Things To Think About Lately...

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Hey everyone...only a matter of days until K12 online gets underway, and for anyone who has web access and a PC but no interest in expending time or resources travelling, this is a truly first class opportunity. Link to the conference homepage here.

I hope to see you there!

RM

Wikis In Plain English

via Bud The Teacher, check out this neat clip about what a wiki is (in case you were wondering)...

Find the clip here, and I also put up a link on the bottom of the blog, so that you can find it again...

Cheers,

Ryan

Mindset/ManACE/Microsoft Summer Sessions

Some excellent sessions available this summer at various locations, like Winnipeg (shocking!!), Forrest, Elm Creek, and St. Francis Xavier. Some are early in July (3 - 6), and some later in August. The cost is only $30.00, which is a great deal!!
Check out the following website for over 30 topics like SMARTBoard, Photoshop, FlashMX and more. Go to www.manace.ca/MMM%20SessionList07.htm

...But October is coming soon!!!

...via the convenors of the conference, several of whose blogs I read...K12 Online Conference is a 'go' again this year, and as someone who participated on the periphery of the 'get-together', I'm going to have to highly recommend attendance if you're interested in this whole education connectedness via the web idea. Dates for this year are "October 15-19 and October 22-26 of 2007, and will include a preconference keynote during the week of October 8. This year’s conference theme is “Playing with Boundaries.” " (copied from the conference blog)

Here's some reasons to think about attending this year's conference...

Call them the top 5 reasons (I couldn't think of 10 quickly)....

5. You can wear your pajamas to the keynote presentations.

4. ...or better yet, do what I did last year and download them to your PC or your mp3 or video player to view/listen whenever you like.

3. No mileage to incur, nor wear and tear on your vehicle.

2. You can participate in the chats (or just listen); you can leave (and read) comments about the conference; you can network with other teachers and education-types from across the globe, literally.

and the number one reason (since teachers sometimes have a reputation involving frugality?)...

1. It's free!!!

Here's the link again, and the call for proposals is currently on now, so maybe some interested folks from the Valley will be presenting, who knows?

RM

November is a Long Time From Now...

But, as Lorne Henkelman recently pointed out, via ManACE (Manitoba's Special Area Group 'Association of Computing Educators' ), I think the acronym stands for...there will be some local opportunities here in the Swan River Valley for those teachers/administrators interested in some technology sessions.

Here's the lineup, in no particular order:

1. Make 'n Take Digital Story with Janet Martin and Rob McDonald

2. Web 2.0 Collaboration; An ‘Un’-Presentation with Tracy Maksymchuk and Ryan Maksymchuk

3. 3D Modeling Made Easy with Google Sketch-up with George van der Walt

4. Creating Your Personal Learning Environment with Derek Henkelman and Lorne Henkelman

Date for SAG is set at November 23, 2007, and details from ManACE about registration will be forthcoming in the fall publication as always. If anyone knows about any other sessions being offered, please forward them to me or to your school's PD committee rep. for uploading to this blog. Thanks, Lorne!

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