Jeff Utecht – Educator, Consultant, Author
Posts tagged NECC09
The purpose of a back channel NECC09
Jul 2nd
I’m about an hour away from heading back to Spokane (and yes back to farming) from Washington DC and the NECC conference and just had a great back channel chat session where like many conversations ideas start to come and before I know it….I have to think through a couple things.
In the back channel we got into a conversation about back channels. What are their purpose and how do you use them?
What I’ve seen is a transformation of what a back channel is and what it has become and what it can be.
So here’s my take on back channels and their More >
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 >
Year 1 in Bangkok and ISB: A reflection
Jun 10th
Well, the last day of the 08-09 school year is here. A half day for both students and staff before we all fly out to either summer vacation spots or our home countries for the summer.
Living and working overseas is funny that way. You wonder why prices on airline tickets go up until you are trying to buy a seat on a plane the day after an international school gets out and there aren’t any….on three different airlines.
Looking back over my first year at ISB, it has been a learning experience. I’ll admit that the transition from Shanghai to More >
Get Twitter off the web and on your desktop
Jun 1st
Yes, I have once again changed my Twitter Desktop App…and yes I’ll probably change again in the future. That’s part of why Twitter is so much fun. You get to explore, try new ways of looking at your data, your searches, your stream of information.
Twitter is a playground to me. It has been since I started using it in 2007 (man that seems so long ago!). It’s been fun to watch it grow over the past couple of years and hit the mainstream in the past couple of months. I’m excited to see where it goes, but in the mean time More >
