Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search

I had a very intriguing chat with Brian Mull of November Learning last week. In a post on his blog, Brian responds to the chart I posted on change last week and he posts our conversation as a podcast. The conversation explores information literacy in a Web 2.0 landscape. I thought you might find it food for thought. As always, feel free to disagree and use it if you choose with colleagues and classes. As always, I welcome your feedback!
Post: http://nlcommunities.com/communities/brianmullnl/archive/2006/08/24/84942.aspx

Podcast: http://www.brianmull.com/podcasts/Valenza081806.m4a

On Monday, Reed Business and NBC announced the 2006 nominees for the Quills–a kinda “People’s Choice Award” for literature.  Among the 19 categories are: Fiction, Author of the Year, Debut Author, Graphic Novel, Illustrated Children’s Book, Children’s Chapter Book, Young Adult or Teen Book.

Between August 22 and September 30 folks can visit the site and cast votes for their favorite titles or authors.  The site offers a PDF poster and ad banners for websites to promote interest.  Winners will be announced and webcast on October 10 from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Last year’s titles helped me decide exactly what to stack on my night table.  I’ve already read a couple of this years’ nominess and can’t wait to squeeze in several more, while I write that dissertation, of course! 

 

 

I’ve been to a number of conferences this year, but the one I will remember most, the one that offered me much of what I will bring into school next week was July’s November Learning event in Boston. 

If you weren’t able to be there, or if you were there and you’d like to refresh or relive a bit, the podcasts of the keynotes are now posted. 

Here’s what you’ll find on the site:

Alan November - Leadership: Managing the Transition

This session outlines essential skills for leadership, and offers practical guidelines and creative solutions of building accountability into the planning process. Articulating vision and mission, managing change, and aligning technology to primary goals are emphasized.  A shift in planning from technology to the quality and application of information and communication is a critical next step.

Attachments: Alan_November.mp3

Marco Torres - BLC 2006 Day 1 Keynote

Marco is a social studies teacher, media coach, and education technology director at San Fernando High School. He has received numerous honors and awards for his work helping students empower themselves through the mastery of multimedia. He serves as one of Apple’s Distinguished Educators and is an advisory board member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Attachments:
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Andy Hargreaves - BLC 2006 Day 2 Keynote

Andy Hargreaves is the Thomas More Brennan Chair in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. His work has been translated extensively into more than a dozen languages. Professor Hargreaves’ current research interests include the emotions of teaching and leading and the sustainability of educational change and leadership.

Attachments:
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Chris Dede - BLC 2006 Day 3 Keynote

Chris Dede’s fundamental interest is the expanded human capabilities for knowledge creation, sharing, and mastery that emerging technologies enable. His teaching models the use of information technology to distribute and orchestrate learning across space, time, and multiple interactive media. His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large-scale educational improvement initiatives, policy formulation and analysis, and leadership in educational innovation.

Attachments:
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Tim Tyson - The Blogging School

Historically, community dissatisfaction with school communication has remained unchanged despite Mabry’s best efforts. However, in one year, with the advent of blogging, that level of dissatisfaction has been cut in half. School and community communication is but part of this story. Blogging can also be leveraged to maximize student engagement and academic achievement as well as student collaboration with peers and professionals around the world.

Attachments: Tyson.mp3

Bob Pearlman - Getting and Assessing 21st Century Knowledge and Skills

Bob Pearlman, Director of Strategic Planning for the New Technology Foundation, will define the skills and knowledge that makes students successful in the 21^st Century and show the new schools, new school learning environments, and new project-based and rich task learning approaches that foster these skills.

Attachments: pearlman.mp3

Brian Mull - From Crisis to Community

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Brian Mull, who at the time was Director of Technology for an independent school in New Orleans, Louisiana, will describe his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.  Specifically, Brian will describe the challenges that his school and he faced due to the storm, and how he modified his school’s communication system in preparation for what was to come.

Attachments: Brian_Mull.mp3

Bette Manchester - Leadership and the Maine Story

Leadership in a one to one learning environment is about vision and using three lenses to support the transformation of a school for the 21st Century. This workshop is about leadership in a state-wide, district and school, one to one initiative - the Maine Learning Technology Initiative.

Attachments: Manchester.mp3

Alan November & Will Richardson

We’re at the dawn of a “new” Internet, one that lets us create content just as easily as we consume it, and educators around the world are finding great ways to use the “Read/Write Web” in exciting and effective ways.

Attachments: alan_will.mp3