Monday, October 28, 2013

The Final Week - Meet Connected Heroes + CEM 2013 Wrap-up Events

This is our final week (actually, Monday - Thursday) of evening Connected Cafe sessions nightly from 7:30 to 8:30 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time. The format is informal and the goal is for you to meet and get to know some of your online heroes. The conversations have truly been phenomenal and it will be sad to see this series end! Do join us if you can.

Lots of information below on the closing two days of Connected Educator Month, be sure to scroll down.

 Monday, October 28
"21st Century Classroom Management"
Suzie Boss: "Author of Bringing Innovation to School and Reinventing Project-Based Learning, I'm an advocate for engaged, real-world learning."  
Jane Nelsen: Author of the Positive Discipline series of parenting books, helping to create respectful relationships in homes and schools.


Tuesday, October 29
"Connected Leadership"
Scott McLeod: Director of Innovation. CASTLE Founder. Blogger. Idea generator. Solution builder. Agitator. Catalyst. “If the leaders don’t get it, it’s not going to happen.”
 Keith Krueger: CEO of association of key tech leaders (CoSN), Washington, DC, USA · cosn.org


Wednesday, October 30
"Connection to Collaboration"
Richard Byrne: Teacher. Speaker. Writer. Google Certified Teacher. My dogs think I'm cool.
Adam Bellow: eduTecher / eduClipper Founder, Educational Technologist, Public Speaker, GCT, Dad to Two Amazing Boys, and All Around Good Guy.

CEM 2013 Wrap-Up Events + Activities

What We’ve Learned

What we've learned
It’s hard to believe we’re already getting ready to wrap up–where has the time gone? Connected Educator Month has been a constant flow of learning, creating, collaborating, and connecting. The vast range of events and activities have taught us new things, helped us to examine our teaching and leadership practice, and brought up new questions to be answered. The good news is that this year it’s only a beginning, a time to take stock, reflect, and continue forward. But for now, as the days themselves draw to a close, what can we take away from this month of connection? What have we learned?
In these final two centrally programmed Connected Educator Month sessions, we will reflect on the expanse of activities and learning. With the help of special guests we will review what we’ve learned, and give participants a handful of top takeaways from our month of learning. What can we carry with us into the school year and beyond? What new questions have arisen that have yet to be answered? We’ll also take a look at Connected Educator Month by the numbers for those of us who want to review the data and compare statistics with last year. Join us!

Click here for all the details

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Reflect and Win Prizes

On October 30 & 31, we want to see the web become a forum full of open reflection about Connected Educator Month. Use the #ce13 hashtag on social channels like Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, and Pinterest to tell your story about how Connected Educator Month has influenced you. What did you learn? Did you make a special connection with another learner? How will you use your CEM knowledge in the future?

Win GREAT prizes – click here for all the details

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edConnectr Matchmaker Challenge

Have you discovered the unlimited potential of edConnectr for connecting you with…
  • Others who share your interest?
  • Others who are willing to share their expertise with you?
  • Others who would benefit from yours?
A Challenge For You To Help Close The Month, And Begin The Rest Of The Year…
Epic prizes, including all four books from the CEM Book Clubs!

Take the Matchmaker Challenge, win great prizes, and earn a badge!

Looking for more tips and tricks? Here’s 4 minute video that’s been created by IntroNetworks CEO Mark Sylvester on getting the most out of your edConnectr searches.
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Keep It Moving Forward

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if Connected Educator Month was every month? It is up to all of us (this means YOU!) to keep the momentum going throughout the year, to make CEM a beginning, a kickoff, not an end in itself. We want to move you to action to continue the excitement, the learning, and the reflection on connecting and collaborating in your classroom, school, district, and beyond. And keep bringing more and more of the great teachers who aren’t yet connected into the conversation (despite our collective best efforts, and we know you tried, we couldn’t get them all connected in one month).

Steps to make every month Connected Educator Month

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Halloween Howl Afterparty Cohosted with ISTE

halloween

October 31, 9:00pm – 11:00pm EST

ISTE logoBats, cats, monsters, and moonlight! Halloween is upon us and along with this holiday comes a delightful and dreadful event – the end of Connected Educator Month! In celebration, our closing ceremony will be a wondrous mix of chilling costumes, enchanting entertainment, and devilish discussions. Whether you drop in for a hair-raising hello or join us for the entire 2-hour party, we hope to see YOU on Halloween! Here’s what’s in store for this petrifying party:

9:00 – A Wicked Welcome – Meet the other ghouls and goblins who came out for this epic event, and learn what’s planned for the night ahead.
9:15 – Beastly Badge Bonanza – Go wild and release your inner badge beast! Get out your claws and make a grab for it as you complete activities and collect badges that eluded you during Connected Educator Month. Make a suggestion for badge for #ce14 and earn a Badge Creator badge.
9:25 – The Scariest Thing - Hear and tell terrifying stories about the barriers that prevent connected learning. Listen to the toe-curling tales and share about your own harrowing brushes with barriers, budgets, push-back, and more. Together, let’s also talk about how to smash these beastly barriers with some proactive solutions.
9:50 – Eerie EduSlam - Keep your ears and eyes open as five of our selected educators give 3-minute talks about tools or PD ideas related to connected learning. You’re sure to be ensnared by their illuminating ideas. Want to participate? Tell us about what you’d present and your talk could be selected! Submit your idea here.
10:05 – Enchanting Entertainment (by YOU!) – Fall under a spell as connected educators from all over the globe showcase their terrific, thrilling, and terrible talents. Do you sing, dance, or perform all sorts of “magic”? We need you to show us! What will be revealed in this session is not for the faint of heart. Don’t miss it! Are you entertaining? Tell us about your talent and we’ll you could be selected to showcase it during our entertainment segment. Tell us about your talent here.
10:20 – Chilling, Creepy, and Cute: The Costume Contest - You wouldn’t dare come to a party on Halloween without a costume, would you? Open your eyes and ears, and revel in the spine-chilling, spirited, scary, shocking, and sweet costumes of the other party-goers. Make sure your webcam and microphone are connected so you can frighten or charm us with your unique getup for the evening.
10:45 – Weird Wondering Wizardry - Let’s collectively cackle and carve out questions about what we wonder as we wrap up Connected Educator Month. Bring your most pointy (or is that pointed?) questions and contribute to this creatively creepy discussion of wondering wizardry.
11:00 – Trick or Tweet - As we say goodnight and wander off into the mist, we’ll post our final thoughts, farewells, reflections, and favorite moments from the evening. Don’t forget to include the hashtag #ce13 in your terrible, terrifying, or touching tweets.

To attend the party, log into Blackboard Collaborate here at 9pm on October 31. See you there!

Monday, October 21, 2013

Meet Some Heroes at This Week's Connected Educator Cafe Sessions

This week we continue our evening Connected Cafe sessions nightly from 7:30 to 8:30 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time. The format is informal and the goal is for you to meet and get to know some of your online heroes, as well as to recap learnings from the day’s events and to look ahead to what’s next in CEM. We have lots of fun, and we hope you will join us!

http://connectededucators  .org/connectedcem-cafe/

Monday, October 21
"Connected Leadership"
Milton Chen: worked at GLEF for 12 years as executive director, became senior fellow in early 2010. Background includes director of research, Sesame Workshop; asst. professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; education director, KQED-San Francisco (PBS).
Sam Chaltain: Democracy. Learning. Voice.

Tuesday, October 22
"From Connection to Collaboration"
 Julie Lindsay: Global educator, Innovator, teacherpreneur, leader. EdD student. Co-founder @flatclassroom, author - 'Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds', ADE.
Kathy Schrock: Educational Technologist, DEN Guru, Adobe Ed Leader, Google Certified Teacher, Sony Ed Ambassador (kathy@kathyschrock.net)
Shannon Miller: Teacher Librarian, Mom & Wife who loves connecting, creating, collaborating & change. Presenter. Consultant. Blogger. Connecting People Shorty Award Recipient.
Esther Wojcicki: Educator, journalist, IT & OER consultant.

Wednesday, October 23
"Innovating STEM and Literacy"
Yovel Badash: Author of No Child Held Back
Jim Vanides: Global Social Innovation Program Manager @hp; #edtech blogger http://www.hp.com/go/edublog , #STEM advocate, educator, technologist, & avid photographer.

Thursday, October 24
"Making Informal PD Count"
Lucy Gray: Apple Distinguished Educator Lucy Gray is an education technology and social media consultant; co-founder of the Global Education Conference. http://goo.gl/MZEg
Steven Anderson: Educator, Speaker, Blogger, #Edchat Co-Creator, #140Conf Character, Edublogs Twitterer Of The Year, ASCD Emerging Leader. Top 50 Innovators in Education.


Friday, October 25th
"Personalized Learning"
Live from the ReinventED.org conference at Black Mountain SOLE, special guests TBA.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday


Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, http://www.library2013.com. The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. Everyone is invited to participate in this FREE forum designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide.

We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! The current schedule in US-Eastern Daylight Time is below; hour-by-hour session schedules for all of the world's major time zones are published on the site and you should use those for the most current information. 

To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please 
join the Library 2.0 network. You do not need to join this network to attend, but doing so will also allow you to correspond with the presenters and other members, and to comment on sessions and discussions. All conference sessions will be recorded and become available immediately after the conference (as are the past two year's conference sessions). The "Connected Librarians" pre-conference day was this past Monday, and the recordings of those sessions are now available online at http://www.connectedlibrarians.com.

Hope to "see you" online!

LIBRARY 2.013 - CURRENT SESSIONS
US-Eastern Daylight Time, all sessions 1 hour
(except Hungarian sessions which are 30 minutes)
See full listing in your own time zone, with session detail and links, HERE.

Friday, October 18

9:30am
  • Conference Welcome
10:00am
  • KEYNOTE - SANDY HIRSH: The Global Transformation of Libraries, LIS Education, and LIS Professionals
11:00am
  • Easing Into Writing and Publishing for the Profession - Alexandra Janvey, Visiting Librarian
  • Five Aggressive Approaches to E-Resource Promotion - Laura Miller, Marketing Manager
  • Information 2.0: The Era of Big Data - Dr. Marc Kosciejew
  • No More Tallies: Choosing a Web-Based Reference Statistics Tool - Mandi Goodsett, Reference Librarian/Assistant Professor/Government Documents Coordinator
  • Tips for connecting your school library with teachers + the classroom -- from acquiring new materials to supporting the Common Core and other curriculum needs -- we'll show you how. - Lori Cahill - User Experience Lead, Titlewave Team
  • Training Copy Cataloguers in RDA - Donna Frederick, Metadata Librarian
  • Using Gimlet to Impact Reference Communication in Your Library - Tina Chan, Assistant Coordinator of Reference
  • Information literacy skills of university students - Dr. Katalin Varga associate professor
11:30am
  • The usage of data mining technologies in the library / Adatbányászati technológiák könyvtári hasznosítása - Edina Kovacs - student
12:00pm
  • "Tour" of Liaison Services and Challenges for STEM Outreach - Lea Leininger, Health Sciences Librarian
  • Federated or harvested searching ... so many ways to combine options and confuse researchers. - David Stern, Associate Dean for Public ServicesLibrary
  • Find Your Oasis: Improving Virtual Services to Patrons Who Cannot Physically Come to the Library - Barbara Alvarez- Adult Services Librarian
  • Opportunities for LIS Graduates: Capitalizing on our Transferable Competencies - Melissa Fraser-Arnott, PhD Student + Librarian
  • So Your Library Wants To Led iPads - Heather Westhaver, Librarian Trainer
  • WLMA - Richard Byrne
  • Changes of library usage in Hungary - Anna Magdolna Sipos PhD/associate professor
12:30pm
  • Comparing digital library education on master level from Boras, Copenhagen and Oslo. - Marton Nemeth
1:00pm
  • KEYNOTE - BUHLE MBAMBO-THATA: Positioning African Libraries for the Digital Age: Exploration of African Digital Library Initiatives
  • Reducing suicide risks of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender library users in the library, especially adolescent and young adult patrons - Noemi Somorjai medical librarian, PhD student
2:00pm
  • Build Curriculum for any Mobile Device – Build Once, Learn Anywhere - Heather Chirtea, Executive Director
  • Building Bridges: A Tour of the Ivy Bridge College Library - Luann Edwards, eLibrary Director
  • DISTINGUISHED: Growing Young Minds: How Libraries and Museums Create Lifelong Learners - Susan Hildreth, Executive Director
  • Greasing Squeaky Wheels: A User-Centered Approach to Collection Management, Technical Development, and Resource Allocation for a Digital Library - Rebecca Morin, Head Librarian
  • Management Challenges of Public Libraries - Dr. Ruphina Ozoh
  • Toolkit for Creating Student Presentations in the Online Classroom - Jean Bedord, Lecturer
3:00pm
  • 7 Ways Public Libraries Can Impact Student Learning - Marisa Adams, Director of Curriculum
  • Branding on a Budget Outside the Box - Julie Howe, Health Science and Reference Librarian
  • Internal Professional Development: How to Use Libguides to Create Professional Development Opportunities - raAmanda Piekart, Interim Information Litecy Coordinator, Senior Associate
  • Los LRC Lugares par la Formación Continua con Acceso a Multi Recursos para Todo Tipo de Usuarios - Yensi Vides Librarian
  • The Historian and the Librarian: Collaborating and Coordinating Embedded Librarianship in the Field of History - Ray Pun, Librarian
  • Where Do You Keep the Newspapers?: A Look Behind the Scenes of Serials Librarianship at Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center - Nicole Steeves, Librarian
4:00pm
  • KEYNOTE - ROY TENNANT: A View of Libraries on the Brink
5:00pm
  • Authority Control and Linked Data for Digital Library Metadata - Jeremy Myntti, Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
  • Edunize: Organizing Online K-12 Educational Resources in a user centric manner - Sri Lekha, Founder
  • eReaders and Tablets and Phones, Oh My! - Heather Westhaver, Librarian Trainer
  • Ideas for internationalizing your library: Tips from the ALA International Relations Roundtable - John Hickok, International Outreach Librarian, IRRT Executive Board Member
  • Librarians in the 21st Century: Designing a Career Strategy for Evolving Roles and Opportunities - Lisa Chow, Library Journal Mover + Shaker
  • Navigating the Waves; charting the Information Environment Usine the IFLA Trend Report - Donna Scheeder, President-elect
6:00pm
  • 5 Ways to get the most out of online discussion boards - Anna Cobbs
  • Army libraries from Kansas to Korea and all points in between - Nancy Faget, Federal Librarian
  • Connecting Space and Learning: Exploring the SFPL Digital Media Lab and Developing Bay Area Hive - Mary Ann Harlan
  • From Content Editor to Content Creator: Academic Publishing as a Library Student and as a Librarian - Samantha Godbey, Education Librarian, Assistant Professor
  • Getting a Job in Today's Changing Economy - Jill Klees, SJSU SLIS Career Center Liaison
  • Librarians without borders: the International Librarians Network (ILN) experience - Clare McKenzie, Program Coordinator
7:00pm
  • KEYNOTE - LEE RAINIE: Libraries and Communities
8:00pm
  • Delivering library learning online: concepts and tools - Kelly Gardiner, Online Learning Manager
  • How Heightened Awareness of Information Literacy Can Improve Patrons' Library Experiences - Rose Flores Medlock, Information Science Professional and Journalist
  • library intellect | An Online Graduate Student Blogging Guide - kYmberly Keeton, Graduate Student
  • Preparing Public Librarians for Consumer Health Information Services: A Needs Assessment Study - Lili Luo
  • San Jose's King Library: 10 years of Success and Collaboration - Mary Nino, Associate Dean
  • The Library is Dead; Long Live the Library!: Expanding Options in the Digital Age - Professor Lesley Farmer
9:00pm
  • All Systems Go! Evaluating Institutional Repository Metadata for Out of This World Access - Lizzy Walker, Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian
  • InterPARES Trust: Examining the Benefits and Risks of Storing Records + Information in the Clouds - Patricia C. Franks, PhD
  • Library Re-Design with Student Power - Toni Olivieri-Barton, Teacher Librarian
  • Prosperous City with Talents: Library Supporting Urban Transformation - Dr. Wu Jianzhong
  • Successfully Promoting Your Print and eBook Collections Through Social Networking - Abbe Waldron, Library Media Specialist/Educational Technologist
  • What about second year seminar? Collaborating with faculty members to teach information literacy in a public health second year seminar: A case of instruction - Xan Goodman
10:00pm
  • Classroom Resources for K12 Educators: Integrating Information Literacy Skills and Common Core and State Standards into Designing Innovative Project Based Curricula - Melda N. Yildiz, Faculty
    Come take a tour! Engaging students in a virtual setting. - Syeda Razeen, Librarian
  • Improving Library and Archival Services to LGBTQ Users: A Case Study - Lucas McKeever
  • Making Professional Development "Sticky" - Ms Dianne Cmor, Deputy University Librarian
  • Public Libraries: Communicating Impact with Stats and Stories - Kathy Rosa, Director of the Office for Research + Statistics
11:00pm
  • Developing an Information Governance Strategy - Patricia C. Franks, PhD
  • Using downloadable audiobooks to improve student literacy outside the classroom - Sue Toms, Head of Libraries
  • WLMA - Reach Out and Teach Someone - Terri Grief, President-Elect. AASL
Saturday, October 19
12:00am
  • The Virtual Learning Commons: Concept, ideas, and Conversation - David V. Loertscher, Professor
1:00am
  • iCommons: Replacing a traditional Library - Heeru Bhojwani
  • Open Educational Resources and the School Librarian: Collaborating with Teachers for Student Success - Heather Braum, NExpress Coordinator and Resource Sharing Librarian
  • Role of Librarians in supporting MOOCs - B.VIJAYALAKSHMI, LIBRARIAN
  • The Formula of Digital Literacy - Marton Fekete BA student
2:00am
  • Creating The Professional Development Opportunities You Want - Megan Ingle
  • Development of Critical Thinking with LIS students of Pécs - Dr. Judit Béres
2:30am
  • Development of information literacy in the orphanages / Információs műveltség fejlesztése az árvaházakban - Jávorka, Brigitta - student
3:00am
  • KEYNOTE - GENE TAN: Moving Singaporeans: The Singapore Memory Project by the National Library of Singapore
4:00am
  • Putting the 'Oomph' back into Reading with Literature Circles, Blogging and Twitter - Justine Hughes, Educator / Education Consultant
  • Libraries as virtual community spaces - István Margit
4:30am
  • Management of Libraries and Information Centers in the 21st Century - Rita Fekete, student
5:00am
  • Exploring Library-World: International LIS education as a basis for ongoing professional development. - Ffion Alice Bell, Graduate Library Assistant.
  • Ranking and indicator analysis of the journals published by The American Economic Association / Az American Economic Association folyóiratai hatástényezőinek vizsgálata - Szöllősi Gréta - student
5:30am
  • Possible methods of measuring the information society term’s spread in scientific literature / Az információs társadalom fogalom szakirodalombeli elterjedésének lehetséges mérési lehetőségei - Antal Tamás - Student
6:00am
  • Actual and potential role of libraries regarding electronic learning support - Krisztina Fodorné Tóth, PhD
  • Managing library silence? - Dr Helen E Lees
  • Mediateka of Szczecin Academy of Art - a small library with big aspirations - Agata Rychter-Gullstrand, Librarian
  • The possible methods of searching literature about the 20th century history - Márton Czirják - Student
7:00am
  • Best Practices for Serving Non-English Speaking Hispanics in the Public Library Setting - Jessica A. Buckles, MLS Graduate Student
  • Könyvtelen” könyvtár - Bookless library - Alexanrdra Szalacsi, Ph.D. student
7:30am
  • The university library website as a virtual study environment - Máté Tóth
8:00am
  • Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success - Kara Malenfant, Sr. Strategist for Special Initiatives
  • Mobile Health Information For All by 2015 - Dr. Chris Hagar, Assistant Professor
  • Open Access: Policy and Practice in the Library - Chantal Phillips
  • The Digital Evolution: Digital Libraries and Community Colleges - Kathleen Phillips, MLIS -- Digital and Reference Librarian
  • Welcome to Our Library of the Future. Developing a Touring Strategy at NCSU's Hunt Library - Deanna Medsker Day, Visitor Experience Librarian
  • What means bibliotherapy in the 21th century? / Mit jelent a biblioterápia a 21. században? - Eszter Csorba-Simon, Ms.
8:30am
  • Self-Publishing in Hungary. New challenge for libraries: indie authors and their content - Dr. Kerekes Pál PhD
9:00am
  • "Must I Teach Reading Too?" - Carolyn Jacobs, Senior Manager, Training and Educator Engagement
  • Community of Inquiry Survey: Implications for Online Teaching and Learning - Susan W. Alman, Lecturer
  • Mind over metadata: transitioning from traditional cataloging to creating metadata - Sarah A. Norris, Technical Services Librarian
  • New literacies, new learning, new question marks - Tibor Koltay, Professor
  • The DIY Digital Exhibition Experience at Tarrant County College - Ayyoub Ajmi - Library Technology Manager
  • There's an App for That! Or Is There? : Examining Mobile Apps for Library Functions - Emily Krug, Emerging Technologies and Cataloging Librarian
10:00am
  • KEYNOTE - NEIL PAKENHAM-WALSH: Healthcare Information For All (www.hifa2015.org )
11:00am
  • Become a library advocate with NPSIG! - IFLA NPSIG training session on library advocacy - Molly Schwartz, NPSIG Co-Convener
  • Creating Reusable Learning Objects - Christinger Tomer, Associate Porfessor
  • Dispelling the Myth of the APA Monster: Information Services in a Digital Environment - Sara Stambaugh
  • Online Learning Materials for a MOOC Course - Dr. Revathi Viswanathan
  • Research for Development: providing services for multi-lingual and diverse ethnic groups - Loida Garcia-Febo, President
  • Who's in the MOOD for M.O.O.C.s? - Ana Guthrie, Reference + Instruction Librarian
12:00pm
  • KEYNOTE - PETER MOREVILLE: Inspiration Architecture: The Future of Libraries
1:00pm
  • Customer Centered Wayfinding - Nancy Howe, County Librarian and Executive Director
  • Diggin' Digital Humanities - Ana Guthrie, Reference + Instruction Librarian
  • Information Overload: Strategies for Personal Information Management (PIM) - Sue Alman, Lecturer
  • Mobile Technologies and Libraries: Match Made in Heaven or Marriage Gone Wrong - Mardene Carr, Chief Librarian
  • No-one Leaves Without a Card: Full Access Library Cards for Homeless and Socially Excluded Patrons. - Randy Gatley; Community Librarian, Northeast Area
  • WLMA Panel: K12 School and Public Library Collaborations - Craig Seasholes, WLMA moderator
2:00pm
  • A MOOL in a MOOC: Librarians in massive open online courses - Laureen P. Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian / Asst. Professor
  • Baedeker's Guide to the Archives: A Tour of Online Resources for Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi - Jennifer Brannock, Curator of Rare Books and Mississippiana
  • Data Visualization, Graphic Design and Meaning: Equipping Students with Critical Literacy Skills to Create and Consume Infographics - Pamela Van Halsema, MLIS
  • Insure Equality in Your Library or Classroom - How to make sure you are getting an “A” in Diversity - Beth Wrenn-Estes, Lecturer
  • QR Codes for Librarians - Brad McNally, Librarian Supervisor
  • Session Title: Writing library instruction with mixed media. - Sean Cordes Associate Professor Instruction Service Coordinator
3:00pm
  • KEYNOTE - DORIS SAMANEZ ALZMORA
4:00pm
  • 23 Mobile Things - Exploring the potential of mobile tools for delivering library services - Jan Holmquist - Gloabal librarian and head of development
  • Cataloging and the Social Network - Faye Leibowitz, General Languages Catalog Librarian
  • How (Content and Carrier) Convergence Matters to Libraries - A.J. Million, Doctoral Student
  • Let them Drive...their learning! - Roxanne Clement, Teacher Librarian
  • Nancy Drew + Friends; Or,The Case of the Neglected Books: A Short History of Youth Series Fiction - Lindsey Tomsu, Teen Coordinator
  • Tweeting As Outreach or "Is there anybody out there?" - Yvonne Mulhern, Instruction/Outreach Librarian and Co-director of the Texas Social Media Research Institute
5:00pm
  • Career Management 101: Setting a Path for Success - Susanne Markgren, co-author 
  • Career Q+A: A Librarian’s Real-Life, Practical Guide to Managing a Successful Career
  • Digital library collections: If you build them, will anyone visit? - Frederick Zarndt
  • DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: Learning Everywhere: Transformative Power of Hyperlinked Libraries - Dr. Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor
  • Library Tech: What's Next? - Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian
  • MOOCs and Constructivist Information Literacy - Valerie Hill, PhD
  • Top-secret techniques to get the most out of your website usability studies and re-design - Stan Bogdanov - Instructional Multimedia Specialist
6:00pm
  • Creating a social media strategy: Answering how, who, where, when and why - Natalie Rector, Emerging Technologies Librarian
  • Creating Online Resources for Content Area Teachers - Kelli Stair, Writer, Teacher Consultant
  • Effective Use of the Twitterverse for Professional Development - Alexandra Janvey, Library Assistant
  • Inside New Library Design - Phil Morehart, associate editor
  • The Future Landscape of E-Book Programs at Columbia University Libraries - Melissa Goertzen, E-Book Program Development Librarian
7:00pm
  • eBooks + eReaders: Past, Present + Future - Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian
  • Expanding STEM Outreach in Academic Libraries: Science Cafes and Other Initiatives - Tracy Englert Reference Librarian for Science + Technology
  • Hornets, and Comics, and Books! Oh My! - Kael Moffat, Reference + Instruction GA
  • QRevolution - Kelli Stair, Writer, Teacher Consultant
  • Reading Promotion for Older Readers in China’s Libraries - Wenyi Ding; PhD Candiadate
8:00pm
  • KEYNOTE - BARBARA STRIPLING: Libraries Change Lives: Declaring Our Right to Libraries
9:00pm
  • Building Your PLN at an Exponential Rate with Twitter - Nikki D Robertson, School Librarian
  • Creating PD Resources for Teachers - Kelli Stair, Writer, Teacher Consultant
  • Developing a Sustainable Learning 2.0 Community for Students and Alumni - Elaine Hall, MLIS Graduate Student
  • Incorporating Information Literacy into Instructional Designs of PreService Teachers - Professor Lesley Farmer
  • Students to Research Assistants: Learning Through Working in a Virtual Environment - Zemirah Lee, Project Manager
10:00pm
  • Not just another Twitter Presentation! - Brittany Austin; MLIS student and assistant librarian
  • Public Libraries Serving Homeless LGBTQ Youth by Creating Safe Spaces - Julie Ann Winkelstein, Postdoctoral Researcher and Adjunct Instructor
11:00pm
  • CLOSING KEYNOTE - JOCELYN CRANEFIELD: New Knowledge Brokers: The Invisible Influence


Monday, October 14, 2013

Connected Librarians Day Today + More Awesome Heroes at the Nightly Connected Cafe All Week

Today we have a great line-up of Library 2.013 pre-conference sessions, all free (of course!), all dedicated to "connected librarians," and all part of the spectacular Connected Educator Month. The schedule overview is below, with more information and how to join the sessions at http://www.connectedlibrarians.com.

11:00am US-Eastern Daylight Time
"Leading the Charge to Connect the Library, Classroom, and Curriculum: A View from Library Leadership" - Panel Discussion

12:00pm US-Eastern Daylight Time
"The Library as Makerspace"- Kristin Fontichiaro

1:00pm US-Eastern Daylight Time
"Virtual Library Instruction:Tools & Tips" - Stacy Creel
"Teaching the Teachers: Integrating Technology into Library Instruction" - Amanda Nichols Hess

2:00pm US-Eastern Daylight Time
"[Re]Envisioning the Role of Librarian as Educator in the Digital Information Age" - John Shank


Continuing this week are the nightly "cafe" conversations with online "heroes." If you haven't joined us for one of these yet, they are turning out to be some of the most enjoyable online sessions I've ever held, as we get a chance to spend some more personal time with these folks and you get a chance to connect with them. Join me from 7:30 - 8:30pm US-Eastern Daylight Time each weeknight by going to http://bit.ly/connected_cafe.

Here is our schedule for this week:

Monday, October 14 Connection to Collaboration:
Howard Rheingold and Shelly Terrell

Tuesday, October 15 Innovating STEM and Literacy:
Sylvia Martinez and Jackie Gerstein

Wednesday, October 16 Making Informal PD Count:
Peggy George

Thursday, October 17 Personalized Learning:
Gwyneth Jones and Joyce Valenza

Friday, October 18 21st Century Classroom Management:
Audrey Watters

Here's the schedule for the rest of the month:

October 21 Connected Leadership: 
Milton Chen, Sam Chaltain

October 22 Connection to Collaboration: 
Julie Lindsay, Kathy Schrock, Shannon Miller, Esther Wojcicki

October 23 Innovating STEM and Literacy:  
Yovel Badash and Jim Vanides

October 24 Making Informal PD Count:
Lucy Gray,  Steven Anderson

October 25 Personalized Learning:
TBD (hopefully, connected students!)

October 28 21st Century Classroom Management:  
Suzie Boss, Jane Nelsen

October 29 Connected Leadership:  
Keith Krueger, Scott McLeod

October 30 Connection to Collaboration:  
Richard Byrne, Adam Bellow

October 31 Innovating STEM and Literacy:
TBD

Recordings of the previous cafe sessions are all at here.


October 3 Connected Leadership
Dean Shareski, Vicki Davis

October 4 Connection to Collaboration
Larry Ferlazzo, Angela Maiers

October 7 Innovating STEM and Literacy
Michelle Cordy

October 8 Making Informal PD Count:
Ira Socol, Kathleen Cushman

October 9 Personalized Learning:
Karl Fisch, Lee Kolbert, Will Richardson

October 10 21st Century Classroom Management:
Alice Keeler, Anne Mirtschin

October 11 Connected Leadership:
David Loertscher, Bill Brennan

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Connected Librarians Day (Free) Events - Monday, October 14th

As a pre-conference event for the Library 2.013 annual conference starting October 18th, we're hosting a short series of free online sessions this coming Monday. Part of the impetus for this day is also to make sure that there is representation of librarians as part of Connected Educator Month (CEM)--and since I'm on the organizing committee for CEM, I figured I would wave a magic wand and just declare Monday, October 14th, "Connected Librarians Day!" (Hashtag #cld13)



Like Library 2.013, all of the sessions below are being held online and are free. The times show are US-Eastern Daylight Time. If you need to see them in your own time zone, go to the schedule page at Library 2.013 and find your link by that time zone.

Hope you'll join us!  See you online!

SCHEDULE:
  • 11:00am US-Eastern Daylight Time
    • "Leading the Charge to Connect the Library, Classroom, and Curriculum: A View from Library Leadership" - Panel Discussion
      • Description: In this dynamic panel discussion, three members of Follett’s Project Connect team will share their views on the future of the library and explore how librarians are central to successful 1:1 implementations and the digital shift. As they seek to develop and engage teacher leadership, innovative districts are empowering librarians to teach students, coach teachers and help lead transformation in 21st century schools. Project Connect brings together leaders from school administration, library and instructional technology fields to provide models of success connected to mobile computing, digital resources and instructional practice.
      • Panelists (see panelist detail here):
        • Mark Ray - 2012 Washington State Teacher of the Year
        • Gail Dickinson - AASL President
        • Susan Ballard - former President of AASL
      • Moderator: Britten Follett
      • Blackboard Collaborate Room Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=LIB2013Part1
  • 12:00pm US-Eastern Daylight Time
    • "The Library as Makerspace"- Kristin Fontichiaro
      • Description:  Defined as groups of creators who come together to design, plan, and create products using both digital and non-digital tools, makerspaces are popping up in library-centered conversations. While makerspaces can include cutting-edge technology, it takes more than 3D printers, computers, and robotics equipment to define them. It is the underlying non-competitive support and collaboration community that truly convert an activity into a makerspace. Ito et al (2013) define “connected learning” as “broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity” (p. 4). Makerspaces in libraries are an avenue to connected learning.
      • Bio: Kristin Fontichiaro is a clinical assistant professor and coordinator of the school library media program at the University of Michigan's School of Information.
      • Blackboard Collaborate Room: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=LIB2013Part10
  • 1:00pm US-Eastern Daylight Time
    • "Virtual Library Instruction:Tools and Tips" - Stacy Creel
      • Description: This presentation includes a discussion on a variety of online library instruction tools and methods for use in today's libraries. It includes tips and tools on static (vodcasts and online pathfinders) and interactive online (wikis, quizzes, live classrooms) presentations. It is based on assignments from LIS 590 Library Instruction and LIS 501 Reference for graduate students in the School of Library & Information Science. Examples of final projects will be presented along with student feedback on the tools. Participants can expect small group breakout and discussion.
      • Bio: I teach undergraduate and graduate courses. In every course I seek to incorporate relevant technology, assignments, and student feedback. I created the Library Instruction course at USM SLIS for academic and public librarians. The course includes a focus on face-to-face library instruction, as well as digital instruction, learning styles, methods and more. I am the advisor for the Graduate Certificate in Youth Services and Literature and recieved the Exemplary Online Course Award from USM in 2013.
      • Blackboard Collaborate Room: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=LIB2013Part101
    • "Teaching the Teachers: Integrating Technology into Library Instruction" - Amanda Nichols Hess
      • Description: Librarians everywhere - in schools, in public libraries, in colleges and universities, and in other settings - are increasingly charged with instruction. This might be in K-12 classes, or in workshops, or in one-shot instructional sessions for a college course. As they are asked to teach more, librarians are simultaneously tasked with bringing technology into their instructional practices. However… are librarians adequately prepared and equipped to do this? Moreover, do they feel prepared and equipped to do so meaningfully?
        This presentation will consider how, in one academic library, librarians worked together to be prepared and equipped to use technology and to do so meaningfully and purposefully for their campus. Although the setting may be specific (an academic library), the issues encountered through the course of this program are nearly universal to libraries and librarians: lack of formal knowledge or training, too little time or too few resources to properly equip and train librarians, inability to perceive immediate (or near-immediate) usefulness. Now in its second year of a coordinated instructional technology integration program, this presentation will share how this library assessed its librarians’ instructional technology needs, scaffolded and structured knowledge-building, and continuously evaluated the effectiveness of the program. Tips will be identified and shared for designing the process, implementing a training/learning program, and evaluating its effects on librarians. Learn how this type of effort made using technology in instruction more manageable, maintainable, and meaningful for librarians, and and leave this session with concrete ideas on how such a program could be designed and implemented in your library!
      • Bio: Amanda Nichols Hess is Assistant Professor and eLearning/Instructional Technology Librarian at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She earned her MSI from the University of Michigan, and previously worked as a school library media specialist and K-12 technology integration specialist. Amanda has been published in School Library Monthly and has work forthcoming in both Library Youth Outreach and the Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning.
      • Blackboard Collaborate Room: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=LIB2013Part100
  • 2:00pm US-Eastern Daylight Time
    • "[Re]Envisioning the Role of Librarian as Educator in the Digital Information Age" - John Shank
      • Description: This session will focus on how blended librarianship provides a vision for how librarians can be at the intersection of the learning and knowledge becoming a learning hub for their campus. Learn how In the digital information age, the blended librarian becomes a leader, who acts as the mediator and guide, to accessing and making sense of the ever expanding universe of information in all the forms that it takes.
      • Bio: See http://www.linkedin.com/in/blendedlibrarian
      • Blackboard Collaborate Room: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=LIB2013Part102

Webinar Platform

The conference platform is Blackboard Collaborate, an online platform that combines video, audio, chat, presentation, and other capabilities, and it supports participation from any computer using Window, Mac OS, Linux, iOS, and Android. 
To check that your computer is ready for Blackboard Collaborate, please click here. "Step 1" will indicate if you have a version of Java that is compatible, and then "Step 2" lets you actually go into a test session. We encourage you to do this in advance of the conference. If you have any difficulties, you can check the Collaborate Help FAQ and then ask for help in the WeCollaborate.com user community.

Important Note for MAC Users
If you are using a Mac running Mountain Lion v10.8.4, Blackboard has released a special app called the "Collaborate Launcher for Mac" which is now required for Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and later. Here are directions from Blackboard's Support site.


Mobile Users
  • You can join live sessions from iPhone, iPad, or Android device (including Kindle Fire HD)
  • You are able to interact via text chat and two-way audio; to view whiteboard content and shared applications; to use emoticons, hand raising, polls, breakout rooms; and to stream or download recordings to any mobile device.
  • There are certain elements of a session that you are not able to see using the mobile platform, including web-tours and desktop sharing.
  • Links to download the mobile apps can be found at http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Products/Blackboard-Collaborate/Mobile-Collaboration.aspx.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PRE-CONFERENCE SPONSOR:

Monday, October 07, 2013

The 2013 Reform Symposium This Week - Online, Free, and with Amazing Speakers and Presenters

The fourth annual Reform Symposium Free Online Conference (RSCON) starts this Friday, October 11th, running for three days and in conjunction with Connected Educator Month. It's an online global event highlighting “wow” moments in teaching and learning, and the entire conference will be held online using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform, running out of my FutureofEducation.com community.

This year's amazing keynote lineup Sugata Mitra (Opening Plenary), Nicky Hockly, Rafael Parente, John Spencer, Jose Vilson, Chuck Sandy, Mark Barnes, German Doin, Mallory Fundora, Chris Lehmann, Barbara H. Sakamoto, Sue Waters, Steve Wheeler, Josh Stumpenhorst, Angela Maiers, Mark Moran, and Salome Thomas-El.

This year's distinguished panelists: Erin Klein, Ozge Karaoglu Ergin, Steven Anderson, Jackie Gerstein, Lisa Dabbs, Carla Arena, Burcu Akyol, Thomas Whitby, Pam Moran, Tom Murray, Dr. Alec Couros, Silvia Tolisano, Nicholas Provenzano, and Joe Dale.

 Did I mention that this is all free?  :)

A full list of the current conference schedule, in US-Eastern Daylight Time, follows. To attend the conference, come to the site to look at the conference schedule in your own time zone (OK, I'm still quite proud of this method) at http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/attending-rscon-2013. And be sure to join the FutureofEducation.com host network to be kept up to date on all conference activities.

Friday, October 11
11:30am
  •  WELCOME ADDRESS, KEYNOTE: Nicky Hockly, MUSIC by The Book Supplier
1:00pm
  •  OPENING PLENARY: Dr. Sugata Mitra
2:00pm
  •  Creativity with Kids - Using Online Tools - Michelle Worgan
  •  Ensuring that an educational technology project succeeds- Terry Freedman
  •  Leveraging Mobile Devices to Develop Autonomy in Reluctant Learners - Rafranz Davis
  •  Rethinking the Importance of Digital Citizenship at Your School - Holly Clark
  •  The Power of Educational Infographics - Mia MacMeekin
  •  Tips and Tools to Teach Memorable Lessons - Roseli Serra
3:00pm
  •  PANEL: Transforming Education with Technology
4:00pm
  •  Affective Storytelling with Young Learners - Juan Alberto Lopez Uribe
  •  New Kids on the Blog - Dina Dobrou
  •  Sound ideas to stimulate creativity in the language classroom - Mike Harrison
  •  Student-Teacher-Facebook, Yes or No? - Marijana Smolčec
  •  Surfing safe on the net - Eva Buyuksimkesyan
5:00pm
  •  Project Based Learning - giving it a go in the English Classroom - Jenny Luca
  •  Six Degrees of Separation: Using Our Connections to Improve Global Learning - Jen Marten
  •  Student-generated apps, animations, & infographics – can they lead to higher levels of understanding? - Derek Barkalow
  •  Teenage Kicks (for Grown-Ups) - Fiona Mauchline
  •  Urban Legends Through Digital Storytelling - James Gubbins
  •  What is this 'new' writing? Shedding light on Multimodality - Lucia Bodeman
6:00pm
  •  KEYNOTE: Rafael Parente
7:00pm
  •   iAuthor a Global iBook on the iPad by Meg Wilson
  •  Around the World in Nearly 80 Days - Sonya Van Schaijik
  •  Direct Your Own Learning - Edna Sackson
  •  Mentoring is not just for novices - Tamas Lorincz
  •  Picture Perfect Apps - Tia Simmons
8:00pm
  •  Attending to Student Narratives: A Curriculum of Lives - Shawn White
  •  Curating Content in the 21st Century - Tia Simmons
  •  Online Learning- Encouraging learners of English to connect and to learn English Actively - Ika Sari L Wibowo
  •  Shifting Learning - David Truss
  •  Workshop Model: Getting kids to 'talk back' to any text and enjoy (not fear) reading. - Laura Gilchrist
9:00pm
  •  KEYNOTE: John T. Spencer
10:00pm
  •  SPECIAL POETIC PERFORMANCE / KEYNOTE by Jose Vilson

Saturday, October 12
7:00am
  •  WELCOME ADDRESS, KEYNOTE: Chuck Sandy, MUSIC by Steve Bingham
8:00am
  •  TECH/APP SMACKDOWN with KEYNOTE: Mark Barnes
9:00am
  •  Autonomous Professional Development Begins at Home - Marisa Constantinides
  •  Jazz up your classes with technology - Jennifer Verschoor
  •  The Granny Cloud - Suneeta Kulkarni
  •  Transdisciplinary learning: the need for collaboration - Mary Collins
  •  Using Skype to connect international teachers to learners in Malaysia - Anita Adnan
  •  Working in the Global Classroom - A Teacher’s Journey - Michael Graffin
10:00am
  •  ARGENTEGYPT- An Online Collaboration Project - Maria Bossa
  •  Dry Erase Surfaces in the classroom: Uncap creativity, expression, and enthusiasm for learning - Laura Gilchrist
  •  Homework – A Powerful Tool for Individualizing Learning for Struggling Teen and Adult Learners. - Naomi Ganin-Epstein
  •  I speak meme! - Nina Jerončič
  •  Publish your ePortfolio using Weebly - Valerie R. Burton
11:00am
  •  KEYNOTE: German Doin, The Forbidden Education
12:00pm
  •  How to use Puppets to Promote How to use Puppets to Promote Student Learning Student Learning - Sam Patterson
  •  Individualized Instruction for Enhancing Work Efficiency - Dr.Revathi Viswanathan
  •  Language Learning in 29 languages – a lifetime adventure - ANNA VARNA
  •  Online collaboration to improve teaching and learning - Martin Burrett
  •  Teaching English to Scientists. The best of all worlds - Elizabeth Anne
1:00pm
  •  Armed with Empathy: Creating a Classroom Climate for Collaboration - Dan Curcio
  •  Educators as Social Networked Learners - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.
  •  From School Improvement Plan to Professional Bookclubs: Connecting PD to School Goals - Miranda Rose
  •  Give Them Homework They Will Love - Nataša Božić Grojić
  •  I am NOT just a teacher. A new mantra. - Cecilia Lemos
  •  Virtual Exchange Projects: Motivating teens to communicate - Rosemere Bard
2:00pm
  •  PANEL: Leading and Inspiring Teachers
3:00pm
  •  Digital Metamorphosis Based on Sir Ken Robinson´s Three Flourishing Principles - Carla Arena
  •  Disability and diversity: are teachers up for social change outside the classroom? - Miguel Mendoza
3:00pm
  •  Educational Leadership: Creating the Conditions for Passion and Innovation - Chris Wejr
  •  Gamifying Your Class - Alfonso Gonzalez
  •  If you build it. they will come: Flipping Professional Development - Dr. Will
  •  What adult language learners learn from children by Leo Selivan
4:00pm
  •  10+ Techniques for Empowering Students to Becoming Globally Connected Educators and Content Creators - Noel Feria
  •  Facilitating Inquiry - Heidi Siwak
  •  Integrating the Four Skills and Tech tools in the English Classroom: Get your students to read, write, listen and SPEAK. - Fabiana Laura Casella
  •  Mystery Location Calls via Skype or Google Hangout - Paula Naugle
  •  The Power of Project-Based Learning - Shelley Wright
  •  This I Believe Narratives (with Technology component) - Maggie Maslowski
5:00pm
  •  KEYNOTE: Mallory Fundora of Project Yesu, Angela Maiers, Mark Moran
6:00pm
  •  Be A Newscaster - Tara Benwell
  •  Extraordinary Learning For A Digital Age (ELFADA) - Jo Hart
  •  Passionate Learners - Giving Our Classroom Back to Our Students Starting Today - Pernille Ripp
  •  The Kindness Project - Malu Sciamarelli
  • 7:00pm
  •  Facilitating “Wow” Learning through Humor, Novelty, Awe, and Fascination - Joan Young
  •  Gamification on a Shoestring - Jake Duncan
  •  Learning Math through inquiry and deepening Mathematical thinking - Lana Fleiszig
  •  Secrets of the Remix Mash-up Generation - Gwyneth Jones
  •  “The Wall” - 8 meters Augmented reality in a school hallway - Mats Larsnäs
8:00pm
  •  KEYNOTE: Chris Lehmann
9:00pm
  •  Developing Creative Thinking Ability in EYL: Based On an Inquiry Lesson for Nursery 1 Level in MindChamps PreSchool - Pravita Indriati
  •  Developing learner-centred inquiry & thinking - "The what, how and why" - Gareth Jacobson
  •  SEL in our schools - Fiona Birkin
  •  The Changing Space (Face) of Education - Anne Mirtschin
  •  The Greatest Stories Never Told: Showcasing Learning Thorugh Social Media and Web Tools - Elvira Deyamport, Ed.S.
10:00pm
  •  KEYNOTE: Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, "The Iceberg and the Whale: Wow Moments in Teacher Growth"

Sunday, October 13
7:00am
  •  WELCOME ADDRESS, KEYNOTE: Sue Waters, "Putting the Pieces Together Through Digital Curation" MUSIC: Fluency MC
8:00am
  •  KEYNOTE: Steve Wheeler
9:00am
  •  Building Playgrounds - Tim Wilhelmus
  •  Digital Exit Strategies - Using Technology to Check Student Learning - David Read
  •  Doing Research in a Networked World - Cherry Mathew Philipose
  •  Ice Breakers and Warm Ups for All Ages- Faisal
  •  Magic Tricks in EFL with Young Learners - Barbara Bujtás
  •  Remote teaching, distance learning, team teaching or blended learning? - Graham Stanley
10:00am
  •  Connecting You AND Your Classroom Globally - Todd Nesloney
  •  Culture Chat: Teacher as a resource - Kieran Dhunna Halliwell
  •  From teacher networked learning to transformation in your classroom - Vance Stevens
  •  nABLEing All Learners: Mobile Devices as Transformational Technology - Luis Perez, Ph. D.
  •  Visually Inspire Your Students! - Janet Bianchini
11:00am
  •  EDINSPIRE CEREMONY with KEYNOTE: Josh Stumpenhorst
12:00pm
  •  ELT Sandbox – Promoting language learning through gaming - David Dodgson
  •  Lifelong Learning in the Learning Lab - Arjana Blazic
  •  Literacy in connected world - Meenoo Rami
  •  Making The Most of Reading - James Taylor
  •  The Teacher as Scaffold Builder - Marisa Constantinides
1:00pm
  •  Call and Response Tunes to Practice Verb Tenses - Jason R. Levine
  •  Connections Through Inquiry - Kelly Tenkely
  •  Flipping classroom roles - Akevy Greenblatt
  •  Guided Discovery Learning in ELT CLasses - Evridiki DAKOS
  •  How to turn your learning management system into an online playground - Sylvia Guinan
2:00pm
  •  PANEL: Rethinking The Way We Learn
3:00pm
  •  If I Can Do It So Can You - Maizie Avihayil
  •  I’m an EAP teacher… but who am I? - Adam Simpson
  •  Not your old school academic writing assignment - Tyson Seburn
  •  Podcasting and Broadcasting in your Classroom with TeacherCast - Jeffrey Bradbury
  •  Shadowing Students as an Effective Observation Strategy for School-wide Leadership and Change - Michael Berry
  •  Transforming Education with Augmented Reality - Todd Nesloney
4:00pm
  •  10 Sites I Can't Live Without in My Innovative Math Class - Paula Naugle
  •  Educating Myself with Twitter - Fred Boss
  •  Genius Hour - Gallit Zvi
  •  Getting Out Of The Way - Students Take Charge Of Their Learning - Jon Samuelson @ipadsammy
  •  Mobile learning scenarios with tablets, social media and OER @ a Highschool in Cologne, Germany - André J. Spang
5:00pm
  •  KEYNOTE: Angela Maiers & Mark Moran, Choose2Matter
6:00pm
  •  Cultivating Curiosity: STEM in the Elementary Classroom - Sara Hunter
  •  Flipped Class & PBL - Todd Nesloney
  •  Global Education for All: The Effect of Mobile TechEd on Learners in Developing Countries - Diana Gross
  •  How to make the most out of Twitter and Facebook in classrooms - Sevim Açıkgöz
  •  Voracious Vocabulary - Joquetta Johnson
7:00pm
  •  Everyday Sustainability - Examples of Home Technology Choices for Empowering Students to Assess Value for Their Own Use - Bernd Nurnberger
  •  Programming in Math Class - David Wees
  •  Taking Action to make Changes in and to the World - Tosca Killoran
  •  The Magic of Games : "D'Amazing Race" Project - Ratnavathy Ragunathan
  •  The Power of Crowdsourcing - Holly Clark
  •  The World Needs Your Contribution--Really! How my PLN Changed Everything - Denise Krebs
8:00pm
  •  CLOSING PLENARY: Salome Thomas-EL, Principal EL, "The Immortality of Influence: Believing Every Child Can Achieve Their Dreams"
9:00pm
  •  CLOSING CEREMONY


This is the first year I've been associated with the conference, and I'm so glad to be able to help to bring these incredible lineup to our "conference 2.0" audience through the magic of virtual technology. The organizing committee members themselves are "top drawer:" Shelly Terrell, Clive Elsmore, Chiew Pang, Kelly Tenkely, Chris Rogers, Paula White, Bruno Andrade, Cecilia Lemos, Greta Sandler, Peggy George, Marcia Lima, Jo Hart, Phil Hart, Dinah Hunt, Marisa Constantinides, Nancy Blair, Mark Barnes, Lisa Dabbs, Jake Duncan, and Sara Hunter.

More "Cafe" Meetings with Online Heroes This Week! Come Join the Nightly Fun

Starting again tonight, and every weeknight during Connected Educator Month, join me from 7:30 - 8:30pm US-Eastern Daylight Time for an hour of online relaxed and social time with some great special guests. The recordings of our time with Dean Shareski, Vicki Davis, Larry Ferlazzo, and Angela Maiers are now available at http://bit.ly/connected_cafe.

The links to join each night are also at  http://bit.ly/connected_cafe.

Tonight I'll be joined by a special mystery guest--a mystery, because we're still trying to make sure he/she can make it. (Maybe it's actually two people--if it is two people, and I'm not saying anything, these two people would be two of the highest energy people I know!) My fingers are crossed because you'll have a LOT of fun if he/she/they can. But even if not, you'll still have a lot of fun as we find ways to connect together online as educators.

Here is our schedule for the rest of the week:

Tuesday, October 8 (Making Informal PD Count):  Ira Socol and Kathleen Cushman

Wednesday, October 9 (Personalized Learning):  Karl Fisch, Lee Kolbert, and Will Richardson

Thursday, October 10 (21st Century Classroom Management):  Alice Keeler and Anne Mirtschin

Friday, October 11 (Connected Leadership):  David Loertscher, Tim Lauer, and Bill Brennan


And Here Is the Rest of the Month!

A list of the currently scheduled guest for the rest of the month is below, but it's changing every hour so don't come here to see it updated--go to http://bit.ly/connected_cafe to stay updated, or look for our events in the Connected Educators calendar. Each night is associated with one of the themes of Connected Educator Month, with the currently scheduled guests are to the right in bold type.

October 14 Connection to Collaboration:  Howard Rheingold, Shelly Terrell
October 15 Innovating STEM and Literacy:  Sylvia Martinez, Jackie Gerstein
October 16 Making Informal PD Count:  Peggy George, Karin Fasimpaur
October 17 Personalized Learning: Gwyneth Jones, Joyce Valenza
October 18 21st Century Classroom Management

October 21 Connected Leadership: Milton Chen
October 22 Connection to Collaboration: Julie Lindsay, Kathy Schrock,  Shannon Miller, Esther Wojcicki
October 23 Innovating STEM and Literacy: 
October 24 Making Informal PD Count: Lucy Gray,  Steven Anderson
October 25 Personalized Learning:

October 28 21st Century Classroom Management:  Suzie Boss, Jane Nelsen
October 29 Connected Leadership:  Keith Krueger, Scott McLeod
October 30 Connection to Collaboration:  Richard Byrne, Adam Bellow
October 31 Innovating STEM and Literacy

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Starting Tonight - Meet Your Online Heroes in the "Connected Cafe" Weeknights in October

Starting tonight, and every weeknight during Connected Educator Month, join me from 7:30 - 8:30pm US-Eastern Daylight Time for an hour of online relaxed and social time with some great special guests.

Tonight I'm joined by Canadian deep-thinker Dean Shareski and and the ever-so-coolcatteacher Vicki Davis. Because the whole idea of these cafe events is for you to connect with our guests, each night we'll do some fun activities for you to get to know them (they are going to tell us their driving passions!), and then some activities for them to get to know you. In the middle of all that fun Tom de Boor will give a quick report on the events coming up the next day as part of Connected Educator Month.

Tomorrow we'll get to know the incrediby web-clectic Larry Ferlazzo and a woman who really matters, Angela Maiers. The drill will be exactly the same, with sharing, connecting, and fun. Really, I can be fun if I try! I'm told I have to say you will get a badge for attending. You can get a badge for attending!

A list of the currently scheduled guest for the rest of the month is below, but it's changing every hour so don't come here to see it updated--go to http://bit.ly/connected_cafe to stay updated, or look for our events in the Connected Educators calendar. Each night is associated with one of the themes of Connected Educator Month, with the currently scheduled guests are to the right in bold type.


Thursday, October 3 Connected Leadership  - Dean Shareski, Vicki Davis
Friday, October 4 Connection to Collaboration - Larry Ferlazzo, Angela Maiers

Monday, October 7 Innovating STEM and Literacy 
Tuesday, October 8 Making Informal PD Count:  Ira Socol, Kathleen Cushman
Wednesday, October 9 Personalized Learning:  Karl Fisch, Will Richardson
Thursday, October 10 21st Century Classroom Management:  Alice Keeler, Anne Mirtschin
Friday, October 11 Connected Leadership

Monday, October 14 Connection to Collaboration:  Howard Rheingold, Shelly Terrell
Tuesday, October 15 Innovating STEM and Literacy:  Sylvia Martinez
Wednesday, October 16 Making Informal PD Count:  
Thursday, October 17 Personalized Learning: Gwyneth Jones, Joyce Valenza
Friday, October 18 21st Century Classroom Management

Monday, October 21 Connected Leadership: Milton Chen
Tuesday, October 22 Connection to Collaboration: Julie Lindsay, Lee Kolbert, Kathy Schrock,  Shannon Miller, Esther Wojcicki
Wednesday, October 23 Innovating STEM and Literacy:  
Thursday, October 24 Making Informal PD Count: Lucy Gray,  Steven Anderson (could do 16th as well)
Friday, October 25 Personalized Learning: Sugata Mitra from reinvented?  David Warlick?

Monday, October 28 21st Century Classroom Management:  Suzie Boss
Tuesday, October 29 Connected Leadership:  Keith Krueger, Scott McLeod
Wednesday, October 30 Connection to Collaboration:  Richard Byrne, Adam Bellow
Thursday, October 31 Innovating STEM and Literacy HOLD?  HALLOWEEN