Monday, February 22, 2010

This Week's Live and Interactive Events

Below are this week's public, free, and interactive webinars through LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate

The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile. Event recordings are posted and available after the events if you aren't able to attend them live. Be on the lookout for Australia-time-friendly events as part of the new Australia Series!

I also hope you'll consider hosting your own public webinars using the LearnCentral public room--instructions are available by joining the "Host Your Own Webinar" group on the main announcement tab (http://www.learncentral.org/group/3432/host-your-own-webinars).

Monday, February 22nd
  • 3:30pm Pacific Time (US) / 11:30pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Jeff Magoto hosts "ANVILL: TCasting, A New Tool for Language Teachers."  Jeff Magoto is the director of the Yamada Language Center at the University of Oregon and the project manager for ANVILL.  Whether you're trying to give a short lecture, set a context, or just model some kind of speaking task, ANVILL's latest tool, TCasting, takes the mystery (and the misery) out of incorporating audio and video in your lesson planning. This webinar, aimed at both beginners and veteran ANVILL users, will begin with an overview of ANVILL's core tools for delivering and collecting speech, and then focus on TCasting, and its possibilities for personalizing language course content.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/49222
Tuesday, February 23rd
  • 6:30am Pacific Time (US) / 2:30pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Learning|Connective and Creative Connections Group host a live webinar on "Credit Flexibility" featuring Fred Bramante of the New Hampshire State Board of Education.  While serving as chair of the Board, Bramante was the leading advocate for New Hampshire’s bold move to eliminate seat time requirements associated with high school credit. Since then, Bramante has been a key adviser to Ohio’s credit flexibility policy design team. In this webinar, Bramante will discuss lessons learned from New Hampshire relevant to those working to develop and implement plans for credit flexibility, and field questions from webinar participants.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/54856

  • 2pm Pacific Time (US) / 10pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Rochelle Rodrigo hosts "Online Forms & Surveys: Can You Digg It? Web Applications for Research."  With the various online survey and poll technologies freely available, it is increasingly easier for both you and your students to collect primary research both on the web and in a classroom environment. This webinar will provide faculty an opportunity to think about what, how, and why they are structuring research assignments as well as what technologies they might have their students use within a research projects.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/52290

  • 5pm Pacific Time (US) / 1am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    PBS and Classroom 2.0 present Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discussing his most recent PBS project, "Faces of America." In making the film, Dr. Gates turned to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans and, in the process, discover what made America and what it means to be American.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/58045
Wednesday, February 24th
  • 4pm Pacific Time (US) / 12am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    MSP2 presents Caroline Hall on "Teaching About Light in the Middle Grades:  A Blended Learning Approach."  Always wanted to teach a science unit on light, but didn't have the resources? Find out how to access free, standards-based model units on the topic of light in The Physics Front web site. Hear about recent research on middle school students' understanding (and misunderstanding) of light. Learn what you can do to facilitate exciting, age-appropriate learning experiences on a topic often avoided in middle school.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/52378

  • 5:30pm Pacific Time (US) / 1:30am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    Maria Droujkova presents "Math 2.0 Weekly."  Is Object-Oriented Programming anti-mathematical?  CS-Math bridge discussion.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/57215

  • 6:00pm Pacific Time (US) / 2:00am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    Join me for a live and interactive interview with Kevin Johnson and Susan Manning, the authors of Online Education for Dummies.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/58403

  • 7:00pm Pacific Time (US) / 3:00am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    Lorna Costantini hosts "Digital Parent Project Planning Session #6." 
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/53923
Thursday, February 25th
  • 11am Pacific Time (US) / 7pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Join us for the World Premiere of The Elluminati. Virtual high-intensity searchlights criss-cross the whiteboard screen. Elluminati members dressed in virtual tuxedos and evening gowns arrive in stretch limousine style to the applause of adoring crowds. Emcee Shannon Forte, with webcam and headsets ready, interviews virtual celebrities who are Elluminati group members to learn about the inspirational ways these members are utilizing Elluminate in their eLearning success.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/56475

  • 1pm Pacific Time (US) / 4pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Join me and
    Mike Lawrence for a live and interactive discussion with Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL, the international K-12 nonprofit association representing the interests of practitioners, providers and students involved in online learning worldwide. Susan is a spotlight speaker at the upcoming CUE.org conference in Palm Springs March 4 - 6, 2010.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/node/58413

  • 3pm Pacific Time (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Jo Hart hosts
    guest presenter Shelly Terrell for "Edublogs - Techie How To - Add-on Value to Firefox" as part of The Australia Series. Do you use Firefox as your browser? Did you know that there are several add-ons and extensions that can help you download videos, all the links in one page, and more?  If you have some favorite add-ons, please feel free to join us and share.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/55060

  • 4pm Pacific Time (US) / 12am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    Karen Richardson  hosts "
    Confused by Copyright?  Come Join the Commons."  This presentation focuses on how Creative Commons licensing can benefits teachers and students as they create and share multimedia projects.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/49273
Saturday, February 27th
  • 9am Pacific Time (US) / 5pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Peggy George, Kim Caise, and Lorna Costantini host the weekly
    Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. The topic this Saturday will be "
    Interactive Math Activities for K-8 Classrooms" with special guest Colleen King.
    Link:  http://live.classroom20.com

  •  10am Pacific Time (US) / 6pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    "Designing eGames: Mission Impossible."  Scot Osterweil,
    Learning Games Network's Creative Director and a lead designer at MIT's Education Arcade, will talk about his design approach and help participants think through the "big picture" sections of the design framework before we start drilling down into the details in subsequent weeks. Participants are asked to come to the session with at least a general idea of topic and target audience for the game they would like to design over the course of the remaining sessions.
    Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/58415

Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

Live Discussion with Susan Patrick and Mike Lawrence on Online Learning

Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Time: 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 9pm GMT (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page.
Event and Recording Page:  http://www.learncentral.org/node/58413

Part of the CUE series at FutureofEducation.com.

Join Mike Lawrence, the Executive Director of Computer-Using Educators (CUE), and me for a live and interactive interview with Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL, the international K-12 nonprofit association representing the interests of practitioners, providers and students involved in online learning worldwide. Susan is a spotlight speaker at the upcoming CUE.org conference in Palm Springs March 4 - 6, 2010.

Susan Patrick is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). iNACOL is the international K-12 nonprofit association representing the interests of practitioners, providers and students involved in online learning worldwide.

She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. As Director, she published the U.S. National Education Technology Plan for Congress and managed research and technical assistance programs on educational technology. In addition, she co-chaired the federal government’s Advanced Technologies Working Group for Education and Training; and served as a member of the Secretary’s Rural Education Task Force.

In 2008, Susan Patrick was named by eSchool News, a leading national education technology journal, as one of the top 10 national education leaders who “have had a profound impact on educational technology” in the past decade for her work at iNACOL and at the U.S. Department of Education.

Prior, Patrick worked in Arizona on government technology policy and legislation under Governor Jane Dee Hull. She received the 2001 Governor’s Spirit of Excellence Award.

She is a former Site Director for Old Dominion University’s TELETECHNET distance learning program.

Patrick holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles and a bachelor’s degree from the Colorado College.

Patrick was the first woman to play in the men’s intramural football league at the Colorado College.

Susan Patrick has published articles and appeared in a variety of national news media such as CNN, Newsweek, USA Today, ABC News, NBC, CBS, US News and World Report, Christian Science Monitor, CSPAN, Computerworld, Forbes, National Public Radio, Education Week, New York Times, London Times, eSchool News, Converge, and numerous other publications.

Mike Lawrence has been impacting education as a Teacher, Speaker, Technology Coordinator and Director for more than fifteen years. He is a respected presenter at national conferences and events and was honored to be named an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2003. He also assisted in the development and launch of both the Discovery Educator Network (DEN) and the Google Teacher Academy programs. Mike is an author and editor and can often be found at his local coffee house on his laptop. He currently serves as Executive Director of Computer-Using Educators, supporting its California-based membership by advancing student achievement through technology on a national level. Each year, thousands of educators attend CUE’s conference events, making it the premier Educational Technology association of the Western US.

He began his educational career teaching high school English, often writing his own English elective courses to engage students typically disinterested in the core subject (Science Fiction Literature, anyone?). As a Technology Coordinator, he led delivery of all hands-on technology professional development, including Principal Training Programs for Southern California administrators, as well as the Student Technology Showcase and Technology Proficiency programs.

Mike’s humor and background as a teacher inform all of his presentations, making them accessible to educators of all levels and curricular areas. He lives with his wife Julie, son Jay, and daughter Kellen in Southern California.

Live and Interative with the Authors of Online Education for Dummies

Date: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Time: 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern / 2am (next day) GMT (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page.
Event and Recording Page:  http://www.learncentral.org/node/58403

Part of the FutureofEducation.com Interview Series.

Join me for a live and interactive interview with Kevin Johnson and Susan Manning, the authors of Online Education for Dummies.  "Online Education For Dummies explains the ins and outs of attending a virtual classroom, and provides you with the tools you need to hone your skills or obtain additional certification and degrees. This practical reference not only helps you get the most out of an online course, but also offers a wealth of advice to help you pick the one that matches your interests and needs" (publisher's blurb.)

About Kevin Johnson:  "My interest in technology began when I was 14. I worked detasseling corn for a summer and saved up and bought a Commodore 64 (Whoooo! Hoooo!). I spent hours teaching myself to program, which later lead to a programming position with the University of Illinois. Anyone remember Plato terminals? I spent three years working with the Computer Adaptive Testing and Measurement team developing online study materials for domestic and international audiences.

"For the past twelve years, I have developed curriculum and taught in both academic and corporate environments. Even though I have taught multiple subjects, a majority of my teaching has centered on technology. After graduating with my Master of Education degree from the University of Illinois, I moved to California where I taught for a Business College. Due to my desire to save paper (not to mention the desire to no longer fight for the copy machine), I started providing lecture notes and other resources to students on CDs. As the Internet emerged, the college asked me to teach a web development course. It was a natural transition for me to move from burning CDs to placing course content on the web. Before I knew it, I was interacting with my students electronically and my interest in online education began. It was this interest that pushed me to participate in the Online Teaching and Learning program through California State University-Hayward.

"The online program through CSU is similar to the MVCR program offered by the Illinois Online Network (http://www.ion.uillinois.edu), where I have designed and taught online courses focusing in areas of online pedagogy, instructional design, web design, synchronous communication and more. I also facilitated a state-wide initiative whose goal was to develop a rubric outlining quality standards for online courses.
Recently, I served as the Coordinator of Instructor Support for the University of Illinois Global Campus (http://global.uillinois.edu). In this position, I provided pedagogical and technical support to instructors, supervise the mentoring program, and participate in mentoring and evaluating instructors. I left this position to start my own education consulting compnay called The Cutting Ed, Inc. (http://thecuttinged.com). The company specializes in helping clients envision education and training for the 21st century. I also just finished coauthoring the book Online Education for Dummies with Dr. Susan Manning (shameless plug, I know. *smile* ).

"In January of last year, I decided to continue my education journey and have enrolled in a doctoral program through Nova Southeastern (http://www.nova.edu). The program is a doctorate of education degree with a concentration in instructional technology and distance education (http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/doctoral/concentrations/itde.htm). One of the reasons this course is so important to me is the fact that my research looks at the institutional contributors to the job satisfaction level of distant adjunct faculty."


About Susan Manning:  Susan Manning teaches Instructional Design for Online Learning.
Professionally, Susan Manning is best known as a teacher’s teacher, that is developing faculty and preparing them to teach online.  She teaches courses in online learning, technology tools, the synchronous classroom and instructional design.  She also delivers workshops on adapting curriculum for online delivery, podcasting and selecting the right technology tools. She has taught hundreds of faculty, mostly from the Midwest, but occasionally drawing from Saudi Arabia, Denmark and Russia.

Susan is co-author of Online Education for Dummies along with Kevin Johnson.  Susan is also recognized as one of the early voices in educational podcasting. Currently, Susan is co-host of the LearningTimes Green Room podcast that explores themes in learning and technology.

Susan’s online career began more than 10 years ago when she was asked to investigate the possibility of training literacy volunteers online.  Knowing that she needed additional training and skills development, Susan became an online student and earned her certification as Master Online Teacher from the University of Illinois.  Additionally, she holds a Doctorate in Adult Education from Ball State University (1991), a Masters in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University (1983) and a Bachelors in Communications from Truman State University (1981).

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Live and Interactive with Clay Shirky on Thursday

Date: Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Time: 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern / 11pm GMT (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page (here).
Event and Recording Page:  http://www.learncentral.org/node/55281

Part of the Conversations.net and FutureofEducation.com Interview Series.

Join me as I interview Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, a book that has profoundly influenced the discussions of social media and education.

Mr. Clay Shirky divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. His consulting practice is focused on the rise of decentralized technologies such as peer-to-peer, web services, and wireless networks that provide alternatives to the wired client/server infrastructure that characterizes the Web. Current clients include Nokia, GBN, the Library of Congress, the Highlands Forum, the Markle Foundation, and the BBC.

In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Shirky is an adjunct professor in NYU's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), where he teaches courses on the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology -- how our networks shape culture and vice-versa. His current course, Social Weather, examines the cues we use to understand group dynamics in online spaces and the possible ways of improving user interaction by redesigning our social software to better reflect the emergent properties of groups.

Mr. Shirky has written extensively about the internet since 1996. Over the years, he has had regular columns in Business 2.0, FEED, OpenP2P.com and ACM Net_Worker, and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, Wired, Release 1.0, Computerworld, and IEEE Computer. He has been interviewed by Slashdot, Red Herring, Media Life, and the Economist's Ebusiness Forum. He has written about biotechnology in his "After Darwin" column in FEED magazine, and serves as a technical reviewer for O'Reilly's bioinformatics series. He helps program the "Biological Models of Computation" track for O'Reilly's Emerging Technology conferences.

His website is at http://www.shirky.com.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Monday, February 15, 2010

This Week's Live and Interactive Events

Below are this week's public, free, and interactive webinars from LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate

The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile. Event recordings are posted and available after the events if you aren't able to attend them live. Be on the lookout for Australia-time-friendly events as part of the new Australia Series!

I also hope you'll consider hosting your own public webinars using the LearnCentral public room--instructions are available by joining the "Host Your Own Webinar" group on the main announcement tab (http://www.learncentral.org/group/3432/host-your-own-webinars).

Monday, February 15th
  • 1pm Pacific Time (US) / 9pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Anne Mirtschin hosts "eT@lking - The Power of Blogging" as part of The Australia Series.  "Blogging started me on an amazing journey and it is still a tool that I am passionate about. Join me in a discussion on the power of blogging, what blogging might look like, tips, hints, how to generate an audience, how it can be used with students, the importance of tagging and categories, what to write about, their use for reflections and connecting etc."LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/55723

  • 5pm Pacific Time (US) / 1am (next days) GMT/UTC (international times):
    "Lesson Planning for ESL/EFL Games."  The Learning Games Network's Sherri Wright will be discussing approaches for creating lesson plans for games, merging both Week 5 and Week 6 sessions. This event is part of the "Online Games for ESL/EFL" session in TESOL's Electronic Village Online 2010 (http://evosessions.pbworks.com). All are welcome to join us.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/56269
Tuesday, February 16th
  • 2:30pm Pacific Time (US) / 10:30pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Kim Lightle hosts MSP2's "Citizen Science: Building Math and Science Skills and Knowledge."  In this session, you’ll find out about the Cornell Lab’s citizen science projects, especially eBird, and how your classroom can participate. You’ll also see examples of the kinds of online data and graphs that are easily accessible to you and your students. Finally, you’ll learn about our free BirdSleuth resources that will support you in giving students experience with the entire scientific process: observing birds carefully, asking their own questions, collecting data, summarizing data with graphs and charts, drawing evidence-based conclusions through research and observation, and publishing their results in Cornell Lab’s student scientific journals.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/51999

  • 5pm Pacific Time (US) / 1am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    Theresa Beffa  interviews David Siteman Garland on "Entrepreneurship Education for Young Entrepreneurs" as part of the Conversations.net interview series on the impact of the Internet on Culture and Society.
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/56759
Wednesday, February 17th
Thursday, February 18th
  • 2pm Pacific Time (US) / 10pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss  hosts "Better with Practice: PBL Implementation Tips from the Field Session 1."  This is the first in a three-part Webinar series on Project-based Learning.  The first session topic is How to Create a Culture of Inquiry in the PBL Classroom. "We seek your input in shaping the conversation. Look for opportunities to interact on this topic coming soon."
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/50914

  • 3pm Pacific Time (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Join me as I interview
    Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody:  The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.  
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/55281

  • 3pm Pacific Time (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Jo Hart hosts "
    Edublogs - Serendipity - unconference session" as part of The Australia Series.  "Join us in our fortnightly unconference webinars. Bring along the burning issues and hot topics YOU would like to discuss. Topic is chosen by poll at the start of the session."  
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/55057

  • 4pm Pacific Time (US) / 12am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):
    Terry Lindenmuth  hosts "
    HS19530 1to1" - Students from a 1 to 1 laptop high school will present technology infused projects and activities related to their classes. The students and their teacher will be available for questions after the presentation.    
    LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/47967
Saturday, February 20th
  • 7am Pacific Time (US) / 3pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Terry Lindenmuth hosts "GeoGebra:Tech in Math Ed" as part of the Math 2.0 Series.  "You, the participants, will determine what aspects of GeoGebra I demonstrate."  Target audience: This is mainly for beginners to GeoGebra and high school math teachers.  Everyone is welcome.LearnCentral Link:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/56588

  • 9am Pacific Time (US) / 5pm GMT/UTC (international times):
    Peggy George, Kim Caise, and Lorna Costantini host the weekly
    Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. The topic this Saturday will be "PBS/Frontline Digital Nation" with special guests Kim Flack, Sandy St. Louis, and Malinda McCormick. Kim, Sandy and Malinda will lead a discussion about the content featured in the 'Digital Nation' program.
    Link:  http://live.classroom20.com

Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

Dan Pink Discussing His New Book Drive

Date: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day) (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page (here).
Event and Recording Page:  http://www.learncentral.org/node/56771

Part of the Conversations.net and FutureofEducation.com Interview Series.


Join me as I interview Dan Pink about his new book Drive:  The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Of course, we'll dive into my favorite topics:  the implications for education of his work, and how he sees the Internet changing our culture and society.

Daniel H. Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world of work.

His latest is Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which uses 40 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance. Early reviews say that “Pink’s analysis–and new model–of motivation offers tremendous insight into our deepest nature” (Publishers Weekly) and call the book “important reading . . . an integral addition to a growing body of literature calling for a radical shift in how businesses operate” (Kirkus).

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future charts the rise of right-brain thinking in modern economies and describes the six abilities individuals and organizations must master in an outsourced, automated age. A Whole New Mind is a long-running New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller that has been translated into 21 languages.

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need is the first American business book in the Japanese comic format known as manga and the only graphic novel ever to become a BusinessWeek bestseller. Illustrated by award-winning artist Rob Ten Pas, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko has been translated into 14 languages.

Dan’s first book, Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself, was a Washington Post bestseller that Publishers Weekly says “has become a cornerstone of employee-management relations.”

His articles on business and technology appear in many publications, including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Wired, where he is a contributing editor. He has provided analysis of business trends on CNN, CNBC, ABC, NPR, and other networks in the U.S. and abroad. He also lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on economic transformation and the new workplace.

A free agent himself, Dan held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He also worked as an aide to U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and in other positions in politics and government.

He received a BA, with honors, from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD from Yale Law School. To his lasting joy, he has never practiced law.

Dan lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and their three children.

His website is at DanPink.com

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need

Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself

David Siteman Garland on Entrepreneurship Education for Young Entrepreneurs

Date: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day) (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visithttp://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page (here).
Event and Recording Page:  http://www.learncentral.org/event/56759

Part of the Conversations.net Interview Series.

Join Theresa Beffa as she interviews David Siteman Garland on "Entrepreneurship Education for Young Entrepreneurs."


Entrepreneur and marketer David Siteman Garland is the Founder of The Rise To The Top, The #1 Non-Boring Resource For Building Your Business Smarter, Faster, Cheaper. He writes/hosts RISE, a daily online web show for entrepreneurs and marketers, and The Rise To The Top TV show on ABC.

His Official Bio:

After starting and stopping three small companies, (What 3 companies??) David became frustrated that he could not find a great resource to learn more about marketing his own businesses. What was missing was a new kind of TV show, one that was entertaining and educational, and that was part of an online hub that resonated with forward-thinking entrepreneurs and marketers. The audience would be those looking to start or grow their business by tapping into the wacky and wondrous world of innovative online and digital marketing.

Since such a show and website didn't exist, David decided to build it himself by investing all of his savings, time and energy to create from scratch a TV show, online resource and community of entrepreneurs and marketers.

Like many ventures, The Rise To The Top was born through brainstorming in a coffee shop. David shared his idea for the show with friends, successful business owners and creative types, all of whom thought it was a great concept. The Rise To The Top quickly attracted a wide and varied fan base, including not only the targeted demographic of those in their 20’s, 30’s and early 40’s, but also more “mature” viewers.

David is a professional speaker and holds workshops for Fortune 500 Companies, brands, marketers and entrepreneurs looking to become interactive, social and more profitable. He has been featured on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, City TV, My Network Television, as well as on KMOX and in Alive Magazine, The Riverfront Times, Ladue News, and St. Louis Magazine. He has no idea why he has become a media magnet so early in his career, but he’s certainly not turning down interviews and requests for videos.

David contributes as a writer and business/entrepreneurial commentator to CNN, CBS Bnet, Small Biz Trends, The St. Louis Business Journal, Personal Branding Blog, Speaker Magazine, Small Business Monthly and Great Day St. Louis. He was recently selected by Speaker Magazine as one of the Hot Speakers Of The Year.

Some of the clients David has worked with include: Entrepreneur's Organization, On The Run Mobil, AT&T, Pepsi America, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Paule, Camazine and Blumenthal, P.C., Yellow-Tie International, UPS, Washington University School Of Medicine, P.C., Ameren UE, The St. Louis Aces, Life Strategies, St. Louis University, Streetscape Magazine, eWomenNetwork, Fontbonne University, National Speakers Association, GO! Network St. Louis, The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Sub Zero Vodka Bar, Abstrakt Art Gallery, Widget Realm, UHY Advisors, US Bank, BancorpSouth, Indochino, Johnny Londoff Chevrolet and St. Louis Sourcelink.

David also devotes his time to working with non-profits organizations including Junior Achievement and Lift For Life, an innovative charter school and program for youth, where he is a board member.. He also has guest lectured at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis University and Fontbonne University.

David's website is at TheRisetotheTop.com.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Lisa Gillis on Virtual Schooling

Date: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day) (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page (here).

Join me for a live and interactive interview with Lisa Gillis tonight, Tuesday, February 9th.

Lisa Gillis is the Director of Government Affairs and School Development at Insight Schools, Inc.  She is the co-author of “Virtual Schooling: A Parent’s Guide to Optimizing Your Child’s Education” published by Macmillan in June 2009.

Lisa has worked with thousands of students during her years of public school service including teaching and administrative assignments in the regular classroom, Special Ed, Independent Study, and GATE. At the leadership level, she has served in both school development and school management roles in both traditional and virtual schools, helping to launch schools in over 10 different states, specializing in high school development. She served on an administrative team managing a network of statewide virtual charter schools serving over 6,000 students. She is a graduate of the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), has served as a Consultant to the California Department of Education, and holds both Administrative and Teaching credentials. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University and a Master of Arts in Education Administration from Sonoma State University.

Lisa regularly is a presenter and serves on panels at national conferences, provides guidance on public policy issues to lawmakers, and works to inform educators regarding current legislative challenges, events and solutions. She is the Chairman of the iNACOL Advocacy and Issues Committee, is a member of the iNACOL “How to Start an Online Program” advisory committee, sits on the board for the National Council of Education Providers and serves as the Private Sector Chairman for the Special Needs Subcommittee and Executive Education Committee for ALEC.

http://www.insightschools.net/

Virtual Schooling: A Guide to Optimizing Your Child's Education

Great Reasons to Attend the CUE Conference This Year

I have a special appreciation for the annual CUE conference, held each year in Palm Springs, this year March 4 - 6.  And no, it's not the unpredictable weather of Palm Springs at that time of year (did anyone else get caught in that blizzard a couple of years ago!?).  It's that the organizers of CUE have been foremost in supporting innovative projects that have really benefited the educational community.

CUE was home to the first ever EduBloggerCon.  CUE let us set up the first Open Source Pavilion at an ed tech show, and let us run the first official Open Source speaker track.  CUE provides a Bloggers' Cafe are for social media folks to gather, network, and hook up to the Net.  CUE supported the first Ning community at a major ed tech show.  Their support--and continuation--of these grass-roots initiatives each year has been groundbreaking, and has spread to several other conferences around the country.  And his year is no different:  CUE is letting us run "CUE Unplugged," a wonderful opportunity to participate at CUE that's described in more detail below.

Details on the fun at CUE are below.  Thanks to Mike, Marisol, and the crew at CUE!

EduBloggerCon West (Wednesday, March 3rd, 1;00 - 5:00pm):
The first ever EduBloggerCon took place at the Shakey's Pizza Parlor during CUE four years ago, and there were just two of us there (big shout out to Barbara Barreda)!  Now a regular event at several conferences each year, EduBloggerCon is an opportunity for those who are interested in the use of social media in education to gather in "unconference" style and share and learn.  You don't have to be a blogger to come, and EduBloggerCon is always free!  CUE provides us with the meeting space and free power and wireless--so bring your laptop, your desire to learn, and join us from from 1:00 - 5:00pm at the Palm Springs Convention Center in the Mesquite F room.  You can register for EduBloggerCon West at http://www.cue2010.org/.  Suggestions for discussion topics can be added at http://www.edubloggercon.com/cue2010.

CUE Unplugged (Thursday and Friday, March 4th and 5th):
If you've ever wanted to speak at CUE or a conference, but have never had the chance, now is your time!  CUE Unplugged is a series of concurrent sessions being held at CUE in a presentation area where anyone can sign up to present.  Really!  Maybe you've been trying to work up the courage to present, and just need this encouragement.  Or maybe you are an expert presenter, but a topic you wanted to speak on came up after the deadline to submit to speak.  In either case, or for any other reason, all you have to do to speak at CUE this year is to sign up on the wiki in free slot:  http://www.cueunplugged.com/.  If you need any help signing up, just email me (steve@hargadon.com) and we'll get you going.

All of the Unplugged sessions will also be streamed live through Elluminate, so if you can't attend CUE physically you can still watch some of the activity remotely!  I'm also looking for some volunteers to help attend to the Elluminate streaming--no prior experience necessary.  Alice Mercer is helping to coordinate this effort, so if you think you might be able to help, let me or Alice know!

The Open Source Pavilion and Speaker Series:
Not only does CUE let us set up dozens of computers using Linux and Open Source Software in a lab setting so that you can see what Open Source is and how it works, they also run a speaker series on Open Source that has become the standard for educational ed tech shows.  Look for the lab at the conference (it's hard to miss us because the lab becomes the conference evaluation station!), and consider coming to some of our sessions!

The Bloggers' Cafe:
Look for the Bloggers' Cafe at CUE--a great place to socialize, grab some network access, and relax with others.  You don't have to be a blogger here either, but it's a fun place to put faces to the names of your blogging, tweeting, SL, or other online friends!

Twitter!
So, I'm not officially in charge of Twitter activities or tweeting or "tweet-ups" at CUE, but CUE has a page with Twitter feeds at http://www.cue.org/conference/featuredstrands and the general "hashtag" for CUE is #cue10.  I'm sure there will be lots of Twitter love at the conference... :)

Here's hoping to see you at CUE!

Monday, February 08, 2010

This Week's Live and Interactive Events at LearnCentral

Below are this week's public, free, and interactive webinars from LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate

The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile. Event recordings are posted and available after the events if you aren't able to attend them live. Be on the lookout for Australia-time-friendly events as part of the new Australia Series!

I also hope you'll consider hosting your own public webinars using the LearnCentral public room--instructions are available by joining the "Host Your Own Webinar" group on the main announcement tab (http://www.learncentral.org/group/3432/host-your-own-webinars).

  • Monday, February 8th, 10am Pacific Time (US) / 6pm GMT/UTC (international times): Marian Heddesheimer hosts "Web 2.0 Tools - Introduction to the Social Web." The Internet is using a lot of free social web services that you can use comfortably and free. He will show WebMail (GMail), Bookmark Sharing (delicious, diigo), Planning (Google Calendar), Publishing (Wordpress, Blogger), and Twitter. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/54116
  • Tuesday, February 9th, 2pm Pacific Time (US) / 10pm GMT/UTC (international times): Rochelle Rodrigo discusses "Alternate Search Engines & Media Repositories: Can You Digg It? Web Applications for Research." Do your students start any research project with a Google Search? Admit it, sometimes even you do... In this webinar, participants will explore a variety of different search engines and other media repositories they might use to find materials for their classes and or assign for students to use. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/51348
  • Tuesday, February 9th, 5pm Pacific Time (US) / 1am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times): Join me for a live and interactive interview of Lisa Gillis, co-author of Virtual Schooling: A Guide to Optimizing Your Child's Education. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/node/55267
  • Wednesday, February 10th, 1am Pacific Time (US) / 9am GMT/UTC (international times):  Anne Mirtschin hosts "eT@lking - Wonderful World of Wikis" as part of  The Australia Series. Chrissy Hellier will be guest presenter talking about the Wonderful World of Wikis and their use in education. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/51619 
  • Wednesday, February 10th, 4:30pm Pacific Time (US) / 12:30am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):  "Olympics Science: Online Resources for the Classroom from NBC Learn." On February 12th, the torch will light over Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Join the Learning Games Network's Alex Chisholm and special guest Norman Cohen, producer at NBC Learn, to bring the science of the Winter Olympics home to your classroom. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/52678 
  • POSTPONEDWednesday, February 10th, 5pm Pacific Time (US) / 1am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):  Join me for a live and interactive interview with Larry Johnson, the Horizon Project’s founder and visionary leader. After nearly a decade of tracking the evolution of emerging technology as part of the New Media Consortium’s Horizon Project, Larry has uncovered seven clear patterns in the evolution of technology that can only be seen over time. From his research, it is clear that these seven powerful channels are at the heart of how learning, work, and play are evolving everywhere in the world and in every sector of education. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/node/55273
  • Wednesday, February 10th, 6:30pm Pacific Time (US) / 1am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times): Maria Droujkova hosts Math 2.0 Weekly. This week, CEET and teacher stories with Sue Hellman. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/51946
  • Thursday, February 11th, 3pm Pacific Time (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (international times): Jo Hart hosts Edublogs "Talk Time: Teach to the Test?" Part of The Australia Series. Phil Hart will facilitate the discussion on the current hot topic of "Teaching to the Test vs Teaching to the Learner's Needs."  LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/55056 
  • (UPDATED TIME) Thursday, February 18th, 3pm Pacific Time (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (international times): Join me for a live and interactive interview with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/node/55281 
  • Thursday, February 11th, 4pm Pacific Time (US) / 12am (next day) GMT/UTC (international times):  Terry Lindenmuth hosts HS19530 1to1. Students from a 1 to 1 laptop high school will present technology infused projects and activities related to their classes. The students and their teacher will be available for questions after the presentation. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/47966 
  • Friday, February 12th, 11:30am Pacific Time (US) / 7:30pm GMT/UTC (international times): Barbara Lindsey discusses "Finding and Filtering Online Resources." How can educators filter and manage the abundant resources and information now available through the internet? In the spirit of collaboration and community building, many educators are turning to these mediated environments to learn with and from each other. In this session we'll explore some tools that can help us manage content of interest to us and that can provide our students and us the option of learning with and from those outside the traditional course environment. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/55146 
  • Saturday, February 13th, 7am Pacific Time (US) / 3pm GMT/UTC (international times):  Terry Lindenmuth hosts "Tech in Math Ed - GeoGebra: Question and Answer Session." You, the participants, will determine what aspects of GeoGebra he demonstrates. This is mainly for beginners to GeoGebra and high school math teachers. Everyone is welcome. LearnCentral Link: http://www.learncentral.org/event/55170
  • Saturday, February 13th, 9am Pacific Time (US) / 5pm GMT/UTC (international times):   Classroom 2.0 LIVE's weekly show.  This week:  Jeff O'Hara showcases Edmodo:  Microblogging in the Classroomhttp://live.classroom20.com/
Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

Monday, February 01, 2010

James Paul Gee on Video Games, Learning, and Literacy

Date: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day) (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page (here).

Join me and Ed Hill for a live and interactive interview with James Paul Gee on Wednesday, February 3rd.

Professor Gee is well-known for his "provocative examination" of the positive effects on learning of video games. He's currently the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studeis at Arizona State University, and is the author of the acclaimed What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.

James Paul Gee is a member of the National Academy of Education. His book Sociolinguistics and Literacies (1990, Third Edition 2007) was one of the founding documents in the formation of the "New Literacy Studies", an interdisciplinary field devoted to studying language, learning, and literacy in an integrated way in the full range of their cognitive, social, and cultural contexts. His book An Introduction to Discourse Analysis (1999, Second Edition 2005) brings together his work on a methodology for studying communication in its cultural settings, an approach that has been widely influential over the last two decades.

Professor Gee's most recent books deal with video games, language, and learning. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003, Second Edition 2007) argues that good video games are designed to enhance learning through effective learning principles supported by research in the Learning Sciences. Situated Language and Learning (2004) places video games within an overall theory of learning and literacy and shows how they can help us in thinking about the reform of schools. His most recent book is Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays (2007). Professor Gee has published widely in journals in linguistics, psychology, the social sciences, and education.

http://www.jamespaulgee.com

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition: Revised and Updated Edition

Shel Israel: Talk WITH Me--From Blogging to Twitter

Date: Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day) (international times here)
Duration: 1 hour
Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is configured for Elluminate, please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event at the event page (here).

Join me on Thursday, February 4th, for a live and interactive interview with Shel Israel on social media and his unique role and perspective.

Shel Israel is co-author of the groundbreaking Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, and his newest book is Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods.  He is an expert on how businesses use social media in marketing, communications, and customer support. He works with businesses of all sizes on social media strategy and high-level business issues. Among the companies he has helped are Wells Fargo Bank, Sun Microsystems, Dell Computer, CNET, Intel as well as scores of startups.

Israel has contributed editorially to BusinessWeek and FastCompanyTV. His GlobalNeighbourhoods.net, blog is among the 100 most popular business blogs, according to Ad Age.

Prior to the advent of social media, Israel advised technology startup companies on communications. He worked with the startups that initially launched Sun Microsystems, PowerPoint, PC sound and desktop mapping. When the Worldwide Web emerged, Israel consulting agency became the first to focus exclusively on internet startups and worked with several memorable pioneers of that era.

Since 2005, Israel has focused exclusively on social media and how it is used in business, education, journalism, nonprofit organizations and in global personal communications.  Israel has been covered by Forbes magazine, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times and many respected online and traditional publications.

He is a popular keynote speaker. Since 2006, he has addressed more than 100 audiences in nine countries on social media business topics. He speaks on a wide variety of topics related to social media. Including:
· Joining the Conversation: moving from traditional marketing into conversational marketing
· Twitterville People: he tells the real world stories of how Twitter has dramatically helped companies grow, provide greater customer service and changed the dynamic of the
human conversation
· How Social Media Improves your Organization: this highly customized talk is tailored to the professional interests of each audience.
· Online Enterprise communities: touring virtual spaces to find real business benefits.

Israel is a senior fellow to the Society for New Media Research (SNCR) an organization that researches all aspects of social media for business, academia and government and on the board of advisors for the Social Media Club and SmartBrief on Social Media.

Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers

Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods