Below are this week's public, free, and interactive Webinars through
LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for
Elluminate.
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Thanks for your attention, and see you online!
IPADS AND OTHER MOBILE MAYHEM - A TALK WITH TRAVIS ALLEN (
Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Mon 25 Apr 08:00PM New York /
Tue 26 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Tue 26 Apr 12:00PM Sydney
Rushton Hurley. Travis Allen created a video while in high school called "iSchool," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KgAcx_9jU) and has since become a powerful voice for how mobile technologies can change education. Learn more about his effort, the iSchool Initiative, by joining us for this Next Vista Digital Dream Team webinar.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/152094MORE THAN "ONE DROP": RACE IN LATIN AMERICA (
Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Tue 26 Apr 07:30PM New York /
Tue 26 Apr 11:30PM GMT / Wed 27 Apr 11:30AM Sydney
Mary Risner. Part II of a 4 session series to introduce Latin American themes to help teachers integrate area studies across the curriculum. Participants are invited to collaborate on a wiki that will share online resources and activities related to Latin America to use in the classroom.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/1514111 TOOL AT A TIME WEBINAR (
TL Cafe)
Tue 26 Apr 08:00PM New York /
Wed 27 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Wed 27 Apr 12:00PM Sydney
Gwyneth Jones. http://www.learncentral.org/event/133552HUGH MCGUIRE ON LIBRIVOX (
Future of Education Series)
Tue 26 Apr 08:00PM New York /
Wed 27 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Wed 27 Apr 12:00PM Sydney
Steve Hargadon. Steve interviews Hugh McGuire, creator of LibriVox, the terrific crowd-sourced audiobooks service.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/154669ET@LKING: EMBERS OF THE WORLD (
Australia Series)
Wed 27 Apr 08:00AM New York /
Wed 27 Apr 12:00PM GMT / Thu 28 Apr 12:00AM Sydney
Coach Carole. In this et@lking interaction, you will meet Debbie Nicol, an Australian expatriate of 15 years, currently living in Dubai. Curating her own business, www.businessenmotion.com Debbie deals with strategic corporate change, and learning and development initiatives. She works closely with an online, international corporate academy driving the corporate culture evolution, being an ambassador for the social constructivist approach to learning. Throughout her corporate journey, she realized an organization wont change until the very last person engages with it. Herein lay the challenge, whereby she discovered that traditional methods simply weren’t forging this engagement. The connection simply didn’t exist. Similarly nor did it exist in many personal lives, until the layers of distortion were removed. This was the impetus for the creation of a new personal and social development model called ‘embers of the world’ (www.embersoftheworld.com) , based around the framework of ‘Reflect, Connect – Collaborate, Innovate – Become’. With change at its heart, is ‘embers’ a concept to be taught, facilitated, connected with or simply ‘caught’? And to what level? It’s aiming for change on both an individual level as well as the UN level, so quite a spectrum. And how is technology being applied currently, and how will it in the future?
http://www.learncentral.org/event/153733P2PU COURSE - CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (
Math 2.0 Series)
Wed 27 Apr 07:30PM New York /
Wed 27 Apr 11:30PM GMT / Thu 28 Apr 11:30AM Sydney
Maria Droujkova. http://www.learncentral.org/event/131375PAM MORAN AND IRA SOCOL: FROM SCIENTIFICALLY-MANAGED TO COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SCHOOLS (
Future of Education Series)
Wed 27 Apr 08:00PM New York /
Thu 28 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Thu 28 Apr 12:00PM Sydney
Alison Saylor. Pam Moran and Ira Socol: From Scientifically-Managed to Community-Driven Schools.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/154670REDES SOCIALES EN LA ESCUELA: SI O NO? (
Aula 2.0)
Wed 27 Apr 09:00PM New York /
Thu 28 Apr 01:00AM GMT / Thu 28 Apr 01:00PM Sydney
Tomas Chaskel. La penetración masiva de las redes sociales entre los jóvenes estudiantes de educación básica, media y superior las ha convertido en el principal medio de interacción social hoy en día. Los usuarios de estas redes invierten cada vez mas de su tiempo para compartir y transmitir información en estas redes. Deberían las instituciones educativas adaptarlas como una herramienta mas para detonar competencias? Como regular el uso apropiado de las redes sociales en la escuela? Están los docentes y la escuelas preparados para ello? Redes sociales en la escuela: Si o No.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/154571MATH PICKLE (
Math 2.0 Series)
Wed 27 Apr 09:30PM New York /
Thu 28 Apr 01:30AM GMT / Thu 28 Apr 01:30PM Sydney
Maria Droujkova. Math Pickle is a professional development site for K-12 mathematics teachers. It uses videos to showcase fantastic problems that deserve to be in every classroom.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/151765DALE STEPHENS ON "UNCOLLEGE" (
Future of Education Series)
Thu 28 Apr 08:00PM New York /
Fri 29 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Fri 29 Apr 12:00PM Sydney
Steve Hargadon. Join Steve for a conversation with Dale Stephens, creator of the 'Uncollege' social movement to support self-directed higher education.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/154671THE KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLACE (Knowledge Sharing Place)
Thu 28 Apr 08:00PM New York /
Fri 29 Apr 12:00AM GMT / Fri 29 Apr 12:00PM Sydney
Dean Mantz. Join Tina, Barbara and Dean as we feature Michael Thorton from Meriwether Lewis Elementary school from Charlottesville VA. Come hear Michael talk about how he encourages life-long learning behaviors in his students and see example projects that demonstrate just how far his students can push the envelope of learning.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/153096CSOV STUDENT NEWSCAST (
Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Fri 29 Apr 08:00AM New York /
Fri 29 Apr 12:00PM GMT / Sat 30 Apr 12:00AM Sydney
Molly Williams. Join Molly as she hosts this student newscast webinar.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/151418WOW AZTEA VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2011 (AzTEA )
Sat 30 Apr 11:00AM New York /
Sat 30 Apr 03:00PM GMT / Sun 1 May 03:00AM Sydney
Peggy George. You are invited to join this free virtual conference with a theme of “Connect, Communicate, Collaborate!” and our day will jump-start with two incredibly inspiring keynote speakers: Angela Maiers and Steve Farber on the topic of Passion in Teaching and Learning. The day is a combination of inspirational speakers and practical technology tools for classroom use and concludes with an outstanding panel of educational leaders: Steve Hargadon, Angela Maiers, Amy Sandvold, George Couros and Lisa Nielsen discussing “Now that We’re Feeling the Passion, What Do We Do Next?” We will also have a really fun “Smackdown” will take place at 12:45pm and we’d love to have you consider signing up to share your favorite Web 2.0 tool. A Smackdown is a fast and furious presentation that can be shared in a web tour in Elluminate. You will have 2-3 minutes to show and tell about your tool. The conference is FREE and virtual (hosted on Elluminate), so you can participate from home either alone or with friends. Registration is required to participate in live sessions or to access recordings and resources. Random drawings for “door prizes” will be held in selected sessions including books from our keynote speakers among other things.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/153861BUBBLZ MATH CLOWNING (
Math 2.0 Series)
Sat 30 Apr 02:00PM New York /
Sat 30 Apr 06:00PM GMT / Sun 1 May 06:00AM Sydney
Maria Droujkova. Mathematical clowning is a growing phenomenon. Join "Bubblz" as she introduces her unusual profession!
http://www.learncentral.org/event/151767LEARN TO BE - ONLINE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE (
Host Your Own Webinar Series)
Sat 30 Apr 03:00PM New York /
Sat 30 Apr 07:00PM GMT / Sun 1 May 07:00AM Sydney
Jingshen Zhao. Learn To Be is a non-profit that provides free online tutoring to children in underserved communities. The Online Leadership Exchange is a meeting open to the public where leaders from the various University Chapters come together to share updates and discuss best practices. More information about Learn To Be is available at http://www.learntobe.org.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/147488
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. This is a ground-breaking--even liberating--book on talent and potential that has radical implications for how we think about education.
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