Digital Media is Standing Room Only at NCEA

21st Century Learning thru Video, Audio and Storytelling!

In two back to back sessions, Dr. Kathy King was met by standing room only crowds at the 2010 NCEA Conference in Minneapolis MN on April 6, 2010.

Dr. King says,

My first exciting co-presentation with math teacher Thomas Hottinger on podcasting and vodcasting had a standing room only crowd. I figured, OK teachers of varying technology expertise are catching on to great potential of using these strategies. Terrific.

And we had a wonderful session- interactive, good questions. Plus, Tom and I complemented each other so well: The professor with 5 years of podcasting talking abut strategy, big picture and pedagogy… The math teacher talking about what worked and didn’t work with his classes, and how to guide students, etc…

So I was very excited and I skipped the long lunch lines to get to my next session early and found the room jam packed, people sitting in the aisles and flowing out the doors already. I went over to check the sign to make sure it was my room! Indeed it was.

Dodging bodies and book bags I made it to the front of the room to set up. It is the first time I have EVER started a session early, but there was no reason to wait.. no one else could fit in the room. We had every available spot, sat……

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SITE Success 2010

Peters and King Debut a Success at AACE SITE 2010 Conference in San Diego

The room was packed and the people roaring, they would not leave, they wanted more… and this was after 3.5 hrs of workshop time at a professional development conference.

• Q: What exactly IS going on in there?
• A: Peters and King had hit the workshop circuit at the AACE SITE Conference!

On March 28, 2010, 35 educators from around the globe convened on the 21st century global learning workshop co-facilitated by Dr. Laurence Peters and Dr. Kathleen P. King. And the word is that teaching and learning might never be the same because of it.

Professors, teachers, staff developers, superintendents, information specialists, graduate students and student teachers alike joined in this extended workshop to discuss, share resources, and work on developing lessons related to integrating 21st century learning and global education into their classes.

From Kenya to Belgium, Canada to Florida, Oregon, to the UK, Australia, California, Iowa and beyond the educators were seeking answers to pressing questions

• What form is 21st century learning is taking?
• What resources are available?
• How do we encourage faculty to participate?
• How do we design instruction?
• How do we reconcile 21st century learning in a standards based and assessment culture?

In this quick moving session all the questions were discussed in-depth,……………

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USF Bound

On the Road with TELLC – In a BIG Way!

Heading south is the theme of what Dr. Kathleen P. King and the center of Transformation Education LLC operations will be doing “over our 2010 summer vacation”!

Dr. Kathleen P. King has accepted a full professorship in the doctoral program of Higher Education at the University of South Florida, Tampa starting in August.

After 13 years serving as a professor and program director of the MS in Adult Education and HRD at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York City and including a 4 year assignment as a university administrator at the Bronx campus, Kathy is changing institutions.

Dr. King says,

The opportunity to join this prestigous higher education doctoral faculty is an exciting one to continue my focus mentoring and coaching professionals within and beyond academia. I am also very pleased at the opportunity to work with more doctoral students and apply my skills to guide them through their studies and dissertation process.

University of South Florida is an institution I have watched for some time. It is cutting edge, and remarkable in its innovation and research. I am also pleased with the warm welcome of my new colleagues. I knew a few of the professors already, but all the professors and staff are warm and collegial. It is evident that ACHE department is a learning community I will enjoy. I am quite pleased to be joining this forward-looking program, College of …………

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Empowerment through Conferences!

The WE LEARN Empowerment Experience-

Yes Conferences can be empowering!

In early March, I had the pleasure of participating in the WE LEARN Conference again this year. In a rare synchronicity, it was held in RI again like the 2009 event was. But this year’s conference outstripped even the power of the prior WE LEARN conferences I had attended.

What is it that makes WE LEARN such a life changing event for the women who participate in it?

In this short article, I describe the first of several events which capture the power of empowerment as seen in the lives of a few participants I was close to that week.

My goals in sharing this article are several

1. That I chronicle and remind us all of the power of professional conferences for personal and professional development,
2. That readers’ passion for teaching and learning will be……………

   
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