Agenda

August 9, 2007

Morning

9:00   Introductions and Administrivia (Joe and Dave)

9:15   Tear Down the Walls

Twitter and Chatcasting using skype. Bringing "the world" into professional development. (A model for the classroom?) "How to."

9:45   Learning the Guitar or thinking about innovation in education

A model for using blogs and a suite of other online tools to amplify teaching and learning in the 21st century. Very tightly tied to curricular outcomes and good pedagogy. (1.5 hrs)

10:30 Break

10:45 Whiplash! (1.25 hrs)

A fast paced overview of a suite of online tools (other than blogs)

12:00 Lunch

Afternoon

1:15  Plenary (Joe and Dave) ?

1:45  Rip, Mix, Learn (playing with tools, build blogs, wikis, flickr accounts, and ???) (1.5 hrs)

3:15  Closing

3:30  End Day 1

August 10, 2007

Morning

9:00   What Can I Do Now That I Couldn't Do Before? (1.5 hrs)

10:30 Break

10:45 Developing Expert Voices (1 hr)

12:00 Lunch

Afternoon

Joe and Dave - Developing Professional Plans