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John Hennessy
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On 13 May, 15:59, "John Hegarty" <
jhega...@clongowes.net> wrote:
> Classroom20.com is a social networking site hosted on the Ning platform for
> those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.
> They also hold regular online meetings like the one mentioned below. I have
> to admit I'm not all that interested in the social networking end of things
> but some of the discussions are interesting.
>
> Steve Hargadonhttp://
www.stevehargadon.com/is the guy who keeps it going
> and his blog makes for interesting reading too.
>
> jh
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Classroom 2.0 <
m...@classroom20.com>
> Date: 2008/5/13
> Subject: On Classroom 2.0: Two "LIVE Conversations" This Week - ePals This
>
> Morning, E-Portfolios on Saturday
> To: "
jhega...@clongowes.net" <
jhega...@clongowes.net>
>
> A message to all members of Classroom 2.0
>
> This morning (Tuesday, May 13), at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 3pm GMT, Ed Fish of
> ePals takes us on a tour of their no-cost "global classrom" services for
> educators: SchoolMail, SchoolBlog, and Classroom Match. ePals has a global
> community of almost 13 million students and teachers in 200 countries.
> We'll chat about ePal's vision for Web 2.0 in education, and get details on
> their upcoming conference this summer. Tim DiScipio, the founder of ePals,
> may also join us. Log in
atwww.classroom20wiki.com/live+conversationsor
> directly into the Elluminate event athttps://
sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=1101&password=M.8DAFD346DA4B268...
>
> Saturday, May 17th, at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 3pm GMT, Michael Staton
> interviews Jeffrey Yan,
> Founder and CEO of Digication, at the start of our weekly "Web 2.0 Week in
> Review." Digication is one of the most popular e-portfolio sites on the web
> and also offers a fully-integrated Course Management System with a focus on
> the k-12 level. Join them to talk about e-portfolios, PBL, and portfolios as
> assessments. Log in
atwww.classroom20wiki.com/live+conversationsor
> directly into the Elluminate event athttps://
sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=1101&password=M.8DAFD346DA4B268...
>
>
Visitwww.classroom20wiki.com/live+conversationsfor information on how to