OZ eLIVE 2016

Again this year I participated in the OZeLIVE! Online conference which ran from February 26 – 28 2016

I apologize for taking so long to post about OZeLIVE!
Possible excuses include
a. I have been very busy
b. I have been engaged in other programs/activities
c. Time is passing more quickly these days (my favourite!)

Participating

This year there were 19 interesting and inspiring webinar sessions. I attended most of them during the conference and intend to catch the ones I missed by listening to the recordings.
The recordings of the sessions are available at http://australianeducators.ning.com/recordings-2016

Volunteering
Again this year I volunteered to assist with moderation of the sessions. I was not the primary moderator for any of the sessions but was available as a backup in case extra moderators were needed.

Presenting

This year I presented a session titled Persona Dolls: Dressed for learning.
The recording of the session can be found at https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.51092091ED4B4597AC051BB74A41CD

OZeLIVE! – I presented

I was really delighted to be able to present a session for the OZeLIVE! online education conference which ran from 27 February – 1 March 2015. http://australianeducators.ning.com/

The details of my session together with some feedback I received can be seen at

http://australianeducators.ning.com/2015-accepted-presentations/personas-profiles-and-portraits-of-giftedness

Photos Jo Freitag

My Persona Dolls representing Neihart and Betts Revised Profiles of the Gifted and Talented made their first appearance at this presentation and I am very relieved and pleased to say that they were given a warm reception.
http://www.ingeniosus.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PROFILES-BEST-REVISED-MATRIX-2010.pdf

A recording was made of the session and can be found at https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.BE2E9BF65F331889431F277C4B1F15

Errata: The reference slide should contain the wording All photos and images except  Gifted Awareness Week and OZeLIVE  logos  c. Jo Freitag

 

OZeLIVE! – I volunteered

I volunteered to act as a moderator for the OZeLIVE! online education conference which ran from 27 February – 1 March 2015. http://australianeducators.ning.com/

Prior to signing up I was anxious that
a. maybe the presenter I was moderating for would have connection or other technical problems and I would not be able to help them
b. maybe I would have connection or other technical problems and not be able to help myself
c. maybe I would say/do something wrong
d. maybe I would forget to press the record button

1. – z. maybe etc. etc. etc. etc. (You get the picture – I was anxious!)

But I have received plenty of experience and practice in the use of Blackboard Collaborate in the Jo Hart’s Fine Focus and Serendipity sessions, Anne Mirtschin’s Tech Talk Tuesday sessions and the Thursday evening Australia eSeries sessions; so I really should not have been worried. Also there was a volunteer lounge where problems could be shared and brilliant  Australia eSeries people in there to step in and help sort out problems. Peggy George from the US and Chris Smith from Thailand also gave expert assistance and helped to solve problems as they arose.

So I really did enjoy the experience of acting as a moderator and do feel I was able to contribute enough to earn the Exhausted Volunteer Badge.

 

OZeLIVE! – I attended

“Three fabulous days of education conversations” That was the phrase that Coach Carole McCulloch used to describe the OZeLIVE! online education conference which ran from 27 February – 1 March 2015. http://australianeducators.ning.com/

And she was quite right. It was an excellent opportunity to engage in PD sessions and be inspired and encouraged by the keynote speakers and presenters at times which were favourable for Australian participants.
If you missed the opportunity of participating it is still possible to hear recordings of the presentations at http://australianeducators.ning.com/recordings2015  and to receive certificates of attendance at http://australianeducators.ning.com/certificates

For a video giving directions relating to claiming certificates see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHaLhHKh-zc

On Friday 27 February I attended all the sessions. I could not stay for the whole time in some of the sessions as I was also a volunteer moderator.
I heard and really enjoyed sessions from
Ben Newsome:  An Aussie abroad; Churchill Fellowship findings into educational video conferencing best practice.
Holly Kershaw: The Physics of Jumping Castles: Using Apps to Teach Science
Vanessa Crouch: Web tools for Inquiry Learning
KEYNOTE Jane Hart on ‘Moving beyond e-learning’

On Saturday 28 February I listened to or acted as a moderator for great sessions from
KEYNOTE Julie Lindsay on ‘Student Autonomy for Flat Learning and Global Collaboration’
Lindy Fors: The Changing Face of ABE: a look at online adult basic education
KEYNOTE Bron Stuckey on ‘Designing badges to motivate, recognise and celebrate learning’
KEYNOTE Georgina Pazzi on ‘Digitally Extraordinary’

On 1 March I attended all or part of or acted as a moderator for
KEYNOTE Ian Murray on ‘Panel Discussion: Leaderships in the 21st Century’
Harry Tuttle, Ed. D. Modern Language Proficiency Through ACTFL Can-Do Statements
Anne Mirtschin Skype in the Classroom
Harry Tuttle, Ed. D.Students Explore Culture Through Mobile Devices
KEYNOTE ‘Sophie Murphy on ‘SOLO Taxonomy’

I would like to say a sincere thank you to the great team at Australia e Series for organizing, preparing for and presenting such an excellent online conference.

 

Global Education Conference 2014 Post 3

Last week I attended several sessions of the Global Education Conference 2014 webinars held on the Blackboard Collaborate platform http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world.

The entire conference is virtual and takes place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones.

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all.
The sessions were recorded and can be accessed from links at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

These are the sessions I attended on Friday 21 November 2014

Links given during the session

http://www.effdebate.org/  

http://www.brookings.edu/ 

http://youtu.be/B7w3KFdFRcM

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1pi4dia

Links given during the session

http://dreamflags.org/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1tr4lY9

Global Education Conference 2014 Post 2

Last week I attended several sessions of the Global Education Conference 2014 webinars held on the Blackboard Collaborate platform http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world.

The entire conference is virtual and takes place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. 

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. 

The sessions were recorded and can be accessed from links at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

These are the sessions I attended on Thursday 20 November 2014

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/11SjnQg

Links given during the session

http://www.k12blueprint.com/personalized-learning-guide

http://www.k12blueprint.com/personalized-learning

https://engage.intel.com/welcome

https://www.clarity-innovations.com/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1HE04LA

Links given during the session

http://www.adinkra.org/htmls/adinkra_index.htm

http://bookclub.realelibrary.com/index.php/RealeBooks/latest/ 

http://www.tstars.org

http://fundforteachers.org

http://bookclubint.org/

http://akomasfghanacollaboration.wordpress.com

Global Education Conference 2014

Last week I attended several sessions of the Global Education Conference 2014 webinars held on the Blackboard Collaborate platform http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

The annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world.

The entire conference is virtual and takes place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. 

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. 

The sessions were recorded and can be accessed from links at http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2014-conference-recordings

These are the sessions I attended on Wednesday 19 November 2014

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1r6bcvZ

Links given during the session

http://resources.primarysource.org

www.myhistro.com

www.dipity.com

www.easel.ly

http://www.google.com.au/publicdata/directory

http://www.gapminder.org/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1rlMnqi

Links given during the session
http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic

http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic/global-citizenship

http://teachunicef.org/global-citizenship-brief-special-edition-stop-ebola

http://teachunicef.org/global-citizenship-brief-philippines

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1r6Se8v

Links for the session
http://www.storybird.com/

http://www.showbie.com/

http://i-am-the-story.ning.com

http://www.zimmertwins.com/

http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

http://www.worldreader.org/

http://edtechteacher.org/tools/multimedia/digital-storytelling/

http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html

http://www.bookdesigntemplates.com/

Link to the recording of the session http://bit.ly/1C8uCF5

Links given during the session

http://www.postcrossing.com/

www.worldvuze.com

https://www.smore.com/k1p78

http://tinyurl.com/globalequity

http://www.pinterest.com/globaledcon

http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/07/10/curriculum-21-global-partnership-site/

http://studenttechnologyconference.com/

Gifted Resources Activity Report 2014

During 2014 Jo Freitag /Gifted Resources has:

Continued to undertake project work with Borderlands http://www.borderlands.org.au/

Developed and maintained the website for Gifted Resources
http://www.giftedresources.org/

and Jo Freitag’s website http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/

Written and distributed by email Gifted Resources Newsletter and Gifted Resources Newsletter Extension and Holiday programs

Maintained the Gifted Resources library, updated the catalogue and circulated library books by post.

Updated the Gifted Resources Information Packs.

Provided information and resources for teachers and parents during personal consultations, by phone, using Skype or Blackboard Collaborate webinars and by email

Provided information and resources for homeschooling families and those contemplating commencement of home schooling

Presented on Jo Hart’s Edublogs Fine Focus Columbus Cheetah Myth buster in January and February 2014

http://johart1.edublogs.org/2014/02/11/edublogs-webinar-overviews-janfeb-2014/

http://johart1.edublogs.org/2014/03/02/edublogs-webinar-overviews-feb-2014/

Presented at the first OZeLive online conference 22-23 February 2014
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/ozelive-reflections-2/

Was a guest expert on Twitter #gtchat 0n 1 March 2014
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/guest-on-twitter-gtchat/

Presented at the Community Connect webinar 27 March 2014 https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/community-connect-webinar/

Presented on a Q& A panel to a group of teachers and designed a page One Page to Tell to summarise important issues
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/one-page-to-tell/

Presented at Jo Hart’s Edublogs Fine Focus (14/15 May 2014) – “One page to tell about giftedness”

Participated in RSCON 5 in July 2014
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/rscon-5-july-2014/

Provided resources and prayer support for mentors from All Saints Rosebud with St. Katherine’s McCrae http://www.rosebudmccrae.melbourneanglican.org.au/  serving in the Kids Hope Aus program http://www.kidshopeaus.org.au/

Was invited to exhibit at Gifted Networking Expo but was not able to attend
https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/featured-flyer-2/

Developed a Persona Doll for Sprite

https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/persona-dolls/
http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/could-sprite-be-a-persona-doll/
http://spritessite.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/sprite-as-a-persona-doll/

Participated in online conferences, webinars and weekly Twitter global #gtchat sessions
http://www.txgifted.org/gtchat

http://globalgtchatpoweredbytagt.wordpress.com/

Participated in Jo Hart’s Edublogs Serendipity and Fine Focus webinars http://johart1.edublogs.org/
Participated in Australia eSeries webinars https://australiaseries.wordpress.com/

Updated the Gifted Resources blog https://giftedresources.wordpress.com/  and Sprite’s Site blog http://spritessite.wordpress.com/  which were both nominated for the Sydney Writers’ Centre Best Australian Blogs competition
Participated in Gifted Homeschoolers Bloggers Forum Blog Hops  http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/blog-hops/
Participated in Hoagiesgifted Blog Hops
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/blog_hops.htm

Participated in the Brilliant Chaos Group on Facebook monthly creating challenges
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/brilliantchaosonline/doc/253263591368971/
http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/creatingchallenge.htm

Participated in 52 Illustrations Challenge Group on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/418616991575037/

http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/52illustrations.htm

Participated in INKtober 31 Group on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463633423897107/

Posted a daily My Sky Twitter Bird picture http://www.giftedresources.org/jo/mysky.htm

Jo Freitag
Gifted Resources 

 

RSCON 5 July 2014

Last month I participated in RSCON 5 The future of education, an online symposium on the Blackboard Collaborate platform with presenters and attendees from around the world. The times of the sessions were not really Australia friendly and I was the only Australian in most of the sessions I joined. But it was certainly worthwhile to attend and it provides valuable PD for educators.

Website NING http://www.futureofeducation.com/

Those who missed RSCON 5 can still listen to recordings of the sessions here

Recordings http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/recordings-2014

Peggy George has compiled a collection of the tools and programs that were shared in the Swapalooza in a Livebinder at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1399927

A participant’s badge was given for each session attended. Here is my collection of participant badges.

Here are some highlights, images, quotes and links from one of the keynote sessions I attended

Keynote Session Dean Shareski:  Whatever happened to joy?

http://www.futureofeducation.com/page/rscondeanshareski  

In a data driven, achievement focused system, does joy in learning matter anymore? Not that these are mutually exclusive but in our attempts to see results we often forget that joy should not be a means to an end but a worthy and important goal on its own. So how do we insure our students experience joy and wonder everyday? Let’s examine some practical ways that take advantage of new tools and affordances to be intentional and make our schools places of joy.

Moment 1 Why does Christina never smile?

Moment 2 Hearing a child singing when not in a formal music lesson – just for happiness

Link to trailer for The Happy Movie http://www.thehappymovie.com/

Wonder
Awe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QyVZrV3d3o&feature=youtu.be

How often do your students get to wonder?
What if each day your students left school with a great question?

All of Dean’s slides for the presentation are here
http://www.slideshare.net/shareski/what-about-joy-rscon-5

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to write this post but I do encourage you to visit the RSCON 5 NING and catch up with the excellent sessions that were presented on a wide range of education topics.

Details of future online conferences in the series can be found on the NING at http://www.futureofeducation.com/

 

Community Connect Webinar

On Thursday 27 March 2014 I gave a presentation titled ‘What do we mean when we say GIFTED?’ for the Australia e-series Community Connect webinars http://australiaseries.wordpress.com/

The recording of the session can be viewed here https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-03-27.0153.M.E58F6EDFFA5FA3EDE727DCFB80FBD8.vcr&sid=2008350