Scheduling Sessions
Dave Sonntag
Crisis Mapping
Sex, Health and the Digital World
Pathological Game Use, presenter: Doug Gentile, Iowa State University
Shared Spaces and Technology
Creativity & Education using a OLPC
Death of the Library, presenter: Joseph Fambro
Learning in the 21 Century, presenter: Brian Lockwood
Digital Natives in Borneo, presentor: Alvin Yeo, University of Malaysia, Sarawak
The International Student
Wrap-up
Channy Yun
Dave Sonntag
A little bit about BarCamp Yokohama it's relationship to Yokohama International School's annual Bridging the Gap conference. The seed of the idea from BarCamp Tokyo and more
A Vision of Students Today (filmed in Oct. 2007, still relevant today) mwesch
we didn't have time to watch this but I reference it A Portal to Media Literacy (80 minutes) mwesch
Examples of successful uses of Education Technology. Using Posterous.com to live blog through email many students using their cell phones to accomplish this task.
Grade 10 Field Studies Live Blog
Grade 4 Unit of Inquiry defining Japanese Culture through Pictures
Answer to the question about clickers: Thanks to Joseph for finding it
]]>x5josh5x Lacking monetary capital, you need to build social capital. Leads to a need to get smarter about trust, know more about it. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x Overzealous Reformer - Passionate about task, impatient to make change, forgot teachers are at heart of work of schools. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
BrianLockwood @x5josh5x I think I fall victim to being Overzealous Reformer #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x @BrianLockwood I think a lot of us passionate edtech people tend to lean in that direction. I know I consciously work on it... #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x "A leader without trust is just a person taking a walk." #EAC09 from TweetDeck
BrianLockwood Megan Tschannen-Moren - Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools http://tinyurl.com/ycsee8n#EAC09 thxs 4 great notes @x5josh5x from TweetDeck
jeffmcneill @BrianLockwood One problem with the research is "sense of efficacy" does not necessarily mean "efficacy" we need to measure actual outcomes from web in reply to BrianLockwood
x5josh5x Don't be too focused on the task, need to build relationships as well. BUT don't avoid conflict... #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x Keep-the-Peace - avoids conflict & hard decisions, failed to hold students & teachers accountable, teachers feel vulnerable #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x Great ideas to make things BETTER, BETTER means different, different means change, change can lead to resistance. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
BrianLockwood @x5josh5x you bet that's so true, so relationship are the key? does they mean a school hires IT people differently? #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x @BrianLockwood For those of us who have tendency to Overzealous, yes focus more on relationships. But need a balance of both. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x High Engagement Leader - balanced commitment to task & people, expects great deal, provide resources & support, inspires teachers #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x Trust is willingness to be vulnerable based on the confidence that the other person is benevolent, honest, open, reliable, competent. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x If there is distrust, a lot energy is spent on it. When there is trust, energy is spent on what it should be. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x Growing body of evidence that trust is related to student achievement. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
jeffmcneill @BrianLockwood Thank you sir. Outcomes measurement is a pain but the only way to assess not only instructors but students, programs, classes from web
x5josh5x @jeffmcneill Her point was when it comes to work, in terms of tasks, teachers execute them, not school leaders can't do it alone... #EAC09 from TweetDeck
x5josh5x @jeffmcneill Of course, those tasks should be driven by and serve student learning. #EAC09 from TweetDeck
I'm hoping I can proxify my twitter updates. The most promising tools look to be Yahoo Pipes and tweetboard.com
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