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=LMAIS Conference 20 October 2006= =Channeling Student's Urge to Connect to Unleash Their Potential= =Vinnie Vrotny (vvrotny@nscds.org)= =North Shore Country Day School Director of Academic Technology= [|(webcast as QuickTime file)]

=Background (Not covered in the session)= >
 * [|EPIC 2014 and 2015] - A view of the future (?) built upon truths
 * [|Did You Know] (Karl Fisch - Fischbowl)

=Why is this important?= >
 * [|Facebook], [|MySpace], and [|Club Penguin], oh my!
 * Business Week Article - [|MySpace for the Sandlot Set]
 * Other resources: [|my del.icio.us account's Internet Safety Tagged Articles]
 * Who is the expert? [|A Barcamp Experience] and[| Groundbreaking work]
 * [|Is this the future of education?]
 * Or this ([|Google Video])?
 * Or this ([|MIT OpenCourseware])?

=**Collaborative Web Tools**= >
 * Word Processing - [|Google Docs] (formerly Writely)
 * Spreadsheets - [|Google Spreadsheets] - [|an example of how it is being used]
 * Database - [|Lazybase] and a new specialized one, [|LibraryThing]
 * Visual Organizers/Concept Mapping Software - [|Gliffy] and [|FreeMind]
 * Social Bookmarking - [|del.icio.us]

=Open Source Server Solutions=
 * [|Moodle] - Course Management and [|Vinnie Vrotny's yearbook group]
 * [|Elgg] - Social Networking and Digital Portfolio environment and [|EducationBridges.net]
 * Wikis

=Where can we continue this conversation?=

Read print materials
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 * Thomas Friedman, //[|The World is Flat]//
 * Daniel Pink, //[|A Whole New Mind]and [|>]//
 * Chris Anderson, [|The Long Tail] (book) and [|blog]
 * Terry Freedman, [|Coming of Age v1.2]

Read and begin to comment on blogs

 * David Warlick, [|2 Cents Worth]
 * Will Richardson, [|Weblogg-ed]
 * Joyce Valenza, [|Never-ending Search]

Listen and comment to various podcasts

 * Wes Fryer, [|Moving at the Speed of Creativity]
 * [|EdTech Talk] - a collection of great discussions including Teachers Teaching Teachers and 21st Century Learning
 * Bob Sprankle - [|Bit by Bit]

Participate and share
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 * [|k12 Online Conference] and [|conversations around the conference]