After a long delay (one month, to be precise), I present to you, via podcast, the audio from Greg, Bill and my presentation at NCTE’s 2006 Annual Convention. The hour and fifteen minute workshop is about how we are using blogs with our students in different ways and for different purposes. My contribution to the presentation is the "why" of Web 2.0 .
We were fortunate to have a big and friendly audience for our presentation, and you’ll notice a deterioration in the audio quality when I enter the audience to solicit some ideas and participation for my yarn activity. Enjoy the chaos — just pull out a bit of yarn and you’re right there with us.
Here’s the presentation wiki that we used as a handout — all the links referenced in the podcast can be found there. Feel free to add to the wiki if you’d like.
I’d draw your attention to two moments from my portion of the presentation. First, when I got to the room where we were presenting, I was listening to the previous presenter talking with someone. I recognized the voice, and the content sounded familiar — eventually, I realized I was sharing a room with Clarence Fisher. That was pretty cool, and you’ll notice that I refer to that moment in the podcast.
Second, I think I make a rather bold statement when I tell the audience that it’s selfish of them to keep the good work going on in their classrooms to themselves. It’s selfish to not blog, or otherwise publish. Just plain selfish. How dare you keep the good stuff to yourself?
Too harsh?
The Podcast: NCTE 2006 Presentation
