Blogging at NECC
Thor Prichard and the good folks at Clarity Innovations have the Edweblogs.org: NECC 2004 weblog up and running. It looks sharp! Be sure to go over and sign up to be a part of the weblogging team at NECC. This is right on the front page of the Clarity homepage:
Our vision is clear.
Our mission is simple.
Our intent is genuine.
I’ve said it before but I love that - clear and simple yet so effective. I think it’s how we webloggers feel about our work, too.
Will’s post today was about being invited by Intel to be a part of CEO Craig Barrett’s keynote speech on Tuesday morning. Will and one of his students will be onstage to highlight weblogs in the classroom. Wahoo! That’s going to be great! Aren’t we educators lucky to have companies like Clarity and Intel featuring and helping educators like they do? I think so!
I am really looking forward to NECC this year. I can tell that there will be a whole of blogging going on! A quick recap of the blogging events at NECC:
Note: I did several searches - blog, weblog, blogging, etc so some may just mention weblogs briefly but I figured I could recheck closer to time.
Workshop
BLOG@School: Understanding the Opportunities, Implications, and Technologies
Tim Lauer, Lewis Elementary School with Steve Burt, Anne Davis, Tom Hoffman and Will Richardson
Join the conversation with experienced school bloggers and discuss, debate, and learn about the impact of Weblogs in education. Leave informed and inspired.
Monday, June 21
8:30-11:30
Xavier University
Research Paper (Roundtable)
Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University with Philip Molebash
Preservice English teachers were introduced to Weblogging and took to it immediately. What themes and patterns emerged over the course of a year?
Monday, June 21
8:30-9:30
MCC 241
Poster
Chicago NECCLights: A World Apart…Not!
Kirsten Innes, Grayslake Community Consolidated School District 46 with Jennifer Gibson, Jennifer Kiddle and Terri Madalinski
Weblogs! What a great opportunity for students all over the world to share and compare important people, places, and events that helped shape their communities.
Monday, June 21
1:30-3:30
MCC La Nouvelle Ballroom
Workshop
CyberHistory: Web Resources and the Interactive Social Studies Classroom Meghan McGlinn, University of North Carolina¢Chapel Hill with Kimberly Pyne and Melanie Shoffner
Explore interactive online resources¢including selected WebQuests, digital collections and communication tools¢and develop interdisciplinary tools for classroom use.
Monday, June 21
1:30-4:30
Belle Chasse 30
Concurrent
Weblogs in Education…The Possibilities Are Limitless!
Anne Davis, Georgia State University with Sandra Peters, Michigan State University
Learn about effective use of Weblogs in education. See a showcase of educator, preservice, ESL/EFL, classroom, collaborative, and project-type Weblogs. This session will be recorded for archived Webcast viewing after the conference via the NECC Website.
Tuesday, June 22
11:00-12:00
MCC 267/268
Concurrent
The Home-to-School Technology Connection
Jim Heynderickx, Oregon Episcopal School
Explore new ways to improve student use of home computers. We discuss Internet public folders, SharePoint collaborative Web pages, and online journals.
Tuesday, June 22
11:00-12:00
MCC 252
Global Gallery
Fostering an Online Learning Community with Student Digital Portfolios
Julie Lindsay, International School Dhaka, Bangladesh
At the International School Dhaka, Bangladesh students develop digital portfolios using a Web-based asynchronous online learning community, fostering interaction and peer review.
Tuesday, June 22
MCC La Nouvelle Ballroom
1:30-3:30
Concurrent
Connecting Urban to Suburban: A Language Arts Jigsaw- Chicago NECC Lights
Anne Truger, Adlai E. Stevenson High School with Rebecca Collins and Amie Wall
We are connecting urban and suburban language arts classes with technology, using a variety of collaborative activities. See the results of this exciting cross-cultural experiment!
Tuesday, June 22
3:30-4:30
MCC 256
Birds-of-a-Feather
Blogs for Learning
June Julian
Share ways to use Weblogs, or blogs for journaling, reflecting, researching, and collaborating in the classroom.
Tuesday, June 22
Mcc La Nouvelle Ballroom
4:45-5:45
Spotlight
Blogs and Wikis as WebQuest Tasks
Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University
These emerging new information formats can serve as the core of a lively WebQuest. Construct knowledge by the communal creation of journals and micropedias.
Wednesday, June 23
10:30-11:30
MCC 343/344
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