Poster Sessions (Tom)
I attended various poster sessions
that dealt with emerging Web 2.0
technology. The projects incorporated Podcasting, Video-Teleconferencing,
on-line collaboration, and some sort of “global awareness”.
Many teachers were using free software and on-line resources
to conduct multi-modal learning for their students.
One school in Minot,
ND created a time-line that went
down their hallways simply by researching on-line specific topics. Though
technology was limited it allowed the whole school to visual be a part of the
project. The projects covered nanotechnology to diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) heard about their project and
flew a team to North Dakota.
Needless to say, the Superintendent I spoke too, they were amazed by all the
open space and cows. What is amazing about this project is how something so
simple and small developed into a global issue that will forever be etched in
the minds of the students, faculty, and community.
Another Poster Session that stood out was the Global Explorers project. A
group of students collaborated with students from Columbia. They utilized e-mail, skype, wikis, Podcasts, blogs,
video-teleconferencing…you name it. This project is interesting in how it
developed. It started out basic with e-mail, then blogs, then wikis,
conferencing, etc… As the students became more and more involved, they wanted
quicker feedback and response from their counterparts in Columbia. This is amazing in the sense that
the students directed the teacher into the direction they wanted to go. Their
podcast is available on iTunes
here.
There were many exciting Poster Sessions and I know that
others in the group will also be posting.