Digital Media is Standing Room Only at NCEA

admin2 — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:38:16 +0000

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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Empowerment through Conferences!

admin2 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:44:28 +0000

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

That I chronicle and remind us all of the power of professional conferences for personal and professional development,
That readers' passion for teaching and learning will be...............
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Digital Media is Standing Room Only at NCEA

Empowerment through Conferences!

The WE LEARN Empowerment Experience-

Yes Conferences can be empowering!