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Event: Weather Collobrative Project Dicussion: I am planning a weather collaborative project for second grade classes. During this Elluminate session, we will be discussing this project and it implementation.; Added by Patty Langley at 7:14am on July 12, 2010

Event: PBS & CR20: Early Childhood Literacy: Resources & Strategies: dio.edtechlive.com/cr20/earlychildhood.rtf Portable Video: http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/earlychildhood.mp4 Date: Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Location: In Elluminate. http://tinyurl.com/pbscr20 If you haven't used Elluminate before, you can make sure your computer is configured correctly to enter the room by going to http://www.elluminate.com/support. PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are delighted to have PBS KIDS producers and educators join us to share a wide array of content and strategies designed to help teachers of young children improve their students' literacy skills. Scott Cameron, Director of Education and Research at the Sesame Workshop, will discuss the educational goals of the new Electric Company and how the on-air and online resources can be used in the classroom. Educational consultant Julie Wood will focus on best practices in reading and language arts instruction in 1st-4th grades, discuss her involvement with PBS KIDS' Raising Readers initiative and share ideas for using Raising Readers on-air and online educational resources. They will be joined by Heather Dzikiy, a teacher who has demonstrated innovative and effective use of PBS KIDS content in educational settings, and Jennifer Rodriguez of the PBS KIDS team who will present PBS KIDS Island, an innovative website that serves kids, parents, caregivers and teachers. About Our Guest Speakers Scott Cameron oversees the educational integrity of new projects in development at Sesame Workshop. This includes The Electric Company project, which encompasses the TV show, Broadband games, the magazine and outreach activities. A former English teacher, Scott has worked in children's educational media as a curriculum specialist, researcher and writer. In the mid-1990s, he was part of the team that developed the Israeli-Palestinian Sesame Street co-production. He also worked on the Mexican, Canadian, Polish and Japanese versions of Sesame Street and was the Director of Content for the series Sesame English, which combined classic Sesame Street segments with new narrative material to teach English to non-native speakers. A national educational consultant, Julie M. Wood, Ed.D. served as a faculty member and former Director of the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Wood's writing has been featured in Instructor Magazine, Scholastic Administrator, Harvard Education Publishing Group, Teacher Radio (on www.Scholastic.com) and the journal, Language Arts. Heather Dzikiy is in her fifth year of teaching at Sykesville Elementary School, a National Blue Ribbon Award winner in DuBois, Pennsylvania. She has taught third, fourth and a multi-age class of both grades. In addition to teaching in her district, she also serves as a mentor teacher and teacher trainer in the areas of technology integration, differentiated instruction, and data interpretation. Jennifer Rodriguez is the editor of the Between the Lions, SUPER WHY!, Sesame Street, Martha Speaks, and WordWorld websites on PBS KIDS.org.…; Added by Steve Hargadon at 4:43pm on June 19, 2009

Event: PBS & CR20: P.O.V.'s The Principal Story: eo: http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/povprincipals.m4v Chat Log: http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/povprincipals.rtf Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Location: In Elluminate. http://tinyurl.com/pbscr20 If you haven't used Elluminate before, you can make sure your computer is configured correctly to enter the room by going to http://www.elluminate.com/support. PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are delighted to have PBS producers and educators join us to share P.O.V.'s The Principal Story. This film paints two dramatic portraits of the challenges facing America's public schools – and the great difference a dedicated principal can make. The film takes the viewer along for an emotional ride and examines what effective educational leadership looks like in the 21st century. Our special guests during the webinar will include: Kerry Purcell, one of the principals featured in the film; David Mrazek, one of the filmmakers; and Eliza Licht, Director of Community Engagement and Education, P.O.V./American Documentary. Speakers will discuss the making of the film, the critical work involved in transforming schools, and the wide array of high-quality educational resources available from P.O.V. About Our Guest Speakers David Mrazek Producer, Director, Sound Recordist David Mrazek is an award-winning producer/director/writer of numerous prime-time PBS history and science documentary series, as well as documentaries for The History Channel and Travel Channel. Mrazek's work includes The Great War series, The Kingdom of David, The Duel and Woodrow Wilson, among many other films. Kerry Purcell, Principal Harvard Park Elementary School, Springfield, IL During her six years as principal of Harvard Park Elementary School (PreK-5), Kerry Purcell was instrumental in supporting the school's successful move off the state watch list. The school made approximately a 45% gain in reading and a 50% gain in math scores. Most notable is Kerry's work around data interpretation and analysis, building and sustaining professional learning communities, and creative use of fiscal, human and time resources to support school improvement. Eliza Licht Director, Community Engagement and Education, P.O.V. Eliza oversees the development and implementation of P.O.V.'s national community engagement and education campaigns. She works with public television stations, educators and community-based organizations to present community screenings of P.O.V. films and to develop and distribute accompanying educational resources to teachers nationwide. Over the years, she has expanded P.O.V.'s community engagement activities by nearly 400% and increased P.O.V.'s educational efforts by over 80%. To further develop these areas, Eliza established a Library Board and a Teachers' Advisory Board, which provide feedback on activities and help produce P.O.V.'s companion resource materials.…; Added by Steve Hargadon at 2:59pm on August 8, 2009

Event: 2010 Global Education Conference: ynotes and 300 sessions scheduled. The conference is a collaborative effort to significantly increase opportunities for globally-connecting education activities and initiatives. All sessions will be held in the Elluminate platform, will be broadcast live, and will be available in recorded formats afterwards. There is not need to register for the conference--all sessions will be public, and a session schedule notification will be sent to members of Classroom 2.0. You can submit to present at the conference website, which is http://www.globaleducationconference.com. Thank you for your interest, Steve Hargadon Co-Chair steve@hargadon.com www.stevehargadon.com Lucy Gray Co-Chair elemenous@gmail.com elemenous.typepad.com http://globaleducation.ning.com…; Added by Steve Hargadon at 10:15am on August 18, 2010

Event: How do we think? Let us count the ways.: and we can discuss the purposes of this talk. Purposes • To demonstrate the diversity of the conscious awareness of thinking • To show how this diversity can be used in Education • To show how this diversity can interact with the process of education and lead to less than maximum performance and even learning disability Visual imagery is often taken for granted and we do not usually consider the diversity of the conscious experience. The first 6 questions of the survey provide a starting point to explore this diversity. Auditory imagery is less studied but the questionnaire includes a wonderful demonstration of an individual difference factor that very few have ever considered. Now with those building blocks, take a look around in your head and answer the question how do you think ? What is the conscious experience of your thought process? Words, pictures, sound? Something different? We will discuss how a simple learning task will clearly demonstrate how we use the tools of thought. Once we understand how we think, we can look at how our students think. We will apply this to questions like these: • Are learning styles important? • Does verbal repetition learning work? • Eighty-five per cent of learning disabled students think alike, while mainstream students split evenly. • What are the actual deficits in reading disability? I have started a forum located at to continue the discussion at http://www.enabling.org/drupal/thinking The talk will be held on Elluminate under the auspices of the Caribbean Education Network on August 28, 2010 at 7 PM EDT (NYC). To join the conference link to: http://tinyurl.com/lcparticipant.…; Added by Bob Zenhausern at 4:55pm on August 23, 2010

Event: PBS & CR20: Summertime and Your Personal Learning Network: com/cr20/summerpln.rtf Portable Video: http://audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/summerpln.mp4 PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are delighted to have technology integration specialists Bob Sprankle, Alice Barr and Cheryl Oakes as our guests for "Summertime and Your Personal Learning Network," the next webinar in the PBS Teachers LIVE! series. Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 2 at 8 p.m. EDT for this upcoming free webinar. In this webinar, our guests will discuss the value of online collaboration and provide guidance for those interested in joining or creating a professional development community during the summer months. They will share their own experiences of expanding their knowledge and improving their practice through online conferences, social networks, and other collaborative technologies. In addition, they will demonstrate tools and best practices to promote technology integration in K-12 classrooms. Date: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Location: In Elluminate. http://tinyurl.com/pbscr20 If you haven't used Elluminate before, you can make sure your computer is configured correctly to enter the room by going to http://www.elluminate.com/support. Recordings of this event will be available the day after.…; Added by Steve Hargadon at 11:33am on May 26, 2009

Event: PBS & CR 2.0--A Fresh Look at Teaching The Diary of Anne Frank: /audio.edtechlive.com/cr20/annefrank.rtf Date: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Location: In Elluminate. http://tinyurl.com/pbscr20 If you haven't used Elluminate before, you can make sure your computer is configured correctly to enter the room by going to http://www.elluminate.com/support. On Wednesday, April 7 at 8 p.m. EDT, we will host a webinar entitled, A FRESH LOOK AT THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. During this event, participants will get a sneak peek at the all-new adaptation airing on MASTERPIECE and review educator materials created for middle school and high school. These materials include a teacher’s guide created in collaboration with the Holocaust education organization, Facing History & Ourselves, and special Resources for Youth, which offer concrete ways to take action against issues of intolerance as well as encourage self-expression through digital journaling options. Speakers include the author of the teacher's guide and an educator from Facing History and Ourselves.…; Added by Steve Hargadon at 10:18am on March 29, 2010

Event: PBS & CR 2.0--Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day: , you can make sure your computer is configured correctly to enter the room by going to http://www.elluminate.com/support. On Monday, April 5 at 8 p.m. EDT, Classroom 2.0 and PBS Teachers will host the next webinar in our PBS Teachers Live! series: "Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day." During this event, participants will learn about two new PBS projects: "Earth Days," a film by Robert Stone chronicling the history of the modern environmental movement, and Growing Greener Schools, a film and educational resources aimed at empowering students, teachers and parents to incorporate green ideas into both school buildings and classroom curricula. Presenters include the filmmakers and educational experts who will provide resources and strategies to help teachers celebrate this important anniversary in innovative and meaningful ways.…; Added by Steve Hargadon at 10:05am on March 29, 2010

Event: Connecting Innovators: 2009 Innovation Showcase Online - six outstanding online sessions focusing on innovation in Victorian education.: share their amazing practice. This year six outstanding sessions from the Showcase will be offered online. The event will also connect you up to an active community of innovators in the Showcase Ning and keep you up to date throughout 2009 with Making Connections - a series of online events, facilitated and open conversations, collaboration stories, and networks focused on education innovation. When: Friday 15 May 2009 from 11am Australian EST: a choice of sessions offered in three time-slots: 11am, 12pm and 1pm. See Program below. Making Connections Series - after May 15: After the Showcase we will be offering a series of facilitated online conversations, innovation stories, and collaboration activities, organised in the Showcase Ning. Where: Online in Elluminate - sign up at: http://knowledgebank.globalteacher.org.au/ Program: The full Showcase program including keynote details, presenter biogs, and more is available on the Showcase Ning. The six conference presentations below will be presented online, but all of the Showcase presenters are active in the Ning - go to http://guidetoinnovation.ning.com/ find out what they'll be talking about and start some conversations of your own. 11am Anne Mirtschin, Hawkesdale P12 College: Flat Classroom Walls - 21st Century education or Silverton Primary School: 21st Century Classrooms 12pm Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: The Ping Online Music Education Project or Wimerra Virtual School: Blended Curriculum Provision for Improved Student Outcomes 1pm Jarrod Robinson, Boort Secondary College: Rethinking Homework or John Doherty, Clete Page and David Roycroft: The Wider Workforce - A Professional Model How to participate: Sign up at http://knowledgebank.globalteacher.org.au/. Signing up entitles you to attend all of the online sessions. If you have signed up, just go to the knowledgebank.globalteacher.org.au on May 15 at about 15 minutes before the start of the first session and click on the advertised session link to join your choice of session. You will need a microphone headset and to be set up to use Elluminate. Recordings: All of the online sessions will be recorded and the recording links will be made available on on http://knowledgebank.globalteacher.org.au and on Showcase Ning. All sessions are free but you do need to sign-up. For more information please contact knowledgebank@edumail.vic.gov.au or innovation@edumail.vic.gov.au or visit knowledgebank.globalteacher.org.au.…; Added by Tamara Carpenter at 7:31pm on May 4, 2009