Mini-conference: School 2.0 - What can Web 2.0 do for education?This conference was held on Apr 27-28 2007 at Ogilvie High School. Proceeedings are on the conference group site.Accessing the conference websiteThe conference website is here. To access the site, you will first need to register (free) with edna Groups by first visiting http://www.groups.The invitation key to the conference web is tasite |
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Conference Brochure with Registration form (pdf, 2.0MB)
[What will you learn?] [Keynote speaker- Lindy McKeown] [Keynote presentation] [Program]
What will you learn?
Some new online technologies collectively referred to as Web 2.0 are changing our world. Web 2.0 technologies use the web as their underlying platform, and users own and contribute the information that feed the technologies.Blogs, wikis, YouTube, Flickr, social networking technologies…what are all these things? What impact are they having on society? How can they be used in education?
This conference focuses on how schools can make use of freely available Web 2.0 technologies to help improve teaching and learning.
Keynote speaker -
Lindy McKeown
Lindy is joining us as keynote speaker and conference colleague, mentor and
critical friend. A Baby boomer by age, Lindy is almost a digital native. In fact
she was using the terms digital tourist, immigrant and native in presentations
as long ago as 1996! She began her teaching career as a teacher librarian in
primary schools and went on to be one of the pioneers in ICT in education and in
particular in online learning. Lindy has received much recognition including the
2006 ISTE Outstanding Leader of the Year.
Lindy’s Second Life
Lindy is currently researching the use of 3D online environments. She is doing this as a PhD candidate with the University of Southern Queensland and so these days she spends most of her working life in the 3D world of Second Life. Her character there is Decka Mah. Decka Mah has been invited as a keynote speaker for an upcoming conference in Second Life on the use of 3D worlds in education . Lindy has also contributed to a book on Second Life in the form of an interview with Decka Mah.The images below are of Decka Mah in her casual gear, working at her computer and outside USQ.
Lindy’s past life in ICT in education
In Lindy’s past life she is known for her invention of several collaborative web projects - in particular the Book Rap, and a matching service for Travel Buddies and the establishment of Montage in Australia. The following links capture three broad phases of her work:- Action Learning Leadership Project (Qld)
- OzTeacherNet project( Australia)
- Montage Project Collection (International)
Keynote presentations: Web 2.0 – A Toy Story from Infinity and Beyond
Lindy’ McKeown's keynote will be presented in two parts- an entertaining and highly visual introduction on Friday evening, followed by
- a more in depth treatment on Saturday morning at the
relatively civilised hour of 9:30 am.
Conference program
Friday 27 April |
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| 5:30pm | Registration |
| 6:00pm | Web
2.0 – A Toy Story: to infinity and beyond! (a visual
introduction) Keynote speaker– Lindy McKeown |
| 7:00pm | Informal
networking - Drinks and Nibbles catering by Ogilvie Catering class |
| 8:00pm | CLOSE |
Saturday 28 April |
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| 9:30am | Web 2.0
– a Toy Story: to
infinity and beyond! two stories ….the students’ version…and the teachers’ Keynote speaker– Lindy McKeown |
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| 10:30am | MORNING TEA | |
| 11:00am | Podcasting (workshop) What, how and why? Presenter: Peter LeLong |
Blogs and Wikis (workshop) What, how and why ? € Presenter: Janine Bowes |
| 12:30-
1:30 |
LUNCH | |
| 1:30- 3:00pm |
Ten Web 2.0 things our kids are
up to Staying safe and legal while having fun Presenter: Ken Price |
Web 2.0 Circuit Class A taste of 6 tools to whet your appetite Presenters: Margaret Meijers & Cheryl Davis |
| 3:00- 3:15pm |
WRAP UP – Lindy McKeown | |
Conference Brochure with Registration form (pdf, 2.0MB)
