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Secure VoiceThread network for students and teachers to collaborate and share ideas with classrooms anywhere in the world. Group conversations around images, documents, and videos Messages can be text-based (computer keyboard, phone text), audio (computer mic, telephone call, upload), or video (computer webcam, upload) Can be used to put "instruction" online.

First: Determine a mission/goal for the event. (Read part 1 of Mary Beth's series on creating an edcamp) Who is your target audience? What types of discussions would you like your audience to have? Engage your audience in conversation so they will attend the event. Enlist the help of others--an unconference is hard to put on alone! Second: Take care of the "big stuff" (Read part 2 of Mary Beth's series on creating an edcamp) Find a location, date, and secure insurance for your event. Decide how you will handle the finances (PayPal account? Business bank account?) Assign roles to organizers Third: Get funding! (Read part 3 of Mary Beth's series on creating an edcamp) Develop a press release Contact potential sponsors Prioritize your spending Fourth: Do all the "little things." (Read part 4 of Mary Beth's series on creating an edcamp) Get a website up and running. Determine if you will provide food. Decide on any little "extras" (lanyards, t-shirts, etc.). Survey your space and decide how many rooms you will have Create a scheduling board

I loved attending Educon 2.0 last January. Even so, there was really only one 'conversation' I attended. It was led by a 15 year old. Dr. Konrad Glogowski's presentation, "The Embedded Practitioner" , compared the instructor's role with the works of Carregio, a painter like Rubens. Unfortunately, it was one of the very few that was not ustreamed. I look forward to the next Educon in January 2009.

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This little wonder is a simple way to create and share audio in the classroom. I see it as having many possibilities. Let's begin to think of some....

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Fordham University 's Regional Educational Technology Center (RETC) in New York City provides lively conversations about technology and education with leaders in the field. Scroll down and click on "Listen to the Podcasts" to hear samples of recent podcasts.

This is an example of a static web page. I provides a lot of information, and what we are studying, links to activities, but it lacks interactivity.  The conversation is largely one-way, to the students. The page can be updated, but not as quickly as adding posts on a blog.