Posts Tagged ‘ earcos07 ’

0A quick scan of the program shows the following tech sessions were offered this year at EAROCS. Technology Integration: 2Future of schools: 6Technology Tools: 2Multimedia Tools: 5Information Literacy: 3Podcasting: 2Web 2.0: 3Tablets: 11:1 Implementation: 5Cyber Bullying: 2E-Portfolios: 1Blogs: 2E-Books: 1 Wiki’s aren’t mentioned at all, which is kind of interesting. Guess I know what I’ll be...
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0Just finished editing and uploading the quick 8 minute podcast from my podcasting session here at EARCOS. If you want to have a listen head on over to On Deck and give it a play. I’m also proud to announce that you can now subscribe to On Deck via the iTunes music store. ...
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0Yesterday in my presentation I talked about how educators and schools view Wikipedia. Where some schools have blocked the site and other schools have not blocked the site. How some teachers are allowing students to use it as a research site, while others are not. This is still in debate, but I think we’re...
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0Just wanted to send out a quick thank you to all of those that attended my two sessions yesterday. My podcasting session saw about 50 or 60 people turn out. I wish the audio would have been better (go figure you need an audio connection for a podcast session) but all and all I...
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0After following the Blue Skunk blog for almost 18 months (as long as I’ve been blogging), I finally got to met the one and only Mr. Doug Johnson. I had two presentations of my own today so Doug’s was the only session I got to sit in on. He talked about having an IEP...
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0Cross Posted at Techlearning.com I am in Bangkok, Thailand this week taking part in the 5th annual East Asia Regional Counsel of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) Teacher’s conference. Ian Jukes and Doug Johnson are here as well discussing the technology ideas with some 1700 international educators from around the region. Today was the first day of the...
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0After dragging my wife away from the beach, we’re back in Bangkok ready for the conference to begin tomorrow. I’m just putting the finishing touches on my wiki handout site (click the wiki link in the nav bar at the top) and making some final adjustments to the presentations. My first presentation tomorrow is on...
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0It’s the usual rush as we leave for the airport in 30 minutes for Bangkok. 3 hours of sleep and my wife just getting out of the shower. By 5pm tonight I’ll be sitting here:So I’ll be disconnected for a few days before flying back to Bangkok for the EARCOS conference. I’ll be blogging...
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