Friday 5: Getting Ready for NECC
Lucy Gray
Sorry for the dearth of activity on this listserv, but it's been a
busy few weeks. I'm heading across the Midway Plaisance to a new job
at the University of Chicago Center for Urban School Improvement, and
it's been a stressful time making the decision to leave my current
school. I'll be the Lead Technology Coach for the Center, working two
days a week at one of four charter schools which are operated under
the umbrella of the University. The rest of my time will be devoted to
designing and implementing a technology professional development plan
for all four charters run by USI. I am going to miss Lab very much,
but I'll stay connected as my children will still attend school there.
I am really grateful for the opportunity to have taught at Lab. My
students and colleagues have been amazing, and I am appreciative of
all that I have learned.
Anyway, I'm in the midst of preparing for the National Educational
Computing Conference, which starts a week from tomorrow in Atlanta,
Georgia. I'll be running a workshop for Apple with Julene Reed of St.
George's Schools in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as participating in
two panel presentations. I should also be floating around the Apple
booth at various times, so stop by and say hello if you are attending
the conference.
If you are not able to attend NECC, check out the following resources
for following the conference virtually. I'll be publishing the Friday
5 on a more regular basis once life slows down a bit!
Take care,
Lucy Gray
elem...@gmail.com
1) NECC 2007 Flickr Group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/necc2007/
Check out this link in the next week or so to see images taken by
conference attendees. Flickr groups also allow for discussions, so you
might catch some comments as well.
2) HitchHikr: NECC 2007
http://hitchhikr.com/index.php?conf_id=215
David Warlick has set up a service for aggregating conference
information. Visit this page, and you'll see everything related to
NECC that's been tagged with the keywords necc, neccprep, and
necc2007.
3) NECC Podcasts and Web Casts
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007/program/podcasting.php
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007/program/video_on_demand.php
Several sessions have been selected to be podcasted or webcasted. I'm
not sure how quickly these files will be published, though. I'm
guessing Apple will also publish podcasts in the Conference
Connections section of the Apple Learning Interchange, too :
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=373
4) NECC Bloggers
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007/program/blogging_NECC.php
Many people have signed up to have links to their blogs posted on the
NECC web site. These people, myself included, will be posting thoughts
and reactions to the conference.
5) Lucy's Global Stuff
I'll be conducting a workshop on collaborative tools used to foster
global awareness. I've created several resources that we will
demonstrate. Feel free to jump in and add content, or just follow our
progress as we add information.
The Global Education Collaborative Ning Group
http://globaleducation.ning.com/
The Global Education Collaborative Discussion Group | Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/globaleducation
Flickr: The Global Education Collaborative
http://www.flickr.com/groups/globaleducation/
The Global Education Collaborative Wiki
http://globaleducationcollaborative.wikispaces.com/