These are the slides for my Podstock 2009 keynote. Unfortunately the animations and effects were lost when uploaded to SlideBoom. I’ve shared my notes, resources and video of this presentation over on my wiki, Learning Telecollaboratively. I hope to create a Vidcast or SlideCast of this presentation once I return home and things settle down.
We’ve been discussing educators’ use of personal learning networks (see here and here). While the responses have been quite favorable (Certainly skewed by the fact that most that saw the request are likely plugged-in to social technologies) several have raised important issues, shared frustrations, and expressed reluctance related to the use of online PLNs. I do not wish to impede that ongoing conversation, but I would like for us to extend the conversation a bit more. So…
Do you think participation in personal learning networks (PLN) can enhance student learning?
NOTE: I’d like to include responses in my Podstock keynote and blog post. You can share your text/audio/video reply in the Comments section of this post or respond to the corresponding Plurk and Twitter discussions.
Thanks for the responses to yesterday’s request for feedback. Here’s is a compilation of the responses to this point. I’ll be sharing more about this during my keynote address at Podstock on Saturday.
“Podstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see the real value of podcasting as creators and consumers together. We’ll have breakout sessions on podcasting for beginners, as well as sessions for and by seasoned pros. We’ll explore podcasting as well as many other web 2.0 tools that can exhance learning and communication in your world. We invite you to join this site and add your thinking to the initial planning for this event” (Source).
Visit the Podsctock site to learn more about this excellent opportunity.
Join Us
It’s possible for you to join the learning and fun even without physically attending the conference.
Watch for links to video streams and live chats of Podstock presentations in Plurk and Twitter.
Podstock Ning – An online community of educators with an interest in educational podcasting.
Participate in synchronous and asynchronous online conversations with others attending Podstock physically and virtually on this blog today and tomorrow.
Guidelines
Below is a question. The first person who is brave enough will read the question, answer it in the comments and pose a new question for the next person to answer. You can participate more than once.
Question #1
What are you most hopeful about with regards to education and the future?