming. Wonder if tags help? Tags are often so inconsistent. Any thoughts?
Peggy

Miguel Guhlin wrote:
> Peggy, that's a question I hadn't thought of...thanks for bringing it up. If it's posted on uStream.tv or Elluminate, then it would seem that it IS available for general sharing and consumption. So, I'm inclined to not worry about obtaining permission for merely bookmarking it....since that's what anyone would be doing.
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> In a funny way, we're just bookmarking the site ; that those bookmarks are shared is after the fact. How's that for sophistry?
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> With appreciation,
> Miguel
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> Peggy George wrote:
> > I'm wondering if it is OK for us to post edustreams links for presentations/shows we have participated in or if they need to be posted by the creators? Would we need permission to post them if we are not the originators? This is such an awesome way to track and view conversations we may not have been able to participate as live events. Miguel, thanks for setting this up!
> > Peggy