Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
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NECC is about conversations
Jul 1st
As Day 2 of the conference gets started I’m sitting here in the Blogger’s Cafe reflecting on Day 1.
As usual I spent most of my time at the Blogger’s Cafe chatting with new and old friends alike.
I did go to one session yesterday. Scott McLeod’s session on disruptive innovations.
Now I went to the session to support Scott and to hear what he had to say, but really I could have found the content he was presenting on the web at his K12online presentation.
We talk about how content is out there, how if you want to, you can find the content. More >
EdubloggerCon 2009 Reflections
Jun 28th
Last year I was pretty critical of EduBloggerCon. For me it was too big, too scripted, and…well…you can read the post.
This year….smaller, deeper, and more thoughtful. Exactly what I was hoping for and personally what I need to push my own thinking. It was one of those days where you went to one but watch others via Twitter. You wanted to go to all the sessions…and in some ways you did via the conversations that happened between the actual sessions.
Last year I said it was too big…around 250 people. This year around 75 people….not a bad size.
Last year it was to More >
EBC09 Models for PD discussion
Jun 27th
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5 Tips to a successful NECC
Jun 25th
NECC is just a few days away which means the chatter is getting louder. I always love listening and reading first timers to NECC. It will be my fourth NECC and I’m looking forward to the conversations…always the best part!
As it gets closer I’m starting to set up my computer to best follow the conversation and thought I’d share my 5 Tips to a successful NECC.
1. GET INVOLVED!This is the key to a great conference. People are so friendly and don’t feel like you need to be invited into a conversation. If you over hear someone talking, explaining something, or chatting More >
Conversations with Wetpaint
Jun 25th
(Full Disclosure: I am the Educational Ambassador for Wetpaint.com)
Last Friday I was invited by Wetpaint to stop by their Seattle office for a “show and tell” session as well as discuss how the educational site was running and the needs of educators who use Wetpaint.
The Show and Tell was fun as each department showed off what they were working on. We got a tour of the new home page that launched that day by the development team. The publishing team invited me up to talk about the use of Wetpaint in education. The Wetpaint team was very enthusiastic to hear how their product More >
Shift Our Schools Podcast: Season Two!
Oct 9th
The second season of Shift Our Schools kicks off tonight as David and I along with Kim Cofino reflect about the Learning 2.008 Conference in Shanghai.
We’re changing things up this year starting with a new website dedicated to the podcast. Click on the link above or the picture to head to the website.
We are in iTunes and ready to go! Click here will take you to our iTunes page where you can subscribe to the podcast to be downloaded automatically.
Once again this year we will broadcast live on the web. (Click on the Live page on the website). We have also set up a Skype account More >
Summer thoughts and reflections
Jul 9th
I had all intention of writing a final blog post from NECC on what I was thinking the last day of the conference and where do we go from here, but you know what…it’s summer time and right now my priorities are with spending time with friends and family. We’re down to just 3 1/2 weeks before we fly out to our new home in Bangkok and just trying to prepare for departure has me running around. So much daily life stuff to take care of when really I just want to sit and enjoy the summer.
So today I’m doing More >
Thoughts on conferences
Jul 1st
So the first full day of NECC 2008 comes to an end and I find myself thinking more about conferences, how to create them, manage them, and make them relevant to participants then I thought I would. Have I mentioned the conference we’re doing in Shanghai?
I’ve been thinking a lot about spaces and how important it is to create spaces for learning and conversing at the conference. Today I ran into cognitive overload. Ewan McIntosh does a beautiful job of explaining exactly how I was feeling today.
At one point I literally had to find a quiet corner in the Hyatt to just More >
