Announcements

Check here for new info - especially during weeks that we do not meet. toc =11/13/2008= Here is the link to the Elluminate site: [|Connectivism & Connective Knowledge]

**Session times:** 11 am Central, 7 pm Central Choose one to attend - make sure that you log in with your real name so that I have a record of your attendance.

It will take at least 3 steps to get into the Elluminate room, so make sure that you go in early. You can also download the software earlier - today or tomorrow or before the session.

If you need screen shots of the process click here: Elluminate

Here is the link for the recorded sessions - you will have to download Elluminate to listen. This will be a good step to make sure that you will be ready for the 11/19 session. http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/ConnectivismRecordings

=**10/22/2008**= [|Harlem Children's Zone]

=10/21/2008= Grades are up for Curatorial Projects Part 1 Click on Grades in the navigation and follow the directions to access.

= = =10-13-2008= In case you haven't heard, on October 21, the education advisors to the presidential candidates will face off in a debate at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York City. The debate will feature Lisa Graham Keegan, former Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction and adviser to Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and Linda Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and adviseor to Senator Barack Obama (D-IL).

The debate is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. EST and will be webcast by Education Week. Susan Fuhrman, president of Teachers College, will moderate. People who want to examine the candidates' education platforms before the debate can do so by visiting the following websites:

To register for the webcast, visit http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html and look for a banner with information on the debate in the upper-right-hand corner of the page.

=10-8-2008= More information available on the presentation for Curatorial Project 3. You need to sign up right away - only one person per topic. =9-25-2008= Check out the sign-up for the chronology. Also, the discussions on Freire Ch. 2 is ready to go. Be sure to read the instructions carefully.

=9-15-2008= Fellow students, I've posted a link to a tool I'd like to use for Curatorial Project #1. Please see the link from the Curatorial Proj Part 1 page or from my student page. See you Wednesday, September 17! -Patrice =7-10-2008= Welcome to the wiki. Spend some time looking around. If you want to get Freire's book and start reading go ahead. The other pages are locked, so that everyone gets a chance to sign up for a source from the first day of class on. Dr. T

=8-17-2008= Take a look at Jeff Utecht's blog post from today: http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=717 - a pre-conference chat in Second Life. Jeff is the organizer of Learning 2.008 which is being held physically in Shanghai and virtually all over the Web, September 18-20. You can easily join the conversations and listen to the presentations. During the conference you will meet some of the movers and shakers in education around the world. Here's a short promotional video: media type="youtube" key="1OJs_RxWFqw&hl=en&fs=1" height="311" width="383"