Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach’s TechForum Keynote April 28, 2008
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I know – collaborate, share, we learn from each other, the expertise comes in pooling our brains and sharing our stories, the sage on the stage is old-school. Sometimes I really enjoy old school. I like taking time out to listen to, not just read, the ideas and approaches of others in the technology-leadership arena. It was fun to take an hour and listen to Sheryl share her thoughts on Schools for the 21st Century. In fact, her presentation is available through the TechForum Ustream site – it is definitely worth the time.
Friday Morning at TechForum… April 25, 2008
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When I was in college I went to East Berlin twice, the first time when it was still East Berlin, the second after the city had merged with West Berlin and both were again Berlin. On that second visit, the streets had familiarity but the Berlin Wall was gone (save the sections almost guarded like a museum), and while the buildings that once housed the East German government looked similar they were closed – their “lives” changed. I enjoyed recognizing where I was – remembering the stories of the buildings and city and honoring those changes, that second visit was equally powerful as the first in a different way. a powerful visit.
I felt the same type of feeling as I looked around the morning networking and breakfast time at today’s TechForum. This is my second time in Chicago for this wonderful conference. Faces looked similar and echoes of last year were all around me – I enjoyed hearing in person (not just reading on blogs) what has changed for my new professional friends/network in the past year and look forward to continuing those conversations throughout the day. It has also been fun to personally meet more people who are overtly passionate about technology and education.
This year Tech & Learning is streaming many of their events, will put online many of the sessions we attend, and the handouts and slides are available online also – a valuable resource and if you have some time today, I invite you to poke around on the TechLearning site for this conference and pop in on a session or two (or more) – and you don’t have the hour drive from Midway to the hotel! 
Wendy
The “Five” Live from Chicago… April 25, 2008
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So it is Friday (or will be very soon). I am writing from Chicago on the eve of the Midwest TechForum – a one-day conference showcasing many ideas and issues in education and technology. I look forward to learning more about Google Earth tomorrow – a program I play with and think “This is really cool, I could…” and then I get busy. I just shared Google Lit Trips with Kristen as her class is going to read The Kite Runner and Google Lit Trips just added a piece about that book. Night is another book that TG usually incorporates into its English curriculum and there is a Lit Trip for Night too. There is an 8 minute overview of Google Lit Trips on TeacherTube which, if you are interested, I encourage you to check out (of course, if you don’t want to watch all of it because it would be more than five minutes, I understand 
I hope you have a great weekend. Next week I will showcase a “how to” for students to save trees, glue and glitter as they make online posters. Happy Friday!
Normally the “Five” Would Be Here… April 3, 2008
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But we don’t have school this Friday so I’m taking a little break, but not a total break and the Friday Five will return next week.
Earlier this week, I was catching up on my blog reading this week and found these two videos, the video on PowerPoint was highlighted by Wes Fryer on his blog, Moving at the Speed of Creativity and unfortunately, I cannot remember exactly who posted the global education video. The PowerPoint video is funny – the other, a preview for “Two Million Minutes,” is a bit scary, but both offer something to think about and I thought they were worth sharing (and together they take just over 5 minutes). I really need to see the “Two Million Minutes” documentary – fascinating issues to discuss!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Wendy
