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Collaboration Outside Your Classroom — Presentation Update

November 6th, 2007 · 5 Comments

When I got to Baltimore to present at the AIMS conference, I realized that I had Internet access. I uploaded my slides to Google Presentations, did some editing and got going. Vinnie Vrotny and Patrick Higgings showed up for the presentation (huge thanks to the two of them). Alecia Berman-Dry was a [...]

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Tags: 21st Century Teaching · Blogging · Global Education · Learning · Relationships · Skype · The New Story

Skype: Easy Collaborations with Audio and Video Conferencing

November 5th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m presenting at the AIMS conference on Monday, November 5th, 2007. There is no Internet access at the Baltimore Convention Center (for this conference at least) so I’m doing a traditional power point presentation. Here it is (I’m sure I’ll be updating this tonight after I tweak the whole way to Baltimore, but…):

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Tags: Blogging · Collaboration · Skype

Circumventing the Great Firewall

October 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

This morning, I was at home with my daughter, Claire, who was sick.  I checked my  Twitter feed.  Jeff Utecht asked if someone could send him the K-12 Online Conference Presentations.  Apparently, they are blocked in China.  I direct Twittered him back telling him I could, and forgot about the interaction. 
A few minutes later, Jeff [...]

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Tags: Collaboration · Communication · Free Speech · Globalism · On My Mind · Skype · Social Networks · The New Story

Skype in Global Ed Program?

March 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Question: I am extremely interested in using Skype in our Global Ed program. Do you give workshops or have good reference materials to pass on to me?
My Response:
Hi,
I webcast weekly at http://www.edtechtalk.com and Skype is the program we use to conference the participants together. I am going to give a workshop in the [...]

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Tags: EdTechTalk · Global Education · Podcasting · Skype · Webcasting