Agenda

August 9, 2007

Morning

9:00   Introductions (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." Also, we'll dump the "chatcast" into a wiki and use it as a propt for later reference and reflection.

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.

11:15 Break

11:30 Whiplash!

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

12:30 Lunch

Afternoon

1:30  Plenary (Joe and Dave)

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

3:15  Closing (Joe and Dave)

3:30  End Day 1

August 10, 2007

Morning

9:00   What Can I Do Now That I Couldn't Do Before?

10:30 Break

10:45 Developing Expert Voices

12:00 Lunch

Afternoon

Joe and Dave - Developing Professional Plans