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NECC2008/TRENDS COMMENTS FROM THE NECC SHOW FLOOR Early in July, Pam Livingston joined 17,000+ educators in San Antonio, TX, for NECC 2008. Here are some quick thoughts that she collected from attendees: Sharing science video ideas with teachers at NECC. Get on with the Show: Instead of one hot new thing, the conference topics seemed more “leveled off” equal amounts of attention to Second Life, wikis, blogs, and social networking in general, with attention still given to older technologies, too. —Carla Beard Highlights from NECC08 By Cheryl Oakes Did you miss the conference in San Antonio? Not to worry. Here’s a guide to accessing the great sessions, materials, vendors from NECC08. The first thing you want to do is become an ISTE member. You can register to access the site without this, but ISTE members get discounts to NECC09, in Washington, DC. Members also get access to certain videos from the conference. sion or didn’t attend and want to find out more, the online conference brochure is a hidden gem from NECC. You can find presenter handouts and research papers, all in one searchable database. Thanks to the Apple Learning Interchange for hosting the NECC 2008 Podcasts (http://edcommunity.apple. c o m /a l i /c o l l e c t i o n . p h p ? c o l l e c tion=2956). I was able to listen to Dean Shareski and David Jakes and their One Hour Powerpoint presentation. Then, if I clicked on the link to the page where Jakes and Shareski explain their presentation, I find hyperlinks to Blog entries about their topic, the podcast channel, Jakes’ e-mail, and the URL where you can find the handouts. Exhausted yet? Sit back and watch the video’s that NECC08 was able to capture. You won’t want to miss out on the Webstreamed (video) sessions. For this, go to www.kzowebcasting. com/necc/, and just login—no registration. You will then be brought to the streaming page where you can leave notes and network. It will seem like it is live! To read more of Cheryl’s blog, visit www.techlearning.com More and more use of collaborative web apps like Google Docs, etc. —Craig Nansen http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us The most exciting trend that I saw was Web-based collaboration. I believe this technology will be the center of the next NECC. —Leigh Zeitz, University of Northern Iowa. blog: http://drzreflects.com. You won’t want to miss out on the Web-streamed video sessions. To see which vendors were there, check out the virtual vendor section. You won’t get all the goodies we get as we visit the exhibitor floor, but you will get speedy service and great ideas. When you attend the live NECC, make a plan and cruise the vendor hall in sections and certain time allotments, otherwise you will be overwhelmed. If you got locked out a popular ses- Great use of social networking, pre-conference, during, and post. —Barbara McLaughlin, www.communit.org/ community/barbaram/weblog/ More connectivity, great potential, but the problems remain—training teachers. —Judy Robinson I met at least 20 people for the first time that I had been following via Twitter. The face-to-face discussions with people from my online Personal Learning Network (PLN) was the best part. —Craig Nansen 30 | TECH & LEARNING http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=2956 http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=2956 http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=2956 http://drzreflects.com http://www.communit.org/community/barbaram/weblog/ http://www.communit.org/community/barbaram/weblog/ http://www.kzowebcasting.com/necc http://www.techlearning.com

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