Laurie Hnatiuk's List: K12 2009 Online Conference

• This year’s conference is scheduled for December 7-11 and December 14-17 of  2009, and will include a pre-conference keynote during the week of November 30.
• four “conference strands,” two each week, and add new “LAN Party” live events on  the Saturday following each week of the regular conference in partnership with  EdTechTalk
• a total of 41 presentations will be published
• applied for an iTunes University “Beyond Campus” portal, and anticipate our  content will be available for the 2009 conference both online via our website  and via our own free iTunesU Portal
• pre-conference keynote (December 5th) K12Online will host a live, “fireside  chat” webinar with our 2009 pre-conference keynote speaker, Kim Cofino.
• Kim’s keynote will be published on Monday, November 30th
• Saturday following each week of the regular conference (December 12 and 18)  K12Online will feature 10 hour synchronous “live events” in partnership with the  EdTechTalk webcasting network. All  twenty-one presentations for the week will be played “live” over UStream.tv and  EdTechTalk, and EdTechTalk will provide a backchannel chat / discussion forum  for participants to synchronously listen and respond to each presentation.
• The presentations in this strand will focus on specific, free tools for  newcomers
• Teachers first introduced to Web 2.0 tools are often unaware of the new  possibilities for teaching and learning afforded by the Read/Write Web.  Presentations in this strand will amplify and model what is possible in terms of  pedagogy, student creation of content, and collaboration. Practical classroom  implementation ideas will be emphasized. Presentations will focus more on the  ways new tools can be used to engage students in learning, rather than focusing  exclusively on how specific tools are used
• This strand seeks to amplify ways educators in a variety of contexts are serving  as constructive catalysts for broad-based pedagogic change using Web 2.0  technologies as well as student-centered, project-based approaches to learning.  Presentations in this strand will both showcase successful strategies as well as  amplify critical issues which must be addressed for innovative learning methods  to be adopted by teachers, librarians, and administrators on a more widespread  basis
• issues of copyright, fair use and intellectual property, Internet content  filtering, student privacy and safety issues, administrator expectations for  teacher utilization of Web 2.0 tools, pilot initiatives utilizing key Web 2.0  technologies in different content areas, and innovative ways students and  teachers are providing just-in-time support as well as formal learning  opportunities for each other focusing on Web 2.0 tools
• This strand will explore how teachers and students are tangibly bridging divides  between instructors, learners, classrooms, content, and experts outside the  traditional classroom. Presentations will also explore the practical pedagogical  uses of online social tools (Web 2.0) giving concrete examples of how teachers  are using the tools in their classes.
• This strand amplifies ways new technologies can be used to transform classroom  and personal learning. Rather than merely replicating traditional, analog-based  learning tasks, how can digital technologies permit teacher-leaders to  “infomate” learning to add greater interactivity, personal differentiation, and  multi-modal exploration of curriculum topics? Fresh new approaches to using Web  2.0 tools for learning and authentic assessment will be highlighted.  Presentations will explore innovative ways Web 2.0 tools can be blended together  to help students create, collaborate, and share the knowledge safely on the  global stage of the Internet

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• pre-conference keynote during the week of November 30, 2009
• Keynote
  Joyce Kasman Valenza