Over at the Global Education Collaborative, I've posted a link to a Google spreadsheet where you can post and locate projects online. The GEC has really needed a better method for organizing this information, and I think the document will serve as a central location for finding projects. I expect people will be able to sort projects according to certain criteria as well.

I've embedded the form below. If you haven't tried Google Spreadsheets live forms yet, you simply must. It's a fairly easy method for creating your own surveys.

This morning, I listened to Lisa Parisi, Maria Knee and other people in my PLN on EdTechTalk. There was a lively conversation in the chatroom and I happened to mention that I haven't perfected an "elevator pitch" or consise argument for why it's crucial for educators to be addressing 21st century skills and literacies, for lack of better words. Others agreed, and I created a wiki on the fly for us to map our ideas, thoughts and resources around this idea. I think educators these days need to be prepared to quickly and articulately explain why we are passionate about the power of emergent, collaborative technologies used effectively in educational contexts.

I'd love for more people to join and add their thoughts! Email me if you'd like to be added to the wiki.

Welcome (The Ed Tech Elevator Pitch) via kwout

Link: Illinois Computing Educators - ICE.

You'd think I would have noticed this as I serve on the conference committee for ICE, but fyi, I just noticed that we're accepting proposals for our 2009 conference. The workshop proposal deadline is particularly looming large! Make sure to get your proposals in as this year's conference promises to be better than ever. Our keynote and spotlight speaker line up is looking good and I expect that it will be announced in the next month or two.

Full Day Workshop Proposal Deadline: August 25, 2008

Half Day Workshop Proposal Deadline: August 25, 2008

Breakout Session Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2008

Poster Session Proposal Deadline: November 1, 2008

Exhibitor Session Proposal Deadline: November 1, 2008

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