insys497session3

=INSYS 497 Session 3 Online =
 * Reflective Practitioner/Researcher **

As we continue to create our own social network, I'm going to introduce you to a conference that I'm sure you will want to refer to again. The K12 Online Conference began in 2006 and is completely online, free and developed by educators for educators! The conference focuses on "...integrating emerging technologies into classroom practice. A goal of the conference is to help educators make sense of and meet the needs of a continually changing learning landscape" (K12 Online Conference, par 1, http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=84).

This year's pre-conference will begin the week of November 30. During the following two weeks, (December 7-11 and December 14-17) forty presentations will be posted online to the conference blog for participants to download and view. I t will begin with a keynote presentatio n by Joyce Kasman Valenza, a librarian from PA!  In addition, they archive all of the presentations so in addition to accessing presentations from this year, you can access everything from past conferences. 

** First ,**  take some time to peruse the [|conference website]. There is a lot to see and learn from. ** Second ** , to make this site an ongoing and continually updated part of your social network, please do the following 2 things:
 * Add the podcast channel for this site to your Aggregator: On the home page of the conference, scroll down on the left hand side where it says, "Asides". In the paragraphs that follow, click on " [|Subscribe to the Inside K12 Online Podcast Channel]". This link will take you to a site where you can click on "Subscribe With Google". This link will prompt you to add the conference podcasts to your Aggregator (Google Reader/RSS feeds).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add the site to your social bookmarking tool: Go to our class Diigo group ([|INSYS497]) and click "Apply to join" to the left under the world image. You will have to create an account with Diigo if you haven't done so already. I will get your information then approve you.

**<span style="color: #101ac6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Third **, <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">choose a presentation to "attend". > <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #2500ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Due THIS WEEK <span style="color: #0a0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read chapters 3, 5, 6 in Solomon & Schrum by 11/5 Blog #1 is due 11/7 Title: "Creating my own social network" <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #2500ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Go to the [|conference website]. Click on "Podcast Channel Archives" and/or "Categories" in the right hand column to see the list of presentations from previous conferences.
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Choose a presentation that interests you and view it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Go to our [|class Ning] and participate in the "I Attended An (Archived) Online Conference!" discussion (by 11/5) . (__We will be participating in this conference when it is live later in the course__.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Contribute to the class discussion by reading/responding to your peers' posts (by 11/8).