A Few Examples in the last 24 Hours
Yesterday, Will Richardson invited the Twittersphere to expand a conversation that had its origin in Twitter. Visit the archived Illuminate session to see how the back-channel discussion was easily as rich and compelling as the audio commentary! It was one example of how an interactive web meeting might well trump any other form of P.D.
At exactly the same time, Steve Hargadon was hosting a Classroom 2.0 2008 Wrap-up and New Year's Party to highlight the new ideas, techniques, tools, books, and conversations around educational technology that made 2008 special. It serves as another rich example of how other educators were harnessing interactive, synchronous tools to share their learning with other interested educators.
Expanding the Audience
While many conferences and live presentations have been publicized via Twitter, the potential audience for these events goes far beyond the micro-blogging community. The Classroom 2.0 Calendar has a fairly rich menu of live online events, and I'm wondering if we might all leverage such a space to encourage others to join the discussion.
Do you know of other opportunities for teachers to 'learn in sync'?
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2 comments:
Like you I love these opportunities for online PD. I know it is hard considering we are a global community who has to deal with a 24 hr time zone but it would be really nice if these conversations did consider this aspects.
Yes, it is on my to-do list to mention it to Steve Hargadon
because I think Classroom 2.0 ongoing online PD is an excellent idea. But probably 99 % of the online PD held by many people are at 1-3 AM here. I try and consider timezones when scheduling sessions to encourage global conversations.
In terms of other opportunities for teachers to 'learn in sync' - Classroom 2.0 has a Google Calendar that you can subscribe to which advises you of their events. We run Online PD here weekly on a Friday (or Thursday depending on time zone) which is starting up again January 14. OZ/NZ educators have a meetup every Sunday night where people from anywhere can attend -- probably middle of the night in Canada though :(
I agree we should do more 'time-shifting' as we organize opportunities for teaching and learning with colleagues from around the world.
I've communicated with Steve about sharing a Google calendar that can be synched with the Classroom 2.0 calendar and I'm going to work with my colleagues to see if we can't make that happen.
Thanks Sue!
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